1768 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1768 to Wales and its people..
See also:List of years in Wales
Timeline of Welsh history
Timeline of Welsh history
- 1768 in
- Great Britain
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey - Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet[1][2][3][4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire â Thomas Morgan[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire - Thomas Wynn[5]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire â Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire â George Rice[6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire - Richard Myddelton
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire - Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan â Other Windsor, 4th Earl of Plymouth[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire - William Vaughan[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire â Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire â Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire â Edward Harley, 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer[10][2]
- Bishop of Bangor â John Egerton[11]
- Bishop of Llandaff â John Ewer[12]
- Bishop of St Asaph â Richard Newcome[13]
- Bishop of St Davids â Charles Moss (from 30 November)[14]
Events
- 2 March - Rowland Pugh, a local miner, discovers the "Great Lode" of copper on Parys Mountain[15] and is rewarded with a bottle of whisky and a rent-free house for his lifetime.
- By May - Kymer's Canal opens.[16]
- 16 May - Evan Lloyd is fined £50 after being found guilty of libel against William Price.[17]
- 24 August - A seminary is founded at Trefeca-isaf for the training of evangelical preachers, with financial assistance from Selina, Countess of Huntingdon.[18]
- 10 December - Richard Wilson is a founder member of the Royal Academy of Arts.[19]
- Oldest Jews' burial ground in Wales established at Swansea.
- The Ladies of Llangollen meet for the first time in Ireland.
- Controversial Bishop of Bangor John Egerton is translated to the see of Lichfield in England.
Arts and literature
New books
English language
- John Griffith - Some Brief Remarks upon Sundry Important Subjects ... principally addressed to the ... Quakers ... [20]
Welsh language
- Thomas Edwards (Twm o'r Nant) - Y Farddoneg Fabilonaidd
- William Williams Pantycelyn - Tri Wyr o Sodom[21]
Music
Births
- 29 March - Sir Robert Vaughan, 2nd Baronet, landowner (died 1843)[23]
- 17 May (in Brunswick, Germany) - Caroline of Brunswick, future Princess of Wales (died 1821)[24]
- 5 August - Sydenham Edwards, botanical artist (died 1819)[25]
- 17 September - Edward Lloyd, 1st Baron Mostyn (died 1854)[26](died 1854)[27]
- 22 November - William Williams (Gwilym Twrog), poet (died 1836)[28]
- date unknown
- John Bird, landscape artist (died 1829)[29]
- Thomas Parry, merchant (died 1824)
Deaths
- 14 March - Owen Rees, Calvinist minister, 50/51[30]
- 26 March - Humphrey Owen, academic, 65[31]
- 13 May - Princess Louisa, daughter of the former Prince and Princess of Wales, 19 (consumption)[32]
- 31 August - Henrietta Nevill, Baroness Bergavenny, 38[33]
- date unknown
- Robert Morris, industrialist[34]
- Hannah Pritchard, actress