1746 in Wales explained

Events from the year 1746 in Wales.

Incumbents

• Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire) – George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley^{[1] [2]}
• Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton^[3]
• Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Thomas Morgan^[1]
• Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Wilmot Vaughan, 3rd Viscount Lisburne^[1]
• Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – vacant until 1755
• Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Baronet^[1]
• Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – William Perry^[1]
• Bishop of Bangor – Matthew Hutton^[4]
• Bishop of Llandaff – John Gilbert^{[5] [6]}
• Bishop of St Asaph – Samuel Lisle^[7]
• Bishop of St Davids – The Hon. Richard Trevor^[8]

Events

• The Wales and Berwick Act 1746 is passed by the Parliament of Great Britain. It specifies that all future laws applying to England will also be applicable to Wales and Berwick-upon-Tweed.^[9] It is finally repealed in its entirety by the Interpretation Act 1978.
• William Edwards begins his first attempt at building a bridge over the River Taff at Pontypridd.^[10]
• Construction of The Cathedral School, Llandaff, and the "Italian Temple", both designed by John Wood, the Elder, is completed.^[11]
• Sidney Griffith joins the Methodist movement, after hearing a sermon by Peter Williams.^[12]

Arts and literature

New books

• Anna Williams - Life of the Emperor Julian (translation from the French)^[13]

Music

Births

• January - Thomas Totty, admiral (died 1802)^[14]
• 28 September - William Jones, philologist (died 1794)^[15]

Deaths

• 7 May - Sir Thomas Hanmer, 4th Baronet, politician and literary editor, 68^[16]
• 21 May - Lewis Morris, Welsh-descended Governor of New Jersey, 74^[17]

Notes and References

1. Book: J.C. Sainty . John Sainty (civil servant) . List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974 . Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd . London . 1979.
2. Book: Nicholas, Thomas . Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales . Genealogical Pub. Co . Baltimore . 1991 . 9780806313146 . 695.
3. Book: Arthur Collins. The Peerage of England ... The third edition, corrected and enlarged in every family, with memoirs, not hitherto printed. H. Woodfall. 1768. 235.
4. Book: Andrew Coltee Ducarel. Timothy Hutton . James Raine. Matthew Hutton. The Correspondence of Dr. Matthew Hutton, Archbishop of York. J. B. Nichols and son. 1843. 41.
5. 10692. Gilbert, John.
6. Book: Guides and Handbooks. Royal Historical Society. 1939. 142.
7. Book: Browne Willis. Edward Edwards. Andrew Coltee Ducarel. Willis' Survey of St. Asaph, Considerably Enlarged and Brought Down to the Present Time. John Painter. 1801. 154.
8. Book: Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae or a calendar of the principal ecclesiastical dignitaries in England and Wales. University Press. 1854. 305.
9. Book: Great Britain. Statutes at Large ...: (43 v.) ... From Magna charta to 1800. 1765. 125.
10. Book: David Yeomans. How Structures Work: Design and Behaviour from Bridges to Buildings. 19 January 2016. John Wiley & Sons. 978-1-119-01227-6. 39.
11. Web site: Llandaff - A City within a City. Cardiffians. 22 April 2019.
12. s-GRIF-SID-1752. Griffith, Sidney, currently known as 'Madam Griffith' (died 1752), Methodist and associate of Howel Harris. Robert Thomas Jenkins. 22 April 2019.
13. s-WILL-ANN-1706. Williams, Anna (1706-1783), author. Gwyn Jones. 1959. 28 February 2022.
14. Book: Banks, Joseph . The Indian and Pacific correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, 1768-1820 . Pickering & Chatto . London . 2008 . 1851968350 . 7.
15. Book: Edgerton, Franklin . Sir William Jones, 1746-1794 . Portrait of Linguists . Sebeok . Thomas A. . Thomas Sebeok. 2002 . 1936. 1 . 1–17 . . https://books.google.com/books?id=9wxjDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1. 978-1-441-15874-1.
16. Book: William Martial Myddelton. Chirk Castle Accounts A.d. 1666-1753. Manchester University Press. 371.
17. Book: Dorwart, Jeffery . Invasion and insurrection : security, defense, and war in the Delaware Valley, 1621-1815 . University of Delaware Press . Newark Del . 2008 . 9780874130362 . 216.