1748 in Wales explained

Events from the year 1748 in Wales.

Incumbents

• Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, 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 Denbighshire – Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, 3rd Baronet (until 27 August);^[4] Richard Myddelton (from 20 August)
• Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Baronet^[1]
• Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – William Perry^[1]
• Bishop of Bangor – Zachary Pearce (from 21 February)^[5]
• Bishop of Llandaff – John Gilbert (until 29 December)^{[6] [7]}
• Bishop of St Asaph – Samuel Lisle (until 17 March)^[8] Robert Hay Drummond (from 24 April)^[9]
• Bishop of St Davids – The Hon. Richard Trevor^[10]

Events

• 8 March - With the death of the childless William Herbert, 3rd Marquess of Powis, the title becomes extinct. Henry Arthur Herbert subsequently becomes 1st Earl of Powis.
• Richard Wilson paints the two eldest sons of Frederick, Prince of Wales.
• Joseph Harris becomes Assay-Master at the Royal Mint.
• A major eisteddfod is held at Selattyn.
• William Williams Pantycelyn marries Mary Francis of Llansawel.
• The Salusbury family leave Lleweni Hall.

Arts and literature

New books

• Lewis Morris - Plans of Harbours, Bays, and Roads in St. George's and the Bristol Channels

Music

Births

• 1 September - Thomas Johnes, landowner (died 1816)

Deaths

• 8 March - William Herbert, 3rd Marquess of Powis, 50^[11]
• 27 August - Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, 3rd Baronet, 53^[12]
• December - John Harris, Sr., Welsh-descended American trader, 75

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. Web site: Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, third Baronet, of Combermere, Cheshire, and Llewenny (1695–1748) . History of Parliament Online. 18 October 2023.
5. Hole. Robert. Pearce, Zachary (1690–1774). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 2004. 4 June 2008 .
6. 10692. Gilbert, John.
7. Book: Guides and Handbooks. Royal Historical Society. 1939. 142.
8. 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.
9. Book: The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. 15.
10. Book: Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae or a calendar of the principal ecclesiastical dignitaries in England and Wales. University Press. 1854. 305.
11. Book: Powys-land Club. The Montgomeryshire Collections. Clifton Press. 1954. 21.
12. Web site: Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, third Baronet, of Combermere, Cheshire, and Llewennny, Denbighshire (1695–1748)]. History of Parliament Online. 8 October 2021.