1755 in Wales explained

Events from the year 1755 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 – Other Windsor, 4th Earl of Plymouth^[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 – George Rice^[4]
• Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Richard Myddelton
• Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet^[1]
• Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – William Perry^[1]
• Bishop of Bangor – Zachary Pearce^[5]
• Bishop of Llandaff – Edward Cresset (until 13 February); Richard Newcome (from 13 April)
• Bishop of St Asaph – Robert Hay Drummond^[6]
• Bishop of St Davids – Anthony Ellys^[7]

Events

• Following the death of his wife in this year, Griffith Jones (Llanddowror) goes to live at the home of Madam Bridget Bevan.
• The Brecknockshire Agricultural Society is formed.

Arts and literature

New books

• Rules of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion are published.^[8]

Music

• Morgan Rhys – Golwg o Ben Nebo, ar Wlad yr Addewid (collection of hymns)^[9]

Births

• 22 February – Henry Nevill, 2nd Earl of Abergavenny (died 1843)
• 9 May – Wilmot Vaughan, 2nd Earl of Lisburne, owner of the Trawsgoed estate (died 1820)
• 5 July – Sarah Siddons, actress (d. 1831)^[10]
• 14 October – Thomas Charles of Bala, clergyman (died 1814)^[11]
• 21 October – Caleb Hillier Parry, Welsh-descended physician (died 1822)
• 18 November – Rev. William Jones (died 1821)^[12]

Deaths

• 13 February – Edward Cresset, Bishop of Llandaff, 57^[13]
• 30 June – Edward Wynne, lawyer and landowner^[14]
• 12 July – Zachariah Williams, inventor, 81^[15]
• date unknown – John Owen, chancellor of Bangor

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: Nicholas, Thomas . Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales . Genealogical Pub. Co . Baltimore . 1991 . 9780806313146 . 612.
4. Rice, George.
5. Hole. Robert. Pearce, Zachary (1690–1774). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 2004. 4 June 2008 .
6. Book: The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. 15.
7. Ellys, Anthony.
8. Web site: Our History. Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. 24 March 2018.
9. Book: John Julian. A Dictionary of Hymnology: Setting Forth the Origin and History of Christian Hymns of All Ages and Nations. 1892. C. Scribner's Sons. 959.
10. s-SIDD-SAR-1755. Siddons, Sarah (1755-1831), actress. Cecil John Layton Price. 2 May 2019.
11. Book: Thomas, J. E. . International biography of adult education . University of Nottingham. Dept. of Adult Education . Nottingham . 1985 . 9781850410010 . 93.
12. s-JONE-WIL-1755. Jones, William (1755 - 1821), Evangelical cleric. Jenkins. Robert Thomas. Robert Thomas Jenkins. 1959. yes. 5 March 2009.
13. Book: Salopian Shreds and Patches. 1877. 38.
14. s-WYNN-BOD-1170. WYNN family, of Bodewryd, Anglesey. Jones . Evan David . yes. 14 May 2008.
15. Book: James Boswell. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.. 1807. W. Andrews and L. Blake. 215–.