1762 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1762 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

• Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}
• Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Thomas Morgan^[2]
• Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire- Thomas Wynn^[5]
• Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Wilmot Vaughan, 3rd Viscount Lisburne (until 27 July); Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne (from 27 July)^[2]
• Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – George Rice^[6]
  • • Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Richard Myddelton Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Other Windsor, 4th Earl of Plymouth^[7]
• Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – William Vaughan^[8]
  • Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet^[2]
• Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Howell Gwynne^{[9] [2]}
• Bishop of Bangor – John Egerton^[10]
• Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Newcome (until 9 July); John Ewer (from 28 December)
• Bishop of St Asaph – Robert Hay Drummond (until June)^[11] Richard Newcome (from 9 July)
• Bishop of St Davids – Anthony Ellys (until 16 January)^[12] Samuel Squire (from 24 March)

Events

• Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis, leaves the Whig party.^[13]
• Silvanus Bevan is elected a member of the Cymmrodorion.^[14]

Arts and literature

New books

• Thomas Edwards (Twm o'r Nant) – Tri Chydymaith Dyn
• Oliver Goldsmith – The Life of Richard Nash
• William Williams Pantycelyn – Pantheologia, neu Hanes Holl Grefyddau’r Byd^[15]

Music

• William Williams Pantycelyn – Mor o Wydr (including "Gweddi am Nerth i fyned trwy anialwch y Byd", the Welsh original of the hymn "Cwm Rhondda")

Births

• 12 August – George, Prince of Wales, later King George IV (died 1830)
• 11 October – David Charles, hymn-writer (died 1834)
• date unknown
  • Samuel Homfray, iron-master (died 1822)
  • William Jones, bookseller, religious writer, and member of the Scotch Baptist church in Finsbury, London.^[16] (died 1846)
  • John Williams, evangelical cleric (died 1802)

Deaths

• 3 February – Beau Nash, leader of fashion, 87
• 2 May – John Salusbury, diarist, 54^[17]
• 2 May – Margaret Lloyd, Moravian worker and activist, 53^[18]

Notes and References

1. Book: Edward Breese. Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. 1873. 24.
2. 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.
3. Book: Nicholas, Thomas . Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales . Genealogical Pub. Co . Baltimore . 1991 . 9780806313146 . 695.
4. Book: Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1992. 169.
5. Book: Edward Breese. Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. 1873. 26.
6. Rice, George.
7. Book: Nicholas, Thomas . Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales . Genealogical Pub. Co . Baltimore . 1991 . 9780806313146 . 612.
8. Book: Edward Breese. Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. 1873. 29.
9. Web site: Gwynne, Howell (1718-80), of Garth in Llanleonfel, Brec.. Namier. Lewis. History of Parliament Online. 7 October 2017.
10. Book: John McClintock. James Strong. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature. Baker Book House. 1981. 324.
11. Book: The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. 15.
12. Ellys, Anthony.
13. s-POWY-HER-1674. HERBERT family, (earls of POWIS). Evan David Jones. 29 March 2019.
14. Bevan, Silvanus. s-BEVA-SIL-1691. 1959. yes. 2018-03-24.
15. Web site: Welsh ballads and American slavery (2007). First published in The Welsh Journal of Religious History, 2 (2007), 59–86. ISSN 1753-9595. E. Wyn James. 13 March 2018.
16. Jones, William (1762–1846). 30.
17. Salusbury, John . Ronald . Rompkey . 3 .
18. s-LLOY-MAR-1709. Lloyd (later Moore), Margaret (1709-1762), one of the original members of the Moravian congregation in London. Robert Thomas Jenkins. yes. 15 October 2021.