1764 in Wales explained

Events from the year 1764 in Wales.

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, 1st Earl of Lisburne^[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 – John Ewer
• Bishop of St Asaph – Richard Newcome^[11]
• Bishop of St Davids – Samuel Squire

Events

• January – South Wales industrialist Anthony Bacon succeeds John Wilkes as MP for Aylesbury.^[12]
• February – Thomas Nowell, the new principal of St Mary Hall, Oxford, marries Sarah Munday, daughter of the Mayor of Oxford.^[13]
• 21 June – Humphrey Edwards, physician, begins a voyage round the world as physician on the .^[14]

Arts and literature

New books

English language

• Rowland Jones – The Origin of Language and Nations^[15]
• Gabriel Powell – Survey of Gower^[16]

Welsh language

• Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) – Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Antient Welsh Bards^[17]
• David Powell – Sail yr Athrawiaeth Gatholic^[18]
• Morgan Rhys – Golwg o Ben Nebo^[19]

Music

• 31 March – "Jones" performs on the Welsh harp at a benefit concert in Dublin, "in the true Spirit and Taste peculiar to the Genius of his Country".^[20]

Births

• 29 April – Ann Hatton ("Ann of Swansea"), English novelist (d. 1838)^[21]
• 20 June – Thomas Evans (Tomos Glyn Cothi), first Unitarian minister in Wales (d. 1833)^[22]
• 20 July – Sir Robert Williams, 9th Baronet, politician (died 1830)^[23]
• 27 July – John Thelwall, English-born orator, writer, political reformer, journalist and poet (died 1834)^[24]
• date unknown
  • William Crawshay I, ironmaster (d. 1834)^[25]
  • Robert Waithman, lord mayor of London (d. 1833)^[26]

Deaths

• 17 March – Uvedale Tomkins Price, politician, Steward of the Courts for Denbigh, 78^[27]
• 18 June – Christmas Samuel, minister and writer, 90^[28]
• 22 June – Sir John Philipps, 6th Baronet, 63^[29]
• 26 September – Joseph Harris, Assay-master of the Royal Mint, 60^[30]
• October – Richard Lathrop, bookseller and printer, age unknown^[31]
• date unknown – John Richards, preacher and poet, about 44^[32]

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. Web site: Bacon, Anthony (c.1717-86), of Woodford, Essex, and Copthall Court, Throgmorton St., London.. History of Parliament Online. 28 September 2019.
13. Web site: Sir Thomas Munday (c.1696–1772). Oxford History: Mayors & Lord Mayors. 28 September 2019.
14. s-EDWA-HUM-1730. Edwards, Humphrey (1730-1788), physician and apothecary. Griffith Thomas Roberts. 28 September 2019.
15. s-JONE-ROW-1722. Jones, Rowland (1722-1764), philologist. William Rowlands. yes. 14 February 2020.
16. Book: Joan Thirsk. The Agrarian History of England and Wales: 1500-1640, edited by Joan Thirsk. 1967. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-06617-4. 154.
17. Book: Evan Evans. Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Antient Welsh Bards. 1764. R. and J. Dodsley.
18. Book: Sail yr Athrawiaeth Gatholic, gynnwysedig mewn Profess Ffydd a gyhoeddwyd gan Bâb Piws y Bedwerydd, ar wedd holiad. 1764. R. Balfe.
19. s-RHYS-MOR-1716. Rhys, Morgan (1716-1779), circulating schoolmaster, and hymn-writer. Gomer Morgan Roberts. yes. 14 February 2020.
20. Book: John C. Greene. Theatre in Dublin, 1745–1820: A Calendar of Performances. 1 December 2011. Lehigh University Press. 978-1-61146-111-4. 895.
21. Book: Philip H. Highfill. Kalman A. Burnim. Edward A. Langhans. A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers & and Other Stage Personnel in London: 1660-1800. 1982. SIU Press. 978-0-8093-0918-4. 171.
22. s-EVAN-THO-1764. Evans, Thomas (‘Tomos Glyn Cothi’; 1764-1833), Unitarian minister [the first specifically Unitarian minister in Wales]. John Dyfnallt Owen. yes. 28 September 2019.
23. Book: Stephen West WILLIAMS. The Genealogy and History of the Family of Williams in America, More Particularly of the Descendants of Robert Williams of Roxburg. 1847. Merriam Mirick. 406.
24. s3-THEL-JOH-1764. Thelwall, John (1764-1834), reformer, lecturer and poet. David Jenkins. yes. 14 February 2020.
25. s-CRAW-CYF-1739. CRAWSHAY family, of Cyfarthfa, Glamorganshire, industrialists. Watkin William Price. yes. 28 September 2019.
26. s-WAIT-ROB-1764. Waithman, Robert (1764-1833), lord mayor of London. David Williams. yes. 28 September 2019.
27. Robinson, Rev. Charles John (1873). A History of the Mansions and Manors of Herefordshire. Longman & Co.
28. s-SAMU-CHR-1674. Samuel, Christmas (1674-1764), Independent minister. John Dyfnallt Owen. yes. 28 September 2019.
29. Web site: PHILIPPS, John (1700-64), of Picton Castle, Pemb.. History of Parliament Online. 10 May 2014.
30. Book: Thomas Mardy Rees. Welsh Painters, Engravers, Sculptors (1527-1911). 1912. Welsh Publishing Company. 71.
31. s-LATH-RIC-1764. Lathrop, Richard (died 1764), bookseller and printer at Shrewsbury. William Llewelyn Davies. yes. 14 February 2020.
32. s-RICH-JOH-1720. Richard(s), John (1720-1764), Calvinistic Methodist exhorter, and poet. Robert Thomas Jenkins. yes. 14 February 2020.