1765 in Wales explained

Events from the year 1765 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^[9]
• Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet^[2]
• Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Howell Gwynne^{[10] [2]}
• Bishop of Bangor – John Egerton^[11]
• Bishop of Llandaff – John Ewer
• Bishop of St Asaph – Richard Newcome^[12]
• Bishop of St Davids – Samuel Squire

Events

• July – Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis, resigns from his position as Treasurer of the Household when his former party, the Whigs, are returned to power.^[13]
• 6 December – The Penrhyn estate comes into the possession of the Pennant family, through the marriage of Richard Pennant with the heiress of the Warburton family.^[14]
• unknown dates
  • Cyfarthfa Ironworks is founded by Anthony Bacon.^[15]
  • Richard Price becomes a Fellow of the Royal Society.

Arts and literature

New books

• John Jones – Catholic Faith and Practice^[16]

Music

• 12 August – The Royal Shepherd, by Richard Rolt, is performed in Dublin to celebrate the birthday of the Prince of Wales.^[17]

Births

• 4 May – Hopkin Bevan, minister and writer (died 1839)^[18]
• 23 August – James Davies, schoolmaster^[19]
• 8 October – George Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor, politician (died 1852)^[20]
• 13 October – J. R. Jones (Ramoth), Baptist minister (died 1822)
• date unknown – David Jones, barrister (died 1816)^[21]

Deaths

• 10 April – Edward Heylyn, porcelain manufacturer, 69/70
• 11 April – Lewis Morris, hydrographer and writer, eldest of the Morris brothers of Anglesey, 64^[22]
• 16 May – William Wynne, lawyer and author, about 73^[23]
• 8 June – Silvanus Bevan, apothecary, 73/74^[24]
• 16 December – Thomas William, Methodist exhorter, 48
• 29 December – Prince Frederick William of Wales, son of the former Prince and Princess of Wales, 15^[25]

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. Book: George Grenville. Additional Grenville Papers 1763-1765. Manchester University Press. 1962. 176.
10. Web site: Gwynne, Howell (1718-80), of Garth in Llanleonfel, Brec.. Namier. Lewis. History of Parliament Online. 7 October 2017.
11. Book: John McClintock. James Strong. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature. Baker Book House. 1981. 324.
12. Book: The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. 15.
13. s-POWY-HER-1674. HERBERT family, (earls of POWIS). Evan David Jones. 29 March 2019.
14. Book: Raphael Samuel. Miners, quarrymen, and saltworkers. 1977. Routledge & K. Paul. 978-0-7100-8353-1.
15. Book: Ince, Laurence . The South Wales iron industry, 1750-1885 . Ferric . Great Britain . 1993 . 9780951816516 . 60.
16. Book: Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology. 1870. J.B. Lippincott and Company. 289.
17. Book: John C. Greene. Theatre in Dublin, 1745-1820: A Calendar of Performances. 2011. Rowman & Littlefield. 978-1-61146-110-7. 990.
18. s-BEVA-HOP-1765. Bevan, Hopkin (1765-1839), Calvinistic Methodist minister. Gomer Morgan Roberts. yes. 12 April 2016.
19. s-DAVI-JAM-1765. Davies, James (1765-1849), ‘the schoolmaster of Devauden’. Robert Thomas Jenkins. yes. 28 September 2019.
20. Web site: Rice, Hon. George Talbot (1765-1852), of Newton alias Dynevor, Carm.. History of Parliament Online. 17 October 2021.
21. Jones, David (1765–1816).
22. s-MORR-LEW-1701. Morris, Lewis (Llewelyn Ddu o Fôn; 1701-1765), poet and scholar. Robert Thomas Jenkins. yes. 31 July 2019.
23. Web site: Wynne, William (bap. 1692, d. 1765). Roger. Turner. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. January 2008. 2009-02-10.
24. s-BEVA-SIL-1691. Bevan, Silvanus (1691-1765), Quaker physician. Robert Thomas Jenkins. yes. 17 October 2021.
25. Book: Gentleman's and Citizen's Almanack. Watson. 1772. 40.