1766 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1766 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, 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 (until 12 July);^{[10] [2]} Edward Harley, 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer (from 16 July)^[11]
• Bishop of Bangor – John Egerton^[12]
• Bishop of Llandaff – John Ewer
• Bishop of St Asaph – Richard Newcome^[13]
• Bishop of St Davids – Samuel Squire (until 7 May); Robert Lowth (from 14 June); Charles Moss (from 30 November)^[14]

Events

• 19 February - Thomas Kymer is granted an Act of Parliament allowing him to construct the Kidwelly and Llanelly Canal.^[15]
• 12 May - Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet, marries Margaret, daughter of Rev Hugh Wynn and heiress to the Bodysgallen estate.
• July - Maurice Morgann becomes an under-secretary to the Earl of Shelburne, then Secretary of State for the South. In November he is made secretary of the Province of New Jersey.^[16]
• 12 November - John, Lord Mountstuart marries Charlotte Jane, granddaughter of Thomas Windsor, 1st Viscount Windsor.^[17]
• unknown date - The Welsh-language periodical Yr Awstralydd is launched by William Meirion Evans in Australia.^[18]

Arts and literature

New books

English language

• Evan Lloyd - The Powers of the Pen^[19]
• Anna Williams - Miscellanies in Prose and Verse^[20]

Welsh language

• David Jones of Trefriw (ed.) - Cydymaith Diddan^[21]
• Dafydd Jones - Salmau Dafydd^[22]
• Lloffion Prydyddiaeth … Mr. Rees Prichard^[23]
• John Roberts (Siôn Robert Lewis) - Drych y Cristion^[24]
• William Williams Pantycelyn - Ffarwel Weledig, part 2^[25]

Music

• Elis Roberts - Oliffernes a Jiwdath^[26]

Paintings

• Richard Wilson - Meleager and Atalanta

Births

• March - William Turner, industrialist (died 1853)
• 10 November - John Jones (Jac Glan-y-gors), satirical poet and radical pamphleteer (died 1821)^[27]
• 6 December - Robert Williams (Robert ap Gwilym Ddu), poet (died 1850)^[28]
• 18 December - Charles Lloyd, dissenting minister and schoolmaster (died 1829)^[29]
• 25 December - Christmas Evans, preacher (died 1838)^[30]
• unknown date
  • Martha Llwyd, hymnodist (died 1845)^[31]
  • Henry Parry, clergyman and antiquarian (died 1854)^[32]

Deaths

• 1 January - James Francis Edward Stuart, 77, nominally Prince of Wales from his birth until 1701^[33]
• 19 January - Wilmot Vaughan, 3rd Viscount Lisburne, landowner^[34]
• 30 January - John Jeffreys, 59, politician^[35]
• June - Evan Edwards, 32, harpist^[36]
• 7 May - Samuel Squire, 51/52, Bishop of St Davids^[14]
• 17 November - Morgan Morgan, 78, Welsh-born American colonist (in America)^[37]
• date unknown - Bloom, Milbourn (died 1766), Independent minister. Robert Thomas Jenkins. 11 June 2024.

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: Jonathan Williams. The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. 1859. 115.
12. Book: John McClintock. James Strong. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature. Baker Book House. 1981. 324.
13. Book: The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. 15.
14. Book: Thomas Duffus Hardy. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales.... University Press. 1854. 305.
15. Book: Joseph Priestley. Historical Account of the Navigable Rivers, Canals, and Railways of Great Britain: As a Reference to Nichols, Priestley & Walker's New Map of Inland Navigation. 1831. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green. 365.
16. Morgann, Maurice (1725–1802) . Cornish . Rory T. . 19246 . 2004.
17. Book: Thomas Nicholas. Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales: Containing a Record of All Ranks of the Gentry ... with Many Ancient Pedigrees and Memorials of Old and Extinct Families. 1872. Longmans, Green, Reader. 619.
18. Book: James Jupp. Director Centre for Immigration and Multicultural Studies James Jupp. The Australian People: An Encyclopedia of the Nation, Its People and Their Origins. October 2001. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-80789-0. 740.
19. s-LLOY-EVA-1734. Cecil John Layton Price. Lloyd, Evan (1734-1776), cleric and writer. 11 June 2024.
20. Book: Teresa Barnard. Anna Seward: A Constructed Life: A Critical Biography. 15 April 2016. Routledge. 978-1-317-18067-8. 152.
21. Book: Ffion Mair Jones. 'The Bard is a Very Singular Character': Iolo Morganwg, Marginalia and Print Culture. 14 June 2010. University of Wales Press. 978-1-78316-407-3. 422.
22. s-JONE-DAF-1711. Jones, Dafydd (1711-1777), hymn-writer. Gomer Morgan Roberts. 11 June 2024.
23. s-EDDO-JOS-1724. Eddowes, Joshua (1724-1811), printer and bookseller at Shrewsbury. William Llewelyn Davies. 11 June 2024.
24. s-ROBE-JOH-1731. ROBERTS, John (Siôn Robert Lewis; 1731-1806), author, almanack-maker, and hymn-writer. Thomas Isfryn Jones. 30 September 2019.
25. s-WILL-WIL-1717. Williams, William (1717-1791), Methodist cleric, author, and hymn-writer. Gomer Morgan Roberts. 11 June 2024.
26. s-ROBE-ELI-1789. ROBERTS, ELIS (d. 1789), cooper, ballad-writer, and composer of interludes. Gruffydd Glyn Evans. yes. 11 March 2018.
27. s-JONE-JOH-1766. Jones, John ('Jac Glan-y-gors': 1766-1821), satirical poet. David Rowland Hughes. yes. 18 October 2021.
28. s-WILL-ROB-1766. WILLIAMS, ROBERT (Robert ap Gwilym Ddu; 1766-1850), poet. Stephen Joseph Williams. yes. 11 March 2018.
29. s-LLOY-CHA-1766. Lloyd, Charles (1766-1829), Unitarian minister and schoolmaster. Robert Thomas Jenkins. 11 June 2024.
30. Book: D. Densil Morgan. Wales and the Word: Historical Perspectives on Religion and Welsh Identity. 2008. University of Wales Press. 978-0-7083-2121-8. 17.
31. News: Merched y gân. 30 May 2017. BBC Cymru Fyw. 18 October 2021. cy.
32. s-PARR-HEN-1766. Parry, Henry (1766?-1854), cleric and antiquary. William Llewelyn Davies. 11 June 2024.
33. Book: Deborah C. Fisher. Princes of Wales. 2006. University of Wales Press. 978-0-7083-2003-7. 75.
34. Morgan . Gerald . The Trawsgoed inheritance . Ceredigion . XII . 1 . 33. 1993 .
35. Web site: JEFFREYS, John (1706–66), of the Priory, Brecon, and Sheen, Surr.. The History of Parliament (1715-1754). 3 April 2016.
36. s-EDWA-EVA-1734. EDWARDS, EVAN (1734-1766), harpist. Robert David Griffith. yes. 11 March 2018.
37. Book: Callahan, James Morton . Butcher . Bernard Lee . Genealogical and Personal History of the Upper Monongahela Valley, West Virginia . 3 . 950 . Lewis Historical Publishers . 1912.