1767 in Wales explained

Events from the year 1767 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 – Edward Harley, 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer (from 16 July)^{[10] [2]}
• Bishop of Bangor – John Egerton^[11]
• Bishop of Llandaff – John Ewer
• Bishop of St Asaph – Richard Newcome^[12]
• Bishop of St Davids – Charles Moss (from 30 November)^[13]

Events

• 30 April - John Guest becomes manager of Dowlais Ironworks.^[14]
• 29 August - John Wesley begins a two-week evangelical tour of South Wales.^[15]
• Autumn - Cyfarthfa Ironworks probably first comes into blast.
• date unknown - On the death of Daniel Lewis, another local Baptist, Rachel Lewis, hosts meetings of multiple denominations in her home at Merthyr Tydfil.^[16]

Arts and literature

New books

• Evan Thomas (Ieuan Fardd Ddu) - Traethawd ar Fywyd Ffydd^[17]

Painting

• Thomas Jones is awarded a premium for landscape painting by the Society of Arts.^[18]

Births

• 25 February - John Roberts, theologian (died 1834)^[19]
• 2 October - John Evans, Baptist minister and writer (died 1827)^[20]
• date unknown - Hugh Evans (Hywel Eryri), poet (died c.1841)^[21]
• probable - James Davies, Baptist minister (died 1860)^[22]

Deaths

• 29 April - Sir John Morgan, 4th Baronet, of Llangattock, politician, 56^[23]
• 8 May - Emanuel Bowen, map engraver, 72^[24]
• 11 September - Theophilus Evans, clergyman and historian, 74^[25]
• 17 September - Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany, second son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, 28
• date unknown - Richard Nanney, evangelist, 75/76^[26]

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. Book: Jonathan Williams. The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. 1859. 115.
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. Book: Thomas Duffus Hardy. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales.... University Press. 1854. 305.
14. Book: Andrew Lorenz. GKN: The Making of a Business, 1759 - 2009. 16 April 2012. John Wiley & Sons. 978-0-470-68588-4. 3.
15. Book: John Wesley. John Wesley in Wales, 1739-1790: entries from his journal and diary relating to Wales. 1971. University of Wales Press. 129.
16. Book: Charles Wilkins. The History of Merthyr Tydfil. 1867. H.W. Southey. 272.
17. s-EVAN-EVA-1731. THOMAS, EVAN (Ieuan Fardd Ddu; 1733-1814), printer and translator. Thomas Isfryn Jones. 11 March 2018.
18. s-JONE-THO-1742. JONES, THOMAS (1742-1803), landscape painter. Richard Griffith Owen. yes. 11 March 2018.
19. s-ROBE-JOH-1767. ROBERTS, JOHN (1767-1834), Independent minister and theologian. Megan Ellis. Llewelyn Gwyn Chambers. yes. 11 March 2018.
20. Evans, John (1767-1827). 18.
21. s-EVAN-HUG-1767. EVANS, HUGH (Hywel Eryri; 1767-1841?), poet. Robert (Bob) Owen. yes. 11 March 2018.
22. s-DAVI-JAM-1767. Davies, James (1767?-1860), Baptist minister. Robert Thomas Jenkins. yes. 18 October 2019.
23. Web site: MORGAN, Sir John, 4th Bt. (1710-67), of Kinnersley Castle, Herefs. . History of Parliament Online (1715-1754). 10 April 2019.
24. Bowen, Thomas.
25. s-EVAN-THE-1693. Evans, Theophilus (1693-1767), cleric, historian, and man of letters. Enid Pierce Roberts. yes. 30 September 2019.
26. s-NANN-RIC-1691. Nanney, Richard (1691-1767), Evangelical cleric. Thomas Richards. yes. 30 September 2019.