1754 in Wales
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Template:Short description Template:Use British English Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Year in Wales header Events from the year 1754 in Wales.
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire) – George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley[1][2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton (until 26 August);[3] Other Windsor, 4th Earl of Plymouth (from 6 November)[4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Thomas Morgan[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Wilmot Vaughan, 3rd Viscount Lisburne[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – vacant until 1755
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Richard Myddelton
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – William Perry[1]
- Bishop of Bangor – Zachary Pearce[5]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Edward Cresset[6]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Robert Hay Drummond[7]
- Bishop of St Davids – Anthony Ellys[8]
Events
- April–May – In the British general election, newly elected MPs include Robert Wynne at Caernarvon Boroughs and Benjamin Bathurst at Monmouth Boroughs.
- John Jenkin (Ioan Siengcin) opens a Welsh school at Nevern.[9]
Arts and literature
New books
- Richard Rees – Collected sermons, published by Philip Charles[10]
- Ben Simon (ed.) – Collected works of Dafydd ap Gwilym[11]
- Mêr Difinyddiaeth Iachus (second edition, with a preface by Morgan Jones)[12]
Music
- William Williams (Pantycelyn) – Hosanna i Fab Dafydd, part 2[13]
Births
- 28 October – John Griffiths, medical practitioner and surgeon in the Royal Household (died 1822)
- 25 November – William Parry, minister and author (died 1819)[14]
- date unknown – Charles Hassall, surveyor (died 1814)[15]
- earliest likely year – Jane Cave, poet (died 1812)[16]
Deaths
- 10 January – Erasmus Lewis, writer and civil servant, 83[17]
- 20 February – John Owen, MP, about 52[18]
- 17 May – Richard Herbert, politician, 49/50[19]
- 26 August – Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton, Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan, 68[20]
References
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