1755 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 1755 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 – Other Windsor, 4th Earl of Plymouth[3]
- 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 – George Rice[4]
- 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 (until 13 February); Richard Newcome (from 13 April)[6]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Robert Hay Drummond[7]
- Bishop of St Davids – Anthony Ellys[8]
Events
- Following the death of his wife in this year, Griffith Jones (Llanddowror) goes to live at the home of Madam Bridget Bevan.
- The Brecknockshire Agricultural Society is formed.
Arts and literature
New books
- Rules of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion are published.[9]
Music
- Morgan Rhys – Golwg o Ben Nebo, ar Wlad yr Addewid (collection of hymns)[10]
Births
- 22 February – Henry Nevill, 2nd Earl of Abergavenny (died 1843)
- 9 May – Wilmot Vaughan, 2nd Earl of Lisburne, owner of the Trawsgoed estate (died 1820)[11]
- 5 July – Sarah Siddons, actress (d. 1831)[12]
- 14 October – Thomas Charles of Bala, clergyman (died 1814)[13]
- 21 October – Caleb Hillier Parry, Welsh-descended physician (died 1822)
- 18 November – Rev. William Jones (died 1821)[14]
Deaths
- 13 February – Edward Cresset, Bishop of Llandaff, 57[15][16]
- 30 June – Edward Wynne, lawyer and landowner[17]
- 12 July – Zachariah Williams, inventor, 81[18]
- date unknown – John Owen, chancellor of Bangor
References
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