1762 in Wales
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Template:Short description Template:Use British English Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Year in Wales header This article is about the particular significance of the year 1762 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, 3rd Viscount Lisburne (until 27 July); Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne (from 27 July)[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
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Howell Gwynne[9][2]
- Bishop of Bangor – John Egerton[10]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Newcome (until 9 July);[11] John Ewer (from 28 December)[12]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Robert Hay Drummond (until June)[13] Richard Newcome (from 9 July)
- Bishop of St Davids – Anthony Ellys (until 16 January)[14] Samuel Squire (from 24 March)
Events
- Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis, leaves the Whig party.[15]
- Silvanus Bevan is elected a member of the Cymmrodorion.[16]
Arts and literature
New books
- Thomas Edwards (Twm o'r Nant) – Tri Chydymaith Dyn
- Oliver Goldsmith – The Life of Richard Nash
- William Williams Pantycelyn – Pantheologia, neu Hanes Holl Grefyddau’r Byd[17]
Music
- William Williams Pantycelyn – Mor o Wydr (including "Gweddi am Nerth i fyned trwy anialwch y Byd", the Welsh original of the hymn "Cwm Rhondda")
Births
- 12 August – George, Prince of Wales, later King George IV (died 1830)
- 11 October – David Charles, hymn-writer (died 1834)
- date unknown
- Samuel Homfray, iron-master (died 1822)
- William Jones, bookseller, religious writer, and member of the Scotch Baptist church in Finsbury, London.[18] (died 1846)
- John Williams, evangelical cleric (died 1802)
Deaths
- 3 February – Beau Nash, leader of fashion, 87[19]
- 2 May – John Salusbury, diarist, 54[20]
- 2 May – Margaret Lloyd, Moravian worker and activist, 53[21]
References
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