1761 in Wales

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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1761 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

• Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet (from 25 November) ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}
• Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire- Thomas Wynn (from 4 July) ^[5]
• Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Richard Myddelton
• Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet (from 10 July)
• Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – vacant
• Montgomeryshire – Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis (from 4 July)
• Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Other Windsor, 4th Earl of Plymouth ^[6]
• Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Thomas Morgan ^[2]
• Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Wilmot Vaughan, 3rd Viscount Lisburne ^[2]
• Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – George Rice ^[7]
• Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet ^[2]
• Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Howell Gwynne ^{[8] [2]}
• Bishop of Bangor – John Egerton ^[9]
• Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Newcome (until 9 July); ^[10] John Ewer (from 28 December) ^[11]
• Bishop of St Asaph – Robert Hay Drummond (until June) ^[12] Richard Newcome (from 9 July)
• Bishop of St Davids – Anthony Ellys (until 16 January) ^[13] Samuel Squire (from 24 March)

Events

• Edward Allgood II (1712–1801) establishes a japannery at Usk. ^[14]
• Goronwy Owen takes up his position as a rector in Virginia, and his salary is agreed. ^[15]

Arts and literature

New books

• Thomas Pennant – British Zoology, volume 1
• John Wesley – Rules of the United Societies, translated into Welsh by John Evans of Bala. ^[16]

Music

• John Parry – A Collection of Welsh, English and Scotch Airs ^[17]

Births

February: Lady Willoughby de Eresby

• 16 February – Priscilla Bertie, 21st Baroness Willoughby de Eresby, Welsh-descended noblewoman and Baroness Gwydyr (died 1828)
• 15 July – Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain), writer (died 1849)
• 11 October – David Charles, hymn-writer (died 1834)
• date unknown
  • Charles Heath, Radical printer and writer, twice Mayor of Monmouth, in Worcestershire (died 1831)
  • Elizabeth Whitlock, sister of Sarah Siddons and Julia Ann Hatton
  • Helen Maria Williams, novelist and poet, in Scotland (died 1827) ^[18]

Deaths

• 16 January – Anthony Ellys, Bishop of St Davids, 70 ^[13]
• 4 February – Samuel Davies, Welsh-descended evangelist in America, 37 (pneumonia)
• 8 April – Griffith Jones Llanddowror, pioneer in education, 77 ^[19]
• 27 April – Sir William Williams, 2nd Baronet, of Clapton, Welsh-descended politician, ?31

References

1. Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 24.
2. J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.
3. Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 695. ISBN   9780806313146.
4. Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1992. p. 169.
5. Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 26.
6. Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 612. ISBN   9780806313146.
7. "Rice, George"  . Dictionary of National Biography . London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
8. Namier, Lewis. "Gwynne, Howell (1718-80), of Garth in Llanleonfel, Brec". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
9. John McClintock; James Strong (1981). Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature. Baker Book House. p. 324.
10. "Newcome, Richard (NWCM718R2)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
11. "Ewer, John (EWR723J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
12. The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
13. "Ellys, Anthony"  . Dictionary of National Biography . London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
14. "Allgood family". Dictionary of Welsh Biography . National Library of Wales.
15. Goronwy Owen (1876). The Poetical Works of the Rev. Goronwy Owen (Goronwy Ddu O Fon): With His Life and Correspondence. Longmans, Green. p. 11.
16. "Evan, John (1723-1817)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography . National Library of Wales.
17. Phyllis Kinney (15 April 2011). Welsh Traditional Music. University of Wales Press. p. 52. ISBN   978-0-7083-2358-8.
18. Author and Book Info.com
19. Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1982. p. 449.