1765 in Wales

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Events from the year 1765 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 – Howell Gwynne ^{[10] [2]}
• Bishop of Bangor – John Egerton ^[11]
• Bishop of Llandaff – John Ewer ^[12]
• Bishop of St Asaph – Richard Newcome ^[13]
• Bishop of St Davids – Samuel Squire ^[14]

Events

• July – Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis, resigns from his position as Treasurer of the Household when his former party, the Whigs, are returned to power. ^[15]
• 6 December – The Penrhyn estate comes into the possession of the Pennant family, through the marriage of Richard Pennant with the heiress of the Warburton family. ^[16]
• unknown dates
  • Cyfarthfa Ironworks is founded by Anthony Bacon. ^[17]
  • Richard Price becomes a Fellow of the Royal Society.

Arts and literature

New books

• John Jones – Catholic Faith and Practice ^[18]

Music

• 12 August – The Royal Shepherd, by Richard Rolt, is performed in Dublin to celebrate the birthday of the Prince of Wales. ^[19]

Births

• 4 May – Hopkin Bevan, minister and writer (died 1839) ^[20]
• 23 August – James Davies, schoolmaster ^[21]
• 8 October – George Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor, politician (died 1852) ^[22]
• 13 October – J. R. Jones (Ramoth), Baptist minister (died 1822)
• date unknown – David Jones, barrister (died 1816) ^[23]

Deaths

• 10 April – Edward Heylyn, porcelain manufacturer, 69/70 ^[24]
• 11 April – Lewis Morris, hydrographer and writer, eldest of the Morris brothers of Anglesey, 64 ^[25]
• 16 May – William Wynne, lawyer and author, about 73 ^[26]
• 8 June – Silvanus Bevan, apothecary, 73/74 ^[27]
• 16 December – Thomas William, Methodist exhorter, 48
• 29 December – Prince Frederick William of Wales, son of the former Prince and Princess of Wales, 15 ^[28]

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. "Rice, George"  . Dictionary of National Biography . London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
7. Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 612. ISBN   9780806313146.
8. Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 29.
9. George Grenville (1962). Additional Grenville Papers 1763-1765. Manchester University Press. p. 176.
10. Namier, Lewis. "Gwynne, Howell (1718-80), of Garth in Llanleonfel, Brec". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
11. John McClintock; James Strong (1981). Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature. Baker Book House. p. 324.
12. "Ewer, John (EWR723J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
13. The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
14. "Squire, Samuel (SKR730S)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
15. Evan David Jones. "HERBERT family, (earls of POWIS)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography . National Library of Wales . Retrieved 29 March 2019.
16. Raphael Samuel (1977). Miners, quarrymen, and saltworkers. Routledge & K. Paul. ISBN   978-0-7100-8353-1.
17. Ince, Laurence (1993). The South Wales iron industry, 1750-1885. Great Britain: Ferric. p. 60. ISBN   9780951816516.
18. Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology. J.B. Lippincott and Company. 1870. pp.  289.
19. John C. Greene (2011). Theatre in Dublin, 1745-1820: A Calendar of Performances. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 990. ISBN   978-1-61146-110-7.
20. Gomer Morgan Roberts. "Bevan, Hopkin (1765-1839), Calvinistic Methodist minister". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
21. Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Davies, James (1765-1849), 'the schoolmaster of Devauden'". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
22. "Rice, Hon. George Talbot (1765-1852), of Newton alias Dynevor, Carm". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
23. "Jones, David (1765–1816)"  . Dictionary of National Biography . London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
24.  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : "Heylyn, John". Dictionary of National Biography . London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
25. Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Morris, Lewis (Llewelyn Ddu o Fôn; 1701-1765), poet and scholar". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
26. Turner, Roger (January 2008). "Wynne, William (bap. 1692, d. 1765)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . Oxford University Press . Retrieved 10 February 2009.
27. Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Bevan, Silvanus (1691-1765), Quaker physician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
28. Gentleman's and Citizen's Almanack. Watson. 1772. p. 40.