1750s in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the decade 1750 - 1759 to Wales and its people.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Prince of Wales
- Frederick, Prince of Wales (to March 31, 1751)
- George, Prince of Wales (from April 20, 1751)
- Princess of Wales - Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (to March 31, 1751) (afterwards Dowager Princess of Wales)
[edit] Events
- "Disruption of 1750": Howell Harris and Daniel Rowland quarrel, resulting in a lasting split in the Welsh Methodist movement.
- April 20 - George, eldest son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, succeeds his father as Prince of Wales.
- September - Richard Morris founds the Cymmrodorion Society in London.
- Richard Price Thelwall inherits his brother's Caernarfonshire estate.
- November 9 - Richard Trevor becomes Bishop of Durham.
- Howell Harris founds the Teulu Trefeca ("The Trefeca family")
- Frances, mother of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet, purchases the Mathafarn estate on her son's behalf.
- Sir John Glynne, 6th Baronet, builds New Hawarden Castle.
- Lewis Morris is briefly imprisoned at Cardigan when the local squires challenge his rights as the Crown's local representative to mine for lead. As a result of the controversy, Morris visits London for the first time.
- April-May - In the British general election, newly-elected MPs include Robert Wynne at Caernarvon Boroughs and Benjamin Bathurst at Monmouth Boroughs.
- Lewis Morris loses his post as collector of tolls at Aberdovey.
- George Edward Henry Arthur Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis, takes out a lease on Esgair-mwyn lead mine.
- Daines Barrington is appointed judge of the Merioneth, Caernarvonshire and Anglesey circuit (Court of Great Sessions).
- April - Goronwy Owen becomes headmaster of the grammar school attached to William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Virginia.
- The Llangibby estate passes into the hands of the Addams-Williams family when the original Williams line dies out.
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] New books
1750
- Griffith Hughes - Natural History of Barbados
- Daniel Rowland - Ymddiddan rhwng Methodist Uniawngred ac un Cyfeiliornus
1752
- Theophilus Evans - A History of Modern Enthusiasm
1757
- John Dyer - The Fleece
- Elizabeth Griffith - A Series of Genuine Letters between Henry and Frances
- Joseph Harris - An Essay Upon Money and Coins
- Joshua Thomas - Tystiolaeth y Credadyn
[edit] Music
1751
- William Williams (Pantycelyn) - Hosanna i Fab Dafydd, part 1
1754
- William Williams (Pantycelyn) - Hosanna i Fab Dafydd, part 2
1755
- Morgan Rhys - Golwg o Ben Nebo, ar Wlad yr Addewid (hymns)
1756
- Elis Roberts - "Argulus"
1757
- Elis Roberts - "Jeils"
1759
- William Williams (Pantycelyn) - Rhai Hymnau a Chaniadau Duwiol
[edit] Births
1750
- June - William Morgan, actuary (d. 1833)
1751
- January 22 - David Richards (Dafydd Ionawr), poet (d. 1827)
- October 15 - David Samwell, naval surgeon and companion of Captain Cook (d. 1798)
1752
- January 2 - Nicholas Owen, clergyman and antiquary (d. 1811)
- January 18 - Josiah Boydell, painter (d. 1817)
- March - Edward Jones (Bardd y Brenin), harpist (d. 1824)
- date unknown - Thomas Assheton Smith I, industrialist (d. 1828)
1754
- date unknown - Charles Hassall, surveyor (d. 1814)
1755
- February 22 - Henry Nevill, 2nd Earl of Abergavenny (d. 1843)
- July 5 - Sarah Siddons, actress (d. 1831)
- October 14 - Thomas Charles of Bala, clergyman (d. 1814)
1756
- June 7 - Edward Davies ("Celtic" Davies), writer (d. 1831)
- June 23 - Thomas Jones, mathematician (d. 1807)
- date unknown - Thomas Jones of Denbigh, minister and author (d. 1820)
1757
- date unknown - Sir Thomas Foley, admiral (d. 1833)
1758
- August - Sir Thomas Picton, soldier (d. 1815)
1759
- August 7 - William Owen Pughe, lexicographer (d. 1835)
- October 18 - Theophilus Jones, historian (d. 1812)
[edit] Deaths
1750
- November 29 - Bussy Mansell, 4th Baron Mansell
1751
- March 31 - Frederick, Prince of Wales, 44
- date unknown - Thomas Mathews, admiral, 75
1752
- May 31 - "Madam" Sidney Griffith, Methodist supporter
1754
- January 10 - Erasmus Lewis, writer and civil servant, 83
- March - Henry Vaughan, Radnorshire landowner, 33 (murdered)
- July 12 - Zachariah Williams, inventor, 81
1756
- date unknown - Lewis Evans, surveyor, 56?
1757
- December - John Dyer, poet, 56
1758
- January 24 - William Wogan, religious writer, 79
- March 24 - Sir Thomas Mostyn, 4th Baronet, 53
1759
- August 11 - John Heylyn, Welsh-descended clergyman, 74
- November 2 - Charles Hanbury Williams, diplomat and satirist, 50
- date unknown - Isaac Maddox, Bishop of St Asaph, 62
