1760s in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the decade 1760 - 1769 to Wales and its people.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - George, Prince of Wales (to October 25, 1760)
- Prince of Wales - George, Prince of Wales (from 1762)
- Princess of Wales - vacant
[edit] Events
- October 25 - The Prince of Wales succeeds his father, King George II, on the throne of Great Britain.
- Henry Arthur Herbert, 4th Earl of Powis, leaves the Whig party.
- January 26 - Herbert Lloyd, MP for Cardigan Boroughs, is created a baronet.
- October 11 - Hester Lynch Salusbury marries Henry Thrale, against her family's wishes.
- June 21 - Humphrey Edwards begins a voyage round the world as physician on the frigate Tamar.
- Anthony Bacon succeeds John Wilkes as MP for Aylesbury.
- Thomas Nowell becomes principal of St Mary Hall, Oxford.
- February 19 - Thomas Kymer is granted an Act of Parliament allowing him to construct the Kidwelly and Llanelli Canal.
- May 12 - Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet, marries Margaret, daughter of Rev Hugh Wynn and heiress to the Bodysgallen estate.
- John, Lord Mountstuart marries Charlotte Jane, granddaughter of Thomas Windsor, 1st Viscount Windsor.
- John Guest becomes manager of Dowlais Ironworks.
- Selina, Countess of Huntingdon, finances the building of a seminary at Trefeca-isaf for the training of evangelical preachers.
- Richard Wilson is a founder member of the Royal Academy.
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] New books
- 1762
- Thomas Edwards (Twm o'r Nant) - Tri Chydymaith Dyn
- 1763
- Goronwy Owen et al - Diddanwch Teuluaidd
- 1764
- Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) - Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Antient Welsh Bards
- 1766
- David Jones of Trefriw (ed.) - Cydymaith Diddan
- John Roberts (Siôn Robert Lewis) - Drych y Cristion
- Anna Williams - Miscellanies in Prose and Verse
- 1767
- Evan Thomas (Ieuan Fardd Ddu) - Traethawd ar Fywyd Ffydd
- 1768
- Thomas Edwards (Twm o'r Nant) - Y Farddoneg Fabilonaidd
[edit] Music
[edit] Births
- 1760
- July 6 - Thomas Phillips, surgeon and educational benefactor (d. 1851)
- December 8 - Morgan John Rhys, minister and author (d. 1804)
- 1761
- July 15 - Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain), writer (d. 1849)
- October 11 - David Charles, hymn-writer (d. 1834)
- 1762
- August 12 - George, Prince of Wales, later King George IV (d. 1830)
- 1763
- August - Peter Bailey Williams, clergyman and author (d. 1836)
- 1764
- April 29 - Julia Ann Hatton, novelist (d. 1838)
- June 20 - Thomas Evans (Tomos Glyn Cothi), first Unitarian minister in Wales (d. 1833)
- date unknown - Robert Waithman, lord mayor of London (d. 1833)
- 1766
- March William Turner, industrialist (d. 1853)
- December 6 - Robert Williams (Robert ap Gwilym Ddu), poet (d. 1850)
- December 25 - Christmas Evans, preacher (d. 1838)
- 1768
- August - Sydenham Teak Edwards, botanical artist (d. 1819)
- September 17 - Edward Lloyd, 1st Baron Mostyn (d. 1854)
- September 24 - Sharon Turner, historian (d. 1847)
[edit] Deaths
- 1760
- October 25 - King George II of Great Britain, former Prince of Wales, 76
- 1761
- April 8 - Griffith Jones Llanddowror, pioneer in education, 77
- 1762
- February 3 - Beau Nash, leader of fashion, 87
- 1763
- November 25 - Richard Morris, father of the noted Morris brothers ("Morrisiaid Môn"), 89
- 1764
- June 18 - Christmas Samuel, minister and writer, 90
- June 22 - Sir John Philipps, 6th Baronet, 63
- September 26 - Joseph Harris, Assay-master of the Royal Mint, 60
- 1765
- April 10 - Edward Heylyn, porcelain manufacturer, 70?
- April 11 - Lewis Morris, hydrographer and writer, eldest of the Morris brothers of Anglesey, 64
- 1767
- September 11 - Theophilus Evans, clergyman and historian, 74
- September 17 - Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of York and Albany, second son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, 28
- 1768
- March 26 - Humphrey Owen, academic, 65
- 1769
- July - Goronwy Owen, poet, 46
