Events from the year 1755 in Wales.
| |||||
| Centuries: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decades: | |||||
| See also: | List of years in Wales Timeline of Welsh history
| ||||
Incumbents edit
- Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire) – George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley[1][2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Other Windsor, 4th Earl of Plymouth[3]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Thomas Morgan[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Wilmot Vaughan, 3rd Viscount Lisburne[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – George Rice[4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Richard Myddelton
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – William Perry[1]
- Bishop of Bangor – Zachary Pearce[5]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Edward Cresset (until 13 February); Richard Newcome (from 13 April)[6]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Robert Hay Drummond[7]
- Bishop of St Davids – Anthony Ellys[8]
Events edit
- Following the death of his wife in this year, Griffith Jones (Llanddowror) goes to live at the home of Madam Bridget Bevan.
- The Brecknockshire Agricultural Society is formed.
Arts and literature edit
New books edit
- Rules of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion are published.[9]
Music edit
- Morgan Rhys – Golwg o Ben Nebo, ar Wlad yr Addewid (collection of hymns)[10]
Births edit
- 22 February – Henry Nevill, 2nd Earl of Abergavenny (died 1843)
- 9 May – Wilmot Vaughan, 2nd Earl of Lisburne, owner of the Trawsgoed estate (died 1820)[11]
- 5 July – Sarah Siddons, actress (d. 1831)[12]
- 14 October – Thomas Charles of Bala, clergyman (died 1814)[13]
- 21 October – Caleb Hillier Parry, Welsh-descended physician (died 1822)
- 18 November – Rev. William Jones (died 1821)[14]
Deaths edit
- 13 February – Edward Cresset, Bishop of Llandaff, 57[15][16]
- 30 June – Edward Wynne, lawyer and landowner[17]
- 12 July – Zachariah Williams, inventor, 81[18]
- date unknown – John Owen, chancellor of Bangor
References edit
- ^ a b c d e J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.
- ^ Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 695. ISBN 9780806313146.
- ^ Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 612. ISBN 9780806313146.
- ^ . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ Hole, Robert (2004). "Pearce, Zachary (1690–1774)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 4 June 2008.
- ^ "Newcome, Richard (NWCM718R2)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
- ^ . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ "Our History". Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- ^ John Julian (1892). A Dictionary of Hymnology: Setting Forth the Origin and History of Christian Hymns of All Ages and Nations. C. Scribner's Sons. p. 959.
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ Cecil John Layton Price. "Siddons, Sarah (1755-1831), actress". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
- ^ Thomas, J. E. (1985). International biography of adult education. Nottingham: University of Nottingham. Dept. of Adult Education. p. 93. ISBN 9781850410010.
- ^ Jenkins, Robert Thomas (1959). "Jones, William (1755–1821), Evangelical cleric". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- ^ Salopian Shreds and Patches. 1877. p. 38.
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ Jones, Evan David. "WYNN family, of Bodewryd, Anglesey". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 14 May 2008.
- ^ James Boswell (1807). The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. W. Andrews and L. Blake. pp. 215–.