This article is about the particular significance of the year 1762 to Wales and its people.
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Incumbents edit
- 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, 3rd Viscount Lisburne (until 27 July); Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne (from 27 July)[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
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Howell Gwynne[9][2]
- Bishop of Bangor – John Egerton[10]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Newcome (until 9 July);[11] John Ewer (from 28 December)[12]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Robert Hay Drummond (until June)[13] Richard Newcome (from 9 July)
- Bishop of St Davids – Anthony Ellys (until 16 January)[14] Samuel Squire (from 24 March)
Events edit
- Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis, leaves the Whig party.[15]
- Silvanus Bevan is elected a member of the Cymmrodorion.[16]
Arts and literature edit
New books edit
- Thomas Edwards (Twm o'r Nant) – Tri Chydymaith Dyn
- Oliver Goldsmith – The Life of Richard Nash
- William Williams Pantycelyn – Pantheologia, neu Hanes Holl Grefyddau’r Byd[17]
Music edit
- William Williams Pantycelyn – Mor o Wydr (including "Gweddi am Nerth i fyned trwy anialwch y Byd", the Welsh original of the hymn "Cwm Rhondda")
Births edit
- 12 August – George, Prince of Wales, later King George IV (died 1830)
- 11 October – David Charles, hymn-writer (died 1834)
- date unknown
- Samuel Homfray, iron-master (died 1822)
- William Jones, bookseller, religious writer, and member of the Scotch Baptist church in Finsbury, London.[18] (died 1846)
- John Williams, evangelical cleric (died 1802)
Deaths edit
- 3 February – Beau Nash, leader of fashion, 87[19]
- 2 May – John Salusbury, diarist, 54[20]
- 2 May – Margaret Lloyd, Moravian worker and activist, 53[21]
References edit
- ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 24.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1992. p. 169.
- ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 26.
- ^ . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 612. ISBN 9780806313146.
- ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 29.
- ^ Namier, Lewis. "Gwynne, Howell (1718-80), of Garth in Llanleonfel, Brec". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ John McClintock; James Strong (1981). Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature. Baker Book House. p. 324.
- ^ "Newcome, Richard (NWCM718R2)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Ewer, John (EWR723J)". 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.
- ^ Evan David Jones. "HERBERT family, (earls of POWIS)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- ^ "Bevan, Silvanus". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. 1959. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- ^ E. Wyn James. "Welsh ballads and American slavery (2007). First published in The Welsh Journal of Religious History, 2 (2007), 59–86. ISSN 1753-9595". Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1892). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 30. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Black, William (2011), "The Citizen of the World.—Beau Nash", Goldsmith, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 50–66, doi:10.1017/cbo9781139083973.007, ISBN 978-1-139-08397-3
- ^ Rompkey, Ronald (1974). "Salusbury, John". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. III (1741–1770) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Lloyd (later Moore), Margaret (1709-1762), one of the original members of the Moravian congregation in London". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 October 2021.