1763 in Wales explained

Events from the year 1763 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 (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 – John Ewer
• Bishop of St Asaph – Richard Newcome^[11]
• Bishop of St Davids – Samuel Squire

Events

• 26 January – Herbert Lloyd, MP for Cardigan Boroughs, is created a baronet.
• 11 October – Hester Lynch Salusbury marries Henry Thrale, against her family's wishes.^[12]
• 5 December – Charles Morgan replaces Thomas Morgan (of Rhiwpera) as MP for Brecon.
• Plymouth Ironworks at Merthyr Tydfil established.
• Richard Penrhyn is created Baron Penrhyn

Arts and literature

New books

• Goronwy Owen, Lewis Morris et al. – Diddanwch Teuluaidd^[13]
• Tomshone Catty's Tricks^[14]

Music

• Aaron Williams – The Universal Psalmodist^[15]

Births

• 1 April – John Wynne Griffith, politician (died 1834)
• 13 April – Robert Nicholl Carne, landowner (died 1849)^[16]
• August – Peter Bailey Williams, clergyman and author (died 1836)

Deaths

• 18 May – Robert Williams, politician, about 68^[17]
• 16 July – William Morgan (of Tredegar, younger), politician, 38^[18]
• 25 November – Richard Morris, father of the noted Morris brothers ("Morrisiaid Môn"), 89^[19]

Notes and References

1. Book: Edward Breese. Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. 1873. 24.
2. Book: J.C. Sainty . John Sainty (civil servant) . List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974 . Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd . London . 1979.
3. Book: Nicholas, Thomas . Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales . Genealogical Pub. Co . Baltimore . 1991 . 9780806313146 . 695.
4. Book: Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1992. 169.
5. Book: Edward Breese. Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. 1873. 26.
6. Rice, George.
7. Book: Nicholas, Thomas . Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales . Genealogical Pub. Co . Baltimore . 1991 . 9780806313146 . 612.
8. Book: Edward Breese. Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. 1873. 29.
9. Web site: Gwynne, Howell (1718-80), of Garth in Llanleonfel, Brec.. Namier. Lewis. History of Parliament Online. 7 October 2017.
10. Book: John McClintock. James Strong. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature. Baker Book House. 1981. 324.
11. Book: The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. 15.
12. Book: John Tearle. Mrs. Piozzi's Tall Young Beau, William Augustus Conway. 1991. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. 978-0-8386-3402-8. 39.
13. Book: Joseph Falaky Nagy. Celtic Studies Association of North America. Memory and the modern in Celtic literatures. 2006. Four Courts Press. 978-1-85182-982-8. 44.
14. Book: Helen Phillips. Bandit Territories: British Outlaw Traditions. 2008. University of Wales Press. 978-0-7083-1985-7. 68.
15. Book: The London Chronicle. 1763. 280.
16. The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle . Clergy deceased . 1849. John Bowyer Nichols and Son . London. 32 . 662–663 . Urban . Sylvanus.
17. Web site: WILLIAMS, Robert (?1695-1763), of Erbistock, Denb.. History of Parliament Online. 2 April 2020.
18. s-MORG-TRE-1384. Morgan family, of Tredegar Park. Walter Thomas Morgan. 2 April 2020.
19. Book: John Humphreys Davies. The Letters of Lewis, Richard, William and John Morris of Anglesey, (Morrisiaid Mon) 1728-1765. 1909. Published privately by the editor and printed for him by Fox, Jones.