1763 in Wales
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Events from the year 1763 in Wales.
Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - George (later George IV)
- Princess of Wales - vacant
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.[1]
- 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[2]
- Tomshone Catty's Tricks[3]
Music
- Aaron Williams - The Universal Psalmodist[4]
Births
- 1 April - John Wynne Griffith, politician (died 1834)
- 13 April - Robert Nicholl Carne, landowner (died 1849)[5]
- August - Peter Bailey Williams, clergyman and author (died 1836)
Deaths
- 18 May - Robert Williams, politician, about 68[6]
- 16 July - William Morgan (of Tredegar, younger), politician, 38[7]
- 25 November - Richard Morris, father of the noted Morris brothers ("Morrisiaid Môn"), 89[8]
gollark: It's like those fun tricks where you can prove 1 = 2 by subtly dividing by 0.
gollark: It is for a, b > 0.
gollark: i² is -1. That is how it is DEFINED.
gollark: WRONG.
gollark: sqrt(1) = sqrt(-1)sqrt(-1) = i² = bee you.
References
- John Tearle (1991). Mrs. Piozzi's Tall Young Beau, William Augustus Conway. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-8386-3402-8.
- Joseph Falaky Nagy; Celtic Studies Association of North America (2006). Memory and the modern in Celtic literatures. Four Courts Press. p. 44. ISBN 978-1-85182-982-8.
- Helen Phillips (2008). Bandit Territories: British Outlaw Traditions. University of Wales Press. p. 68. ISBN 978-0-7083-1985-7.
- The London Chronicle. 1763. p. 280.
- Sylvanus, Urban (1849). "Clergy deceased". The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle. Vol. 32. London: John Bowyer Nichols and Son. p. 662-663.
- "WILLIAMS, Robert (?1695-1763), of Erbistock, Denb". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- Walter Thomas Morgan. "Morgan family, of Tredegar Park". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- John Humphreys Davies (1909). The Letters of Lewis, Richard, William and John Morris of Anglesey, (Morrisiaid Mon) 1728-1765. Published privately by the editor and printed for him by Fox, Jones.
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