1767 in Wales

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Events from the year 1767 in Wales.

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales - George (later George IV)
• Princess of Wales - vacant

Events

• 30 April - John Guest becomes manager of Dowlais Ironworks.[1]
• 29 August - John Wesley begins a two-week evangelical tour of South Wales.[2]
• Autumn - Cyfarthfa Ironworks probably first comes into blast.
• date unknown - On the death of Daniel Lewis, another local Baptist, Rachel Lewis, hosts meetings of multiple denominations in her home at Merthyr Tydfil.[3]

Arts and literature

New books

• Evan Thomas (Ieuan Fardd Ddu) - Traethawd ar Fywyd Ffydd[4]

Painting

• Thomas Jones is awarded a premium for landscape painting by the Society of Arts.[5]

Births

• 25 February - John Roberts, theologian (died 1834)[6]
• date unknown - Hugh Evans (Hywel Eryri), poet (died c.1841)[7]

Deaths

• 29 April - Sir John Morgan, 4th Baronet, of Llangattock, politician, 56[8]
• 11 September - Theophilus Evans, clergyman and historian, 74[9]
• 17 September - Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany, second son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, 28
• date unknown - Richard Nanney, evangelist, 75/76[10]

References

1. Andrew Lorenz (16 April 2012). GKN: The Making of a Business, 1759 - 2009. John Wiley & Sons. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-470-68588-4.
2. John Wesley (1971). John Wesley in Wales, 1739-1790: entries from his journal and diary relating to Wales. University of Wales Press. p. 129.
3. Charles Wilkins (1867). The History of Merthyr Tydfil. H.W. Southey. p. 272.
4. Thomas Isfryn Jones. "THOMAS, EVAN (Ieuan Fardd Ddu; 1733-1814), printer and translator". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
5. Richard Griffith Owen. "JONES, THOMAS (1742-1803), landscape painter". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
6. Megan Ellis; Llewelyn Gwyn Chambers. "ROBERTS, JOHN (1767-1834), Independent minister and theologian". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
7. Robert (Bob) Owen. "EVANS, HUGH (Hywel Eryri; 1767-1841?), poet". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
8. "MORGAN, Sir John, 4th Bt. (1710-67), of Kinnersley Castle, Herefs". History of Parliament Online (1715-1754). Retrieved 10 April 2019.
9. Enid Pierce Roberts. "Evans, Theophilus (1693-1767), cleric, historian, and man of letters". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
10. Thomas Richards. "Nanney, Richard (1691-1767), Evangelical cleric". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 September 2019.