1750 in Wales

Events from the year 1750 in Wales.

Incumbents

 * Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire) – George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley
 * Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton
 * Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Thomas Morgan
 * Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Wilmot Vaughan, 3rd Viscount Lisburne
 * Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – vacant until 1755
 * Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Richard Myddelton
 * Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Baronet
 * Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – William Perry


 * Bishop of Bangor – Zachary Pearce
 * Bishop of Llandaff – Edward Cresset
 * Bishop of St Asaph – Robert Hay Drummond
 * Bishop of St Davids – The Hon. Richard Trevor

Events

 * 9 January – At the age of 25, Henry Herbert the younger succeeds to his father's earldom of Pembroke.
 * "Disruption of 1750": Howell Harris and Daniel Rowland quarrel, resulting in a lasting split in the Welsh Methodist movement.
 * William Thomas begins his diary.

English language

 * Griffith Hughes - Natural History of Barbados

Welsh language

 * David Jones - Egluryn Rhyfedd
 * Daniel Rowland - Ymddiddan rhwng Methodist Uniawngred ac un Cyfeiliornus

Births

 * June - William Morgan, actuary (died 1833)
 * 14 November - Edward Williams, clergyman and academic (died 1813)
 * 11 December - Isaac Shelby, Welsh-descended American politician (born in US; died 1826)
 * unknown date - Evan Davies, Independent minister (died 1806)

Deaths

 * 9 January - Henry Herbert, 9th Earl of Pembroke, 56
 * May - Sir Samuel Pennant, Lord Mayor of London
 * 22 May - Matthew Pritchard, Roman Catholic bishop, 81
 * 29 November - Bussy Mansel, 4th Baron Mansel