1751 in Wales

Events from the year 1751 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 (until 7 December)

Events

 * 20 April – George, eldest son of the late Frederick, Prince of Wales, is made Prince of Wales.
 * September – Richard Morris co-founds the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion in London.
 * Richard Price Thelwall inherits his brother's Caernarfonshire estate.

New books

 * William Williams (Pantycelyn) – Hosanna i Fab Dafydd, part 1

Music

 * William Williams (Pantycelyn) – Hosanna i Fab Dafydd, part 1

Births

 * 22 January – David Richards (Dafydd Ionawr), poet (died 1827)
 * 15 October – David Samwell (Dafydd Ddu Feddyg), naval surgeon, companion of Captain Cook and bard (died 1798)

Deaths

 * 31 March – Frederick, Prince of Wales, 44 (pulmonary embolism)
 * 20 September – Anne Vaughan, Duchess of Bolton, 61/62
 * 2 October – Thomas Mathews, admiral, 75
 * 19 December – Princess Louise of Wales, queen of Denmark and Norway, 27