1757 in Wales

Centuries:	16th; 17th; 18th; 19th; 20th;
Decades:	1730s; 1740s; 1750s; 1760s; 1770s;
See also:	List of years in Wales; Timeline of Welsh history 1757 in Great Britain Scotland Elsewhere

Events from the year 1757 in Wales.

Incumbents[edit]

Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire) – George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley^[1]^[2]
Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Other Windsor, 4th Earl of Plymouth^[3]
Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Thomas Morgan^[1]
Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Wilmot Vaughan, 3rd Viscount Lisburne^[1]
Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – George Rice^[4]
Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Richard Myddelton
Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet^[1]
Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Howell Gwynne^[5]^[1]
Bishop of Bangor – John Egerton^[6]
Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Newcome^[7]
Bishop of St Asaph – Robert Hay Drummond^[8]
Bishop of St Davids – Anthony Ellys^[9]

Events[edit]

George Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis, takes out a lease on Esgair-mwyn lead mine.^[10]
Hirwaun ironworks begins coke smelting.^[11]
Daines Barrington is appointed judge of the Merioneth, Caernarvonshire and Anglesey circuit (Court of Great Sessions).^[12]

Arts and literature[edit]

New books[edit]

John Dyer – The Fleece^[13]
Edward Evans – translation of S. Bourne's Catechism
Elizabeth Griffith – A Series of Genuine Letters between Henry and Frances^[14]
Joseph Harris – An Essay Upon Money and Coins
Joshua Thomas – Tystiolaeth y Credadyn^[15]

Music[edit]

Elis Roberts – "Jeils"
William Williams (Pantycelyn) – Rhai Hymnau a Chaniadau Duwiol^[16]

Births[edit]

12 September – John Williams, lawyer and writer on legal topics (died 1810)
date unknown – Thomas Foley, admiral (died 1833)^[17]
probable – Richard Jones, Ruthin priest and writer (died 1814)

Deaths[edit]

23 March – Thomas Herring, former Bishop of Bangor, 64^[18]
16 July – Richard Lloyd, politician, about 54^[19]
16 September – Savage Mostyn, naval officer, 40s
December – John Dyer, poet, 56^[20]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.
^ Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 695. ISBN 9780806313146.
^ Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 612. ISBN 9780806313146.
^ "Rice, George" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
^ Namier, Lewis. "Gwynne, Howell (1718-80), of Garth in Llanleonfel, Brec". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
^ John McClintock; James Strong (1981). Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature. Baker Book House. p. 324.
^ "Newcome, Richard (NWCM718R2)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
^ "Ellys, Anthony" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
^ National Library of Wales Journal. Council of the National Library of Wales. 1999. p. 133.
^ Ince, Laurence (1993). The South Wales iron industry, 1750-1885. Great Britain: Ferric. p. 33. ISBN 9780951816516.
^ Stephens, Meic (1986). The Oxford companion to the literature of Wales. Oxford Oxfordshire New York: Oxford University Press. p. 33. ISBN 9780192115867.
^ Jack Lynch; John T. Lynch (2016). The Oxford Handbook of British Poetry, 1660-1800. Oxford University Press. p. 313. ISBN 978-0-19-960080-9.
^ Richard Griffith; Elizabeth Griffith (1761). A Series of Genuine Letters Between Henry and Frances. W. Johston.
^ Gwilym Lleyn (1869). Cambrian bibliography: containing an account of the books printed in the Welsh language, or relating to Wales, from the year 1546 to the end of the eighteenth century; with biographical notices. Printed and pub. by J. Pryse. pp. 445.
^ David Ceri Jones; Eryn Mant White (4 January 2012). The Elect Methodists: Calvinistic Methodism in England and Wales, 1735-1811. University of Wales Press. pp. 138–. ISBN 978-0-7083-2502-5.
^ Tom Wareham, ‘Foley, Sir Thomas (1757–1833)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, May 2007 accessed 9 March 2008 Oxford DNB - subscription required
^ Holtby, Robert T. (2004). "Herring, Thomas (1693–1757), archbishop of Canterbury". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/13098. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "LLOYD, Richard (c.1703-57), of Mabws, Card". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
^ Shaw, Thomas B. A Complete Manual of English Literature. Ed. William Smith. New York: Sheldon & Co., 1872. 372. Print.

[Sainty-1] J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.

[2] Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 695. ISBN 9780806313146.

[3] Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 612. ISBN 9780806313146.

[4] "Rice, George" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

[5] Namier, Lewis. "Gwynne, Howell (1718-80), of Garth in Llanleonfel, Brec". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 7 October 2017.

[6] John McClintock; James Strong (1981). Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature. Baker Book House. p. 324.

[7] "Newcome, Richard (NWCM718R2)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

[8] The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.

[9] "Ellys, Anthony" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

[10] National Library of Wales Journal. Council of the National Library of Wales. 1999. p. 133.

[11] Ince, Laurence (1993). The South Wales iron industry, 1750-1885. Great Britain: Ferric. p. 33. ISBN 9780951816516.

[12] Stephens, Meic (1986). The Oxford companion to the literature of Wales. Oxford Oxfordshire New York: Oxford University Press. p. 33. ISBN 9780192115867.

[13] Jack Lynch; John T. Lynch (2016). The Oxford Handbook of British Poetry, 1660-1800. Oxford University Press. p. 313. ISBN 978-0-19-960080-9.

[14] Richard Griffith; Elizabeth Griffith (1761). A Series of Genuine Letters Between Henry and Frances. W. Johston.

[15] Gwilym Lleyn (1869). Cambrian bibliography: containing an account of the books printed in the Welsh language, or relating to Wales, from the year 1546 to the end of the eighteenth century; with biographical notices. Printed and pub. by J. Pryse. pp. 445.

[16] David Ceri Jones; Eryn Mant White (4 January 2012). The Elect Methodists: Calvinistic Methodism in England and Wales, 1735-1811. University of Wales Press. pp. 138–. ISBN 978-0-7083-2502-5.

[17] Tom Wareham, ‘Foley, Sir Thomas (1757–1833)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, May 2007 accessed 9 March 2008 Oxford DNB - subscription required

[18] Holtby, Robert T. (2004). "Herring, Thomas (1693–1757), archbishop of Canterbury". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/13098. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[19] "LLOYD, Richard (c.1703-57), of Mabws, Card". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 2 January 2019.

[20] Shaw, Thomas B. A Complete Manual of English Literature. Ed. William Smith. New York: Sheldon & Co., 1872. 372. Print.

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