1767 in Wales

Events from the year 1767 in Wales.

Incumbents

 * Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey - Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet
 * Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Thomas Morgan
 * Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire - Thomas Wynn
 * Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne
 * Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – George Rice
 * Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire - Richard Myddelton
 * Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire - Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet
 * Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Other Windsor, 4th Earl of Plymouth
 * Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire - William Vaughan
 * Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis
 * Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet
 * Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Edward Harley, 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer (from 16 July)


 * Bishop of Bangor – John Egerton
 * Bishop of Llandaff – John Ewer
 * Bishop of St Asaph – Richard Newcome
 * Bishop of St Davids – Charles Moss (from 30 November)

Events

 * 30 April - John Guest becomes manager of Dowlais Ironworks.
 * 29 August - John Wesley begins a two-week evangelical tour of South Wales.
 * 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.

New books

 * Evan Thomas (Ieuan Fardd Ddu) - Traethawd ar Fywyd Ffydd

Painting

 * Thomas Jones is awarded a premium for landscape painting by the Society of Arts.

Births

 * 25 February - John Roberts, theologian (died 1834)
 * 2 October - John Evans, Baptist minister and writer (died 1827)
 * date unknown - Hugh Evans (Hywel Eryri), poet (died c.1841)
 * probable - James Davies, Baptist minister (died 1860)

Deaths

 * 29 April - Sir John Morgan, 4th Baronet, of Llangattock, politician, 56
 * 8 May - Emanuel Bowen, map engraver, 72
 * 11 September - Theophilus Evans, clergyman and historian, 74
 * 17 September - Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany, second son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, 28
 * date unknown - Richard Nanney, evangelist, 75/76