1770 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1770 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

 * Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey - Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet
 * Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire – Thomas Morgan of Rhiwpera
 * 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


 * Bishop of Bangor – John Ewer
 * Bishop of Llandaff – Shute Barrington
 * Bishop of St Asaph – Jonathan Shipley
 * Bishop of St Davids – Charles Moss

Events

 * September - Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet, holds his legendary coming-of-age party, to which 15,000 guests are invited. Three coachloads of cooks are sent from London to provide the refreshments, and a hall is built especially for the occasion at Wynnstay.
 * Approximate date - Bridge at Pontardawe built by William Edwards.

New books

 * Robert Jones (Calvinistic Methodist) - Lleferydd yr Asyn
 * Thomas Meredith - An Illustration of Several Texts of Scripture
 * John Walters - A Dissertation on the Welsh Language
 * Sir John Wynn, 1st Baronet - History of the Gwydir Family (posthumously published)

Music

 * Daines Barrington - Some Account of Two Musical Instruments Used in Wales

Births

 * 15 January - Sir John Edwards, 1st Baronet, of Garth, politician (died 1850)
 * 8 April - John Jenkins (Ifor Ceri), antiquarian (died 1829)
 * 14 April - John Evans, explorer (died 1799)
 * 30 April - David Thompson, explorer (died 1857)

Deaths

 * 13 January - Howel Davies, Methodist leader, about 54
 * 19 June - Thomas Williams, Congregational minister, about 45
 * 8 August - John Jones, clergyman and author, 70