Events from the year 1758 in Wales.
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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- April – Goronwy Owen becomes headmaster of the grammar school attached to the College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia.[10]
- 13 July – Josiah Tucker becomes Dean of Gloucester.[11]
- October – Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) becomes curate of Llanllechid.
- December – The Llangibby estate passes into the hands of the Addams-Williams family when the original Williams line dies out.[12]
- date unknown – The Welsh Charity School becomes co-educational.[13]
Arts and literature
editNew books
edit- Peter Williams – Blodau i Blant
Music
edit- John Thomas – Caniadau Siôn, vol. 1
Births
edit- 3 May – Stephen Kemble, Herefordshire-born actor, brother of Sarah Siddons (died 1822)[14]
- 24 (or 20) August – Sir Thomas Picton, soldier (died 1815)[15]
- 3 September – Henrietta Clive, Countess of Powis (died 1822)[16]
- 18 October – Theophilus Jones, lawyer and historian (died 1830)
- date unknown – Richard Fothergill, ironmaster (died 1821)[17]
- probable – Isaac Davis, advisor to Kamehameha I of Hawaii (died 1810)
Deaths
edit- 24 January – William Wogan, religious writer, 79[18]
- 25 January – Herbert Windsor, 2nd Viscount Windsor, 50[19]
- 18 March – Matthew Hutton, Archbishop of Canterbury and former Bishop of Bangor, 65
- 24 March – Sir Thomas Mostyn, 4th Baronet, 53[20]
- December – Sir Leonard Williams, 5th Baronet[12]
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.
- ^ . 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.
- ^ . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ David Gwenallt Jones. "Owen, Goronwy (1723-1769), cleric and poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ Ruth Savage (26 April 2012). Philosophy and Religion in Enlightenment Britain: New Case Studies. OUP Oxford. p. 240. ISBN 978-0-19-922704-4.
- ^ a b Bernard Burke; John Burke (1838). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England. Scott, Webster & Geary. p. 508.
- ^ Jones, Emrys, ed. (2001). The Welsh in London, 1500-2000. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. pp. 63–66. ISBN 0708317103.
- ^ The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners: With Strictures on Their Epitome, the Stage ... proprietors. 1807. p. 227.
- ^ Havard, Robert (1996). Wellington's Welsh general: a life of Sir Thomas Picton. London: Aurum. ISBN 1854104020.
- ^ John Chaloner Smith (1879). British Mezzotinto Portraits. H. Sotheran & Company. p. 562.
- ^ Watkin William Price. "Fothergill family, ironmasters". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ Notes and Queries. Oxford University Press. 1855. p. 245.
- ^ The History of Parliament: WINDSOR, Hon. Herbert (1707-58). Originally published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754, ed. R. Sedgwick, 1970
- ^ "(Bangor) Mostyn Manuscripts". Jisc Archives Hub. Retrieved 29 March 2019.