This article is about the particular significance of the year 1768 to Wales and its people..

1768
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1768 in
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Arts and literature

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English language

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  • John Griffith - Some Brief Remarks upon Sundry Important Subjects … principally addressed to the … Quakers … [20]

Welsh language

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Music

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  • 14 May - In Dublin, a concert takes place for the benefit of "Jones", a resident of Britain Street, where music will be performed on "that most admired instrument, the Welsh Harp".[22]

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References

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  1. ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 24.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 695. ISBN 9780806313146.
  4. ^ Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1992. p. 169.
  5. ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 26.
  6. ^ "Rice, George" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  7. ^ Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 612. ISBN 9780806313146.
  8. ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 29.
  9. ^ George Grenville (1962). Additional Grenville Papers 1763-1765. Manchester University Press. p. 176.
  10. ^ Jonathan Williams (1859). The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. p. 115.
  11. ^ John McClintock; James Strong (1981). Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature. Baker Book House. p. 324.
  12. ^ "Ewer, John (EWR723J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  13. ^ The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
  14. ^ Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 305.
  15. ^ Charles Frederick Cliffe (1851). The book of North Wales. Hamilton, Adams. p. 123.
  16. ^ "Kymer's Canal, Kidwelly (34395)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  17. ^ Cecil John Layton Price. "Lloyd, Evan (1734-1776), cleric and writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  18. ^ "The City of Cambridge: Theological Colleges". British History Online.
  19. ^ Roberts, Gomer Morgan. "Wilson, Richard (1713-1782), landscape painter". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  20. ^ Robert (Bob) Owen. "Griffith, John (1713-1776), Quaker". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  21. ^ John Edward Horatio Steegman; Iorwerth Peate. "WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (1717-1791), Methodist cleric, author, and hymn-writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  22. ^ John C. Greene (2011). Theatre in Dublin, 1745-1820: A Calendar of Performances. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 1150–. ISBN 978-1-61146-110-7.
  23. ^ "Vaughan, Sir Robert Williames, 2nd Bt. (1768-1843), of Nannau Hall, nr. Dolgellau, Merion". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  24. ^ Smith, E. A. "Caroline [Princess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel]". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/4722. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  25. ^ Megan Ellis. "Edwards, Sydenham Teast (1768-1819), botanical and animal draughtsman". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  26. ^ "LLOYD, Sir Edward Pryce, 2nd Bt. (1768-1854), of Pengwern, Flints. and Bodfach, Mont". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  27. ^ "LLOYD, Sir Edward Pryce, 2nd Bt. (1768-1854), of Pengwern, Flints. and Bodfach, Mont". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  28. ^ Bob Owen. "Williams, William (Gwilym Twrog; 1768-1836), poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  29. ^ Thomas Mardy Rees. "Bird, John (1768-1829), landscape painter". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  30. ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Rees, Owen (1717-1768), Independent minister". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  31. ^ Jenkins, Robert Thomas. "Owen, Humphrey (1702–1768), principal of Jesus College, Oxford, and Bodley's librarian". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 August 2007.
  32. ^ Peter Cunningham, ed. (1877). The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford. Bickers and son. p. 100.
  33. ^ G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant (reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 42.
  34. ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "MORRIS, ROBERT (d. 1768), industrialist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 13 March 2018.