1762 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1762 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
Events
- Henry Arthur Herbert, 4th Earl of Powis, leaves the Whig party.
- Silvanus Bevan is elected a member of the Cymmrodorion.[1]
Arts and literature
New books
- Thomas Edwards (Twm o'r Nant) - Tri Chydymaith Dyn
- Oliver Goldsmith - The Life of Richard Nash
Music
- William Williams Pantycelyn - Mor o Wydr (including "Gweddi am Nerth i fyned trwy anialwch y Byd", the Welsh original of the hymn "Cwm Rhondda")
Births
- 12 August - George, Prince of Wales, later King George IV (died 1830)
- 11 October - David Charles, hymn-writer (died 1834)
- date unknown
- Samuel Homfray, iron-master (died 1822)
- William Jones, bookseller, religious writer, and member of the Scotch Baptist church in Finsbury, London.[2] (died 1846)
- John Williams, evangelical cleric (died 1802)
Deaths
- 3 February - Beau Nash, leader of fashion, 87
- 2 May - John Salusbury, diarist, 54
- date unknown - Robert Edwards, buccaneer and American settler
References
- ↑ See "Silvanus Bevan" on Welsh Biography Online.
- ↑
Lee, Sidney, ed. (1892). "Jones, William (1762-1846)". Dictionary of National Biography 30. London: Smith, Elder & Co.