Events from the year 1757 in Wales.
Incumbents Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire) – George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Other Windsor, 4th Earl of Plymouth Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Thomas Morgan Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Wilmot Vaughan, 3rd Viscount Lisburne Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – George Rice Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Richard Myddelton Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Howell Gwynne Bishop of Bangor – John Egerton Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Newcome Bishop of St Asaph – Robert Hay Drummond Bishop of St Davids – Anthony Ellys
Events George Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis, takes out a lease on Esgair-mwyn lead mine. Hirwaun ironworks begins coke smelting. Daines Barrington is appointed judge of the Merioneth, Caernarvonshire and Anglesey circuit (Court of Great Sessions).
Arts and literature New books John Dyer – The Fleece Edward Evans – translation of S. Bourne's Catechism Elizabeth Griffith – A Series of Genuine Letters between Henry and Frances Joseph Harris – An Essay Upon Money and Coins Joshua Thomas – Tystiolaeth y Credadyn
Music Elis Roberts – "Jeils" William Williams (Pantycelyn) – Rhai Hymnau a Chaniadau Duwiol
Births 12 September – John Williams, lawyer and writer on legal topics (died 1810) date unknown – Thomas Foley, admiral (died 1833)Tom Wareham, ‘Foley, Sir Thomas (1757–1833)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, May 2007 accessed 9 March 2008 Oxford DNB - subscription required probable – Richard Jones, Ruthin priest and writer (died 1814)
Deaths 23 March – Thomas Herring, former Bishop of Bangor, 64 16 July – Richard Lloyd, politician, about 54 16 September – Savage Mostyn, naval officer, 40s December – John Dyer, poet, 56Shaw, Thomas B. A Complete Manual of English Literature. Ed. William Smith. New York: Sheldon & Co., 1872. 372. Print.
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