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Events from the year 1758 in Wales.

Incumbents

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

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

New books

Peter Williams – Blodau i Blant

Music

John Thomas – Caniadau Siôn, vol. 1

Births

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

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

^ ^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.
^ "Rice, George" . 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.
^ "Ellys, Anthony" . 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.

[Sainty-1] J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.

[2] Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 695. ISBN 9780806313146.

[3] Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 612. ISBN 9780806313146.

[4] "Rice, George" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

[5] Namier, Lewis. "Gwynne, Howell (1718-80), of Garth in Llanleonfel, Brec". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 7 October 2017.

[6] John McClintock; James Strong (1981). Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature. Baker Book House. p. 324.

[7] "Newcome, Richard (NWCM718R2)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

[8] The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.

[9] "Ellys, Anthony" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

[10] David Gwenallt Jones. "Owen, Goronwy (1723-1769), cleric and poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 6 March 2020.

[11] Ruth Savage (26 April 2012). Philosophy and Religion in Enlightenment Britain: New Case Studies. OUP Oxford. p. 240. ISBN 978-0-19-922704-4.

[Llangibby-12] Bernard Burke; John Burke (1838). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England. Scott, Webster & Geary. p. 508.

[13] Jones, Emrys, ed. (2001). The Welsh in London, 1500-2000. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. pp. 63–66. ISBN 0708317103.

[14] The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners: With Strictures on Their Epitome, the Stage ... proprietors. 1807. p. 227.

[15] Havard, Robert (1996). Wellington's Welsh general: a life of Sir Thomas Picton. London: Aurum. ISBN 1854104020.

[16] John Chaloner Smith (1879). British Mezzotinto Portraits. H. Sotheran & Company. p. 562.

[17] Watkin William Price. "Fothergill family, ironmasters". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 6 March 2020.

[18] Notes and Queries. Oxford University Press. 1855. p. 245.

[19] 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

[20] "(Bangor) Mostyn Manuscripts". Jisc Archives Hub. Retrieved 29 March 2019.

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