1753 in Wales
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Events from the year 1753 in Wales.
Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - George (later George III)
- Princess of Wales - vacant
Events
- Lewis Morris is briefly imprisoned at Cardigan when the local squires challenge his rights as the Crown's local representative to mine for lead. As a result of the controversy, Morris visits London for the first time.
- Isaac Wilkinson of Cumbria takes out a lease on the Bersham furnace at Wrexham,[1] and settles at Plas Grono.[2]
- William Thomas, former Sheriff of Caernarvonshire, unsuccessfully brings an action in Chancery against Thomas James, Lord Bulkeley, claiming the advowson of Aber.
Arts and literature
New books
- Thomas Richards of Coychurch - Antiquæ linguæ Britannicæ thesaurus (English-Welsh dictionary)
- William Wogan - Essay on the Proper Lessons of the Church of England
Music
- 2 July - John Jones succeeds the late Johann Christoph Pepusch as organist at Charterhouse.
Births
- 2 April - William Lort Mansel, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge (died 1820)
- 8 October - William Jones, Welsh-descended Governor of Rhode Island (died 1822)
- 10 December - Richard Thomas, Anglican priest and antiquarian (died 1780)
- date unknown - Christopher Bassett, Methodist clergyman (died 1784)[3]
Deaths
- date unknown
- Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Baronet, MP for Pembroke and Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire[4]
- William Gwyn Vaughan, politician, about 72[5]
References
- P. K. Stembridge (1998). The Goldney Family: A Bristol Merchant Dynasty. Bristol Record Society. pp. 36–. UOM:39015041909204.
- W.H. Chaloner (10 January 2018). People and Industries. Taylor & Francis. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-351-24724-5.
- Roberts, Gomer Morgan. "BASSETT, CHRISTOPHER (1753–1784), Methodist cleric". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- James Frederick Rees. "OWEN family of Orielton, Pembs". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- "VAUGHAN, William Gwyn (?1681-1753), of Trebarried, Brec". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
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