1748 in Wales

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Events from the year 1748 in Wales.

Incumbents

For Great Britain incumbents, see 1748 in Great Britain § 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 – Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton^[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 – vacant until 1755
• Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, 3rd Baronet (until 27 August);^[4] Richard Myddelton (from 20 August)
• Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Baronet^[1]
• Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – William Perry^[1]

• Bishop of Bangor – Zachary Pearce (from 21 February)^[5]
• Bishop of Llandaff – John Gilbert (until 29 December)^[6][7]
• Bishop of St Asaph – Samuel Lisle (until 17 March)^[8] Robert Hay Drummond (from 24 April)^[9]
• Bishop of St Davids – The Hon. Richard Trevor^[10]

Events

• 8 March - With the death of the childless William Herbert, 3rd Marquess of Powis, the title becomes extinct. Henry Arthur Herbert subsequently becomes 1st Earl of Powis.
• Richard Wilson paints the two eldest sons of Frederick, Prince of Wales.
• Joseph Harris becomes Assay-Master at the Royal Mint.
• A major eisteddfod is held at Selattyn.
• William Williams Pantycelyn marries Mary Francis of Llansawel.
• The Salusbury family leave Lleweni Hall.

Arts and literature

New books

• Lewis Morris - Plans of Harbours, Bays, and Roads in St. George's and the Bristol Channels

Music

Births

• 1 September - Thomas Johnes, landowner (died 1816)

Deaths

• 8 March - William Herbert, 3rd Marquess of Powis, 50^[11]
• 27 August - Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, 3rd Baronet, 53^[12]
• December - John Harris, Sr., Welsh-descended American trader, 75

References

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. Arthur Collins (1768). The Peerage of England ... The third edition, corrected and enlarged in every family, with memoirs, not hitherto printed. H. Woodfall. p. 235.
4. "Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, third Baronet, of Combermere, Cheshire, and Llewenny (1695–1748)". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
5. Hole, Robert (2004). "Pearce, Zachary (1690–1774)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 4 June 2008.
6. "Gilbert, John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/10692. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
7. Guides and Handbooks. Royal Historical Society. 1939. p. 142.
8. Browne Willis; Edward Edwards; Andrew Coltee Ducarel (1801). Willis' Survey of St. Asaph, Considerably Enlarged and Brought Down to the Present Time. John Painter. p. 154.
9. The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
10. Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae or a calendar of the principal ecclesiastical dignitaries in England and Wales. University Press. 1854. p. 305.
11. Powys-land Club (1954). The Montgomeryshire Collections. Clifton Press. p. 21.
12. "Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, third Baronet, of Combermere, Cheshire, and Llewennny, Denbighshire (1695–1748)]". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 8 October 2021.