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, and settles at Plas Grono.
- 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)[1]
Deaths
- Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Baronet, MP for Pembroke and Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire[2]
References
- ↑ 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.
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