1765 in Wales

Centuries:	16th; 17th; 18th; 19th; 20th;
Decades:	1740s; 1750s; 1760s; 1770s; 1780s;
See also:	List of years in Wales; Timeline of Welsh history 1765 in Great Britain Scotland Elsewhere

Events from the year 1765 in Wales.

Incumbents

Events

July – Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis, resigns from his position as Treasurer of the Household when his former party, the Whigs, are returned to power.^[15]
6 December – The Penrhyn estate comes into the possession of the Pennant family, through the marriage of Richard Pennant with the heiress of the Warburton family.^[16]
unknown dates
- Cyfarthfa Ironworks is founded by Anthony Bacon.^[17]
- Richard Price becomes a Fellow of the Royal Society.

Arts and literature

New books

John Jones – Catholic Faith and Practice^[18]

Music

12 August – The Royal Shepherd, by Richard Rolt, is performed in Dublin to celebrate the birthday of the Prince of Wales.^[19]

Births

4 May – Hopkin Bevan, minister and writer (died 1839)^[20]
23 August – James Davies, schoolmaster^[21]
8 October – George Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor, politician (died 1852)^[22]
13 October – J. R. Jones (Ramoth), Baptist minister (died 1822)
date unknown – David Jones, barrister (died 1816)^[23]

Deaths

10 April – Edward Heylyn, porcelain manufacturer, 69/70^[24]
11 April – Lewis Morris, hydrographer and writer, eldest of the Morris brothers of Anglesey, 64^[25]
16 May – William Wynne, lawyer and author, about 73^[26]
8 June – Silvanus Bevan, apothecary, 73/74^[27]
16 December – Thomas William, Methodist exhorter, 48
29 December – Prince Frederick William of Wales, son of the former Prince and Princess of Wales, 15^[28]

References

^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 24.
^ ^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.
^ Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1992. p. 169.
^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 26.
^ "Rice, George" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
^ Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 612. ISBN 9780806313146.
^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 29.
^ George Grenville (1962). Additional Grenville Papers 1763-1765. Manchester University Press. p. 176.
^ 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.
^ "Ewer, John (EWR723J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
^ "Squire, Samuel (SKR730S)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ Evan David Jones. "HERBERT family, (earls of POWIS)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
^ Raphael Samuel (1977). Miners, quarrymen, and saltworkers. Routledge & K. Paul. ISBN 978-0-7100-8353-1.
^ Ince, Laurence (1993). The South Wales iron industry, 1750-1885. Great Britain: Ferric. p. 60. ISBN 9780951816516.
^ Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology. J.B. Lippincott and Company. 1870. pp. 289.
^ John C. Greene (2011). Theatre in Dublin, 1745-1820: A Calendar of Performances. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 990. ISBN 978-1-61146-110-7.
^ Gomer Morgan Roberts. "Bevan, Hopkin (1765-1839), Calvinistic Methodist minister". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Davies, James (1765-1849), 'the schoolmaster of Devauden'". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
^ "Rice, Hon. George Talbot (1765-1852), of Newton alias Dynevor, Carm". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
^ "Jones, David (1765–1816)" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
^ This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Heylyn, John". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Morris, Lewis (Llewelyn Ddu o Fôn; 1701-1765), poet and scholar". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
^ Turner, Roger (January 2008). "Wynne, William (bap. 1692, d. 1765)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Bevan, Silvanus (1691-1765), Quaker physician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
^ Gentleman's and Citizen's Almanack. Watson. 1772. p. 40.

[1] Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 24.

[Sainty-2] J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.

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

[4] Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1992. p. 169.

[5] Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 26.

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

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

[8] Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 29.

[9] George Grenville (1962). Additional Grenville Papers 1763-1765. Manchester University Press. p. 176.

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

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

[12] "Ewer, John (EWR723J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

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

[14] "Squire, Samuel (SKR730S)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

[15] Evan David Jones. "HERBERT family, (earls of POWIS)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 29 March 2019.

[16] Raphael Samuel (1977). Miners, quarrymen, and saltworkers. Routledge & K. Paul. ISBN 978-0-7100-8353-1.

[17] Ince, Laurence (1993). The South Wales iron industry, 1750-1885. Great Britain: Ferric. p. 60. ISBN 9780951816516.

[18] Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology. J.B. Lippincott and Company. 1870. pp. 289.

[19] John C. Greene (2011). Theatre in Dublin, 1745-1820: A Calendar of Performances. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 990. ISBN 978-1-61146-110-7.

[20] Gomer Morgan Roberts. "Bevan, Hopkin (1765-1839), Calvinistic Methodist minister". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2016.

[21] Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Davies, James (1765-1849), 'the schoolmaster of Devauden'". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 28 September 2019.

[22] "Rice, Hon. George Talbot (1765-1852), of Newton alias Dynevor, Carm". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 17 October 2021.

[23] "Jones, David (1765–1816)" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

[24] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Heylyn, John". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

[25] Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Morris, Lewis (Llewelyn Ddu o Fôn; 1701-1765), poet and scholar". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 31 July 2019.

[26] Turner, Roger (January 2008). "Wynne, William (bap. 1692, d. 1765)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 10 February 2009.

[27] Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Bevan, Silvanus (1691-1765), Quaker physician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 17 October 2021.

[28] Gentleman's and Citizen's Almanack. Watson. 1772. p. 40.

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