1762 in Wales

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See also:	List of years in Wales 1762 in Great Britain Ireland Scotland

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1762 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales - George, Prince Regent
• Princess of Wales - vacant

Events

• Henry Arthur Herbert, 4th Earl of Powis, leaves the Whig party.
• Silvanus Bevan is elected a member of the Cymmrodorion.^[1]

Arts and literature

New books

• Thomas Edwards (Twm o'r Nant) - Tri Chydymaith Dyn
• Oliver Goldsmith - The Life of Richard Nash

Music

• William Williams Pantycelyn - Mor o Wydr (including "Gweddi am Nerth i fyned trwy anialwch y Byd", the Welsh original of the hymn "Cwm Rhondda")

Births

• 12 August - George, Prince of Wales, later King George IV (died 1830)
• 11 October - David Charles, hymn-writer (died 1834)
• date unknown
  • Samuel Homfray, iron-master (died 1822)
  • William Jones, bookseller, religious writer, and member of the Scotch Baptist church in Finsbury, London.^[2] (died 1846)
  • John Williams, evangelical cleric (died 1802)

Deaths

• 3 February - Beau Nash, leader of fashion, 87
• 2 May - John Salusbury, diarist, 54
• date unknown - Robert Edwards, buccaneer and American settler

References

1. See "Silvanus Bevan" on Welsh Biography Online.
2.  Lee, Sidney, ed. (1892). "Jones, William (1762-1846)". Dictionary of National Biography 30. London: Smith, Elder & Co.