1753 in Wales
Encyclopedia
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1753 to Wales
and its people
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Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
and its people
Welsh people
The Welsh people are an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language.John Davies argues that the origin of the "Welsh nation" can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the Roman departure from Britain, although Brythonic Celtic languages seem to have...
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Incumbents
- Prince of WalesPrince of WalesPrince of Wales is a title traditionally granted to the heir apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the 15 other independent Commonwealth realms...
- George, Prince of Wales - Princess of WalesPrincess of WalesPrincess of Wales is a British courtesy title held by the wife of The Prince of Wales since the first "English" Prince of Wales in 1283.Although there have been considerably more than ten male heirs to the throne, there have been only ten Princesses of Wales. The majority of Princes of Wales...
- vacant
Events
- Lewis MorrisLewis Morris (1701-1765)Lewis Morris was a Welsh hydrographer, antiquary, poet and lexicographer, the eldest of the Morris brothers of Anglesey....
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 WilkinsonIsaac WilkinsonIsaac Wilkinson was an English industrialist, one of the founders of the iron industry and pioneer of the Industrial Revolution. However, his business ethics were precarious and his commercial affairs frequently chaotic. He became much addicted to litigation.-Early life:Wilkinson was born in...
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.
New books
- Thomas Richards of CoychurchThomas Richards of CoychurchThomas Richards was a Welsh curate from Coychurch in the eighteenth century, best known for his 1753 Thesaurus, a Welsh - English dictionary....
- Antiquæ linguæ Britannicæ thesaurus (English-Welsh dictionary) - William Wogan - Essay on the Proper Lessons of the Church of England
Music
- July 2 - John Jones succeeds the late Johann Christoph PepuschJohann Christoph PepuschJohann Christoph Pepusch , also known as John Christopher Pepusch and Dr Pepusch, was a German-born composer who spent most of his working life in England....
as organist at Charterhouse.
Births
- April 2 - William Lort ManselWilliam Lort ManselBishop William Lort Mansel was an English churchman and Cambridge fellow. He was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge from 1798 to his death in 1820, and also Bishop of Bristol from 1808 to 1820.William Lort Mansel was the son of William Wogan Mansel of Pembroke...
, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge (died 18201820 in WalesThis article is about the particular significance of the year 1820 to Wales and its people.-Incumbents:*Prince of Wales - George, Prince Regent *Princess of Wales - Caroline of Brunswick -Events:...
) - October 8 - William JonesWilliam Jones (governor)William Jones was the eighth Governor of Rhode Island from 1811 to 1817. He was a Federalist.-Early life:Jones was born in Newport, Rhode Island, into a family of Welsh origin...
, Welsh-descended Governor of Rhode Island (died 1822) - December 10 - Richard ThomasRichard Thomas (cleric)Richard Thomas was a Welsh Anglican priest and antiquarian.-Life:Thomas, who was the younger brother of the priest and antiquarian John Thomas, was born on 10 December 1753 in Ynyscynhaearn, Caernarfonshire, north Wales. Like his elder brother, he studied at the Friars School and Jesus College,...
, Anglican priest and antiquarian (died 17801780 in WalesThis article is about the particular significance of the year 1780 to Wales and its people.-Incumbents:*Prince of Wales - George, Prince Regent*Princess of Wales - vacant-Events:*July 1 - Anthony Bacon acquires the lease of the Hirwaun ironworks....
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