1753 in Wales

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1753
in
Wales

Centuries:
  • 16th
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
Decades:
  • 1730s
  • 1740s
  • 1750s
  • 1760s
  • 1770s
See also:
1753 in
Great Britain
Ireland
Scotland

Events from the year 1753 in Wales.

Incumbent[]

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,[1] and settles at .[2]
  • 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[]

Music[]

Births[]

Deaths[]

  • date unknown
    • Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Baronet, MP for Pembroke and Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire[4]
    • William Gwyn Vaughan, politician, about 72[5]

References[]

  1. ^ P. K. Stembridge (1998). The Goldney Family: A Bristol Merchant Dynasty. Bristol Record Society. pp. 36–. UOM:39015041909204.
  2. ^ W.H. Chaloner (10 January 2018). People and Industries. Taylor & Francis. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-351-24724-5.
  3. ^ Roberts, Gomer Morgan. "BASSETT, CHRISTOPHER (1753–1784), Methodist cleric". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  4. ^ James Frederick Rees. "OWEN family of Orielton, Pembs". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  5. ^ "VAUGHAN, William Gwyn (?1681-1753), of Trebarried, Brec". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
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