This article is about the particular significance of the year 1772 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey - Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire – Thomas Morgan of Rhiwpera (until 15 May) Charles Morgan of Dderw (from 23 December) Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire - Thomas Wynn Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – George Rice Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire - Richard Myddelton Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire - Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – John Stuart, Lord Mountstuart (from 22 March) Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire - William Vaughan Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis (until 11 September); Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Edward Harley, 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer
Bishop of Bangor – John Ewer Bishop of Llandaff – Shute Barrington Bishop of St Asaph – Jonathan Shipley Bishop of St Davids – Charles Moss
Events May - Walter Siddons appears on stage at Chester and joins the Kemble family troupe. The Stepney family of Prendergast sell their Pembrokeshire estates. Henry Herbert is promoted to general, shortly before his death.
Arts and literature New books English language Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) - The Love of our Country Williams Evans - A New English-Welsh dictionary: Containing All Words Necessary for Reading an English Author Jinny Jenks - Tour through Wales Richard Price - Appeal ... on the National Debt
Welsh language Iolo Morganwg - Dagrau yr Awen Job Orton - Eglwys yn y Ty : neu Bregeth am Grefydd-Deuluaidd. Daniel Rowland - Pum Pregeth ac Amryw o Hymnau
Music William Williams Pantycelyn writes the words of the missionary hymn "O'er the Gloomy Hills of Darkness".
Births 10 January - William Jenkins Rees, antiquary (died 1855) 28 May - Hans Busk, poet (died 1862) 11 July - John Davies, missionary (died 1855) July - Edward Hughes (Y Dryw), bard (died 1850) 26 October - Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet (died 1840)
Deaths 8 February - Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Dowager Princess of Wales, 52 (throat cancer) 11 September - Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis, 69Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. Page 3209. October - Sir Thomas Stepney, 6th Baronet, 16 October - Richard Farrington, antiquary, 71
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