Events from the year 1767 in Wales.
Incumbents Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey - Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Thomas Morgan 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 – Other Windsor, 4th Earl of Plymouth Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire - William Vaughan Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Edward Harley, 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer (from 16 July)
Bishop of Bangor – John Egerton Bishop of Llandaff – John Ewer Bishop of St Asaph – Richard Newcome Bishop of St Davids – Charles Moss (from 30 November)
Events 30 April - John Guest of Broseley becomes manager of Dowlais Ironworks. 29 August - John Wesley begins a two-week evangelical tour of South Wales. Autumn - Cyfarthfa Ironworks probably first comes into blast. date unknown - On the death of Daniel Lewis, another local Baptist, Rachel Lewis, hosts meetings of multiple denominations in her home at Merthyr Tydfil.
Arts and literature New books Evan Thomas (Ieuan Fardd Ddu) - Traethawd ar Fywyd Ffydd
Painting Thomas Jones is awarded a premium for landscape painting by the Society of Arts.
Births 25 February - John Roberts, theologian (died 1834) 2 October - John Evans, Baptist minister and writer (died 1827) date unknown - Hugh Evans (Hywel Eryri), poet (died c.1841) probable - James Davies, Baptist minister (died 1860)
Deaths 29 April - Sir John Morgan, 4th Baronet, of Llangattock, politician, 56 8 May - Emanuel Bowen, map engraver, 72 11 September - Theophilus Evans, clergyman and historian, 74 17 September - Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany, second son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, 28 date unknown - Richard Nanney, evangelist, 75/76
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