This article is about the particular significance of the year 1762 to Wales and its people.
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, 3rd Viscount Lisburne (until 27 July); Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne (from 27 July) 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 – Howell Gwynne Bishop of Bangor – John Egerton Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Newcome (until 9 July); John Ewer (from 28 December) Bishop of St Asaph – Robert Hay Drummond (until June) Richard Newcome (from 9 July) Bishop of St Davids – Anthony Ellys (until 16 January) Samuel Squire (from 24 March)
Events Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis, leaves the Whig party. Silvanus Bevan is elected a member of the Cymmrodorion.
Arts and literature
New books Thomas Edwards (Twm o'r Nant) – Tri Chydymaith Dyn Oliver Goldsmith – The Life of Richard Nash William Williams Pantycelyn – Pantheologia, neu Hanes Holl Grefyddau’r Byd
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. (died 1846) John Williams, evangelical cleric (died 1802)
Deaths 3 February – Beau Nash, leader of fashion, 87 2 May – John Salusbury, diarist, 54 2 May – Margaret Lloyd, Moravian worker and activist, 53
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