Events from the year 1747 in Wales.
Incumbents
Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire) – George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Thomas Morgan Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Wilmot Vaughan, 3rd Viscount Lisburne Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – vacant until 1755 Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – William Perry
Bishop of Bangor – Matthew Hutton (until 10 December) Bishop of Llandaff – John Gilbert Bishop of St Asaph – Samuel Lisle Bishop of St Davids – The Hon. Richard Trevor
Events August - In the general election, William Morgan of Tredegar Park becomes MP for Monmouthshire. date unknown Construction of the Usk Bridge (Usk), designed by William Edwards, begins. Portrait-painter William Williams relocates to Philadelphia. A Quaker meeting house is established at Quakers Friars in Bristol, the burial place of Llywelyn ap Dafydd. James Relly reports on his missionary tour to Bristol, Bath, Gloucestershire, and Birmingham.
Arts and literature New books John Boydell - The Bridge Book
Music William Williams Pantycelyn - Aleluia (hymns)
Births January - Richard Fenton, poet and author (died 1821) 10 March - Iolo Morganwg (Edward Williams), antiquarian, poet and literary forger (died 1826) 5 April - Sir Thomas Hanmer, 2nd Baronet (2nd creation) (died 1828) 6 April - Moses Griffith, artist (died 1819)
Deaths February - Walter Lloyd, lawyer and politician, 68 9 April - John Myddelton, landowner and politician, 61 21 July - Robert Clavering, former Bishop of Llandaff, 70/71 probable - David Lloyd, clergyman and translator
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