1751 in Wales
Introduction Events from the year '''1751 in Wales'''.
Incumbents *Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, 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 Denbighshire – Richard Myddelton*Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Baronet*Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – William Perry*Bishop of Bangor – Zachary Pearce*Bishop of Llandaff – Edward Cresset*Bishop of St Asaph – Robert Hay Drummond*Bishop of St Davids – The Hon. Richard Trevor (until 7 December)
Events *20 April – George, eldest son of the late Frederick, Prince of Wales, is made Prince of Wales. *September – Richard Morris co-founds the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion in London. *Richard Price Thelwall inherits his brother's Caernarfonshire estate.
Arts and literature ===New books===*William Williams (Pantycelyn) – ''Hosanna i Fab Dafydd'', part 1===Music===*William Williams (Pantycelyn) – ''Hosanna i Fab Dafydd'', part 1
Births *22 January – David Richards (Dafydd Ionawr), poet (died 1827)*15 October – David Samwell (Dafydd Ddu Feddyg), naval surgeon, companion of Captain Cook and bard (died 1798)
Deaths *31 March – Frederick, Prince of Wales, 44 (pulmonary embolism)*20 September – Anne Vaughan, Duchess of Bolton, 61/62*2 October – Thomas Mathews, admiral, 75*19 December – Princess Louise of Wales, queen of Denmark and Norway, 27
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