1754 in Wales
Introduction Events from the year '''1754 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 (until 26 August); Other Windsor, 4th Earl of Plymouth (from 6 November)*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 William Owen, 4th 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 – Anthony Ellys
Events *April–May – In the British general election, newly elected MPs include Robert Wynne at Caernarvon Boroughs and Benjamin Bathurst at Monmouth Boroughs. *John Jenkin (Ioan Siengcin) opens a Welsh school at Nevern.
Arts and literature ===New books===*Richard Rees – Collected sermons, published by Philip Charles*Ben Simon (ed.) – Collected works of Dafydd ap Gwilym*''Mêr Difinyddiaeth Iachus'' (second edition, with a preface by Morgan Jones)===Music===*William Williams (Pantycelyn) – ''Hosanna i Fab Dafydd'', part 2
Births *28 October – John Griffiths, medical practitioner and surgeon in the Royal Household (died 1822)*25 November – William Parry, minister and author (died 1819)*''date unknown'' – Charles Hassall, surveyor (died 1814)* ''earliest likely year'' – Jane Cave, poet (died 1812)
Deaths *10 January – Erasmus Lewis, writer and civil servant, 83*20 February – John Owen, MP, about 52*17 May – Richard Herbert, politician, 49/50*26 August – Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton, Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan, 68
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