1752 in Wales
Introduction Events from the year '''1752 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 * April – A quarryman is killed in an attempted raid on a granary at Caernarfon. *5 June – Frances, mother of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet, purchases the Mathafarn estate on her son's behalf. *9 November – Richard Trevor becomes Bishop of Durham. *''unknown dates''** Howell Harris founds the ''Teulu Trefeca'' ("The Trefeca family")** Sir John Glynne, 6th Baronet, builds New Hawarden Castle. ** A turnpike road opens between Wrexham and Shrewsbury. ** The first Methodist chapel in Caernarfonshire is built on land adjoining Tŷ-mawr farm, Bryncroes.
Arts and literature ===New books===* John Evans – ''Some Account of the Welch Charity Schools''* Theophilus Evans – ''A History of Modern Enthusiasm''===Music===*John Parry – ''A Collection of Welsh, English & Scotch Airs''*Harri Llwyd – ''Hymnau ar Amryw Ystyriaethau''
Births * 2 January – Nicholas Owen, priest and antiquary (died 1811)* 18 January** Josiah Boydell, painter (died 1817)** John Nash, architect (died 1835)* March – Edward Jones (Bardd y Brenin), harpist (died 1824)* 5 November – Richard Richards, judge (died 1823)* 12 December – Thomas Bulkeley, 7th Viscount Bulkeley, politician (died 1822)* ''date unknown''** Richard Llwyd, poet and writer (died 1835)** Thomas Assheton Smith I, industrialist (died 1828)
Deaths * 23 April – James Bulkeley, 6th Viscount Bulkeley, 35 * 31 May – "Madam" Sidney Griffith, Methodist (born c.1720)* 17 November – Thomas Powell, politician, about 51*''probable'' – Edward Roberts, mayor of Philadelphia, province of Pennsylvania (born c.1690)
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