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Events from the year 1748 in Wales.
Incumbents
For Great Britain incumbents, see 1748 in Great Britain § 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 – Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, 3rd Baronet (until 27 August); Richard Myddelton (from 20 August)
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – William Perry
- Bishop of Bangor – Zachary Pearce (from 21 February)
- Bishop of Llandaff – John Gilbert (until 29 December)
- Bishop of St Asaph – Samuel Lisle (until 17 March) Robert Hay Drummond (from 24 April)
- Bishop of St Davids – The Hon. Richard Trevor
Events
- 8 March - With the death of the childless William Herbert, 3rd Marquess of Powis, the title becomes extinct. Henry Arthur Herbert subsequently becomes 1st Earl of Powis.
- Richard Wilson paints the two eldest sons of Frederick, Prince of Wales.
- Joseph Harris becomes Assay-Master at the Royal Mint.
- A major eisteddfod is held at Selattyn.
- William Williams Pantycelyn marries Mary Francis of Llansawel.
- The Salusbury family leave Lleweni Hall.
Arts and literature
New books
- Lewis Morris - Plans of Harbours, Bays, and Roads in St. George's and the Bristol Channels
Music
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Births
- 1 September - Thomas Johnes, landowner (died 1816)
Deaths
- 8 March - William Herbert, 3rd Marquess of Powis, 50
- 27 August - Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, 3rd Baronet, 53
- December - John Harris, Sr., Welsh-descended American trader, 75
References
- ^ J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.
- Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 695. ISBN 9780806313146.
- Arthur Collins (1768). The Peerage of England ... The third edition, corrected and enlarged in every family, with memoirs, not hitherto printed. H. Woodfall. p. 235.
- "Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, third Baronet, of Combermere, Cheshire, and Llewenny (1695–1748)". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
- Hole, Robert (2004). "Pearce, Zachary (1690–1774)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 4 June 2008.
- "Gilbert, John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/10692. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- Guides and Handbooks. Royal Historical Society. 1939. p. 142.
- Browne Willis; Edward Edwards; Andrew Coltee Ducarel (1801). Willis' Survey of St. Asaph, Considerably Enlarged and Brought Down to the Present Time. John Painter. p. 154.
- The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
- Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae or a calendar of the principal ecclesiastical dignitaries in England and Wales. University Press. 1854. p. 305.
- Powys-land Club (1954). The Montgomeryshire Collections. Clifton Press. p. 21.
- "Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, third Baronet, of Combermere, Cheshire, and Llewennny, Denbighshire (1695–1748)]". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 8 October 2021.