1745 in Wales
Events from the year 1745 in Wales.
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of North Wales – 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 – vacant
- Bishop of Bangor – Matthew Hutton
- Bishop of Llandaff – John Gilbert
- Bishop of St Asaph – Samuel Lisle
- Bishop of St Davids – The Hon. Richard Trevor
Events
- Following the failure of the Jacobite Rebellion, Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 3rd Baronet, is suspected of involvement and seeks protection from his father-in-law, Charles Noel Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort.
Arts and literature
New books
- Anonymous
- *An Expostulatory Epistle to the Welsh Knight..., etc
- *''An Apology for the Welsh Knight..., etc''
Music
- Ancient British Music, Part 2
Births
- 13 January – Robert Jones, Rhoslan, writer
- 14 February – David Davis (Castellhywel), poet
- 15 July – Sir John Morris, 1st Baronet, industrialist
- date unknown – Thomas Redmond, artist
Deaths
- 22 October – William Herbert, 2nd Marquess of Powis, 80
- date unknown – Erasmus Lewes, Anglican clergyman