1753 in Wales
Events from the year 1753 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 Denbighshire – Richard Myddelton
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Baronet ; 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
- Lewis Morris is briefly imprisoned at Cardigan when the local squires challenge his rights as the Crown's local representative to mine for lead. As a result of the controversy, Morris visits London for the first time.
- Isaac Wilkinson of Cumbria takes out a lease on the Bersham furnace at Wrexham, and settles at Plas Grono.
- William Thomas, former Sheriff of Caernarvonshire, unsuccessfully brings an action in Chancery against Thomas James, Lord Bulkeley, claiming the advowson of Aber.
Arts and literature
New books
- Thomas Richards of Coychurch – Antiquæ linguæ Britannicæ thesaurus
- William Wogan – ''Essay on the Proper Lessons of the Church of England''
Music
- 2 July – John Jones succeeds the late Johann Christoph Pepusch as organist at Charterhouse.
Births
- 2 April – William Lort Mansel, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge
- 8 October – William Jones, Welsh-descended Governor of Rhode Island
- 10 December – Richard Thomas, Anglican priest and antiquarian
- date unknown
- *Christopher Bassett, Methodist clergyman
- *Henry Davies, Baptist minister
Deaths
- 6 June – Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Baronet, MP for Pembroke and Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire
- date unknown
- *Hughe Hughes, Dean of Bangor, about 44
- *William Gwyn Vaughan, politician, about 72