1761 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1761 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire- Thomas Wynn
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Richard Myddelton
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – vacant
- Montgomeryshire – Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Other Windsor, 4th Earl of Plymouth
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Thomas Morgan
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Wilmot Vaughan, 3rd Viscount Lisburne
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – George Rice
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Howell Gwynne
- Bishop of Bangor – John Egerton
- Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Newcome ; John Ewer
- Bishop of St Asaph – Robert Hay Drummond Richard Newcome
- Bishop of St Davids – Anthony Ellys Samuel Squire
Events
- Edward Allgood II establishes a japannery at Usk.
- Goronwy Owen takes up his position as a rector in Virginia, and his salary is agreed.
Arts and literature
New books
- Thomas Pennant – British Zoology, volume 1
- John Wesley – Rules of the United Societies, translated into Welsh by John Evans of Bala.
Music
- John Parry – ''A Collection of Welsh, English and Scotch Airs''
Births
- 16 February – Priscilla Bertie, 21st Baroness Willoughby de Eresby, Welsh-descended noblewoman and Baroness Gwydyr
- 15 July – Walter Davies, writer
- 11 October – David Charles, hymn-writer
- date unknown
- *Charles Heath, Radical printer and writer, twice Mayor of Monmouth, in Worcestershire
- *Elizabeth Whitlock, sister of Sarah Siddons and Julia Ann Hatton
- *Helen Maria Williams, novelist and poet, in Scotland
Deaths
- 16 January – Anthony Ellys, Bishop of St Davids, 70
- 4 February – Samuel Davies, Welsh-descended evangelist in America, 37
- 8 April – Griffith Jones Llanddowror, pioneer in education, 77
- 27 April – Sir William Williams, 2nd Baronet, of Clapton, Welsh-descended politician, ?31