1769 in Wales
Events from the year 1769 in Wales.
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey - Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Thomas Morgan
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire - Thomas Wynn
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – George Rice
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire - Richard Myddelton
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire - Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Other Windsor, 4th Earl of Plymouth
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire - William Vaughan
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Edward Harley, 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer
- Bishop of Bangor – John Egerton ; John Ewer
- Bishop of Llandaff – John Ewer ; Jonathan Shipley ; Shute Barrington
- Bishop of St Asaph – Richard Newcome ; Jonathan Shipley
- Bishop of St Davids – Charles Moss
Events
- August
- *John Wesley is turned away from Welshpool Town Hall by the bailiff when he attempts to preach there during his tour of Wales.
- *Wesley speaks at Newtown, Montgomeryshire, and Llanidloes.
- August/September - Robert Williams, a Welsh travelling preacher, arrives in America, the first licensed preacher to obtain permission from John Wesley to address the Methodist societies there.
- 16 November - Henry Bayley succeeds to the barony of Beaudesert and takes the surname Paget.
- date unknown
- *Daniel Rowland turns down the living of Newport, Pembrokeshire, to stay with his congregation at Llangeitho.
- *Thomas Pennant employs Moses Griffith to illustrate his books of tours.
Arts and literature
New books
- Elizabeth Griffith - The School for Rakes
- William Williams (Pantycelyn) - Ffarwel Weledig, vol. 3
Births
- 2 February - Griffith Williams (Gutyn Peris), poet
- 23 March - Benjamin Heath Malkin, antiquary and author
- 3 May - John Vaughan, 3rd Earl of Lisburne, politician
- 6 December - Thomas Morgan, naval chaplain
Deaths
- 27 March - John Thomas, Anglican priest and antiquarian, 32
- April - Marmaduke Gwynne, father-in-law of Charles Wesley, 77/78
- 12 April - Thomas Morgan, politician and lawyer, 66
- 3 June - Richard Newcome, Bishop of St Asaph, 67/68
- July - Goronwy Owen, poet, 46
- 19 August - Sir Herbert Lloyd, 1st Baronet, politician, 49
- 26 December - Edward Yardley, Archdeacon of St David's, 71