1762 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1762 to Wales and its people.
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, 3rd Viscount Lisburne ; 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 – 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
- Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis, leaves the Whig party.
- Silvanus Bevan is elected a member of the Cymmrodorion.
Arts and literature
New books
- Thomas Edwards (Twm o'r Nant) – Tri Chydymaith Dyn
- Oliver Goldsmith – The Life of Richard Nash
- William Williams Pantycelyn – ''Pantheologia, neu Hanes Holl Grefyddau’r Byd''
Music
- William Williams Pantycelyn – ''Mor o Wydr''
Births
- 12 August – George, Prince of Wales, later King George IV
- 11 October – David Charles, hymn-writer
- date unknown
- *Samuel Homfray, iron-master
- *William Jones, bookseller, religious writer, and member of the Scotch Baptist church in Finsbury, London.
- *John Williams, evangelical cleric
Deaths
- 3 February – Beau Nash, leader of fashion, 87
- 2 May – John Salusbury, diarist, 54
- 2 May – Margaret Lloyd, Moravian worker and activist, 53