Events from the year 1744 in Wales.
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire) â George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan â Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire â Thomas Morgan
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire â Wilmot Vaughan, 3rd Viscount Lisburne (from 10 May)
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire â vacant until 1755
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire â Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire â James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos (until 9 August);
- Bishop of Bangor â Matthew Hutton (from 13 November)
- Bishop of Llandaff â John Gilbert
- Bishop of St Asaph â Samuel Lisle (from 1 April)
- Bishop of St Davids â The Hon. Richard Trevor (from 1 April)
Events
Arts and literature
New books
- Jane Brereton - Poems on several occasions (posthumously published)
Music
Births
Deaths
- 19 January - Lady Lucy Herbert, writer, 74
- 2 March - William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale, Jacobite, husband of Winifred Herbert, 67
- 9 August - James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire, 71
- 21 September - William Nevill, 16th Baron Bergavenny, about 45
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