1780 in Wales

none September 2019 September 2019 1780 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1780 to Wales and its people. Incumbents Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey - Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd BaronetEdward Breese Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth 1873 24J.C. Sainty John Sainty (civil servant) List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974 Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd London 1979 Nicholas Thomas Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales Genealogical Pub. Co Baltimore 1991 9780806313146 695Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru University of Wales Press 1992 169 Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire – Charles Morgan of DderwEdwin Poole The Illustrated History and Biography of Brecknockshire from the Earliest Times to the Present Day: Containing the General History, Antiquities, Sepulchral Monuments and Inscriptions Edwin Poole 1886 378 Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire - Thomas WynnEdward Breese Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth 1873 26 Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – Thomas Johnes (until 28 April); http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/johnes-thomas-1721-80 JOHNES, Thomas (c.1721-80), of Croft Castle, Herefs. History of Parliament Online 7 October 2017 15 September 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170915161450/http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/johnes-thomas-1721-80 dead John Vaughan (from 28 April Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire - Richard Myddelton Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire - Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – John Stuart, Lord Mountstuart Nicholas Thomas Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales Genealogical Pub. Co Baltimore 1991 9780806313146 612 Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire - Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th BaronetEdward Breese Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth 1873 29 Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – George Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir Hugh Owen, 5th Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Edward Harley, 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl MortimerJonathan Williams The History of Radnorshire R. Mason 1859 115 Bishop of Bangor – John MooreThe Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature R[ichard]. Baldwin, at the Rose in Pater-noster-Row Tobias Smollett 1775 159 Bishop of Llandaff – Shute Barringtonappointment 275358 Barrington, Shute Llandaff 4 September 2014 Bishop of St Asaph – Jonathan ShipleyThe Apostolical Succession in the Church of England James Parkes and Company 1866 15 Bishop of St Davids – John WarrenThomas Duffus Hardy Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press 1854 305The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged Porter 1780 95 Events January - Admiral Sir Thomas Foley plays an important role in the relief of Gibraltar. 1 July - Anthony Bacon acquires the lease of the Hirwaun ironworks. 26 August - Edward Williames Salusbury Vaughan succeeds to the Rûg estate.s-SALU-RUG-1525 SALUSBURY, SALESBURY family, of Rug and Bachymbyd. Emyr Gwynne Jones William James Smith 1959 31 March 2016 29 September - Sir Watkin Lewes is elected Lord Mayor of London. unknown dates Thomas Parry Jones-Parry marries his cousin Margaret and acquires the Madryn estate.s-PARR-MAD-1658 PARRY (and JONES-PARRY) family, Madryn, Llŷn Thomas Richards Thomas Richards (historian) 1959 27 May 2018 yes The Ladies of Llangollen settle at Plas Newydd. Whittle Elisabeth The historic gardens of Wales : an introduction to parks and gardens in the history of Wales Cadw Welsh Historic Monuments Cardiff 1992 9780117015784 60 St David's Club established in Aberystwyth, the oldest gentlemen's club in Wales.Plaque on premises. Richard Price devises the "Northampton Tables" for calculating actuarial valuation for assurance and pensions. The development of Ebbw Vale Steelworks begins. Arts and literature New books John Walters - Poems with Notes Music Henry Mills of Llanidloes impresses Thomas Charles so much with his singing that he is appointed to supervise the improvement of congregational singing in the district.http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000018703 Mills family Owain Edwards Trevor Herbert Grove Music Online 27 May 2018 Births 10 February - James Henry Cotton, Dean of Bangor (died 1862) 15 April - Angharad Llwyd, antiquary (died 1866)s-LLWY-ANG-1780 Llwyd, Angharad (1780-1866), antiquary Evan Gilbert Wright 1959 25 October 2021 14 May - Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis, politician (died 1855)s-LEWI-FRA-1780 Lewis, Sir Thomas Frankland (1780-1855), politician David Williams David Williams (historian) 1959 25 October 2021 7 October - Wyndham Lewis, MP (died 1838) date unknown Dic Aberdaron (Richard Robert Jones), traveller and linguist (died 1843)Humphreys, H. The Celebrated Cambrian Linguist, or the History of Dick Aberdaron (Carnarvon: H. Humphreys, 1866). Thomas Prothero, lawyer and businessman (died 1853)s1-PROT-THO-1780 PROTHERO, THOMAS (1780 - 1853), solicitor, colliery proprietor, and influential citizen of Newport, Monmouth Watkin William Price Watkin William Price 1959 yes Deaths 6 March - Sir John Meredith, lawyer, 65s-MERE-JOH-1714 MEREDITH, Sir JOHN (1714-1780), lawyer, of Brecon Robert Thomas Jenkins Robert Thomas Jenkins 1959 yes 27 May 2018 1 April - Sir Stephen Glynne, 7th Baronet, 35 (ruptured blood-vessel)s-GLYN-PEN-1603 GLYNNE family, of Hawarden, Flintshire David Jenkins 1959 27 May 2018 yes May - Thomas Johnes, Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire, about 59 date unknown Howell Gwynne, former MP and Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire, 61/62http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/gwynne-howell-1718-80 GWYNNE, Howell (1718-80), of Garth in Llanleonfel, Brec. Namier Lewis History of Parliament Online 25 October 2021 Richard Thomas, genealogist, 46s-THOM-RIC-1753 Thomas, Richard (1753–1780), cleric, transcriber and collector of manuscripts, and genealogist 1959 Davies Sir William Llewelyn William Llewelyn Davies 25 October 2021 References Wales Wales Category:1780 in Europe Category:1780s in Wales