1796 in Wales

none September 2019 September 2019 1796 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1796 to Wales and its people. Incumbents Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey - Henry PagetEdward 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 – Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of BeaufortEdwin 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 Bulkeley, 7th Viscount BulkeleyEdward 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 – John Vaughan Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet (from 4 April) Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet (until 26 July); Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon (from 9 September) Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute 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, 5th 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 – Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milfords-PHIL-PIC-1491 Philipps family, of Picton Bertie George Charles 1959 19 October 2021 Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Thomas HarleyJonathan Williams The History of Radnorshire R. Mason 1859 115 Bishop of Bangor – 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 Bishop of Llandaff – Richard WatsonJohn Henry James A History and Survey of the Cathedral Church of SS. Peter, Paul, Dubritius, Teilo, and Oudoceus, Llandaff Western Mail 1898 16 Bishop of St Asaph – Lewis BagotThe Apostolical Succession in the Church of England James Parkes and Company 1866 15 Bishop of St Davids – William StuartGuides and Handbooks Royal Historical Society (Great Britain) 1939 163 Events February - The main line of the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal opens; it is 12.5 mi long, and runs from Newport to Pontnewynydd, via Pontymoile, rising by 447 feet (136.3m) through 42 locks. 27 February - John Stuart is created Marquess of Bute. June - At the British general election, Richard Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn, backed by Bishop John Warren, challenges sitting MP Sir Robert Williams, the sitting member for Caernarvonshire; Sir Robert is easily re-elected. John Wilkinson blows in blast furnace No. 1 on the site that becomes Brymbo Steelworks. Arts and literature New books Charles Heath - The Excursion Down the WyeEnoch Robert G. Salisbury A catalogue of Cambric books at Glan-aber, Chester, A.D. 1500-1799 https://books.google.com/books?id=K6cIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA67 1873 67 Thomas Pennant - Whiteford and Holywell Uvedale Price - An Essay on the Picturesque Anna Seward - Llangollen Vale and Other Poems David Williams - The History of Monmouthshire Births 7 January - Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales, only child of the Prince and Princess of Wales (died 1817)J. Coote A Biographical Memoir of the Much Lamented Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales and Saxe Coburg https://books.google.com/books?id=NIo1AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA18 1818 J. Barfield 18 8 January - Eliza Constantia Campbell, author (died 1864)https://biography.wales/article/s-CAMP-CON-1796 Campbell (Morrieson), Eliza Constantia (1796-1864), author Robert Thomas Jenkins Dictionary of Welsh Biography 11 October 2019 1 March - John Jones, Talysarn, preacher (died 1857)Gerald Norris A musical gazetteer of Great Britain & Ireland https://books.google.com/books?id=KcMXAQAAIAAJ June 1981 David & Charles 978-0-7153-7845-8 305 30 September - John Mytton, sportsman (died 1834)Bernard Burke Vicissitudes of Families https://books.google.com/books?id=nilGAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA333 1869 Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer 333 December - David Owen (Brutus), writer (died 1866) Deaths February - John Jones, organist, 70?The Musical Times, 1 June 1879 26 July - Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet, landowner and politician, 61 http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/mostyn-sir-thomas-1704-58 MOSTYN, Sir Roger, 5th Bt. (1734-96), of Mostyn, Flints. and Gloddaeth, Caern. History of Parliament Online 26 March 2016 25 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160325232940/http://historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/mostyn-sir-thomas-1704-58 dead 8 August - Peter Williams, Methodist writer, 63Roberts Gomer M. Peter Williams, Methodist cleric, author, and Biblical commentator. s-WILL-PET-1723 1 February 2017 date unknown - Ioan Siencyn, poet References Category:1796 by country Category:1796 in Great Britain Category:1790s in Wales