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1771
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1771 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 – Thomas Morgan of Rhiwpera (until 15 May) https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/morgan-thomas-1727-71 MORGAN, Thomas (1727-71), of Tredegar, Mon. History of Parliament Online (1754-1790) 19 October 2021 26 October 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211026154857/http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/morgan-thomas-1727-71 dead Charles Morgan of Dderw (from 23 December)Edwin 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 – George RiceRice, George
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 (until 21 April) Nicholas Thomas Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales Genealogical Pub. Co Baltimore 1991 9780806313146 612
Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire - William VaughanEdward 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 – Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of PowisGeorge Grenville Additional Grenville Papers 1763-1765 Manchester University Press 1962 176
Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir William Owen, 4th 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 EwerJohn McClintock James Strong Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature Baker Book House 1981 324
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 – Charles MossThomas Duffus Hardy Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press 1854 305
Events
4 February - First meeting of the Cymdeithas y Gwyneddigion is held; Owen Jones is its president.R.T. Jenkins Robert Thomas Jenkins Helen M. Ramage A History of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion and of the Gwyneddigion and Cymreigyddion Societies (1751-1951) London Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion Y Cymmrodor 50 1951 91–128
21 December - Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet, marries, as his second wife, Charlotte Grenville.https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/wynn-sir-watkin-williams-1748-89 WYNN, Sir Watkin Williams, 4th Bt. (1748-89), of Wynnstay, Denb. History of Parliament Online 3 October 2018
Arts and literature
New books
Henry Evans - Cynghorion Tad i'w Fab (translated from English)s-EVAN-HEN-1690 EVANS, HENRY (‘Harri Evan William’; fl. end of 17th cent.), poet and translator Walter Thomas Morgan 3 October 2018
David Williams - The Philosopher, in Three Conversations
Music
Elis Roberts - Tair Rhan Oes DynUniversity of Wales. Board of Celtic Studies Llên Cymru https://books.google.com/books?id=ousHAQAAIAAJ 1950 Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru 83
Peter Williams (1722-1796) - Hymns on Various Subjects (includes "Prayer for Strength", the first English translation of the hymn "Cwm Rhondda")
Births
14 May - Robert Owen, socialist businessman, founder of the cooperative movement (died 1858)Douglas F. Dowd Robert Owen Encyclopædia Britannica Online academic Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robert-Owen 8 September 2017
27 July - Simon Yorke, politician (died 1858) YRK788S Yorke, Simon http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/yorke-simon-1771-1834 YORKE, Simon (1771-1834), of Erddig, Denb. History of Parliament Online 21 October 2021 26 November 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20241126210057/http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/yorke-simon-1771-1834 dead
date unknown - Hannibal Evans Lloyd, English-born translator of Welsh parentage (died 1847)16835 Lloyd, Hannibal Evans John D. Haigh
Deaths
21 April - Other Windsor, 4th Earl of Plymouth, Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan, 39Bernard Burke Ashworth Peter Burke A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage Harrison 1910 121
15 May - Thomas Morgan (of Rhiwpera), politician, 43s-MORG-TRE-1384 Morgan family, of Tredegar Park, Monmouth Walter Thomas Morgan yes 1 October 2019
9 June - Richard Trevor, former bishop of St David's, 63s-TREV-TRE-1500 TREVOR family, of Trevalun, Denbs., Plas Têg, Flints., and Glynde, Sussex yes 13 February 2018
17 November - Lewis Hopkin, poet, 63Hopkin, Lewis 27
date unknown - Alban Thomas, physicians-THOM-ALB-1740 Thomas, Alban William Llewelyn Davies yes 1 October 2019
References
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