1783 in Wales

none September 2019 September 2019 1783 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1783 to Wales and its people. Incumbents Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey - Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet (until 1 August) 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 Henry Paget (from 1 August)Edward 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 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 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 - 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 Moore (until 26 April)The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature R[ichard]. Baldwin, at the Rose in Pater-noster-Row Tobias Smollett 1775 159 John Warren (from 26 April)Thomas 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 – Jonathan ShipleyThe Apostolical Succession in the Church of England James Parkes and Company 1866 15 Bishop of St Davids – Edward Smallwell (from 6 July)Guides and Handbooks Royal Historical Society (Great Britain) 1939 163 Events 20 August - Thomas Charles marries Sally Jones and settles in Bala.https://banneroftruth.org/uk/about/banner-authors/thomas-charles/ Thomas Charles Banner of Truth 22 October 2018 26 September - Industrialist and slave-owner Richard Pennant is created 1st Baron Penrhyn in the county of Lough.George Nicholson The Cambrian Traveller's Guide: In Every Direction; Containing Remarks Made During Many Excursions, in the Principality of Wales, and Bordering Districts, Augmented by Extracts from the Best Writers https://archive.org/details/cambriantravelle01nich 1813 Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown 1059– Welsh emigrant Evan Williams founds a whiskey distillery in Bardstown, Kentucky, United States, which will still be operating in the 21st century. Arts and literature New books Julia Ann Hatton - Poems on Miscellaneous SubjectsPhilip H. Highfill Kalman A. Burnim Edward A. Langhans A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers & Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800 https://archive.org/details/biographicaldict0004high registration 1973 SIU Press 978-0-8093-1526-0 34 Music Evan Hughes (Hughes Fawr) - Rhai Hymnau Newyddion o Fawl i'r Oenhttps://biography.wales/article/s-HUGH-EVA-1800 Hughes, Evan (‘Hughes Fawr’; d. 1800), cleric and author Robert (Bob) Owen Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 22 April 2019 Births 11 February - Thomas Richard, minister (died 1856) 16 March - Henry Williams-Wynn, politician (died 1856)Wynn, Henry Watkin Williams 63 May - Cadwaladr Jones, minister and literary editor (died 1867)https://biography.wales/article/s-JONE-CAD-1783 Jones, Cadwaladr (1783-1867), Independent minister and first editor of Y Dysgedydd Richard Griffith Owen Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 22 April 2019 unknown dates Hugh Jones, archdeacon of Essex (died 1869)Archives The National Jones, Hugh Chambres (1783-1869) Archdeacon of Essex, The Discovery Service https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F40857 discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk Deaths 19 June - Henry Lloyd, soldier and military writerhttps://biography.wales/article/s-LLOY-HEN-1720 Lloyd, Henry (c.1720-1783), soldier and military writer Samuel Henry Fergus Johnston Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 22 April 2019 7 August - Thomas Llewellyn, Baptist minister and writer, 63?Thomas Mardy Rees Notable Welshmen (1700-1900): ... with Brief Notes, in Chronological Order, and Authorities. Also a Complete Alphabetical Index https://books.google.com/books?id=sXM_AQAAMAAJ 1908 Herald Office 2 September - Edward Edwards, academic 6 September - Anna Williams, friend of Dr Johnson, 77? Rogers Pat The Samuel Johnson encyclopedia Greenwood Press Westport, Conn 1996 9780313294112 428 16 December - Sir William James, 1st Baronet, naval commander, 61-62http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/james-william-1721-83 JAMES, William (?1721-83), of Park Farm Place, Eltham, Kent History of Parliament Online 29 December 2017 References Wales Wales Category:1783 in Europe Category:1780s in Wales