1775 in Wales

none September 2019 September 2019 1775 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1775 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 – George RiceRice, George 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 - William Vaughan (until 12 April); Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet (from 10 June)Edward 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 – Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford (from 20 April) Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet (until 24 June); Sir Hugh Owen, 5th Baronet (from 24 June) 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 – James YorkeThomas Duffus Hardy Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press 1854 305 Events 19 April - Outbreak of the American Revolutionary War: Anthony Bacon obtains munitions contracts for his ironworks. Fort Belan built commanding the western end of the Menai Strait by Thomas Wynn. 8 September - An earthquake measuring 5.1 is felt in Swansea.W. Toone A Chronological Record, of the Remarkable Public Events, ... During the Reigns of George the Third and Fourth, and His Present Majesty ... https://books.google.com/books?id=kQE-AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA149 1834 Bennett 149 18 September - Dr Samuel Johnson accompanies Hester Thrale and her husband Henry on a visit to France. Arts and literature New books Edward Evans - An Address delivered before the Association of Ministers at Dref Wen, near Newcastle Emlyn, with two HymnsThomas Rowland Roberts Eminent Welshmen: A Short Biographical Dictionary of Welshmen who Have Attained Distinction from the Earliest Times to the Present https://books.google.com/books?id=7wkZAAAAYAAJ 1908 Educational Publishing Company 99 Elizabeth Griffith - The Morality of Shakespeare's Drama IllustratedElizabeth Griffith The Morality of Shakespeare's Drama Illustrated https://books.google.com/books?id=TEpaAAAAcAAJ 1775 T. Cadell . Nicholas Owen (attr.) - History of the Island of Anglesea Music Dafydd Jones - Hymnau a Chaniadau Ysprydol (hymns and psalms) Morgan Rhys - Golwg o Ben Nebo, 3rd ed. (collection of hymns) Edward Jones (Bardd y Brenin) arrives in London. Births 22 February - John Hughes, minister, author and hymn-writer (died 1854)s-HUGH-JOH-1775 Hughes, John (1775-1854), Calvinistic Methodist minister, author, and hymn-writer Gomer Morgan Roberts 1959 23 October 2021 7 May - John Parry, minister and author (died 1846) 25 November - Charles Kemble, actor (died 1854)Kemble, Charles December - John Jones (Archdeacon of Merioneth), Anglican priest and writer (died 1834)s-JONE-JOH-1775 Jones, John (1775-1834), cleric Thomas Iorwerth Ellis Thomas Iorwerth Ellis 1959 23 October 2021 date unknown - John Roberts, Anglican priest and writer (died 1829)s-ROBE-JOH-1775 Roberts, John (1775–1829), cleric and author Robert Thomas Jenkins Robert Thomas Jenkins 1959 3 October 2018 Deaths 11 April - Roger Mostyn, Canon of Windsor, 54/55Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S. L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle 12 April - William Vaughan (MP), politician, about 68 http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/vaughan-william-1707-75 VAUGHAN, William (?1707-75), of Corsygedol, Merion. History of Parliament Online 10 July 2013 23 October 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211023130047/http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/vaughan-william-1707-75 dead 10 May - Caroline Matilda, queen consort of Sweden, daughter of Frederick, Prince of Wales, 23 (scarlet fever) Caroline Matilda 09 Ward Adolphus Adolphus Ward 145-150 1 14 August - Sir Lynch Cotton, 4th Baronet, about 70https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/cotton-sir-lynch-salusbury-1705-75 COTTON, Sir Lynch Salusbury, 4th Bt. (c.1705-75), of Combermere, Cheshire and Llewenny, Denb. History of Parliament Online 3 October 2018 References Wales Wales Category:1775 in Europe Category:1770s in Wales