1799 in Wales

none September 2019 June 2020 1799 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1799 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 Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of WestminsterOld Wales: Monthly Magazine of Antiquities for Wales and the Borders not known William Retlaw Williams "Old Wales" Office 1907 3 106 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 April The Crumlin Arm of the Monmouthshire canal, with Fourteen Locks, is completed. It leaves the main line at Crindau, rising 358 feet (109m) through 32 locks to Crumlin (including the Cefn flight of Fourteen Locks).http://www.jim-shead.com/waterways/sdoc.php?wpage=PNRC0461#PNRC453 Joseph Priestley 1831 Historical Account of the Navigable Rivers, Canals, and Railways of Great Britain 4 March 2016 26 May 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000215/http://www.jim-shead.com/waterways/sdoc.php?wpage=PNRC0461#PNRC453 dead Edward MacDermot Oswald Stevens Nock C. R. Clinker History of the Great Western Railway. I. Allan 1964 55 The quarterly periodical Trysorfa Ysprydol is launched by Thomas Charles.Studies in Philology University of North Carolina Press 1927 107 July/August – Iolo Morganwg travels to North Wales to collect material for the Myvyrian Archaiology. Jenkins Geraint Bard of liberty: the political radicalism of Iolo Morganwg University of Wales Press Cardiff 2012 9780708325001 144 October – Anthony Bushby Bacon and his brother Thomas take over the Hirwaun ironworks. Thomas sells his interest in the Plymouth ironworks to the Hill family. 16 October – Evan Pritchard (Ieuan Lleyn), David Thomas (Dafydd Ddu Eryri) and Griffith Williams (Gutyn Peris) are "ordained" bards of the province of Gwynedd by Iolo Morganwg. 25 December – Ethalion 1797 6 is wrecked off the Penmarks. unknown dates Following the failure of the Pembrokeshire fish harvest, Richard Fenton imports grain from the Mediterranean to relieve the plight of local people. Peter Price becomes manager of Neath ironworks,Iolo Morganwg Geraint H. Jenkins Ffion Mair Jones David Ceri Jones The Correspondence of Iolo Morganwg: 1810–1826 https://books.google.com/books?id=P-1nAAAAMAAJ 2007 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-2134-8 184 and brings his family, including his wife Anna and his son Joseph Tregelles Price. Japanner John Pyrke relocates to Usk from London.s-PYRK-JOH-1755 Pyrke, John (1755-1834), the third of the Usk japanners Robert Stephen yes 9 November 2021 Ann Hatton and her husband take a lease on Swansea Bathing House. John Sevier, governor of Tennessee, writes of the alleged discovery of six skeletons in brass armour bearing the Welsh coat-of-arms. Baptist leader and colonist Morgan John Rhys moves to Somerset County, Pennsylvania. The Llandovery Bank is established, as W & D Jones & Co. Commonly known as the "Black Ox Bank" or "Banc yr Eidon", it is one of the earliest banks established in Carmarthenshire.John Orbell British Banking: A Guide to Historical Records https://books.google.com/books?id=Aj4rDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT309 5 July 2017 Taylor & Francis 978-1-351-95468-6 309 Robert Nicholl Carne begins construction of Dimlands, near Llantwit Major.Archaeologia cambrensis https://books.google.com/books?id=6aIbAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA382 1856 Public domain Cambrian Archaeological Association 382 Arts and literature New books Philip Yorke – The Royal Tribes of WalesThomas Moule Bibliotheca Heraldica Magnæ Britanniæ: An Analytical Catalogue of Books on Genealogy, Heraldry, Nobility, Knighthood & Ceremonies https://archive.org/details/bibliothecaheral00moul 1822 The author 488 Births 26 May Reginald Blewitt, MP for Monmouth Boroughs, landowner and newspaper publisher (d. 1878) John Davies of Nercwys, Calvinistic Methodist minister, preacher and writer (d. 1879)https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4581601/4581609 Testimonial to the Rev John Davies National Library of Wales Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register 1 May 1875 21 March 2020 30 June – David Williams, politician (d. 1869)s-WILL-BRO-1800 Williams family, of Bron Eryri, later called Castell Deudraeth, Meirionnydd Sir William Llewelyn Davies yes 3 May 2020 10 October – Samuel Bowen, Independent minister (d. 1887)s-BOWE-SAM-1799 Bowen, Samuel (1799-1887), Macclesfield, Independent minister and teacher Richard Griffith Owen yes 3 May 2020 21 December – John Vaughan, ironmaster (d. 1868)Obituary. John Vaughan, 1799-1868. Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers 28 1869 1869 622–627 1753-7843 10.1680/imotp.1869.23113 free date unknown Moses Davies, musician and hymn-writer (d. 1866)s-DAVI-MOS-1799 Davies, Moses (1799-1866), musician Robert David Griffith yes 3 May 2020 Frederick Richard West, MP for Denbigh Boroughs (d. 1862)Post office railway directory for 1848, of Chairmen, Deputy-Chairmen, Directors, Secretaries, Engineers, and Officials; with an alphabetical official directory https://books.google.com/books?id=RS8oAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA395 1848 Kelly and Company 395 Deaths 1 March – Thomas Olivers, Methodist preacher and hymn-writer, 73s-OLIV-THO-1725 Oliver(s), Thomas (1725-1799), Wesleyan preacher Robert Thomas Jenkins yes 26 November 2020 May – John Evans, explorer, 29s-EVAN-JOH-1770 Evans, John (1770-1799), explorer David Williams yes 26 November 2020 15 July – John Breynton, clergyman, 80C. E. Thomas Breynton, John 4 http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/breynton_john_4E.html 3 September – William Thomas, academic and Chancellor of Llandaff Cathedral, 65s-THOM-WIL-1734 Thomas, William (1734-1799), cleric and antiquary Hywel David Emanuel yes 26 November 2020 4 November – Josiah Tucker, economist, 87Ruth Savage Philosophy and Religion in Enlightenment Britain: New Case Studies https://books.google.com/books?id=8zTVtbQQuKsC&pg=PA240 26 April 2012 OUP Oxford 978-0-19-922704-4 240 14 December – Benjamin Francis, hymn-writer, 55s-FRAN-BEN-1734 Francis, Benjamin (1734-1799), hymnist, Baptist minister Robert Thomas Jenkins yes 26 November 2020 References Wales Wales Category:1790s in Wales