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1773
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1773 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 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 – Robert Clive (from 17 June)The Montgomeryshire Collections Clifton Press 1972 116
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
22 April - An earthquake occurs in the Caernarfon area, with an estimated strength of 3.7.Notes on individual earthquakes http://www.quakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/historical/historical_listing.htm British Geological Survey 8 December 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110516173115/http://www.quakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/historical/historical_listing.htm 16 May 2011
7 November - Richard Morris makes his will.s-PARR-WIL-1719 Parry, William (1719-1775), civil servant, secretary of the first Cymmrodorion Society Robert Thomas Jenkins 9 March 2020
25 November - Walter Siddons marries Sarah Kemble.Walter Calvert Sir Henry Irving and Miss Ellen Terry: A Record of Over Twenty Years at the Lyceum Theatre https://books.google.com/books?id=8MQxAQAAMAAJ 1897 H.J. Drane 3
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Dolauhirion Bridge is built on the Llandovery to Cilycwm road by William Edwards.A. W. Skempton A Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland https://books.google.com/books?id=jeOMfpYMOtYC&pg=PA210 2002 Thomas Telford 978-0-7277-2939-2 210
David Williams, having resigned from the ministry, opens a school in Chelsea.H. P. Richards David Williams (1738-1816): Author, Philosopher, Educationist, Politician and Founder of the Royal Literary Fund https://books.google.com/books?id=_oMXAQAAIAAJ 1980 D. Brown 978-0-905928-05-0 10
Arts and literature
New books
Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) - Rhybudd Cyfr-drist i'r Diofal a Difraws-EVAN-EVA-1731 EVANS, EVAN (Ieuan Fardd or Ieuan Brydydd Hir 1731-1788), scholar, poet, and cleric Aneirin Lewi yes 3 October 2018
John Roberts (Siôn Robert Lewis) - Geirlyfr YsgrythurolJohn ROBERTS (called Siôn Robert Lewis.) Geir-lyfr Ysgrythurol: Neu Egwyddor, Yn Dangos Arwyddoccad Y Rhan Fwyaf O Eiriau, Ac Ymadroddion Caled, a Natturiaethu [sic] Creaduriaid, a Gynnhwysir, Yn Yr Hen Destament A'r Newydd ... Wedi Ei Dalfyru, Gan Mwyaf Allan O Eirlyfr Y Parchedig Mr. Wilson, Etc https://books.google.com/books?id=PmH3MgEACAAJ 1773 S. Powell
Music
James Rivington settles in New York, where he begins selling musical instruments, including "Welsh harps".David Nicholls Kate V. Keller Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje The Cambridge History of American Music https://books.google.com/books?id=4CeFAC5MdxwC&pg=PA63 19 November 1998 Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-45429-2 63–
Births
21 February - Titus Lewis, preacher and writer (died 1811)s-LEWI-TIT-1773 Biography of Titus Lewis Rhys, William Joseph yes 22 October 2021
21 April - Christopher Bethell, English clergyman, Bishop of Bangor 1830-1859 (died 1859)BTL791C Bethell, Christopher
14 November - Stapleton Stapleton-Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere, military leader (died 1865)Alexander Innes Shand Alexander Innes Shand Wellington's Lieutenants https://archive.org/details/wellingtonslieu00shangoog 1902 Smith, Elder & Company 394
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Catherine Davies, royal governess and memoirist (died c.1841)Davies, Catherine
Joseph Harris (Gomer), writer (died 1825)
Deaths
16 February - Sir John Wynn, 2nd Baronet, 71Cokayne George Edward 1906 Complete Baronetage volume 5 (1707–1800) http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924092524416#page/n109/mode/2up 5 Exeter William Pollard and Co 18 February 2012
21 July - Howell Harris, Methodist leader, 59s-HARR-HOW-1714 Harris, Howel(l) 1714–1773 Gomer Morgan Roberts yes 3 October 2018
References
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