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1787 in Wales
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September 2019
September 2019
1787
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1787 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 – Charles Morgan of Dderw (until 24 May); Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort (from 8 June)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 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 – Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milfords-PHIL-PIC-1491 Philipps family, of Picton Bertie George Charles 1959 19 October 2021
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 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 – Jonathan ShipleyThe Apostolical Succession in the Church of England James Parkes and Company 1866 15
Bishop of St Davids – Edward SmallwellGuides and Handbooks Royal Historical Society (Great Britain) 1939 163
Events
March - Hester Piozzi returns from Italy with her second husband. McCarthy William Hester Thrale Piozzi, portrait of a literary woman University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill 1985 9780807816592 51 en
November - Richard Crawshay uses puddling at the Cyfarthfa ironworks.Charles K. Hyde Technological Change and the British Iron Industry, 1700-1870 https://books.google.com/books?id=FVmYDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA91 12 March 2019 Princeton University Press 978-0-691-65634-2 91
December - Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd), shortly before his death, sells his manuscript collection.
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Thomas Charles opens his first Sunday school, at Hengoed.James Comper GRAY Sunday School World: an encyclopædia of facts ... on Sunday-School Matters. Edited by J. C. G. https://books.google.com/books?id=rn6dDaupk_QC&pg=PA11 1871 11
The first Cymmrodorion Society is disbanded.Emrys Jones Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England) The Welsh in London, 1500-2000 https://books.google.com/books?id=BTQIAQAAMAAJ 21 September 2001 University of Wales Press on behalf of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion 978-0-7083-1697-9 94
Iolo Morganwg spends time as a prisoner in Cardiff jail.Unitarian Historical Society, London Transactions https://books.google.com/books?id=Ywo9AAAAIAAJ 1959 99
Construction of Margam orangery begins.Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Glamorgan https://books.google.com/books?id=lm4CmIvbAa4C&pg=PA323 1976 RCAHMW 978-0-11-700754-3 323
The Baptist Association endorses the "pocket Bible" published by David Jones and Peter Williams.s-JONE-DAV-1741 Jones, David (1741-1792), Baptist minister Robert Thomas Jenkins 1959 6 October 2024
Arts and literature
New books
John Thelwall - Poems upon various subjects
Music
Elis Roberts - Pedwar Chwarter y Flwyddyn
Nathaniel Williams - Ychydig o Hymnau Newyddion
William Williams Pantycelyn - Rhai Hymnau Newyddion
Sport
27 February - Royal British Bowmen, an archery society, formed in Wrexham. https://books.google.com/books?id=5vAbtwEACAAJ Regulations of the Society of Royal British Bowmen. Established, February 27th. 1787 21 April 2018 Creative Media Partners, LLC 978-1-385-06773-4
Births
26 May - Richard Jones, printer (died 1855)s-JONE-RIC-1787 Jones, Richard (1787-1855?), printer and publisher William Llewelyn Davies 1959 1 November 2021
8 June - William Conybeare, geologist (died 1857)Academic American Encyclopedia Grolier Incorporated 1996 262
9 July - Taliesin Williams, poet and author (died 1847)s-WILL-TAL-1787 Williams, Taliesin (Taliesin ab Iolo; 1787-1847), poet and author Griffith John Williams 1959 31 October 2021
2 October - Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc), historian (died 1848)s-PRIC-THO-1787 Price, Thomas (Carnhuanawc; 1787-1848), historian and antiquary Brinley Rees Brinley Rees 1959 31 October 2021
Deaths
3 February - Philip David, Independent minister, 77Philip David s-DAVI-PHI-1709 Williams Griffith John 13 December 2016
24 May - Charles Morgan of Dderw, politician, 50Lewis Namier John Brooke The House of Commons 1754-1790 https://books.google.com/books?id=Taw7DVGrbRcC&pg=PA165 1985 Boydell & Brewer 978-0-436-30420-0 165–
18 June - John Egerton, controversial Bishop of Bangor 1756–1768, 65. Egerton, John (1721-1787) 17 Sutton Charles William Charles William Sutton 158-159 1
3 November - Robert Lowth, Bishop of St David's 1766, 76The Royal Kalendar, Or, Complete and Correct Annual Register for England, Scotland, Ireland, and America, for the Year ... https://books.google.com/books?id=hH8UAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA3-PA65 1817 J. Debrett. 3
date unknown - William Elias, poet, 79
References
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