1778 in Wales

none September 2019 September 2019 1778 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1778 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 - 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 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 9 September - Benjamin Millingchamp, is appointed chaplain on board the flagship of Admiral Sir Edward Hughes.s-MILL-BEN-1756 Millingchamp, Benjamin (1756-1829), naval chaplain and collector of Oriental manuscripts William Llewelyn Davies 25 October 2021 date unknown A furnace is built at Sirhowy by Thomas Atkinson and William Barrow of London. This is the first stage of the Tredegar ironworks.https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Sirhowy_Iron_Works Sirhowy Iron Works Grace's Guide to British Industrial History 4 October 2018 Elizabeth Baker leaves her job as secretary to Hugh Vaughan at Hengwrt to live in the adjoining house of Doluwcheogryd.s-BAKE-ELI-1720 Baker, Elizabeth (c.1720-1789), diarist William Llewelyn Davies 21 January 2020 Claiming himself as a prophet, watchmaker James Birch founds his own religious sect, the "Birchites", in Pembrokeshire.s-BIRC-JAM-1795 Birch, James (died 1795?), watchmaker and sectary Robert Thomas Jenkins 25 October 2021 Arts and literature New books Thomas Jones - Traethiadau ar Gatecism Eglwys Loegr: gyda phregeth ar Gonffirmasiwn (translation)s-JONE-THO-1720 Jones, Thomas (1720?-1790), cleric and author Elwyn Evans 25 October 2021 Thomas Pennant - Tour in Waleshttps://www.library.wales/discover/digital-gallery/pictures/a-tour-in-wales/ Thomas Pennant, A tour in Wales National Library of Wales 4 October 2018 David William - Gorfoledd ym Mhebyll Seions-WILL-DAV-1720 William, David (1720-1794), hymn-writer Gomer Morgan Roberts 25 October 2021 Nathaniel Williams - Dialogus Music Blind harpist John Parry and his son David play Handel's choruses on two Welsh harps at the court of King George III of Great Britain.Phyllis Kinney Welsh Traditional Music https://books.google.com/books?id=jW-uBwAAQBAJ&pg=PR28 15 April 2011 University of Wales Press 978-1-78316-299-4 28– Births 28 July - Jacob Owen, architect, (died 1870)https://www.dia.ie/architects/view/4252/OWEN-JACOB OWEN, JACOB - Dictionary of Irish Architects www.dia.ie 20 December 2022 21 August - Lewis Weston Dillwyn, porcelain manufacturer, naturalist and politician (died 1855)s-DILL-DIL-1650 Dillwyn family Robert Thomas Jenkins yes 21 January 2020 September - William Howels, preacher (died 1832)Howells, William 28 29 September - Benjamin Hall, industrialist and politician (died 1817)s-HALL-BEN-1778 Hall, Benjamin (1778-1817), industrialist David Williams yes 21 January 2020 20 November - Thomas Williams (Gwilym Morgannwg), poet (died 1835)s-WILL-THO-1778 Williams, Thomas (Gwilym Morgannwg; 1778-1835), poet Thomas John Morgan yes 21 January 2020 24 November - Salusbury Pryce Humphreys, admiral (died 1845)William Richard O'Byrne Davenport, Salusbury Pryce A Naval Biographical Dictionary 1849 John Murray date unknown - David Rowlands, naval surgeon (died 1846) Deaths 25 April - James Relly, Methodist minister, 56?Relly, James 6 October - William Worthington, priest and author, 74http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/29995 Worthington, William (1703–1778) Cooper Thompson Major, Emma Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press January 2008 28 January 2009 date unknown - William Owen, Royal Navy officer, 40/41Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological Society 1914 104 References Wales Wales