1798 in Wales

none September 2019 September 2019 1798 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1798 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 – Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon 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 March - Historian William Richards returns from Wales to King's Lynn. 31 March - George Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis, becomes Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire;15002 27 March 1798 263 June/August - Clogwyn Du'r Arddu is climbed by Peter Bailey Williams and William Bingley, botanists looking for alpine plants on Snowdon. 13 July - William Wordsworth, visiting Wales, writes "Lines composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey on revisiting the banks of the Wye during a tour".Arthur Beatty, William Wordsworth, his doctrine and art in their historical relations, University of Wisconsin Studies #17, 1922, p.64 17 October - First recorded use of the word "tramroad", in the minutes of the Brecon and Abergavenny Canal Company. unknown dates The Gwyneddigion Society launches its project of publishing ancient Welsh manuscripts. William Lort Mansel becomes Master of Trinity College, Cambridge.John Scott John Taylor The London Magazine ... https://books.google.com/books?id=sn1PAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA236 1820 Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy 236 William Madocks buys the Tan-yr-Allt estate on Traeth Mawr. Morgan John Rhys buys a tract of land in the Allegheny mountains of North America for the purpose of founding a Welsh colony, which he names Cambria.John Vyrnwy Morgan The Church in Wales in the Light of History: A Historical and Philosophical Study https://books.google.com/books?id=Djo0AQAAMAAJ 1918 Chapman & Hall 18 Arts and literature New books Emily Clark - Ianthé, or the Flower of CaernarvonJane Aaron Nineteenth-Century Women's Writing in Wales: Nation, Gender and Identity https://books.google.com/books?id=h0iuBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA35 1 February 2010 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-2287-1 35 Thomas Roberts of Llwyn'rhudol - Cwyn yn erbyn Gorthrymder Hester Thrale - Three Warnings to John Bull before he dies. By an Old Acquaintance of the PublicElizabeth Edwards English-language Poetry from Wales 1789-1806 https://books.google.com/books?id=t4CvBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA51 15 February 2013 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-2569-8 51 Richard Warner - Second Walk Through WalesThe New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature: Volume 2, 1660-1800 Cambridge University Press 1971 1407 Music Edward Jones (Bardd y Brenin) - Popular Cheshire MelodiesEnoch Robert G. Salisbury A catalogue of Cambric books at Glan-aber, Chester, A.D. 1500-1799, not mentioned in Rowland's 'Cambrian bibliography' [by E.R.G. Salisbury]. https://books.google.com/books?id=K6cIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PT2 1873 68 Births 3 August - Llewelyn Lewellin, first principal of St David's College, Lampeter (died 1878) 16 August - Alfred Ollivant, Bishop of Llandaff (died 1882)John Vyrnwy Morgan Welsh Political and Educational Leaders in the Victorian Era https://books.google.com/books?id=YVs1AQAAIAAJ 1908 J. Nisbet 119 date unknown - John Jones Archdeacon of Bangor (died 1863)Jones, John (100) Deaths 21 June - Edward Evan, poet, 81s-EVAN-EDW-1716 Evan, Edward 9 November 2021 6 July - Joshua Evans, Quaker minister of Welsh descent, 66 17 November - George Cadogan Morgan, dissenting minister and scientist, 44http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/19220 Morgan, George Cadogan (1754–1798) Thomas D. O. 2004 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press 16 March 2009 23 November - David Samwell (Dafydd Ddu Feddyg), naval surgeon and poet, 47David Samwell Nicholas Thomas Martin Fitzpatrick Jennifer Newell The death of Captain Cook and other writings https://books.google.com/books?id=lPp-AAAAMAAJ 15 July 2007 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-1968-0 20 16 December - Thomas Pennant, naturalist and travel writer, 72Samuel Johnson Johnson's Dictionary of the English language, containing many additional words; also, A compendium of chronology [&c.]. https://books.google.com/books?id=w1sFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA253 1841 253 References 1798 Wales Category:1790s in Wales