1797 in Wales

none September 2019 September 2019 1797 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1797 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 (from 4 April) 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 22 February - The last invasion of Britain begins: a joint French-American force of 1,400 troops, transported on four French warships, lands near Fishguard. Gwyndaf Robin Welsh folk tales National Museum of Wales Cardiff 1989 9780720003260 80 23 February - Last invasion of Britain: The invasion force clashes with a hastily assembled group of around 500 British reservists, militia and sailors, under the command of John Campbell, 1st Baron Cawdor.J. E. Thomas (2007). Britain's Last Invasion: Fishguard 1797. Tempus. p. 138 24 February - Last invasion of Britain: Colonel William Tate is forced into an unconditional surrender. The French warships escape capture and return to France. The prisoners are marched through Fishguard on their way to temporary imprisonment at Haverfordwest. 9 March - Last invasion of Britain: HMS St Fiorenzo, under the command of Sir Harry Neale and Captain John Cooke's HMS Nymphe, capture La Resistance and La Constance in the Irish Sea. 251–252 13992 14 March 1797 Richard Fothergill and the Rev. Matthew Monkhouse take over Tredegar ironworks and construct a new furnace. Arts and literature New books English language Arthur Aikin - Journal of a Tour through North Wales and Part of Shropshire with Observations in Mineralogy and Other Branches of Natural HistoryJohn Bowyer NICHOLS Sir Richard Colt HOARE Catalogue of the Hoare Library at Stourhead https://books.google.com/books?id=lw9bAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA484 1840 private use 484 Welsh language Edward Charles - Epistolau Cymraeg at y CymryW. L. Davies Cylchgrawn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru https://books.google.com/books?id=Ctf_5goE6xMC 1982 Council of the National Library of Wales 322 John Jones (Jac Glan-y-gors) - Toriad y Dydd Nathaniel Williams - Pregeth a Bregethwyd yn Llangloffan ar Neilltuad ... Joseph James a James Davies Births 11 January – Connop Thirlwall, Bishop of St David's (died 1875)The Edinburgh Review, Or Critical Journal: ... To Be Continued Quarterly https://books.google.com/books?id=jvTBJCZGtPwC&pg=PA283 1876 Archibald Constable 283 30 July – Harriet Windsor-Clive, 13th Baroness Windsor, philanthropist (died 1869)"Death Of The Baroness Windsor", The Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian, 13 November 1869, p.5 21 August – John Iltyd Nicholl, MP and judge (died 1853)“The” Illustrated London News https://books.google.com/books?id=K-AlxM6Sa8YC&pg=PA134 1853 Elm House 134 date unknown – John Blackwell (Alun), poet (died 1841)s-BLAC-JOH-1797 Blackwell, John (Alun; 1797-1840), cleric and poet Thomas Parry 1959 8 November 2021 Deaths 1 June – John Walters, lexicographer, 75 24 May – Paul Panton, lawyer and antiquary, 70s-PANT-PAU-1727 Panton, Paul (1727-1797), barrister-at-law and antiquary Evan David Jones 11 January 2020 25 August – Joshua Thomas, minister, 78Thomas Mardy Rees Notable Welshmen (1700-1900): ... with Brief Notes, in Chronological Order, and Authorities. Also a Complete Alphabetical Index https://books.google.com/books?id=sXM_AQAAMAAJ 1908 Herald Office 107 26 October – John Parry, lawyer and politician, 73 http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/parry-john-1724-97 PARRY, John (1724–97), of Wernfawr, Caern. History of Parliament Online 4 April 2015 6 November – John Lewis, MP for Radnor, 59 http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/lewis-john-1738-97 LEWIS, John (1738-97), of Harpton Court, nr. Radnor History of Parliament Online 11 January 2020 References Wales Wales Category:1790s in Wales