1790 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1790 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
[edit]- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey - Henry Paget[1][2][3][4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire – Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort[5]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire - Thomas Bulkeley, 7th Viscount Bulkeley[6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne[2]
- 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[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire - Watkin Williams[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – George Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford[2][9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Edward Harley, 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer (until 11 October)[10][2]
- Bishop of Bangor – John Warren[11][12]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Watson[13]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Samuel Hallifax (until 4 March); Lewis Bagot (from 28 April)[14][11]
- Bishop of St Davids – Samuel Horsley[15]
Events
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- 18 May - The first meeting of the Literary Fund, founded by David Williams ("to assist indigent authors") takes place in London.[16]
- 9 June - Royal assent is given to establishment of the port of Milford Haven.[17]
- August - Construction of the Glamorganshire Canal begins.[18]
- exact date unknown
- Sir Herbert Mackworth gives up the Parliamentary seat of Cardiff when John Stuart, Lord Mount Stuart, comes of age.[19]
- The world's first railway viaduct (used by horse-drawn wagons to carry coal from the mines) is built at Blaenavon.[20]
- Monmouth County Gaol is built.[21]
- Calvinistic Methodist clergyman Thomas Charles of Bala attempts to preach at Corwen but is driven out of town by a mob.
- John Coles, son of the founder of the Cambrian Pottery, goes into partnership with entrepreneur George Haynes, resulting in the expansion of the business.
Arts and literature
[edit]New books
[edit]English language
[edit]- Thomas Pennant - Indian Zoology[22]
- David Williams - Lessons to a Young Prince (published anonymously)[22]
Welsh language
[edit]- Thomas Edwards (Twm o'r Nant) - Gardd o Gerddi
- Peter Williams - Tafol i Bwyso Sosiniaeth[23]
Births
[edit]
- 27 January - William Davies Evans, mariner and chess player (died 1872)[24]
- 20 February (baptised) - Hugh Hughes, painter (died 1863)[25]
- 19 June - John Gibson, sculptor (died 1866)[26]
- July - James Williams, cleric and co-founder of the Anglesey Association of the Preservation of Lives from Shipwreck (died 1872)
- 4 July - George Everest, surveyor and geographer (died 1866)[27]
- 11 August - William Probert, minister and author (died 1870)[28]
- 16 September - Thomas Vowler Short, Bishop of St Asaph (died 1872)
- 27 September - Owen Jones Ellis Nanney (born Ellis Jones), MP (died 1870), father of Sir Hugh Ellis-Nanney[29]
- 29 September - John Jones, printer (died 1855)
- 25 November - Sir James Hamlyn-Williams, 3rd Baronet, politician (died 1861)[30]
- probable - Thomas Penson (the younger), architect and surveyor (died 1859)[31]
Deaths
[edit]- 4 March - Samuel Hallifax, Bishop of St Asaph, 57[32]
- 20 March - Thomas Richards of Coychurch, cleric and lexicographer, 80[33]
- 24 August - John Worgan, organist and composer, 66[34]
- 11 October - Edward Harley, 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire, 64[35]
- 16 October - Daniel Rowland, Methodist leader, c.79[36]
- 5 November - Michael Lort, clergyman, academic and antiquary, 65[37]
References
[edit]- ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 24.
- ^ a b c d e J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.
- ^ Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 695. ISBN 9780806313146.
- ^ Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1992. p. 169.
- ^ Edwin Poole (1886). 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. p. 378.
- ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 26.
- ^ Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 612. ISBN 9780806313146.
- ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 29.
- ^ Bertie George Charles (1959). "Philipps family, of Picton". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ^ Jonathan Williams (1859). The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. p. 115.
- ^ a b Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 305.
- ^ The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged. Porter. 1780. p. 95.
- ^ John Henry James (1898). A History and Survey of the Cathedral Church of SS. Peter, Paul, Dubritius, Teilo, and Oudoceus, Llandaff. Western Mail. p. 16.
- ^ The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
- ^ Guides and Handbooks. Royal Historical Society (Great Britain). 1939. p. 163.
- ^ David Williams. "WILLIAMS, DAVID (1738 - 1816), littérateur and political pamphleteer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
- ^ Phil Carradice (15 August 2013). The Ships of Pembroke Dockyard. Amberley Publishing Limited. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-4456-1310-9.
- ^ Dean Powell (15 September 2012). Dr William Price: Wales's First Radical. Amberley Publishing Limited. pp. 64–. ISBN 978-1-4456-2052-7.
- ^ "MACKWORTH, Herbert (1737-91), of Gnoll, Glam". History of Parliament online. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ^ Tim Taylor (2005). The Time Team Guide to the Archaeological Sites of Britain & Ireland. Channel 4. pp. 106–. ISBN 978-1-905026-01-2.
- ^ Newman, John (2000). The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire. Penguin Books. p. 407. ISBN 9780300096309.
- ^ a b Enoch Robert G. Salisbury (1873). 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]. p. 62.
- ^ Marion Loffler (15 October 2014). Political Pamphlets and Sermons from Wales 1790-1806. University of Wales Press. pp. 37–. ISBN 978-1-78316-102-7.
- ^ Tim Harding, ‘Evans, William Davies (1790–1872)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, May 2012
- ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1891). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 28. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Greenwood, Martin. "Gibson, John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/10625. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Smith, James R. (2015). "Sir George Everest". In Martin, Geoffrey (ed.). Geographers: Biobibliographical Studies, Volume 15. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781474226653.
- ^ Thomas Isfryn Jones (1959). "Probert, William (1790-1870), Unitarian minister and author". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ Thomas Richards. "Nanney (formerly Ellis), David Ellis (1759-1819), attorney-general for North Wales". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
- ^ "HAMLYN WILLIAMS, Sir James, 3rd. bt. (1790-1861), of Edwinsford, Carm. and Clovelly Court, nr. Bideford, Devon". History of Parliament. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
- ^ Colvin H. A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600–1840 Yale University Press 3rd ed 1995,748-49
- ^ "Samuel Hallifax (HLFS749S)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ Edwards, Frederick George (1900). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 63. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ "Death of the Earl of Oxford". The Times. 13 October 1790. p. 2.
- ^ Gomer Morgan Roberts. "Rowland, Daniel (1713-1790), Methodist cleric". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
- ^ . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.