1777 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1777 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents[edit]
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey - Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet[1][2][3][4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire – Charles Morgan of Dderw[5]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire - Thomas Wynn[6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – George Rice[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire - Richard Myddelton
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire - Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – John Stuart, Lord Mountstuart[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire - Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet (from 10 June)[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – George Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir Hugh Owen, 5th Baronet[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Edward Harley, 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer[10][2]
- Bishop of Bangor – John Moore[11]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Shute Barrington[12]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Jonathan Shipley[13]
- Bishop of St Davids – James Yorke[14]
Events[edit]
- 1 March - David Samwell, at sea between New Zealand and Tahiti with Captain Cook, writes a pennillion.
- 22 July - The business partnership between Anthony Bacon and William Brownrigg is dissolved.
- Thomas Pennant marries, as his second wife, Anne Mostyn, daughter of Sir Thomas Mostyn, 4th Baronet.[15]
- Francis Towne and John White go on a painting tour of North Wales.
Arts and literature[edit]
New books[edit]
- Evan Hughes (Hughes Fawr) - Duwdod Crist
- Nicholas Owen - British Remains
- Thomas Pennant - British Zoology, vol. 4
- William Williams Pantycelyn - Ductor Naptiarum: Neu Gyfarwyddwr Priodas[16]
Music[edit]
- Harpist Edward Jones performs at Covent Garden.[17]
Births[edit]
- 15 June - David Daniel Davis, royal obstetrician (died 1841)[18]
- 29 August - John James, hymn-writer (died 1848)[19]
- 15 September - John Jones of Ystrad, MP (died 1842)[20]
- 7 November - Richard Bassett, Methodist minister (died 1852)[21]
- date unknown
- William Camden Edwards, engraver (died 1855)[22]
- Thomas Rees, Unitarian minister (died 1864)[23]
Deaths[edit]
- 4 March - Edward Richard, teacher and poet, 62[24]
- 5 April - Thomas Lewis, politician, 86[25]
- April - John Hodges, Methodist, 77
- 19 May - Button Gwinnett, American political leader of Welsh parentage, 41 (killed in duel)[26]
- 28 June - Chase Price, lawyer and politician, 45/6[27]
- 1 July - Sir John Glynne, 6th Baronet, 64[28]
- 30 August - Dafydd Jones, hymn-writer, 66
- 18 December - William Lloyd, translator, 60
- 23 December - Thomas Farnolls Pritchard, architect who worked in the borders of Wales and England, about 54[29]
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.
- ^ . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Jonathan Williams (1859). The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. p. 115.
- ^ Tobias Smollett, ed. (1775). The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature. R[ichard]. Baldwin, at the Rose in Pater-noster-Row. p. 159.
- ^ "Barrington, Shute (at Llandaff) (CCEd Appointment ID 275358)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
- ^ The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
- ^ Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 305.
- ^ Pennant, David F. (1996). Pennant Notes. pp. 66–67.
- ^ Gomer Morgan Roberts. "Williams, William (1717-1791)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
- ^ Philip H. Highfill; Kalman A. Burnim; Edward A. Langhans (1982). A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers, and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800: Hough to Keyse. SIU Press. pp. 231–. ISBN 978-0-8093-0919-1.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Davis, David Daniel (1777-1841), physician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
- ^ Benjamin George Owens. "James, John (1777-1848), Baptist minister, hymn writer, bookbinder, and printer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
- ^ David Williams. "Jones, John (1777-1841), 'of Ystrad', politician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
- ^ Gomer Morgan Roberts. "Bassett, Richard (1777-1852), Methodist cleric". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
- ^ Leslie Stephen; Sir Sidney Lee (1889). Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, & Company. p. 131.
- ^ . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ David Gwenallt Jones. "Richard, Edward (1714-1777), schoolmaster, scholar, and poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
- ^ "LEWIS, Thomas (1690-1777), of Harpton Court, nr. Radnor". History of Parliament Online (1754-1790). Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ "Button Gwinnett". Society of the Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
- ^ "PRICE, Chase (?1731-77), of Knighton, Rad". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ Jenkins, Dr. David. "Glynne family, of Hawarden, Flints.". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ Leach, Peter, ‘Pritchard, Thomas Farnolls (bap. 1723, d.1798)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2005 [1], accessed 1 September 2008