This article is about the particular significance of the year 1766 to Wales and its people.
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Incumbents
edit- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey - Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet[1][2][3][4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Thomas Morgan[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire - Thomas Wynn[5]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – George Rice[6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire - Richard Myddelton
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire - Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Other Windsor, 4th Earl of Plymouth[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire - William Vaughan[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Howell Gwynne (until 12 July);[10][2] Edward Harley, 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer (from 16 July)[11]
- Bishop of Bangor – John Egerton[12]
- Bishop of Llandaff – John Ewer[13]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Richard Newcome[14]
- Bishop of St Davids – Samuel Squire (until 7 May); Robert Lowth (from 14 June); Charles Moss (from 30 November)[15]
Events
edit- 19 February - Thomas Kymer is granted an Act of Parliament allowing him to construct the Kidwelly and Llanelly Canal.[16]
- 12 May - Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet, marries Margaret, daughter of Rev Hugh Wynn and heiress to the Bodysgallen estate.
- July - Maurice Morgann becomes an under-secretary to the Earl of Shelburne, then Secretary of State for the South. In November he is made secretary of the Province of New Jersey.[17]
- 12 November - John, Lord Mountstuart marries Charlotte Jane, granddaughter of Thomas Windsor, 1st Viscount Windsor.[18]
- unknown date - The Welsh-language periodical Yr Awstralydd is launched by William Meirion Evans in Australia.[19]
Arts and literature
editNew books
editEnglish language
edit- Evan Lloyd - The Powers of the Pen[20]
- Anna Williams - Miscellanies in Prose and Verse[21]
Welsh language
edit- David Jones of Trefriw (ed.) - Cydymaith Diddan[22]
- Dafydd Jones - Salmau Dafydd[23]
- Lloffion Prydyddiaeth … Mr. Rees Prichard[24]
- John Roberts (Siôn Robert Lewis) - Drych y Cristion[25]
- William Williams Pantycelyn - Ffarwel Weledig, part 2[26]
Music
edit- Elis Roberts - Oliffernes a Jiwdath[27]
Paintings
edit- Richard Wilson - Meleager and Atalanta
Births
edit- March - William Turner, industrialist (died 1853)
- 10 November - John Jones (Jac Glan-y-gors), satirical poet and radical pamphleteer (died 1821)[28]
- 6 December - Robert Williams (Robert ap Gwilym Ddu), poet (died 1850)[29]
- 18 December - Charles Lloyd, dissenting minister and schoolmaster (died 1829)[30]
- 25 December - Christmas Evans, preacher (died 1838)[31]
- unknown date
- Martha Llwyd, hymnodist (died 1845)[32]
- Henry Parry, clergyman and antiquarian (died 1854)[33]
Deaths
edit- 1 January - James Francis Edward Stuart, 77, nominally Prince of Wales from his birth until 1701[34]
- 19 January - Wilmot Vaughan, 3rd Viscount Lisburne, landowner[35]
- 30 January - John Jeffreys, 59, politician[36]
- June - Evan Edwards, 32, harpist[37]
- 7 May - Samuel Squire, 51/52, Bishop of St Davids[15]
- 17 November - Morgan Morgan, 78, Welsh-born American colonist (in America)[38]
- date unknown - Milbourn Bloom, independent minister[39]
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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ George Grenville (1962). Additional Grenville Papers 1763-1765. Manchester University Press. p. 176.
- ^ Namier, Lewis. "Gwynne, Howell (1718-80), of Garth in Llanleonfel, Brec". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ Jonathan Williams (1859). The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. p. 115.
- ^ John McClintock; James Strong (1981). Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature. Baker Book House. p. 324.
- ^ "Ewer, John (EWR723J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Joseph Priestley (1831). Historical Account of the Navigable Rivers, Canals, and Railways of Great Britain: As a Reference to Nichols, Priestley & Walker's New Map of Inland Navigation. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green. pp. 365.
- ^ Cornish, Rory T. (2004). "Morgann, Maurice (1725–1802)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/19246. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Thomas Nicholas (1872). Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales: Containing a Record of All Ranks of the Gentry ... with Many Ancient Pedigrees and Memorials of Old and Extinct Families. Longmans, Green, Reader. p. 619.
- ^ James Jupp; Director Centre for Immigration and Multicultural Studies James Jupp (October 2001). The Australian People: An Encyclopedia of the Nation, Its People and Their Origins. Cambridge University Press. p. 740. ISBN 978-0-521-80789-0.
- ^ Cecil John Layton Price. "Lloyd, Evan (1734-1776), cleric and writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ Teresa Barnard (15 April 2016). Anna Seward: A Constructed Life: A Critical Biography. Routledge. p. 152. ISBN 978-1-317-18067-8.
- ^ Ffion Mair Jones (14 June 2010). 'The Bard is a Very Singular Character': Iolo Morganwg, Marginalia and Print Culture. University of Wales Press. p. 422. ISBN 978-1-78316-407-3.
- ^ Gomer Morgan Roberts. "Jones, Dafydd (1711-1777), hymn-writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ William Llewelyn Davies. "Eddowes, Joshua (1724-1811), printer and bookseller at Shrewsbury". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ Thomas Isfryn Jones. "ROBERTS, John (Siôn Robert Lewis; 1731-1806), author, almanack-maker, and hymn-writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- ^ Gomer Morgan Roberts. "Williams, William (1717-1791), Methodist cleric, author, and hymn-writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ Gruffydd Glyn Evans. "ROBERTS, ELIS (d. 1789), cooper, ballad-writer, and composer of interludes". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ David Rowland Hughes. "Jones, John ('Jac Glan-y-gors': 1766-1821), satirical poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ Stephen Joseph Williams. "WILLIAMS, ROBERT (Robert ap Gwilym Ddu; 1766-1850), poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Lloyd, Charles (1766-1829), Unitarian minister and schoolmaster". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ D. Densil Morgan (2008). Wales and the Word: Historical Perspectives on Religion and Welsh Identity. University of Wales Press. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-7083-2121-8.
- ^ "Merched y gân". BBC Cymru Fyw (in Welsh). 30 May 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ William Llewelyn Davies. "Parry, Henry (1766?-1854), cleric and antiquary". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ Deborah C. Fisher (2006). Princes of Wales. University of Wales Press. p. 75. ISBN 978-0-7083-2003-7.
- ^ Morgan, Gerald (1993). "The Trawsgoed inheritance". Ceredigion. XII (1): 33.
- ^ "JEFFREYS, John (1706–66), of the Priory, Brecon, and Sheen, Surr". The History of Parliament (1715-1754). Retrieved 3 April 2016.
- ^ Robert David Griffith. "EDWARDS, EVAN (1734-1766), harpist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ Callahan, James Morton (1912). Butcher, Bernard Lee (ed.). Genealogical and Personal History of the Upper Monongahela Valley, West Virginia. Vol. 3. Lewis Historical Publishers. p. 950.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Bloom, Milbourn (died 1766), Independent minister". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 June 2024.