This article is about the particular significance of the year 1778 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 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[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]
Events
edit- 9 September - Benjamin Millingchamp, is appointed chaplain on board the flagship of Admiral Sir Edward Hughes.[15]
- date unknown
- A furnace is built at Sirhowy by Thomas Atkinson and William Barrow of London. This is the first stage of the Tredegar ironworks.[16]
- Elizabeth Baker leaves her job as secretary to Hugh Vaughan at Hengwrt to live in the adjoining house of Doluwcheogryd.[17]
- Claiming himself as a prophet, watchmaker James Birch founds his own religious sect, the "Birchites", in Pembrokeshire.[18]
Arts and literature
editNew books
edit- Thomas Jones - Traethiadau ar Gatecism Eglwys Loegr: gyda phregeth ar Gonffirmasiwn (translation)[19]
- Thomas Pennant - Tour in Wales[20]
- David William - Gorfoledd ym Mhebyll Seion[21]
- Nathaniel Williams - Dialogus
Music
edit- Blind harpist John Parry and his son David play Handel's choruses on two Welsh harps at the court of King George III of Great Britain.[22]
Births
edit- 21 August - Lewis Weston Dillwyn, porcelain manufacturer, naturalist and politician (died 1855)[23]
- September - William Howels, preacher (died 1832)[24]
- 29 September - Benjamin Hall, industrialist and politician (died 1817)[25]
- 20 November - Thomas Williams (Gwilym Morgannwg), poet (died 1835)[26]
- 24 November - Salusbury Pryce Humphreys, admiral (died 1845)[27]
- date unknown - David Rowlands, naval surgeon (died 1846)
Deaths
edit- 25 April - James Relly, Methodist minister, 56?[28]
- 6 October - William Worthington, priest and author, 74[29]
- date unknown - William Owen, Royal Navy officer, 40/41[30]
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.
- ^ William Llewelyn Davies. "Millingchamp, Benjamin (1756-1829), naval chaplain and collector of Oriental manuscripts". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- ^ "Sirhowy Iron Works". Grace's Guide to British Industrial History. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ^ William Llewelyn Davies. "Baker, Elizabeth (c.1720-1789), diarist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Birch, James (died 1795?), watchmaker and sectary". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- ^ Elwyn Evans. "Jones, Thomas (1720?-1790), cleric and author". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- ^ "Thomas Pennant, A tour in Wales". National Library of Wales. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ^ Gomer Morgan Roberts. "William, David (1720-1794), hymn-writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- ^ Phyllis Kinney (15 April 2011). Welsh Traditional Music. University of Wales Press. pp. 28–. ISBN 978-1-78316-299-4.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Dillwyn family". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1891). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 28. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ David Williams. "Hall, Benjamin (1778-1817), industrialist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- ^ Thomas John Morgan. "Williams, Thomas (Gwilym Morgannwg; 1778-1835), poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- ^ O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). . . John Murray – via Wikisource.
- ^ . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ Cooper, Thompson; Major, Emma (January 2008). "Worthington, William (1703–1778)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 28 January 2009.
- ^ Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological Society. 1914. p. 104.