This article is about the particular significance of the year 1779 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 (until 3 August)[7] Thomas Johnes (from 7 September)[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire - Richard Myddelton
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire - Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – John Stuart, Lord Mountstuart[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire - Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet[10]
- 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[11][2]
- Bishop of Bangor – John Moore[12]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Shute Barrington[13]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Jonathan Shipley[14]
- Bishop of St Davids – James Yorke (until 2 August); John Warren (from 19 September)[15][16]
Events
edit- February - Ship's surgeon David Samwell witnesses the death of Captain James Cook in Hawaii.[17]
- June - Valentine Morris, governor of St Vincent, negotiates unfavourable surrender terms with the French.[18]
- unknown dates
- New bridges are built over the River Wye at Builth Wells and River Towy at Llandeilo.
- Haverfordwest prison is built on the site of the former castle.
- Baptist Assembly at Glynceiriog.
- Robert Jones, Calvinistic Methodist exhorter, preaches in London.
Arts and literature
editNew books
edit- David William - Joy in the Tents of Zion (English edition)[19]
Music
edit- Richard Morris creates a list of "Henwau Mesurau Cerdd Dafod a Thant a arferir yn gyffredinol gan y Prydyddion a'r Telynorion yng Nghymru".[20]
Births
edit- 14 March - William Ormsby-Gore, politician (died 1860)
- 24 August - Charles Norris, artist (died 1858)
Deaths
edit- June/July - Hugh Williams, Anglican clergyman and writer[21]
- 3 August - George Rice, Lord Lieutenant and MP for Carmarthenshire, 55[7]
- 9 August - Morgan Rhys, hymn-writer, 63[22]
- 11 December - "Madam" Bridget Bevan, philanthropist, 81[23]
- December - Richard Morris, collector of folk songs, 76[24]
- date unknown - Edward Jones, composer, 49/50[25]
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.
- ^ a b . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ "JOHNES, Thomas (c.1721-80), of Croft Castle, Herefs". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ 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.
- ^ The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged. Porter. 1780. p. 95.
- ^ David Samwell (2007). The Death of Captain Cook and Other Writings. University of Wales Press. ISBN 978-0-7083-2073-0.
- ^ Clodfelter, Micheal (2017). Warfare and armed conflicts : a statistical encyclopedia of casualty and other figures, 1492-2015. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 129. ISBN 9780786474707.
- ^ Gomer Morgan Roberts. "WILLIAM, DAVID (1720-1794), hymn-writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
- ^ Phyllis Kinney (15 April 2011). Welsh Traditional Music. University of Wales Press. pp. 38–. ISBN 978-0-7083-2358-8.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins (1959). "Williams, Hugh (1722?-1779), cleric and author". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ Gomer Morgan Roberts. "Rhys, Morgan (1716-1794), hymn-writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- ^ Mary Clement. "Bevan, Bridget ('Madam Bevan'; 1698-1779), philanthropist and educationist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "MORRIS, RICHARD (1703-1779), founder of the Cymmrodorion Society". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
- ^ Robert Evans; Maggie Humphreys (1 January 1997). Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 189. ISBN 978-1-4411-3796-8.