1774 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1774 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 - William Vaughan[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Robert Clive (until 2 November)[10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Edward Harley, 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer[11][2]
- Bishop of Bangor – John Ewer (until 28 October)[12] John Moore[13]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Shute Barrington[14]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Jonathan Shipley[15]
- Bishop of St Davids – Charles Moss (until 2 June); James Yorke (from 26 June)[16]
Events[edit]
- July - Dr Samuel Johnson accompanies Hester Thrale and her husband on a visit to North Wales.[17]
- unknown dates
- John Wilkinson takes out a patent for cannon-boring at his works in Bersham.[18]
- An Act of Parliament establishes the Improvement Commissioners, responsible for paving, cleaning streets and providing oil lamp lighting in Cardiff.[19]
- Construction work is completed on Morris Castle, "Wales's first block of flats".[20]
- Edward Jones, an "exhorter" at Whitefield's Tabernacle, Moorfields, and a lay preacher, begins holding Welsh-language services in Cock Lane, Smithfield, London.[21]
Arts and literature[edit]
New books[edit]
- Hugh Hughes - Rheolau Bywyd Dynol (translation of Robert Dodsley's The Oeconomy of Human Life
- Dafydd Jones - Marwnad Enoch Ffransis[22]
- Hugh Jones (Maesglasau) - Cydymaith yr Hwsmon
Music[edit]
- William Williams Pantycelyn - Ychydig Hymnau (hymns)
Paintings[edit]
- Thomas Jones - The Bard
- Richard Wilson - Llyn y Cau, Cadair Idris
Births[edit]
- 16 January - Daniel Evans, independent minister (died 1835)
- May - John Elias, preacher (died 1841)
- 24 June - Azariah Shadrach, writer (died 1844)[23]
- date unknown - Sir John Waters, military commander (died 1842)[24]
Deaths[edit]
- 13 January - John Pugh Pryse, politician, 34[25]
- 4 July - William Price, High Sheriff of Merionethshire and Caernarvonshire, 84
- 28 October - John Ewer, Bishop of Bangor, about 70[26]
- date unknown
- Rowland Jones, philologist, 57[27]
- Dafydd Nicolas, poet
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 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.
- ^ The Montgomeryshire Collections. Clifton Press. 1972. p. 116.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Lynch, Jack (2011). Samuel Johnson in context. Cambridge New York: Cambridge University Press. p. 320. ISBN 9780521190107.
- ^ Day, Lance (1996). Biographical dictionary of the history of technology. London New York: Routledge. p. 1312. ISBN 9780415193993.
- ^ "A Short History of Cardiff". www.localhistories.org. Retrieved 31 December 2007.
- ^ Davies, John (2008). The Welsh Academy encyclopaedia of Wales. Cardiff, Wales: University of Wales Press. p. 845. ISBN 9780708319536.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Jones, Edward (1741?–after 1806)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ Gomer Morgan Roberts. "Jones, Dafydd (1711-1777), hymn-writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ Evan David Jones. "Shadrach, Azariah (1774–1844), schoolmaster, Independent minister, and author". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ Griffiths, Barrie (1999). A Spy for Wellington: Sir John William Waters (1774-1842), Cefn Cribwr's Forgotten Hero.
- ^ "PRYSE, John Pugh (1739-74), of Gogerddan, Card". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Ewer, John". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ William Rowlands. "Jones, Rowland (1722-1774), philologist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
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