1795 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1795 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
[edit]- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey - Henry Paget[1][2][3][4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire – Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort[5]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire - Thomas Bulkeley, 7th Viscount Bulkeley[6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John Vaughan
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Richard Myddelton (until 2 April)[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire - Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire - Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – George Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford[2][10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Thomas Harley[11][2]
- Bishop of Bangor – John Warren[12][13]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Watson[14]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Lewis Bagot[15][12]
- Bishop of St Davids – William Stuart[16]
Events
[edit]- 8 April - George, Prince of Wales, marries his first cousin, Princess Caroline of Brunswick.[17]
- June - Cecilia Thrale, youngest daughter of Hester Thrale, elopes with John Meredith Mostyn, a member of the prominent Anglesey family.[18]
- July - Ezekiel Hughes, Edward Bebb and others leave Llanbryn-mair on foot, bound for Philadelphia.[19]
- September - Hester Thrale and her second husband, Gabriele Piozzi, settle in Wales, where they begin renovating Bachygraig.[20]
- date unknown
- Samuel Homfray brings an unsuccessful suit, at Hereford Assizes, of the commoners against the Dowlais Company.[21]
- The events of the French Revolution cause corn prices to rise dramatically, but wages do not follow. Food riots are commonplace across Wales for the several years after.
- The Universal British Directory includes the first-ever entry for Merthyr Tydfil.[22]
- Copper bolts forged at Parys Mountain are used in the construction of an American warship, the USS Constitution.[23]
Arts and literature
[edit]New books
[edit]- Thomas Evans (Tomos Glyn Cothi) - The Miscellaneous Repository neu Y Drysorfa Gymysgedig[24]
- John Jones (Jac Glan-y-gors) - Seren Tan Gwmmwl
Births
[edit]- 18 January - Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn, politician (died 1884)[25]
- 5 August - George Rice-Trevor, 4th Baron Dynevor, politician (died 1869)[26]
- December - John Davies, philosopher (died 1861)
- 7 December - Samuel George Homfray, industrialist (died 1882)
- 11 December - Thomas Taylor Griffith, surgeon (died 1876)
- date unknown - Zephaniah Williams, Chartist (died 1874)[27]
- probable - Maria Jane Williams, musician (d. 1873)[28]
Deaths
[edit]- 25 January - Morgan Edwards, Baptist historian, 72[29]
- 2 April – Richard Myddelton, Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire, 69[7]
- 11 March - William Mostyn Owen, landowner and politician, 72/3[30]
- May - David Ellis, clergyman and poet, 58[31]
- 20 August - William Jones, poet, antiquary and radical, 71[32]
- 14 October - Henry Owen, theologian, 79[33]
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 "Myddelton, Richard (1726-95), of Chirk Castle, Denb". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Bertie George Charles (1959). "Philipps family, of Picton". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ^ Jonathan Williams (1859). The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. p. 115.
- ^ 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.
- ^ The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged. Porter. 1780. p. 95.
- ^ John Henry James (1898). A History and Survey of the Cathedral Church of SS. Peter, Paul, Dubritius, Teilo, and Oudoceus, Llandaff. Western Mail. p. 16.
- ^ The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
- ^ Guides and Handbooks. Royal Historical Society (Great Britain). 1939. p. 163.
- ^ Alfred Bailey (1879). The Succession to the English Crown: A Historical Sketch. Macmillan. p. 262.
- ^ John Rylands University Library: Thrale-Piozzi manuscripts. Accessed 16 January 2015
- ^ William Ambrose Bebb. "Hughes, Ezekiel (1766-1849), one of the early Welsh settlers in the far west of the U.S.A.". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- ^ The Gregynog Papers #7: Chapter 3. Accessed 16 January 2015
- ^ Watkin William Price. "Homfray family, of Penydarren". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
- ^ Paul Reynolds, The Ironmasters' Bags (2010), p93
- ^ "A Copper Confessional". USS Constitution Museum. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- ^ Philip Jenkins (13 October 2014). A History of Modern Wales 1536-1990. Routledge. pp. 180–. ISBN 978-1-317-87269-6.
- ^ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1878. p. 855.
- ^ Debrett's Illustrated Peerage and Baronetage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Bosworth & Harrison. 1864. p. 81.
- ^ David Williams. "Williams, Zephaniah (1795-1874), Chartist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- ^ Marion Löffler. "Williams, Maria Jane ('Llinos') (1795-1873), folklore collector and musician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- ^ Edward William Price Evans. "Edwards, Morgan (1722-1795), Baptist minister and historian". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- ^ P. D. G. Thomas (1964b). "Owen, William (?1742–95), of Woodhouse, Salop and Bryngwyn, Mont.", The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754–1790, ed. L. Namier, J. Brooke.
- ^ David Jenkins. "Ellis, David (1736-1795), cleric, poet, translator, and transcriber of manuscripts". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- ^ Enid Pierce Roberts. "Jones, William (1726-1795), antiquary and poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins; Llewelyn Gwyn Chambers. "Owen, Henry (1716-1795), cleric, physician, and scholar". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 October 2019.