This article is about the particular significance of the year 1770 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 – Thomas Morgan of Rhiwpera[5] [2]
- 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 – Other Windsor, 4th Earl of Plymouth[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire - William Vaughan[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis[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]
Events edit
- September - Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet, holds his legendary coming-of-age party, to which 15,000 guests are invited. Three coachloads of cooks are sent from London to provide the refreshments, and a hall is built especially for the occasion at Wynnstay.[16]
- Approximate date - Bridge at Pontardawe built by William Edwards.
Arts and literature edit
New books edit
- Robert Jones (Calvinistic Methodist) - Lleferydd yr Asyn[17]
- Thomas Meredith - An Illustration of Several Texts of Scripture
- John Walters - A Dissertation on the Welsh Language
- Sir John Wynn, 1st Baronet - History of the Gwydir Family (posthumously published)[18]
Music edit
- Daines Barrington - Some Account of Two Musical Instruments Used in Wales[19]
Births edit
- 15 January - Sir John Edwards, 1st Baronet, of Garth, politician (died 1850)[20]
- 8 April - John Jenkins (Ifor Ceri), antiquarian (died 1829)[21]
- 14 April - John Evans, explorer (died 1799)[22]
- 30 April - David Thompson, explorer (died 1857)
Deaths edit
- 13 January - Howel Davies, Methodist leader, about 54[23]
- 19 June - Thomas Williams, Congregational minister, about 45[24]
- 8 August - John Jones, clergyman and author, 70[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.
- ^ "MORGAN, Thomas (1727-71), of Tredegar, Mon". History of Parliament Online (1754-1790). Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Sir Watkin & The Arts - A Lifelong Obsession". Wrexham County Borough Council. Retrieved 1 April 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Branwen Jarvis; Dafydd Johnston (31 March 2000). A Guide to Welsh Literature: c. 1700-1800. University of Wales Press. p. 302. ISBN 978-0-7083-1482-1.
- ^ John Wynne (1 January 1878). History of the Gwydir family. Dalcassian Publishing Company. p. 5.
- ^ Archaeologia: Or, Miscellaneous Tracts, Relating to Antiquity. Society of Antiquaries of London. 1786. p. 28.
- ^ Glyn Roberts. "Edwards, Sir John (1770-1850), baronet and M.P.". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ^ Stephens, Meic (October 2006). "Jenkins, John (1770–1829)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 28 January 2009.
- ^ David Williams. "Evans, John (1770-1799), explorer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ^ Williams, Griffith John. "Howel Davies". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- ^ "Williams, Thomas (?-c.1770)". Dr Williams’s Centre for Dissenting Studies. 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- ^ Stephens, John. "Jones, John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/15029. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)