Events from the year 1769 in Wales.
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Incumbents edit
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey - Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet[1][2][3][4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Thomas Morgan (until 12 April)[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]
- Bishop of Bangor – John Egerton (until 10 January);[12] John Ewer
- Bishop of Llandaff – John Ewer (until 10 January);[13] Jonathan Shipley (12 February - 8 September);[14] Shute Barrington (from 1 October)[15]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Richard Newcome (until 3 June);[16] Jonathan Shipley (from September)[17]
- Bishop of St Davids – Charles Moss (from 30 November)[18]
Events edit
- August
- John Wesley is turned away from Welshpool Town Hall by the bailiff when he attempts to preach there during his tour of Wales.[19]
- Wesley speaks at Newtown, Montgomeryshire, and Llanidloes.
- August/September - Robert Williams, a Welsh travelling preacher, arrives in America, the first licensed preacher to obtain permission from John Wesley to address the Methodist societies there.[20]
- 16 November - Henry Bayley succeeds to the barony of Beaudesert and takes the surname Paget.[21]
- date unknown
- Daniel Rowland turns down the living of Newport, Pembrokeshire, to stay with his congregation at Llangeitho.
- Thomas Pennant employs Moses Griffith to illustrate his books of tours.
Arts and literature edit
New books edit
- Elizabeth Griffith - The School for Rakes (play)[22]
- William Williams (Pantycelyn) - Ffarwel Weledig, vol. 3
Births edit
- 2 February - Griffith Williams (Gutyn Peris), poet (died 1838)[23]
- 23 March - Benjamin Heath Malkin, antiquary and author (died 1842)[24]
- 3 May - John Vaughan, 3rd Earl of Lisburne, politician (died 1831)
- 6 December - Thomas Morgan, naval chaplain (died 1851)
Deaths edit
- 27 March - John Thomas, Anglican priest and antiquarian, 32[25]
- April - Marmaduke Gwynne, father-in-law of Charles Wesley, 77/78[26]
- 12 April - Thomas Morgan, politician and lawyer, 66[5]
- 3 June - Richard Newcome, Bishop of St Asaph, 67/68[27]
- July - Goronwy Owen, poet, 46[28]
- 19 August - Sir Herbert Lloyd, 1st Baronet, politician, 49[29]
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.
- ^ a b "MORGAN, Thomas (1702-69), of Ruperra, Glam. and 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.
- ^ "Ewer, John (EWR723J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae or a calendar of the principal ecclesiastical dignitaries in England and Wales. University Press. 1854. p. 256.
- ^ "Barrington, Shute (at Llandaff) (CCEd Appointment ID 275358)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
- ^ "Newcome, Richard (NWCM718R2)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ 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.
- ^ John Wesley (1829). The works of Rev. John Wesley, A. M. John Mason. p. 374.
- ^ Dee E. Andrews (31 March 2002). The Methodists and Revolutionary America, 1760-1800: The Shaping of an Evangelical Culture. Princeton University Press. p. 40. ISBN 0-691-09298-2.
- ^ George Edward Cokayne (1959). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom: pt. 1. Skelmersdale to Towton. St. Catherine Press, Limited. p. 200.
- ^ John Bell (1797). Bell's British Theatre: Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays. Cawthorn. pp. 2–.
- ^ Griffith Thomas Roberts. "Williams, Griffith (Gutyn Peris; 1769-1838), poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Malkin, Benjamin Heath (1769-1842), antiquary and author". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ^ Ramage, Helen Myfanwy (1959). "Thomas, John (1736–1769), cleric and antiquary". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 31 March 2009.
- ^ Thomas Jackson (1841). The Life of the Rev. Charles Wesley. Mason. p. 542.
- ^ "Newcome, Richard (NWCM718R2)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ David Gwenallt Jones. "Owen, Goronwy (1723-1769)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ Phillips, Bethan (2004). "Lloyd, Sir Herbert, first baronet (1720–1769)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/62906. (subscription or UK public library membership required)