This article is about the particular significance of the year 1781 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 (until 27 December); Thomas Bulkeley, 7th Viscount Bulkeley (from 27 December)[6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John Vaughan
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire - Richard Myddelton
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire - Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – John Stuart, Lord Mountstuart[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire - Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet[8]
- 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[9][2]
Events
edit- June - The Chancery court agrees the sale of the Kinmel estate to a London buyer.[15]
- Richard Price is made an honorary LL.D. by Yale University, in the company of George Washington.
Arts and literature
editNew books
edit- Thomas Pennant - Tours in Wales, volume 2[16]
Music
edit- John Parry (harpist) - British Harmony, being a Collection of Antient Welsh Airs[17]
Births
edit- 11 March (baptised) - Lucy Thomas, colliery owner ('The Mother of the Welsh Steam Coal Trade') (d. 1847)
- ?November - William Williams of Wern, Independent minister (d. 1840)[18]
Deaths
edit- 4 April - Henry Thrale, brewer, 556-57[19]
- 7 May - Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet of Orielton, politician, 84[20]
- 12 October - David Powell (Dewi Nantbrân), Franciscan friar and author[21]
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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Kinmel Manuscripts". Archives Hub. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
- ^ "Thomas Pennant (1726-1798)". National Museum Wales - Art Collections Online. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- ^ Phyllis Kinney (15 April 2011). Welsh Traditional Music. University of Wales Press. pp. 253–. ISBN 978-0-7083-2358-8.
- ^ Richard Griffith Owen. "WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (1781-1840), 'of Wern', Independent minister". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- ^ Engell, James (1984). Johnson and his age. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press. p. 72. ISBN 9780674480759.
- ^ "OWEN, Sir William, 4th Bt. (1697-1781), of Orielton, Pemb". History of Parliament Online (1754-1790). Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "POWELL, DAVID (Dewi Nantbrân; d. 1781), Franciscan friar". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 27 May 2018.