This article is about the particular significance of the year 1791 to Wales and its people.
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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
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire - Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – John Stuart, Lord Mountstuart[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire - Watkin Williams[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – George Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford[2][9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Thomas Harley (politician, born 1730) (from 8 April)[10][2]
- Bishop of Bangor – John Warren[11][12]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Watson[13]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Lewis Bagot[14][11]
- Bishop of St Davids – Samuel Horsley[15]
Events edit
- June - William Jones distributes copies of an address at the Llanrwst eisteddfod, titled To all Indigenous Cambro-Britons, calling on poor Welsh farmers to set up a colony in the United States.[16]
- Richard Phillips builds Clyne Castle.[17]
- Peter Williams is excommunicated by the Methodists for publishing Sabellian heresy.
- Probable date of completion of Methodist chapel at Earlswood, Monmouthshire.
- Thomas Jones becomes High Sheriff of Radnorshire.
Arts and literature edit
New books edit
- Joshua Thomas - New translation of the Baptist "Confession of Faith" issued by the London Assembly of 1689
- John Williams - An enquiry into the truth of the tradition concerning the discovery of America by Prince Madog ab Owen Gwynedd, about the year 1170
- Peter Williams - Llythyr at Hen Gydymaith
Births edit
- 23 February - Sir John Cowell-Stepney, baronet, landowner and politician (d. 1877)[18]
- 5 December - William Henry Yelverton, MP for Carmarthen Boroughs 1832–1835 (d. 1884)[19]
- date unknown
- Robert Everett, Independent minister and writer (d. 1875)[20]
- Thomas Fothergill, ironmaster (d. 1858)
Deaths edit
- 11 January - William Williams (Pantycelyn), poet and hymn-writer, 73[21]
- 13 February - William Parry, artist, 48[22]
- 19 April - Richard Price, philosopher, 68[23]
- 17 September - David Morris (hymn writer), 47
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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Mary-Ann Constantine; Dafydd R. Johnston (15 April 2013). Footsteps of 'Liberty and Revolt': Essays on Wales and the French Revolution. University of Wales Press. p. 135. ISBN 978-0-7083-2591-9.
- ^ Ralph Alan Griffiths (1977). Clyne Castle, Swansea: A History of the Building and Its Owners. University College of Swansea. ISBN 978-0-86076-001-6.
- ^ "The" Illustrated London News. Elm House. 1877. pp. 526–.
- ^ The Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland. 1809. p. 864.
- ^ Welsh Bibliographical Society (1916). The Journal of the Welsh Bibliographical Society. Welsh Bibliographical Society.
- ^ Robert Hall Baynes (1871). The Churchman's shilling magazine and family treasury, conducted by R.H. Baynes. pp. 84–.
- ^ "William Parry ARA (ca. 1742-1791)". Royal Academy. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ McElroy, Wendy (2008). "Price, Richard (1723–1791)". In Hamowy, Ronald (ed.). The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE; Cato Institute. pp. 388–89. doi:10.4135/9781412965811.n240. ISBN 978-1412965804. LCCN 2008009151. OCLC 750831024.