1798 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1798 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 – Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire - Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet[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[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 – William Stuart[15]
Events
[edit]- March - Historian William Richards returns from Wales to King's Lynn.
- 31 March - George Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis, becomes Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire;[16]
- June/August - Clogwyn Du'r Arddu is climbed by Peter Bailey Williams and William Bingley, botanists looking for alpine plants on Snowdon.
- 13 July - William Wordsworth, visiting Wales, writes "Lines composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey on revisiting the banks of the Wye during a tour".[17]
- 17 October - First recorded use of the word "tramroad", in the minutes of the Brecon and Abergavenny Canal Company.
- unknown dates
- The Gwyneddigion Society launches its project of publishing ancient Welsh manuscripts.
- William Lort Mansel becomes Master of Trinity College, Cambridge.[18]
- William Madocks buys the Tan-yr-Allt estate on Traeth Mawr.
- Morgan John Rhys buys a tract of land in the Allegheny mountains of North America for the purpose of founding a Welsh colony, which he names Cambria.[19]
Arts and literature
[edit]New books
[edit]- Emily Clark - Ianthé, or the Flower of Caernarvon[20]
- Thomas Roberts of Llwyn'rhudol - Cwyn yn erbyn Gorthrymder
- Hester Thrale - Three Warnings to John Bull before he dies. By an Old Acquaintance of the Public[21]
- Richard Warner - Second Walk Through Wales[22]
Music
[edit]- Edward Jones (Bardd y Brenin) - Popular Cheshire Melodies[23]
Births
[edit]- 3 August - Llewelyn Lewellin, first principal of St David's College, Lampeter (died 1878)
- 16 August - Alfred Ollivant, Bishop of Llandaff (died 1882)[24]
- date unknown - John Jones Archdeacon of Bangor (died 1863)[25]
Deaths
[edit]- 21 June - Edward Evan, poet, 81[26]
- 6 July - Joshua Evans, Quaker minister of Welsh descent, 66
- 17 November - George Cadogan Morgan, dissenting minister and scientist, 44[27]
- 23 November - David Samwell (Dafydd Ddu Feddyg), naval surgeon and poet, 47[28]
- 16 December - Thomas Pennant, naturalist and travel writer, 72[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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "No. 15002". The London Gazette. 27 March 1798. p. 263.
- ^ Arthur Beatty, William Wordsworth, his doctrine and art in their historical relations, University of Wisconsin Studies #17, 1922, p.64
- ^ John Scott; John Taylor (1820). The London Magazine ... Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy. p. 236.
- ^ John Vyrnwy Morgan (1918). The Church in Wales in the Light of History: A Historical and Philosophical Study. Chapman & Hall. p. 18.
- ^ Jane Aaron (1 February 2010). Nineteenth-Century Women's Writing in Wales: Nation, Gender and Identity. University of Wales Press. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-7083-2287-1.
- ^ Elizabeth Edwards (15 February 2013). English-language Poetry from Wales 1789-1806. University of Wales Press. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-7083-2569-8.
- ^ The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature: Volume 2, 1660-1800. Cambridge University Press. 1971. p. 1407.
- ^ Enoch Robert G. Salisbury (1873). A catalogue of Cambric books at Glan-aber, Chester, A.D. 1500-1799, not mentioned in Rowland's 'Cambrian bibliography' [by E.R.G. Salisbury]. p. 68.
- ^ John Vyrnwy Morgan (1908). Welsh Political and Educational Leaders in the Victorian Era. J. Nisbet. p. 119.
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ "Evan, Edward". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ Thomas, D. O. (2004). "Morgan, George Cadogan (1754–1798)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 16 March 2009.
- ^ David Samwell; Nicholas Thomas; Martin Fitzpatrick; Jennifer Newell (15 July 2007). The death of Captain Cook and other writings. University of Wales Press. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-7083-1968-0.
- ^ Samuel Johnson (1841). Johnson's Dictionary of the English language, containing many additional words; also, A compendium of chronology [&c.]. p. 253.