1773 in Wales

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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1773 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

• 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 ^[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 – John Stuart, Lord Mountstuart ^[8]
• Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire - William Vaughan ^[9]
• Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Robert Clive (from 17 June) ^[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 Ewer ^[12]
• Bishop of Llandaff – Shute Barrington ^[13]
• Bishop of St Asaph – Jonathan Shipley ^[14]
• Bishop of St Davids – Charles Moss ^[15]

Events

• 22 April - An earthquake occurs in the Caernarfon area, with an estimated strength of 3.7. ^[16]
• 7 November - Richard Morris makes his will. ^[17]
• 25 November - Walter Siddons marries Sarah Kemble. ^[18]
• date unknown
  • Dolauhirion Bridge is built on the Llandovery to Cilycwm road by William Edwards. ^[19]
  • David Williams, having resigned from the ministry, opens a school in Chelsea. ^[20]

Arts and literature

New books

• Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) - Rhybudd Cyfr-drist i'r Diofal a Difraw ^[21]
• John Roberts (Siôn Robert Lewis) - Geirlyfr Ysgrythurol ^[22]

Music

• James Rivington settles in New York, where he begins selling musical instruments, including "Welsh harps". ^[23]

Births

• 21 February - Titus Lewis, preacher and writer (died 1811) ^[24]
• 21 April - Christopher Bethell, English clergyman, Bishop of Bangor 1830-1859 (died 1859) ^[25]
• 14 November - Stapleton Stapleton-Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere, military leader (died 1865) ^[26]
• date unknown
  • Catherine Davies, royal governess and memoirist (died c.1841) ^[27]
  • Joseph Harris (Gomer), writer (died 1825)

Deaths

• 16 February - Sir John Wynn, 2nd Baronet, 71 ^[28]
• 21 July - Howell Harris, Methodist leader, 59 ^[29]

References

1. Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 24.
2. J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.
3. Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 695. ISBN   9780806313146.
4. Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1992. p. 169.
5. 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.
6. Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 26.
7. "Rice, George"  . Dictionary of National Biography . London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
8. Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 612. ISBN   9780806313146.
9. Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 29.
10. The Montgomeryshire Collections. Clifton Press. 1972. p. 116.
11. Jonathan Williams (1859). The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. p. 115.
12. John McClintock; James Strong (1981). Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature. Baker Book House. p. 324.
13. "Barrington, Shute (at Llandaff) (CCEd Appointment ID 275358)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835 . Retrieved 4 September 2014.
14. The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
15. Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 305.
16. "Notes on individual earthquakes". British Geological Survey. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
17. Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Parry, William (1719-1775), civil servant, secretary of the first Cymmrodorion Society". Dictionary of Welsh Biography . National Library of Wales . Retrieved 9 March 2020.
18. Walter Calvert (1897). Sir Henry Irving and Miss Ellen Terry: A Record of Over Twenty Years at the Lyceum Theatre. H.J. Drane. p. 3.
19. A. W. Skempton (2002). A Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland. Thomas Telford. p. 210. ISBN   978-0-7277-2939-2.
20. H. P. Richards (1980). David Williams (1738-1816): Author, Philosopher, Educationist, Politician and Founder of the Royal Literary Fund. D. Brown. p. 10. ISBN   978-0-905928-05-0.
21. Aneirin Lewi. "EVANS, EVAN (Ieuan Fardd or Ieuan Brydydd Hir 1731-1788), scholar, poet, and cleric". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
22. John ROBERTS (called Siôn Robert Lewis.) (1773). Geir-lyfr Ysgrythurol: Neu Egwyddor, Yn Dangos Arwyddoccad Y Rhan Fwyaf O Eiriau, Ac Ymadroddion Caled, a Natturiaethu [sic] Creaduriaid, a Gynnhwysir, Yn Yr Hen Destament A'r Newydd ... Wedi Ei Dalfyru, Gan Mwyaf Allan O Eirlyfr Y Parchedig Mr. Wilson, Etc. S. Powell.
23. David Nicholls; Kate V. Keller; Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje (19 November 1998). The Cambridge History of American Music. Cambridge University Press. pp. 63–. ISBN   978-0-521-45429-2.
24. Rhys, William Joseph. "Biography of Titus Lewis". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
25. "Bethell, Christopher (BTL791C)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
26. Shand, Alexander Innes (1902). Wellington's Lieutenants. Smith, Elder & Company. p.  394.
27.  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : "Davies, Catherine". Dictionary of National Biography . London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
28. Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1906), Complete Baronetage volume 5 (1707–1800), 5, Exeter: William Pollard and Co, retrieved 18 February 2012
29. Gomer Morgan Roberts. "Harris, Howel(l) 1714–1773". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 3 October 2018.