1780 in Wales

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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1780 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 – Thomas Johnes (until 28 April); ^[7] John Vaughan (from 28 April
• 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 - Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet ^[9]
• 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 ^{[10] [2]}

• Bishop of Bangor – John Moore ^[11]
• Bishop of Llandaff – Shute Barrington ^[12]
• Bishop of St Asaph – Jonathan Shipley ^[13]
• Bishop of St Davids – John Warren ^{[14] [15]}

Events

• January - Admiral Sir Thomas Foley plays an important role in the relief of Gibraltar.
• 1 July - Anthony Bacon acquires the lease of the Hirwaun ironworks.
• 26 August - Edward Williames Salusbury Vaughan succeeds to the Rûg estate. ^[16]
• 29 September - Sir Watkin Lewes is elected Lord Mayor of London.
• unknown dates
  • Thomas Parry Jones-Parry marries his cousin Margaret and acquires the Madryn estate. ^[17]
  • The Ladies of Llangollen settle at Plas Newydd. ^[18]
  • St David's Club established in Aberystwyth, the oldest gentlemen's club in Wales. ^[19]
  • Richard Price devises the "Northampton Tables" for calculating actuarial valuation for assurance and pensions.
  • The development of Ebbw Vale Steelworks begins.

Arts and literature

New books

• John Walters - Poems with Notes

Music

• Henry Mills of Llanidloes impresses Thomas Charles so much with his singing that he is appointed to supervise the improvement of congregational singing in the district. ^[20]

Births

• 10 February - James Henry Cotton, Dean of Bangor (died 1862)
• 15 April - Angharad Llwyd, antiquary (died 1866) ^[21]
• 14 May - Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis, politician (died 1855) ^[22]
• 7 October - Wyndham Lewis, MP (died 1838)
• date unknown
  • Dic Aberdaron (Richard Robert Jones), traveller and linguist (died 1843) ^[23]
  • Thomas Prothero, lawyer and businessman (died 1853) ^[24]

Deaths

• 6 March - Sir John Meredith, lawyer, 65 ^[25]
• 1 April - Sir Stephen Glynne, 7th Baronet, 35 (ruptured blood-vessel) ^[26]
• May - Thomas Johnes, Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire, about 59 ^[7]
• date unknown
  • Howell Gwynne, former MP and Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire, 61/62 ^[27]
  • Richard Thomas, genealogist, 46 ^[28]

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. "JOHNES, Thomas (c.1721-80), of Croft Castle, Herefs". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
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. Jonathan Williams (1859). The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. p. 115.
11. Tobias Smollett, ed. (1775). The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature. R[ichard]. Baldwin, at the Rose in Pater-noster-Row. p. 159.
12. "Barrington, Shute (at Llandaff) (CCEd Appointment ID 275358)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835 . Retrieved 4 September 2014.
13. The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
14. Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 305.
15. The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged. Porter. 1780. p. 95.
16. Jones, Emyr Gwynne; Smith, William James (1959). "SALUSBURY, SALESBURY family, of Rug and Bachymbyd.". Dictionary of Welsh Biography . National Library of Wales . Retrieved 31 March 2016.
17. Richards, Thomas (1959). "PARRY (and JONES-PARRY) family, Madryn, Llŷn". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
18. Whittle, Elisabeth (1992). The historic gardens of Wales : an introduction to parks and gardens in the history of Wales. Cardiff: Cadw Welsh Historic Monuments. p. 60. ISBN   9780117015784.
19. Plaque on premises.
20. Owain Edwards; Trevor Herbert. "Mills family". Grove Music Online. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
21. Evan Gilbert Wright (1959). "Llwyd, Angharad (1780-1866), antiquary". Dictionary of Welsh Biography . National Library of Wales . Retrieved 25 October 2021.
22. David Williams (1959). "Lewis, Sir Thomas Frankland (1780-1855), politician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography . National Library of Wales . Retrieved 25 October 2021.
23. Humphreys, H. The Celebrated Cambrian Linguist, or the History of Dick Aberdaron (Carnarvon: H. Humphreys, 1866).
24. Price, Watkin William (1959). "PROTHERO, THOMAS (1780 - 1853), solicitor, colliery proprietor, and influential citizen of Newport, Monmouth". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales.
25. Jenkins, Robert Thomas (1959). "MEREDITH , Sir JOHN (1714-1780), lawyer, of Brecon". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
26. Jenkins, David (1959). "GLYNNE family, of Hawarden, Flintshire". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
27. Namier, Lewis. "GWYNNE, Howell (1718-80), of Garth in Llanleonfel, Brec". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
28. Davies, Sir William Llewelyn (1959). "Thomas, Richard (1753–1780), cleric, transcriber and collector of manuscripts, and genealogist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography . National Library of Wales . Retrieved 25 October 2021.