1783 in Wales

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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1783 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

• Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey - Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet (until 1 August) ^{[1] [2]} Henry Paget (from 1 August) ^{[3] [4]}
• Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire – Charles Morgan of Dderw ^[5]
• Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire - Thomas Bulkeley, 7th Viscount Bulkeley ^[6]
• Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne ^[4]
• 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 ^[4]
• Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir Hugh Owen, 5th Baronet ^[4]
• Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Edward Harley, 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer ^{[9] [4]}

• Bishop of Bangor – John Moore (until 26 April) ^[10] John Warren (from 26 April) ^{[11] [12]}
• Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Watson ^[13]
• Bishop of St Asaph – Jonathan Shipley ^[14]
• Bishop of St Davids – Edward Smallwell (from 6 July) ^[15]

Events

• 20 August - Thomas Charles marries Sally Jones and settles in Bala. ^[16]
• 26 September - Industrialist and slave-owner Richard Pennant is created 1st Baron Penrhyn in the county of Lough. ^[17]
• Welsh emigrant Evan Williams founds a whiskey distillery in Bardstown, Kentucky, United States, which will still be operating in the 21st century.

Arts and literature

New books

• Julia Ann Hatton - Poems on Miscellaneous Subjects ^[18]

Music

• Evan Hughes (Hughes Fawr) - Rhai Hymnau Newyddion o Fawl i'r Oen ^[19]

Births

• 11 February - Thomas Richard, minister (died 1856)
• 16 March - Henry Williams-Wynn, politician (died 1856) ^[20]
• May - Cadwaladr Jones, minister and literary editor (died 1867) ^[21]
• unknown dates
  • Hugh Jones, archdeacon of Essex (died 1869) ^[22]

Deaths

• 19 June - Henry Lloyd, soldier and military writer ^[23]
• 7 August - Thomas Llewellyn, Baptist minister and writer, 63? ^[24]
• 2 September - Edward Edwards, academic
• 6 September - Anna Williams, friend of Dr Johnson, 77? ^[25]
• 16 December - Sir William James, 1st Baronet, naval commander, 61-62 ^[26]

References

1. Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 695. ISBN   9780806313146.
2. Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1992. p. 169.
3. Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 24.
4. J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.
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. Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 612. ISBN   9780806313146.
8. Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 29.
9. Jonathan Williams (1859). The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. p. 115.
10. Tobias Smollett, ed. (1775). The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature. R[ichard]. Baldwin, at the Rose in Pater-noster-Row. p. 159.
11. Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 305.
12. The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged. Porter. 1780. p. 95.
13. 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.
14. The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
15. Guides and Handbooks. Royal Historical Society (Great Britain). 1939. p. 163.
16. "Thomas Charles". Banner of Truth. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
17. George Nicholson (1813). The Cambrian Traveller's Guide: In Every Direction; Containing Remarks Made During Many Excursions, in the Principality of Wales, and Bordering Districts, Augmented by Extracts from the Best Writers. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown. pp.  1059–.
18. Philip H. Highfill; Kalman A. Burnim; Edward A. Langhans (1973). A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers & Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800 . SIU Press. pp.  34. ISBN   978-0-8093-1526-0.
19. Robert (Bob) Owen. "Hughes, Evan ('Hughes Fawr'; d. 1800), cleric and author". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
20. Lee, Sidney, ed. (1900). "Wynn, Henry Watkin Williams"  . Dictionary of National Biography . 63. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
21. Richard Griffith Owen. "Jones, Cadwaladr (1783-1867), Independent minister and first editor of Y Dysgedydd". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
22. Archives, The National. "Jones, Hugh Chambres (1783-1869) Archdeacon of Essex, The Discovery Service". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk.
23. Samuel Henry Fergus Johnston. "Lloyd, Henry (c.1720-1783), soldier and military writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
24. Thomas Mardy Rees (1908). Notable Welshmen (1700-1900): ... with Brief Notes, in Chronological Order, and Authorities. Also a Complete Alphabetical Index. Herald Office.
25. Rogers, Pat (1996). The Samuel Johnson encyclopedia. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press. p. 428. ISBN   9780313294112.
26. "JAMES, William (?1721-83), of Park Farm Place, Eltham, Kent". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 29 December 2017.