1719 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year1719toWalesandits people.
Incumbents
[edit]- Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey,Caernarvonshire,Denbighshire,Flintshire,Merionethshire,Montgomeryshire) –Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley[1][2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan–vacant until 1729
- Lord Lieutenant of BrecknockshireandLord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire–John Morgan (of Rhiwpera)[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire–John Vaughan, 1st Viscount Lisburne[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire–vacant until 1755
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire–Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Baronet[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire–Thomas Coningsby, 1st Earl Coningsby[1][3][4]
- Bishop of Bangor–Benjamin Hoadly[5]
- Bishop of Llandaff–John Tyler[6]
- Bishop of St Asaph–John Wynne[7]
- Bishop of St Davids–Adam Ottley[8]
Events
[edit]- March – The41st (Welch) Regiment of Footis raised by ColonelEdmund Fieldingas Edmund Fielding's Regiment of Foot.[9]
- date unknown
- TheDavies brothers of Bershambegin work on the wrought-iron gates atChirk Castle.[10]
- The first permanent legalprinting pressin Wales is established atAdparbyIsaac CarterofCarmarthenshire.It is believed that its first two publications areCân o Senn i’w hen Feistr TobaccobyAlban ThomasandCân ar Fesur Triban ynghylch Cydwybod a’i Chynheddfau.[11]
- On the death without heirs of Sir John Wynne, theWynnstayestate passes to Jane Thelwall, the great-granddaughter ofSir John Wynn, 1st Baronet.
- The Welsh Charity Schoolin London moves to Ailesbury Chapel, Clerkenwell, where it remains until about 1721.[12]
Arts and literature
[edit]New books
[edit]- Christmas Samuel–Catecism o'r Scrythur
- Eglurhad o Gatechism Byrraf y Gymanfa[13]
- Browne Willis–Survey of Llandaff[14]
Births
[edit]- February –William Edwards,clergyman and bridge engineer (d. 1789)[15]
- 22 February–Joshua Thomas,writer and Particular Baptist minister (d. 1797)[16]
- 17 June–Joshua Parry,nonconformist minister and writer (d. 1776)[17]
- 30 November–Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha,future Princess of Wales (d. 1772)[18]
- date unknown–Sir Herbert Lloyd, 1st Baronet,politician (d. 1769)[19]
Deaths
[edit]- 11 January–Sir John Wynn, 5th Baronet,90[20]
- 4 April–Thomas Powys,judge, 70/71[21]
- 19 June– CaptainHowell Davis,pirate,ca29
- 11 October–Samuel Jones,Dissenting minister and tutor[22]
References
[edit]- ^abcdeJ.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.ISBN9780806313146.
- ^Brown, Richard (1991).Church and state in modern Britain, 1700-1850.London; New York: Routledge. p. 25.ISBN9781134982707.
- ^West Wales Historical Records: The Annual Magazine of the Historical Society of West Wales.W. Spurrell and son. 1916. p. 167.
- ^"Hoadly, Benjamin".Oxford Dictionary of National Biography(online ed.). Oxford University Press.doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/13375.(Subscription orUK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^From: 'Tracie-Tyson', Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714 (1891), pp. 1501–1528. URL:http:// british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=119393Date accessed: 1 October 2014
- ^Stephen Hyde Cassan (1829).Lives of the Bishops of Bath.p. 162.
- ^Davies, J. D. "Ottley, Adam".Oxford Dictionary of National Biography(online ed.). Oxford University Press.doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/63755.(Subscription orUK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^"41st (the Welsh) Regiment of Foot".regiments.org. Archived fromthe originalon 23 February 2007.Retrieved21 May2018.
- ^Wales Tourist Board (August 1974).Castles and historic places in Wales.The Board. p. 41.ISBN978-0-900784-21-7.
- ^"About Adpar".Newcastle Emlyn and Adpar.Archived fromthe originalon 8 October 2009.Retrieved11 February2012.
- ^Temple, Philip, ed. (2008). "Clerkenwell Green".South and East Clerkenwell.Survey of London. Vol. 46. New Haven, London: English Heritage. pp. 86–114.ISBN9780300137279.
- ^William Llewelyn Davies."Carter, Isaac".Dictionary of Welsh Biography.National Library of Wales.Retrieved25 June2019.
- ^William Llewelyn Davies."Parry, George".Dictionary of Welsh Biography.National Library of Wales.Retrieved25 June2019.
- ^Edward Ivor Williams."Edwards, William (1719-1789), Independent minister, and architect".Dictionary of Welsh Biography.National Library of Wales.Retrieved25 June2019.
- ^"Thomas, Joshua (1719-1797), Baptist minister and historian".Dictionary of Welsh Biography.National Library of Wales.Retrieved25 June2019.
- ^Robert Thomas Jenkins; Emyr Wyn Jones."Parry, Joshua (1719-1776), Nonconformist minister, and writer".Dictionary of Welsh Biography.National Library of Wales.Retrieved25 June2019.
- ^Williamson, David (1986).Debrett's Kings and Queens of Britain.Salem House. p. 157.ISBN978-0-88162-213-3.
- ^Herbert Johnes Lloyd-Johnes."Lloyd family, of Peterwell".Dictionary of Welsh Biography.National Library of Wales.Retrieved25 June2019.
- ^Lee, Sidney,ed. (1900)..Dictionary of National Biography.Vol. 63. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^"POWYS, Sir Thomas (c.1649-1719), of Henley, nr. Ludlow, Salop and Lilford cum Wigsthorpe, Northants".History of Parliament Online.Retrieved11 July2019.
- ^Robert Thomas Jenkins."Jones, Samuel ([1681?]-1719), Dissenting Academy tutor".Dictionary of Welsh Biography.National Library of Wales.Retrieved25 June2019.