1780 in Wales

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
• Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire – Charles Morgan of Dderw
• Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire - Thomas Wynn
• Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne
• Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – Thomas Johnes (until 28 April); 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
• Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire - Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet
• Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – George Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis
• Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir Hugh Owen, 5th Baronet
• Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Edward Harley, 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer

• Bishop of Bangor – John Moore
• Bishop of Llandaff – Shute Barrington
• Bishop of St Asaph – Jonathan Shipley
• Bishop of St Davids – John Warren

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.
• 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.
• The Ladies of Llangollen settle at Plas Newydd.
• St David's Club established in Aberystwyth, the oldest gentlemen's club in Wales.
• 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.

Births

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

Deaths

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

References