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1781 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year
1781
to
Wales
and
its people
.
Incumbents
Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey
-
Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet
Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire
and
Monmouthshire
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Charles Morgan of Dderw
Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire
-
Thomas Wynn
(until 27 December);
Thomas Bulkeley, 7th Viscount Bulkeley
(from 27 December)
Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire
âÂÂ
Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne
Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire
âÂÂ
John Vaughan
Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire
-
Richard Myddelton
Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire
-
Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet
Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan
âÂÂ
John Stuart, Lord Mountstuart
Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire
-
Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet
Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire
âÂÂ
George Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis
Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire
âÂÂ
Sir Hugh Owen, 5th Baronet
Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire
âÂÂ
Edward Harley, 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer
Bishop of Bangor
âÂÂ
John Moore
Bishop of Llandaff
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Shute Barrington
Bishop of St Asaph
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Jonathan Shipley
Bishop of St Davids
âÂÂ
John Warren
Events
June - The Chancery court agrees the sale of the
Kinmel
estate to a London buyer.
Richard Price
is made an honorary LL.D. by
Yale University
, in the company of
George Washington
.
Arts and literature
New books
Thomas Pennant
-
Tours in Wales
, volume 2
Music
John Parry (harpist)
-
British Harmony, being a Collection of Antient Welsh Airs
Births
11 March
(baptised) âÂÂ
Lucy Thomas
, colliery owner ('The Mother of the Welsh Steam Coal Trade') (d. 1847)
?November -
William Williams of Wern
, Independent minister (d. 1840)
1 November
âÂÂ
Robert Thomas
, newspaper proprietor (died
1860 in Australia
)
28 November
âÂÂ
Love Jones-Parry
, soldier, politician and High Sheriff of Anglesey (d.
1853
)
Deaths
4 April
âÂÂ
Henry Thrale
, brewer, 556-57
7 May
âÂÂ
Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet
of Orielton, politician, 84
30 June
âÂÂ
John Pettingall
, Anglican clergyman and antiquarian, about 73
12 October
â David Powell (
Dewi Nantbrân
), Franciscan friar and author
References