1719 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1719 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

• 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 Brecknockshire and Lord 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

Events

• March – The 41st (Welch) Regiment of Foot is raised by Colonel Edmund Fielding as Edmund Fielding's Regiment of Foot.^[8]
• date unknown
  • The Davies brothers of Bersham begin work on the wrought-iron gates at Chirk Castle.^[9]
  • The first permanent legal printing press in Wales is established at Adpar by Isaac Carter of Carmarthenshire. It is believed that its first two publications are Cân o Senn i’w hen Feistr Tobacco by Alban Thomas and Cân ar Fesur Triban ynghylch Cydwybod a’i Chynheddfau.^[10]
  • On the death without heirs of Sir John Wynne, the Wynnstay estate passes to Jane Thelwall, the great-granddaughter of Sir John Wynn, 1st Baronet.
  • The Welsh Charity School in London moves to Ailesbury Chapel, Clerkenwell, where it remains until about 1721.^[11]

Arts and literature

New books

• Christmas Samuel – Catecism o'r Scrythur
• Eglurhad o Gatechism Byrraf y Gymanfa^[12]
• Browne Willis – Survey of Llandaff^[13]

Births

• February – William Edwards, clergyman and bridge engineer (d. 1789)^[14]
• 22 February – Joshua Thomas, writer and Particular Baptist minister (d. 1797)^[15]
• 17 June – Joshua Parry, nonconformist minister and writer (d. 1776)^[16]
• 30 November – Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, future Princess of Wales (d. 1772)^[17]
• date unknown – Sir Herbert Lloyd, 1st Baronet, politician (d. 1769)^[18]

Deaths

• 11 January – Sir John Wynn, 5th Baronet, 90^[19]
• 4 April – Thomas Powys, judge, 70/71^[20]
• 19 June – Captain Howell Davis, pirate, ca 29
• 11 October – Samuel Jones, Dissenting minister and tutor^[21]

Notes and References

1. Book: J.C. Sainty . John Sainty (civil servant) . List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974 . Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd . London . 1979.
2. Book: Nicholas, Thomas . Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales . Genealogical Pub. Co . Baltimore . 1991 . 9780806313146 . 695.
3. Book: Brown, Richard . Church and state in modern Britain, 1700-1850 . Routledge . London; New York . 1991 . 9781134982707 . 25.
4. Book: West Wales Historical Records: The Annual Magazine of the Historical Society of West Wales. W. Spurrell and son. 1916. 167.
5. 13375. Hoadly, Benjamin.
6. From: 'Tracie-Tyson', Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714 (1891), pp. 1501–1528. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=119393 Date accessed: 1 October 2014
7. Book: Stephen Hyde Cassan. Lives of the Bishops of Bath. 1829. 162.
8. Web site: 41st (the Welsh) Regiment of Foot . regiments.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070223230119/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/041-719.htm . 23 February 2007 . 21 May 2018.
9. Book: Wales Tourist Board. Castles and historic places in Wales. August 1974. The Board. 978-0-900784-21-7. 41.
10. Web site: About Adpar . Newcastle Emlyn and Adpar . 2012-02-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091008070817/http://www.newcastle-emlyn.com/adpar . 2009-10-08 .
11. Book: Philip . Temple . Clerkenwell Green . Survey of London . 46 . South and East Clerkenwell . New Haven, London . English Heritage . 2008 . 86–114 . 9780300137279 .
12. s-CART-ISA-1741. Carter, Isaac. William Llewelyn Davies. 25 June 2019.
13. s-PARR-GEO-1613. Parry, George. William Llewelyn Davies. yes. 25 June 2019.
14. s-EDWA-WIL-1719. Edwards, William (1719-1789), Independent minister, and architect. Edward Ivor Williams. yes. 25 June 2019.
15. s-THOM-JOS-1718. Thomas, Joshua (1719-1797), Baptist minister and historian. yes. 25 June 2019.
16. s-PARR-JOS-1719. Parry, Joshua (1719-1776), Nonconformist minister, and writer. Robert Thomas Jenkins. Emyr Wyn Jones. yes. 25 June 2019.
17. Book: Williamson, David . Debrett's Kings and Queens of Britain . 1986 . Salem House . 978-0-88162-213-3 . 157.
18. s-LLOY-PET-1747. Lloyd family, of Peterwell. Herbert Johnes Lloyd-Johnes. yes. 25 June 2019.
19. Wynn, John. 63.
20. Web site: POWYS, Sir Thomas (c.1649-1719), of Henley, nr. Ludlow, Salop and Lilford cum Wigsthorpe, Northants. . History of Parliament Online. 11 July 2019.
21. s-JONE-SAM-1681. Jones, Samuel ([1681?]-1719), Dissenting Academy tutor. Robert Thomas Jenkins. yes. 25 June 2019.