1741 in Wales explained

Events from the year 1741 in Wales.

Incumbents

• Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire) – George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley^{[1] [2]}
• Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton^[3]
• Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Thomas Morgan^[1]
• Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – John Vaughan, 2nd Viscount Lisburne^[1]
• Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – vacant until 1755
  • Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, 3rd Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Baronet^[1]
• Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos^[1]
• Bishop of Bangor – Thomas Herring^[4]
• Bishop of Llandaff – John Gilbert^{[5] [6]}
• Bishop of St Asaph – Isaac Maddox^{[7] [8]}
• Bishop of St Davids – Nicholas Clagett

Events

• June – In the general election, the seat of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 3rd Baronet at Denbighshire is targeted by the government. Sir Watkin wins by 1352 to 933, but the sheriff, a member of the Salusbury family, disallows 594 of his votes and returns a cousin of Salusbury, John Myddelton of Chirk. Sir Watkin is elected for Montgomeryshire instead.^[9]
• Carpenter Siarl Marc is converted and quickly becomes the most important Calvinistic Methodist exhorter in the Llyn peninsula.
• Lewis Morris resumes his survey of Welsh ports on behalf of the Navy Office.

Arts and literature

New books

• Evan Davies – Newyddion Mawr Oddiwrth y Ser (vol. 3) ^[10]

Music

• Morgan John Lewis – Hymnau Duwiol o Gasgliad Gwyr Eglwysig M.J. ac E.W.
• David Owen composes Dafydd y Garreg Wen on his deathbed, according to tradition

Births

• 27 January – Hester Thrale, diarist and friend of Dr Johnson (died 1821)^[11]
• 20 August – Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Carnarvon (died 1811)^[12]
• 3 September – Owen Jones, antiquary (died 1814)

Deaths

• May – Isaac Carter, publisher^[13]
• August – David Owen, 29 ("David of the White Rock"), harpist^[14]
• date unknown
  • Wil Hopcyn, poet, 41?
  • Edward Owen, artist^[15]
  • Robert Roberts, theologian, 61?^[16]

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: Arthur Collins. The Peerage of England ... The third edition, corrected and enlarged in every family, with memoirs, not hitherto printed. H. Woodfall. 1768. 235.
4. Book: Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae or a calendar of the principal ecclesiastical dignitaries in England and Wales. University Press. 1854. 108.
5. 10692. Gilbert, John.
6. Book: Guides and Handbooks. Royal Historical Society. 1939. 142.
7. Book: Guides and Handbooks. Royal Historical Society (Great Britain). 1939. 203.
8. Book: Arthur Philip Perceval. An Apology for the Doctrine of Apostolical Succession; with an appendix on the English Orders. 1839. 197.
9. Book: John Debrett. The baronetage of England. 1824. 388.
10. s-DAVI-EVA-1720 . Davies, Evan . 13 April 2016.
11. Book: Hester Lynch Piozzi. Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale). 1861. Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts. 33.
12. Book: John Debrett. Debrett's Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland. revised, corrected and continued by G.W. Collen. 1840. 137.
13. s-CART-ISA-1741. CARTER, ISAAC (d. 1741), printer. William Llewelyn Davies. William Llewelyn Davies. yes. 12 August 2018.
14. s-OWEN-DAV-1709. OWEN, DAVID (‘Dafydd y Garreg Wen '; 1711/12-1741), harpist. yes. Robert David Griffith. 28 November 2018.
15. News: Edward Owen's 'lost' self-portrait on show in Gwynedd . . 13 November 2011 . 2014-01-02.
16. s-ROBE-ROB-1680 . Roberts, Robert (1680 - 1741), cleric. Jenkins. Robert Thomas . yes . 27 May 2008.