1769 in Wales explained

Events from the year 1769 in Wales.

Incumbents

• Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey - Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}
• Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Thomas Morgan (until 12 April)^{[5] [2]}
• Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire - Thomas Wynn^[6]
• Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne^[2]
• Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – George Rice^[7]
  • • Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire - Richard Myddelton Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire - Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Other Windsor, 4th Earl of Plymouth^[8]
• Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire - William Vaughan^[9]
• Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis^[10]
• Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet^[2]
• Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Edward Harley, 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer^{[11] [2]}
• Bishop of Bangor – John Egerton (until 10 January);^[12] John Ewer
• Bishop of Llandaff – John Ewer (until 10 January); Jonathan Shipley (12 February - 8 September);^[13] Shute Barrington (from 1 October)
• Bishop of St Asaph – Richard Newcome (until 3 June); Jonathan Shipley (from September)^[14]
• Bishop of St Davids – Charles Moss (from 30 November)^[15]

Events

• August
  • John Wesley is turned away from Welshpool Town Hall by the bailiff when he attempts to preach there during his tour of Wales.^[16]
  • Wesley speaks at Newtown, Montgomeryshire, and Llanidloes.
• August/September - Robert Williams, a Welsh travelling preacher, arrives in America, the first licensed preacher to obtain permission from John Wesley to address the Methodist societies there.^[17]
• 16 November - Henry Bayley succeeds to the barony of Beaudesert and takes the surname Paget.^[18]
• date unknown
  • Daniel Rowland turns down the living of Newport, Pembrokeshire, to stay with his congregation at Llangeitho.
  • Thomas Pennant employs Moses Griffith to illustrate his books of tours.

Arts and literature

New books

• Elizabeth Griffith - The School for Rakes (play)^[19]
• William Williams (Pantycelyn) - Ffarwel Weledig, vol. 3

Births

• 2 February - Griffith Williams (Gutyn Peris), poet (died 1838)^[20]
• 23 March - Benjamin Heath Malkin, antiquary and author (died 1842)^[21]
• 3 May - John Vaughan, 3rd Earl of Lisburne, politician (died 1831)^[22]
• 6 December - Thomas Morgan, naval chaplain (died 1851)^[23]

Deaths

• 27 March - John Thomas, Anglican priest and antiquarian, 32^[24]
• April - Marmaduke Gwynne, father-in-law of Charles Wesley, 77/78^[25]
• 12 April - Thomas Morgan, politician and lawyer, 66^[5]
• 3 June - Richard Newcome, Bishop of St Asaph, 67/68
• July - Goronwy Owen, poet, 46^[26]
• 19 August - Sir Herbert Lloyd, 1st Baronet, politician, 49^[27]
• 26 December - Edward Yardley, Archdeacon of St David's, 71^[28]

Notes and References

1. Book: Edward Breese. Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. 1873. 24.
2. 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.
3. Book: Nicholas, Thomas . Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales . Genealogical Pub. Co . Baltimore . 1991 . 9780806313146 . 695.
4. Book: Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1992. 169.
5. Web site: MORGAN, Thomas (1702-69), of Ruperra, Glam. and Tredegar, Mon. . History of Parliament Online (1754-1790). 19 October 2021.
6. Book: Edward Breese. Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. 1873. 26.
7. Rice, George.
8. Book: Nicholas, Thomas . Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales . Genealogical Pub. Co . Baltimore . 1991 . 9780806313146 . 612.
9. Book: Edward Breese. Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. 1873. 29.
10. Book: George Grenville. Additional Grenville Papers 1763-1765. Manchester University Press. 1962. 176.
11. Book: Jonathan Williams. The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. 1859. 115.
12. Book: John McClintock. James Strong. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature. Baker Book House. 1981. 324.
13. Book: Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae or a calendar of the principal ecclesiastical dignitaries in England and Wales. University Press. 1854. 256.
14. Book: The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. 15.
15. Book: Thomas Duffus Hardy. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales.... University Press. 1854. 305.
16. Book: John Wesley. The works of Rev. John Wesley, A. M.. 1829. John Mason. 374.
17. Book: Dee E. Andrews. The Methodists and Revolutionary America, 1760-1800: The Shaping of an Evangelical Culture. 31 March 2002. Princeton University Press. 0-691-09298-2. 40.
18. Book: George Edward Cokayne. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom: pt. 1. Skelmersdale to Towton. St. Catherine Press, Limited. 1959. 200.
19. Book: John Bell. Bell's British Theatre: Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays. 1797. Cawthorn. 2–.
20. s-WILL-GRI-1769. Williams, Griffith (Gutyn Peris; 1769-1838), poet. Griffith Thomas Roberts. 19 October 2021.
21. s-MALK-HEA-1769. Malkin, Benjamin Heath (1769-1842), antiquary and author. Robert Thomas Jenkins. yes. 19 October 2021.
22. Web site: Thorne. R.G.. Cardiganshire. The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820. Institute of Historical Research. 3 November 2017.
23. s-MORG-THO-1769. Morgan, Thomas (1769 - 1851), navy chaplain. Jenkins. Robert Thomas. 4 November 2008.
24. s-THOM-JOH-1736. Thomas, John (1736–1769), cleric and antiquary. 1959. Ramage. Helen Myfanwy. yes. 31 March 2009.
25. Book: Thomas Jackson. The Life of the Rev. Charles Wesley. 1841. Mason. 542.
26. s-OWEN-GOR-1723. Owen, Goronwy (1723-1769). David Gwenallt Jones. yes. 30 March 2020.
27. Web site: Bethan. Phillips. Lloyd, Sir Herbert, first baronet (1720–1769). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. 2004. 10.1093/ref:odnb/62906.
28. s-YARD-EDW-1698. Yardley, Edward (1698-1769), archdeacon. William Llewelyn Davies. 15 June 2024.