1770 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1770 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

• Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey - Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}
• Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire – Thomas Morgan of Rhiwpera^{[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 Ewer^[12]
• Bishop of Llandaff – Shute Barrington
• Bishop of St Asaph – Jonathan Shipley^[13]
• Bishop of St Davids – Charles Moss^[14]

Events

• September - Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet, holds his legendary coming-of-age party, to which 15,000 guests are invited. Three coachloads of cooks are sent from London to provide the refreshments, and a hall is built especially for the occasion at Wynnstay.^[15]
• Approximate date - Bridge at Pontardawe built by William Edwards.

Arts and literature

New books

• Robert Jones (Calvinistic Methodist) - Lleferydd yr Asyn^[16]
• Thomas Meredith - An Illustration of Several Texts of Scripture
• John Walters - A Dissertation on the Welsh Language
• Sir John Wynn, 1st Baronet - History of the Gwydir Family (posthumously published)^[17]

Music

• Daines Barrington - Some Account of Two Musical Instruments Used in Wales^[18]

Births

• 15 January - Sir John Edwards, 1st Baronet, of Garth, politician (died 1850)^[19]
• 8 April - John Jenkins (Ifor Ceri), antiquarian (died 1829)^[20]
• 14 April - John Evans, explorer (died 1799)^[21]
• 30 April - David Thompson, explorer (died 1857)

Deaths

• 13 January - Howel Davies, Methodist leader, about 54^[22]
• 19 June - Thomas Williams, Congregational minister, about 45^[23]
• 8 August - John Jones, clergyman and author, 70

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 (1727-71), of 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: The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. 15.
14. Book: Thomas Duffus Hardy. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales.... University Press. 1854. 305.
15. Web site: Sir Watkin & The Arts - A Lifelong Obsession. Wrexham County Borough Council. 1 April 2020.
16. Book: Branwen Jarvis. Dafydd Johnston. A Guide to Welsh Literature: c. 1700-1800. 31 March 2000. University of Wales Press. 978-0-7083-1482-1. 302.
17. Book: John Wynne. History of the Gwydir family. 1 January 1878. Dalcassian Publishing Company. 5.
18. Book: Archaeologia: Or, Miscellaneous Tracts, Relating to Antiquity... 1786. Society of Antiquaries of London. 28.
19. s-EDWA-JOH-1770. Edwards, Sir John (1770-1850), baronet and M.P.. Glyn Roberts. 20 October 2021.
20. Web site: Jenkins, John (1770 - 1829). Stephens. Meic. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. October 2006. 28 January 2009.
21. s-EVAN-JOH-1770. Evans, John (1770-1799), explorer. David Williams. yes. 20 October 2021.
22. Howel Davies. s-DAVI-HOW-1716. Williams. Griffith John. yes. 3 October 2018.
23. Web site: Williams, Thomas (?-c.1770). 2011. Dr Williams’s Centre for Dissenting Studies . 21 December 2013.