1772 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1772 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 (until 15 May)^{[5] [2]} Charles Morgan of Dderw (from 23 December)^[6]
• Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire - Thomas Wynn^[7]
• Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne^[2]
• Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – George Rice^[8]
  • • Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire - Richard Myddelton Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire - Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – John Stuart, Lord Mountstuart (from 22 March)^[9]
• Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire - William Vaughan^[10]
• Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis (until 11 September);^[11]
• Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet^[2]
• Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Edward Harley, 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer^{[12] [2]}
• Bishop of Bangor – John Ewer^[13]
• Bishop of Llandaff – Shute Barrington
• Bishop of St Asaph – Jonathan Shipley^[14]
• Bishop of St Davids – Charles Moss^[15]

Events

• May - Walter Siddons appears on stage at Chester and joins the Kemble family troupe.
• The Stepney family of Prendergast sell their Pembrokeshire estates.
• Henry Herbert is promoted to general, shortly before his death.

Arts and literature

New books

English language

• Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) - The Love of our Country
• Williams Evans - A New English-Welsh dictionary: Containing All Words Necessary for Reading an English Author^[16]
• Jinny Jenks - Tour through Wales
• Richard Price - Appeal … on the National Debt^[17]

Welsh language

• Iolo Morganwg - Dagrau yr Awen
• Job Orton - Eglwys yn y Ty : neu Bregeth am Grefydd-Deuluaidd.^[18]
• Daniel Rowland - Pum Pregeth ac Amryw o Hymnau

Music

• William Williams Pantycelyn writes the words of the missionary hymn "O'er the Gloomy Hills of Darkness".

Births

• 10 January - William Jenkins Rees, antiquary (died 1855)^[19]
• 28 May - Hans Busk, poet (died 1862)^[20]
• 11 July - John Davies, missionary (died 1855)^[21]
• July - Edward Hughes (Y Dryw), bard (died 1850)
• 26 October - Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet (died 1840)^[22]

Deaths

• 8 February - Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Dowager Princess of Wales, 52 (throat cancer)^[23]
• 11 September - Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis, 69^[24]
• October - Sir Thomas Stepney, 6th Baronet,^{[25] [26]}
• 16 October - Richard Farrington, antiquary, 71^[27]

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: Edwin Poole. The Illustrated History and Biography of Brecknockshire from the Earliest Times to the Present Day: Containing the General History, Antiquities, Sepulchral Monuments and Inscriptions. Edwin Poole. 1886. 378.
7. Book: Edward Breese. Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. 1873. 26.
8. Rice, George.
9. Book: Nicholas, Thomas . Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales . Genealogical Pub. Co . Baltimore . 1991 . 9780806313146 . 612.
10. Book: Edward Breese. Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. 1873. 29.
11. Book: George Grenville. Additional Grenville Papers 1763-1765. Manchester University Press. 1962. 176.
12. Book: Jonathan Williams. The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. 1859. 115.
13. Book: John McClintock. James Strong. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature. Baker Book House. 1981. 324.
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: Evan Evans. The love of our country. 1772. Printed by H. Humphreys. 28–.
17. s-PRIC-RIC-1723. PRICE, RICHARD (1723-1791), philosopher. Llewelyn Gwyn Chambers. 3 October 2018.
18. Web site: Full text of "A manual of Welsh literature, containing a brief survey of .... Archive.org. 29 April 2019.
19. Rees, William Jenkins. 47.
20. Radnorshire Society Transactions. 8. 1938. 47 - 50. Hans Busk, Radnorshire squire. Cylchgronau Cymru (Welsh Journals online). 29 April 2019.
21. 1959. s-DAVI-JOH-1772. Davies, John (1772-1855), school teacher and missionary. Evan Lewis. Evans. yes.
22. Book: The House of Commons. 1986. Boydell & Brewer. 978-0-436-52101-0. 3.
23. Book: Williamson, David . Debrett's Kings and Queens of Britain . 1986 . Salem House . 978-0-88162-213-3 . 157.
24. Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. Page 3209.
25. Book: rev. William Betham. The baronetage of England, or, The history of the English baronets, and such baronets of Scotland, as are of English families. 1801. 236.
26. Book: Francis Green. West Wales Historical Records: The Annual Magazine of the Historical Society of West Wales. 1918. W. Spurrell and son..
27. 1959. s-FARR-RIC-1702. Farrington, Richard (1702-1772), cleric and antiquary. William Gilbert. Williams. yes.