1775 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1775 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 – Charles Morgan of Dderw^[5]
• 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 – John Stuart, Lord Mountstuart^[8]
• Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire - William Vaughan (until 12 April); Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet (from 10 June)^[9]
• Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford (from 20 April)^[2]
• Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet (until 24 June); Sir Hugh Owen, 5th Baronet (from 24 June)^[2]
• Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Edward Harley, 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer^{[10] [2]}
• Bishop of Bangor – John Moore^[11]
• Bishop of Llandaff – Shute Barrington
• Bishop of St Asaph – Jonathan Shipley^[12]
• Bishop of St Davids – James Yorke^[13]

Events

• 19 April - Outbreak of the American Revolutionary War:
  • Anthony Bacon obtains munitions contracts for his ironworks.
  • Fort Belan built commanding the western end of the Menai Strait by Thomas Wynn.
• 8 September - An earthquake measuring 5.1 is felt in Swansea.^[14]
• 18 September - Dr Samuel Johnson accompanies Hester Thrale and her husband Henry on a visit to France.

Arts and literature

New books

• Edward Evans - An Address delivered before the Association of Ministers at Dref Wen, near Newcastle Emlyn, with two Hymns^[15]
• Elizabeth Griffith - The Morality of Shakespeare's Drama Illustrated^[16]
• Nicholas Owen (attr.) - History of the Island of Anglesea

Music

• Dafydd Jones - Hymnau a Chaniadau Ysprydol (hymns and psalms)
• Morgan Rhys - Golwg o Ben Nebo, 3rd ed. (collection of hymns)
• Edward Jones (Bardd y Brenin) arrives in London.

Births

• 22 February - John Hughes, minister, author and hymn-writer (died 1854)^[17]
• 7 May - John Parry, minister and author (died 1846)
• 25 November - Charles Kemble, actor (died 1854)^[18]
• December - John Jones (Archdeacon of Merioneth), Anglican priest and writer (died 1834)^[19]
• date unknown - John Roberts, Anglican priest and writer (died 1829)^[20]

Deaths

• 11 April - Roger Mostyn, Canon of Windsor, 54/55^[21]
• 12 April - William Vaughan (MP), politician, about 68^[22]
• 10 May - Caroline Matilda, queen consort of Sweden, daughter of Frederick, Prince of Wales, 23 (scarlet fever)^[23]
• 14 August - Sir Lynch Cotton, 4th Baronet, about 70^[24]

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. 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.
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: Jonathan Williams. The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. 1859. 115.
11. Book: The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature. R[ichard]. Baldwin, at the Rose in Pater-noster-Row. Tobias Smollett. 1775. 159.
12. Book: The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. 15.
13. Book: Thomas Duffus Hardy. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales.... University Press. 1854. 305.
14. Book: W. Toone. A Chronological Record, of the Remarkable Public Events, ... During the Reigns of George the Third and Fourth, and His Present Majesty .... 1834. Bennett. 149.
15. Book: Thomas Rowland Roberts. Eminent Welshmen: A Short Biographical Dictionary of Welshmen who Have Attained Distinction from the Earliest Times to the Present. 1908. Educational Publishing Company. 99.
16. Book: Elizabeth Griffith. The Morality of Shakespeare's Drama Illustrated. 1775. T. Cadell ..
17. s-HUGH-JOH-1775. Hughes, John (1775-1854), Calvinistic Methodist minister, author, and hymn-writer. Gomer Morgan . Roberts . 1959. 23 October 2021.
18. Kemble, Charles.
19. s-JONE-JOH-1775. Jones, John (1775-1834), cleric. Thomas Iorwerth . Ellis . Thomas Iorwerth Ellis. 1959. 23 October 2021.
20. s-ROBE-JOH-1775. Roberts, John (1775 - 1829), cleric and author. Robert Thomas . Jenkins . Robert Thomas Jenkins. 1959. 3 October 2018.
21. Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S. L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
22. Web site: VAUGHAN, William (?1707-75), of Corsygedol, Merion.. History of Parliament Online. 10 July 2013.
23. Web site: Ward. Adolphus William . Caroline Matilda . Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900. London . Smith, Elder, & Co. . 1887 . 9 . 145–150.
24. Web site: COTTON, Sir Lynch Salusbury, 4th Bt. (c.1705-75), of Combermere, Cheshire and Llewenny, Denb.. History of Parliament Online. 3 October 2018.