1776 in Wales explained

This article is about the significance of the year 1776 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 - Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet (from 10 June)^[9]
• Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford (until 21 November); George Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis (from 21 November)^[2]
• Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir Hugh Owen, 5th Baronet^[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

• 4 July – United States Declaration of Independence signed in Philadelphia. Sixteen of the 56 signatories are of Welsh descent, Francis Lewis having been born in Llandaff.^{[14] [15]}
• 22 July – Sir Richard Philipps, 7th Baronet, is created 1st Baron Milford in the peerage of Ireland.^[16]
• 24 August – Herbert Mackworth is created a baronet.
• dates unknown
  • John, Lord Mountstuart is created Baron Cardiff of Cardiff Castle.
  • Sir Thomas Wynn, 3rd Baronet, is created Baron Newborough in the Peerage of Ireland.^[17]

Arts and literature

New books

• Thomas Churchyard – The Worthines of Wales, a Poem^[18]
• Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) – Casgliad o Bregethau
• Hugh Jones (Maesglasau) – Gardd y Caniadau
• David Powell (Dewi Nantbrân) – Welsh: Allwydd y Nef. O gasgliad D.P. Off.^[19]

Music

• Aaron Williams - Collection of hymn-tunes^[20]

Births

• 18 February – John Parry, composer (d. 1851)^[21]
• April (baptized 21 April) – Ann Griffiths, hymn-writer (d. 1805)^[22]
• 2 August – Thomas Assheton Smith II, landowner, industrialist, politician, and sportsman (d. 1858)
• 20 October – Sir Thomas Mostyn, 6th Baronet, politician (d. 1831)
• dates unknown
  • John Bryan (died 1856)^[23]
  • William Henry Scourfield, Member of Parliament (d. 1843)^[24]

Deaths

• 26 January – Evan Lloyd, poet, 41^[25]
• 6 April – Hugh Hughes ("Y Bardd Coch"), poet, 83^[26]
• 4 July – Sir John Powell Pryce, 6th Baronet (in debtors' prison)^{[27] [28]}
• 6 September – Joshua Parry, Nonconformist minister and writer, 67^[29]
• 1 November – Miles Harry, Baptist minister, 76^[30]
• December – John Edwards ("Sion y Potiau"), poet, 76/77^[31]
• 10 December – Robert Hay Drummond, Bishop of St Asaph 1748–1761, 65
• dates unknown
  • William Evans, lexicographer, age unknown^[32]
  • Aaron Williams, composer, about 45^[33]

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. Web site: Welsh in the New World. A Brief History of Wales. GoBritannia!. 2014-05-07. 8 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140508025709/http://www.britannia.com/wales/whist31.html. dead.
15. David . Williams . The Contribution of Wales to the United States of America . . Summer 1942 . 2 . 3/4 . . 2014-05-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140707220323/http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/USA.html . 2014-07-07 .
16. Book: Lewis Namier. John Brooke. The House of Commons, 1754-1790. History of Parliament Trust. 1985. 275.
17. Web site: WYNN, Thomas (1736-1807), of Glynnllivon, Caern. .. History of Parliament Online. 3 December 2017.
18. Book: Bibliotheca Boswelliana, a catalogue of the entire library of ... James Boswell.... 1825. 18.
19. Book: John Hughes. John Fisher. Allwedd neu agoriad Paradwys i'r Cymry.. Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru. 1929. xiii. cy.
20. Book: Bye-gones: Relating to Wales and the Border Counties. Caxton workd. 1892. 427.
21. Book: Frederick James Crowest. The Dictionary of British Musicians: From the Earliest Times to the Present. Jarrold and Sons. 1895. 85.
22. Web site: James . E. Wyn . Introduction to the life and work of Ann Griffiths . gwefan Ann Griffiths website . Cardiff University . 23 October 2021.
23. s-BRYA-JOH-1770. Bryan, John (1776-1856), Wesleyan Methodist minister. Williams. Albert Hughes. 23 October 2021.
24. Web site: Scourfield, William Henry (1776–1843), of Robeston Hall, Robeston West and New Moat, Pemb.. History of Parliament Online. Thorne, R.G. . 2 January 2012.
25. s-LLOY-EVA-1734. Lloyd, Evan (1734-1776), cleric and writer. Cecil John Layton Price. yes. 4 October 2018.
26. Hughes, Hugh (1693-1776). 28.
27. s-PRYC-NEW-1450. PRYCE family, of Newtown Hall, Montgomeryshire. John Davies Knatchbull Lloyd. yes. 4 October 2018.
28. Book: Burke, John . A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland . Genealogical Pub. Co . Baltimore . 1977 . 9780806307398 . 430.
29. s-PARR-JOS-1719. Parry, Joshua (1719-1776), Nonconformist minister, and writer. 1959. Robert Thomas Jenkins. Emyr Wyn Jones. yes.
30. s-HARR-MIL-1700. Harry, Miles (1700-1776), Baptist minister. Edward William Price Evans. National Library of Wales. yes. 4 October 2018.
31. s-EDWA-JOH-1700. EDWARDS, JOHN ('Siôn y Potiau'; 1699?-1776); translator and poet. Garfield Hopkin Hughes. yes. 4 October 2018.
32. s-EVAN-WIL-1776. Evans, William(fl. 1768-1776), Presbyterian minister, and lexicographer. Robert Thomas Jenkins. yes. 22 September 2019.
33. Book: Cymmrodorion Society. Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England).. The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. 1931. The Society. 98.