1778 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1778 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^[9]
• Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – George Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis^[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

• 9 September - Benjamin Millingchamp, is appointed chaplain on board the flagship of Admiral Sir Edward Hughes.^[14]
• date unknown
  • A furnace is built at Sirhowy by Thomas Atkinson and William Barrow of London. This is the first stage of the Tredegar ironworks.^[15]
  • Elizabeth Baker leaves her job as secretary to Hugh Vaughan at Hengwrt to live in the adjoining house of Doluwcheogryd.^[16]
  • Claiming himself as a prophet, watchmaker James Birch founds his own religious sect, the "Birchites", in Pembrokeshire.^[17]

Arts and literature

New books

• Thomas Jones - Traethiadau ar Gatecism Eglwys Loegr: gyda phregeth ar Gonffirmasiwn (translation)^[18]
• Thomas Pennant - Tour in Wales^[19]
• David William - Gorfoledd ym Mhebyll Seion^[20]
• Nathaniel Williams - Dialogus

Music

• Blind harpist John Parry and his son David play Handel's choruses on two Welsh harps at the court of King George III of Great Britain.^[21]

Births

• 21 August - Lewis Weston Dillwyn, porcelain manufacturer, naturalist and politician (died 1855)^[22]
• September - William Howels, preacher (died 1832)^[23]
• 29 September - Benjamin Hall, industrialist and politician (died 1817)^[24]
• 20 November - Thomas Williams (Gwilym Morgannwg), poet (died 1835)^[25]
• 24 November - Salusbury Pryce Humphreys, admiral (died 1845)^[26]
• date unknown - David Rowlands, naval surgeon (died 1846)

Deaths

• 25 April - James Relly, Methodist minister, 56?
• 6 October - William Worthington, priest and author, 74^[27]
• date unknown - William Owen, Royal Navy officer, 40/41^[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. 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. s-MILL-BEN-1756. Millingchamp, Benjamin (1756-1829), naval chaplain and collector of Oriental manuscripts. William Llewelyn Davies. 25 October 2021.
15. Web site: Sirhowy Iron Works. Grace's Guide to British Industrial History. 4 October 2018.
16. s-BAKE-ELI-1720. Baker, Elizabeth (c.1720-1789), diarist. William Llewelyn Davies. 21 January 2020.
17. s-BIRC-JAM-1795. Birch, James (died 1795?), watchmaker and sectary. Robert Thomas Jenkins. 25 October 2021.
18. s-JONE-THO-1720. Jones, Thomas (1720?-1790), cleric and author. Elwyn Evans. 25 October 2021.
19. Web site: Thomas Pennant, A tour in Wales. National Library of Wales. 4 October 2018.
20. s-WILL-DAV-1720. William, David (1720-1794), hymn-writer. Gomer Morgan Roberts. 25 October 2021.
21. Book: Phyllis Kinney. Welsh Traditional Music. 15 April 2011. University of Wales Press. 978-1-78316-299-4. 28–.
22. s-DILL-DIL-1650. Dillwyn family. Robert Thomas Jenkins. yes. 21 January 2020.
23. Howells, William. 28.
24. s-HALL-BEN-1778. Hall, Benjamin (1778-1817), industrialist. David Williams. yes. 21 January 2020.
25. s-WILL-THO-1778. Williams, Thomas (Gwilym Morgannwg; 1778-1835), poet. Thomas John Morgan. yes. 21 January 2020.
26. William Richard . O'Byrne . Davenport, Salusbury Pryce . A Naval Biographical Dictionary . 1849 . John Murray.
27. Web site: Worthington, William (1703 - 1778). Cooper. Thompson. Major, Emma . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. January 2008. 28 January 2009.
28. Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological Society. 1914. 104.