1779 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1779 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 (until 3 August)^[7] Thomas Johnes (from 7 September)^[8]
  • • Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire - Richard Myddelton Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire - Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – John Stuart, Lord Mountstuart^[9]
• Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire - Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet^[10]
• 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^{[11] [2]}
• Bishop of Bangor – John Moore^[12]
• Bishop of Llandaff – Shute Barrington
• Bishop of St Asaph – Jonathan Shipley^[13]
• Bishop of St Davids – James Yorke (until 2 August); John Warren (from 19 September)^{[14] [15]}

Events

• February - Ship's surgeon David Samwell witnesses the death of Captain James Cook in Hawaii.^[16]
• June - Valentine Morris, governor of St Vincent, negotiates unfavourable surrender terms with the French.^[17]
• unknown dates
  • New bridges are built over the River Wye at Builth Wells and River Towy at Llandeilo.
  • Haverfordwest prison is built on the site of the former castle.
  • Baptist Assembly at Glynceiriog.
  • Robert Jones, Calvinistic Methodist exhorter, preaches in London.

Arts and literature

New books

• David William - Joy in the Tents of Zion (English edition)^[18]

Music

• Richard Morris creates a list of "Henwau Mesurau Cerdd Dafod a Thant a arferir yn gyffredinol gan y Prydyddion a'r Telynorion yng Nghymru".^[19]

Births

• 14 March - William Ormsby-Gore, politician (died 1860)
• 24 August - Charles Norris, artist (died 1858)

Deaths

• June/July - Hugh Williams, Anglican clergyman and writer^[20]
• 3 August - George Rice, Lord Lieutenant and MP for Carmarthenshire, 55^[7]
• 9 August - Morgan Rhys, hymn-writer, 63^[21]
• 11 December - "Madam" Bridget Bevan, philanthropist, 81^[22]
• December - Richard Morris, collector of folk songs, 76^[23]
• date unknown - Edward Jones, composer, 49/50^[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. Web site: JOHNES, Thomas (c.1721-80), of Croft Castle, Herefs.. History of Parliament Online. 7 October 2017.
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: Jonathan Williams. The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. 1859. 115.
12. Book: The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature. R[ichard]. Baldwin, at the Rose in Pater-noster-Row. Tobias Smollett. 1775. 159.
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. Book: The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged. Porter. 1780. 95.
16. Book: David Samwell. The Death of Captain Cook and Other Writings. 2007. University of Wales Press. 978-0-7083-2073-0.
17. Book: Clodfelter, Micheal . Warfare and armed conflicts : a statistical encyclopedia of casualty and other figures, 1492-2015 . McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers . Jefferson, North Carolina . 2017 . 9780786474707 . 129.
18. s-WILL-DAV-1720. WILLIAM, DAVID (1720-1794), hymn-writer. Gomer Morgan Roberts. Gomer Morgan Roberts. 5 October 2018.
19. Book: Phyllis Kinney. Welsh Traditional Music. 15 April 2011. University of Wales Press. 978-0-7083-2358-8. 38–.
20. s-WILL-HUG-1722. Williams, Hugh (1722?-1779), cleric and author. Robert Thomas Jenkins. 1959. 2 November 2021.
21. s-RHYS-MOR-1716. Rhys, Morgan (1716-1794), hymn-writer. Gomer Morgan Roberts. Gomer Morgan Roberts. yes. 1 October 2019.
22. s-BEVA-BRI-1698. Bevan, Bridget ('Madam Bevan’; 1698-1779), philanthropist and educationist. Mary Clement. yes. 23 February 2020.
23. s-MORR-RIC-1703. MORRIS, RICHARD (1703-1779), founder of the Cymmrodorion Society. Robert Thomas Jenkins. Robert Thomas Jenkins. yes. 5 October 2018.
24. Book: Robert Evans. Maggie Humphreys. Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland. 1 January 1997. Bloomsbury Publishing. 978-1-4411-3796-8. 189.