1781 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1781 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 (until 27 December); Thomas Bulkeley, 7th Viscount Bulkeley (from 27 December)^[6]
• Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne^[2]
  • • • Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John Vaughan Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire - Richard Myddelton Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire - Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – John Stuart, Lord Mountstuart^[7]
• Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire - Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet^[8]
• 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^{[9] [2]}
• Bishop of Bangor – John Moore^[10]
• Bishop of Llandaff – Shute Barrington
• Bishop of St Asaph – Jonathan Shipley^[11]
• Bishop of St Davids – John Warren^{[12] [13]}

Events

• June - The Chancery court agrees the sale of the Kinmel estate to a London buyer.^[14]
• Richard Price is made an honorary LL.D. by Yale University, in the company of George Washington.

Arts and literature

New books

• Thomas Pennant - Tours in Wales, volume 2^[15]

Music

• John Parry (harpist) - British Harmony, being a Collection of Antient Welsh Airs^[16]

Births

• 11 March (baptised) - Lucy Thomas, colliery owner ('The Mother of the Welsh Steam Coal Trade') (d. 1847)
• ?November - William Williams of Wern, Independent minister (d. 1840)^[17]

Deaths

• 4 April - Henry Thrale, brewer, 556-57^[18]
• 7 May - Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet of Orielton, politician, 84^[19]
• 12 October - David Powell (Dewi Nantbrân), Franciscan friar and author^[20]

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. Book: Nicholas, Thomas . Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales . Genealogical Pub. Co . Baltimore . 1991 . 9780806313146 . 612.
8. Book: Edward Breese. Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. 1873. 29.
9. Book: Jonathan Williams. The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. 1859. 115.
10. Book: The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature. R[ichard]. Baldwin, at the Rose in Pater-noster-Row. Tobias Smollett. 1775. 159.
11. Book: The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. 15.
12. Book: Thomas Duffus Hardy. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales.... University Press. 1854. 305.
13. Book: The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged. Porter. 1780. 95.
14. Web site: Kinmel Manuscripts. Archives Hub. 21 October 2018.
15. Web site: Thomas Pennant (1726-1798). National Museum Wales - Art Collections Online. 27 May 2018.
16. Book: Phyllis Kinney. Welsh Traditional Music. 15 April 2011. University of Wales Press. 978-0-7083-2358-8. 253–.
17. s-WILL-WIL-1781. WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (1781-1840), ‘of Wern’, Independent minister. Richard Griffith Owen. 27 May 2018.
18. Book: Engell, James . Johnson and his age . Harvard University Press . Cambridge, Mass . 1984 . 9780674480759 . 72.
19. Web site: OWEN, Sir William, 4th Bt. (1697-1781), of Orielton, Pemb.. History of Parliament Online (1754-1790). 26 October 2021 .
20. s-POWE-DAV-1781. POWELL, DAVID (Dewi Nantbrân; d. 1781), Franciscan friar. Robert Thomas Jenkins. 27 May 2018.