1783 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1783 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

• Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey - Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet (until 1 August)^{[1] [2]} Henry Paget (from 1 August)^{[3] [4]}
• Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire – Charles Morgan of Dderw^[5]
• Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire - Thomas Bulkeley, 7th Viscount Bulkeley^[6]
• Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne^[4]
  • • • 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^[4]
• Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir Hugh Owen, 5th Baronet^[4]
• Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Edward Harley, 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer^{[9] [4]}
• Bishop of Bangor – John Moore (until 26 April)^[10] John Warren (from 26 April)^{[11] [12]}
• Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Watson^[13]
• Bishop of St Asaph – Jonathan Shipley^[14]
• Bishop of St Davids – Edward Smallwell (from 6 July)^[15]

Events

• 20 August - Thomas Charles marries Sally Jones and settles in Bala.^[16]
• 26 September - Industrialist and slave-owner Richard Pennant is created 1st Baron Penrhyn in the county of Lough.^[17]
• Welsh emigrant Evan Williams founds a whiskey distillery in Bardstown, Kentucky, United States, which will still be operating in the 21st century.

Arts and literature

New books

• Julia Ann Hatton - Poems on Miscellaneous Subjects^[18]

Music

• Evan Hughes (Hughes Fawr) - Rhai Hymnau Newyddion o Fawl i'r Oen^[19]

Births

• 11 February - Thomas Richard, minister (died 1856)
• 16 March - Henry Williams-Wynn, politician (died 1856)^[20]
• May - Cadwaladr Jones, minister and literary editor (died 1867)^[21]
• unknown dates
  • Hugh Jones, archdeacon of Essex (died 1869)^[22]

Deaths

• 19 June - Henry Lloyd, soldier and military writer^[23]
• 7 August - Thomas Llewellyn, Baptist minister and writer, 63?^[24]
• 2 September - Edward Edwards, academic
• 6 September - Anna Williams, friend of Dr Johnson, 77?^[25]
• 16 December - Sir William James, 1st Baronet, naval commander, 61-62^[26]

Notes and References

1. Book: Nicholas, Thomas . Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales . Genealogical Pub. Co . Baltimore . 1991 . 9780806313146 . 695.
2. Book: Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1992. 169.
3. Book: Edward Breese. Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. 1873. 24.
4. 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.
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: Thomas Duffus Hardy. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales.... University Press. 1854. 305.
12. Book: The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged. Porter. 1780. 95.
13. Book: John Henry James. A History and Survey of the Cathedral Church of SS. Peter, Paul, Dubritius, Teilo, and Oudoceus, Llandaff. Western Mail. 1898. 16.
14. Book: The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. 15.
15. Book: Guides and Handbooks. Royal Historical Society (Great Britain). 1939. 163.
16. Web site: Thomas Charles. Banner of Truth. 22 October 2018.
17. Book: George Nicholson. The Cambrian Traveller's Guide: In Every Direction; Containing Remarks Made During Many Excursions, in the Principality of Wales, and Bordering Districts, Augmented by Extracts from the Best Writers. 1813. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown. 1059–.
18. Book: Philip H. Highfill. Kalman A. Burnim. Edward A. Langhans. A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers & Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800. registration. 1973. SIU Press. 978-0-8093-1526-0. 34.
19. Web site: Hughes, Evan (‘Hughes Fawr’; d. 1800), cleric and author. Robert (Bob) Owen. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. 22 April 2019.
20. Wynn, Henry Watkin Williams. 63.
21. Web site: Jones, Cadwaladr (1783-1867), Independent minister and first editor of Y Dysgedydd. Richard Griffith Owen. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. 22 April 2019.
22. Web site: Archives . The National . Jones, Hugh Chambres (1783-1869) Archdeacon of Essex, The Discovery Service . discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk.
23. Web site: Lloyd, Henry (c.1720-1783), soldier and military writer. Samuel Henry Fergus Johnston. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. 22 April 2019.
24. Book: Thomas Mardy Rees. Notable Welshmen (1700-1900): ... with Brief Notes, in Chronological Order, and Authorities. Also a Complete Alphabetical Index. 1908. Herald Office.
25. Book: Rogers, Pat . The Samuel Johnson encyclopedia . Greenwood Press . Westport, Conn . 1996 . 9780313294112 . 428.
26. Web site: JAMES, William (?1721-83), of Park Farm Place, Eltham, Kent. History of Parliament Online. 29 December 2017.