1789 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1789 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

• Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey - Henry Paget^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}
• Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire – Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort^[5]
• Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire - Thomas Bulkeley, 7th Viscount Bulkeley^[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 (until 24 July); Watkin Williams (from 27 August)^[8]
• Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – George Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis^[2]
• Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford^{[2] [9]}
• Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Edward Harley, 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer^{[10] [2]}
• Bishop of Bangor – John Warren^{[11] [12]}
• Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Watson^[13]
• Bishop of St Asaph – Samuel Hallifax (from 4 April)^[14]
• Bishop of St Davids – Samuel Horsley^[15]

Events

• July–August - Bread riots break out in North Wales.^[16]
• 23 October - Christmas Evans marries Catherine Jones at Bryncroes chapel in Llŷn, shortly after his own ordination.
• 8 November - Port Penrhyn opens.^[17]
• unknown date - Blaenavon Ironworks begins production.^[18]

Arts and literature

• 12 May - Thomas Jones organises an eisteddfod at the New Inn (modern-day Owain Glyndwr Hotel) in Corwen,^[19] where for the first time the public are admitted.

New books

• Jenkin Lewis - Memoirs of Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester^[20]
• Iolo Morganwg - Barddoniaeth Dafydd ab Gwilym, incorporating probable forgeries by Morganwg^[21]
• Richard Price - Love for our Country

Births

• 22 April - Richard Roberts, engineer (died 1864)
• 24 May - Betsi Cadwaladr, Crimea nurse (died 1860)^[22]

Deaths

• 28 June - John Walters, priest and poet, 29^[23]
• 24 July - Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet, politician, 39^[24]
• 7 August - William Edwards, minister and bridge-builder, 70^[25]
• 26 November - Elizabeth Baker, diarist, 70?^[26]

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. s-PHIL-PIC-1491. Philipps family, of Picton. Bertie George Charles. 1959. 19 October 2021.
10. Book: Jonathan Williams. The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. 1859. 115.
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. Book: Ehrman, John. The Younger Pitt. 1983. Stanford University Press. 92. 9780804711845.
17. News: Chester, Friday, Nov. 13. Chester Chronicle. 1789-11-13. 3.
18. Book: The Foundry Trade Journal. 1972. Institute of Cast Metals Engineers..
19. Book: Mary-Ann Constantine. Dafydd R. Johnston. Footsteps of 'Liberty and Revolt': Essays on Wales and the French Revolution. 15 April 2013. University of Wales Press. 978-0-7083-2591-9. 166–.
20. Book: The Gentleman's Magazine. 1789. E. Cave. 339.
21. Web site: Jones. Mary. 2004. Edward Williams/Iolo Morganwg/Iolo Morgannwg. Jones' Celtic Encyclopedia. 2024-08-08. .
22. Book: Welsh National Heroes. 9780862436100. Roberts. Alun. 2002.
23. Web site: WALTERS, JOHN (1760-1789), cleric, poet, and scholar. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Griffith John Williams. 23 October 2018.
24. Thomas, Peter, D.G., Biography in History of Parliament Online, extracted from The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754–1790, ed. L. Namier, J. Brooke., 1964
25. s-EDWA-WIL-1719. Edwards, William (1719-1789), Independent minister, and architect. Edward Ivor Williams. 1959. 1 November 2021.
26. s-BAKE-ELI-1720. Baker, Elizabeth (1720-1789), diarist. William Llewelyn Davies. 1959. 1 November 2021.