1790 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1790 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 - Watkin Williams^[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 (until 11 October)^{[10] [2]}
• Bishop of Bangor – John Warren^{[11] [12]}
• Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Watson^[13]
• Bishop of St Asaph – Samuel Hallifax (until 4 March); Lewis Bagot (from 28 April)^{[14] [11]}
• Bishop of St Davids – Samuel Horsley^[15]

Events

• 18 May - The first meeting of the Literary Fund, founded by David Williams ("to assist indigent authors") takes place in London.^[16]
• 9 June - Royal assent is given to establishment of the port of Milford Haven.^[17]
• August - Construction of the Glamorganshire Canal begins.^[18]
• exact date unknown
  • Sir Herbert Mackworth gives up the Parliamentary seat of Cardiff when John Stuart, Lord Mount Stuart, comes of age.^[19]
  • The world's first railway viaduct (used by horse-drawn wagons to carry coal from the mines) is built at Blaenavon.^[20]
  • Monmouth County Gaol is built.^[21]
  • Calvinistic Methodist clergyman Thomas Charles of Bala attempts to preach at Corwen but is driven out of town by a mob.
  • John Coles, son of the founder of the Cambrian Pottery, goes into partnership with entrepreneur George Haynes, resulting in the expansion of the business.

Arts and literature

New books

English language

• Thomas Pennant - Indian Zoology^[22]
• David Williams - Lessons to a Young Prince (published anonymously)^[22]

Welsh language

• Thomas Edwards (Twm o'r Nant) - Gardd o Gerddi
• Peter Williams - Tafol i Bwyso Sosiniaeth^[23]

Births

• 27 January - William Davies Evans, mariner and chess player (died 1872)^[24]
• 20 February (baptised) - Hugh Hughes, painter (died 1863)^[25]
• 19 June - John Gibson, sculptor (died 1866)^[26]
• July - James Williams, cleric and co-founder of the Anglesey Association of the Preservation of Lives from Shipwreck (died 1872)
• 4 July - George Everest, surveyor and geographer (died 1866)^[27]
• 11 August - William Probert, minister and author (died 1870)^[28]
• 16 September - Thomas Vowler Short, Bishop of St Asaph (died 1872)
• 27 September - Owen Jones Ellis Nanney (born Ellis Jones), MP (died 1870), father of Sir Hugh Ellis-Nanney^[29]
• 29 September - John Jones, printer (died 1855)
• 25 November - Sir James Hamlyn-Williams, 3rd Baronet, politician (died 1861)^[30]
• probable - Thomas Penson (the younger), architect and surveyor (died 1859)^[31]

Deaths

• 4 March - Samuel Hallifax, Bishop of St Asaph, 57
• 20 March - Thomas Richards of Coychurch, cleric and lexicographer, 80^[32]
• 24 August - John Worgan, organist and composer, 66^[33]
• 11 October - Edward Harley, 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire, 64^[34]
• 16 October - Daniel Rowland, Methodist leader, c.79^[35]
• 5 November - Michael Lort, clergyman, academic and antiquary, 65^[36]

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. s-WILL-DAV-1738. WILLIAMS, DAVID (1738 - 1816), littérateur and political pamphleteer. David Williams. David Williams (historian). 26 November 2018.
17. Book: Phil Carradice. The Ships of Pembroke Dockyard. 15 August 2013. Amberley Publishing Limited. 978-1-4456-1310-9. 13.
18. Book: Dean Powell. Dr William Price: Wales's First Radical. 15 September 2012. Amberley Publishing Limited. 978-1-4456-2052-7. 64–.
19. Web site: MACKWORTH, Herbert (1737-91), of Gnoll, Glam.. History of Parliament online. 23 October 2018.
20. Book: Tim Taylor. The Time Team Guide to the Archaeological Sites of Britain & Ireland. 2005. Channel 4. 978-1-905026-01-2. 106–.
21. Book: Newman, John. The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire. 2000. Penguin Books. 9780300096309. 407.
22. Book: Enoch Robert G. Salisbury. A catalogue of Cambric books at Glan-aber, Chester, A.D. 1500-1799, not mentioned in Rowland's 'Cambrian bibliography' [by E.R.G. Salisbury].]. 1873. 62.
23. Book: Marion Loffler. Political Pamphlets and Sermons from Wales 1790-1806. 15 October 2014. University of Wales Press. 978-1-78316-102-7. 37–.
24. [Tim Harding (chess player)|Tim Harding]
25. Hughes, Hugh (1790?-1863). 28.
26. 10625. Gibson, John. Martin. Greenwood.
27. Book: Smith, James R.. Sir George Everest. Martin. Geoffrey. Geographers: Biobibliographical Studies, Volume 15. 2015. Bloomsbury Publishing. 9781474226653.
28. s-PROB-WIL-1790. Probert, William (1790-1870), Unitarian minister and author. Thomas Isfryn Jones. 1959. 2 November 2021.
29. s1-NANN-ELL-1759. Nanney (formerly Ellis), David Ellis (1759-1819), attorney-general for North Wales. Thomas Richards. 26 November 2018.
30. Web site: HAMLYN WILLIAMS, Sir James, 3rd. bt. (1790-1861), of Edwinsford, Carm. and Clovelly Court, nr. Bideford, Devon . History of Parliament . 12 November 2023.
31. Colvin H. A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600–1840 Yale University Press 3rd ed 1995,748-49
32. Richards, Thomas (1710?-1790).
33. Frederick George. Edwards. Worgan, John . 63.
34. News: Death of the Earl of Oxford . . 2 . 13 October 1790 .
35. s-ROWL-DAN-1713. Rowland, Daniel (1713-1790), Methodist cleric. Gomer Morgan Roberts. 26 November 2018.
36. Lort, Michael.