1792 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1792 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 – Thomas Harley^{[10] [2]}
• Bishop of Bangor – John Warren^{[11] [12]}
• Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Watson^[13]
• Bishop of St Asaph – Lewis Bagot^{[14] [11]}
• Bishop of St Davids – Samuel Horsley^[15]

Events

• 3 June - Monmouthshire Canal receives its Act of Parliament.^[16]
• 21 June - Iolo Morganwg holds the first Gorsedd ceremony at Primrose Hill in London.^[17]
• June - The Merthyr to Newbridge section of the Glamorganshire Canal is completed.
• Bodnant House is built.

Arts and literature

New books

• David Davis (Castellhywel) - Cri Carcharor dan farn Marwolaeth
• Nicholas Owen - Carnarvonshire, a Sketch of its History, etc.
• Hester Thrale - The Three Warnings

Births

• 10 February - John Jones (Ioan Tegid), writer (died 1852)^[18]
• 10 April - Charles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar, politician (died 1875)^[19]
• 9 June - David Arthur Saunders Davies, politician (died 1857)
• 23 July - Aneurin Owen, scholar (d. 1851)
• 27 July - Llewelyn Lloyd, naturalist (died 1876)
• 5 September - Sir David Davies, royal physician (d. 1865)
• 11 November - Mary Anne Evans (died 1872), future wife of British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli^[20]
• 20 December - David Griffiths, missionary (d. 1863)
• date unknown
  • Thomas Davies, physician (died 1839)
  • Daniel Evans, poet (Daniel Ddu o Geredigion; died 1846)^[21]
  • Sir Charles John Salusbury, 3rd Baronet (d. 1868)^[22]

Deaths

• 23 February - Thomas Ellis, clergyman, about 80^[23]
• 10 March - John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, friend of Augusta, Princess of Wales and ancestor of the Marquesses of Bute, 78^[24]
• 17 May - Sir Noah Thomas, royal physician, 72?^[25]
• 27 June - John Morgan (of Dderw), politician, 48^[26]
• September - John Edwards, poet (Siôn Ceiriog), 44/45^[27]

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: Cyril James Oswald Evans. Monmouthshire, its history and topography. 1953. W. Lewis (printers).
17. 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. 158–.
18. s-JONE-JOH-1792. JONES, JOHN (Tegid — less usually Ioan Tegid; 1792-1852), cleric and man of letters. Robert Thomas Jenkins. Robert Thomas Jenkins. 23 October 2018.
19. s-MORG-TRE-1384. Morgan . Walter Thomas . MORGAN family, of Tredegar Park, Monmouth . National Library of Wales. 11 December 2023.
20. Book: Mollie Hardwick. Mrs. Dizzy: the life of Mary Anne Disraeli, Viscountess Beaconsfield. 1972. Cassell. 1.
21. s-EVAN-DAN-1792 . Evans, Daniel (Daniel Ddu o Geredigion; 1792 - 1846). David Gwenallt . Jones . D. Gwenallt Jones . 2008-09-05.
22. s-SALU-JOH-1792. Salusbury, Sir Charles John (1792-1868), cleric and antiquary. William Llewelyn Davies. 1959. 2 November 2021.
23. s-ELLI-THO-1711. Ellis, Thomas (1711/12 - 1792), cleric. Jenkins. Robert Thomas. 3 May 2020.
24. Book: Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002. July 2006. The Royal Society of Edinburgh. 0-902-198-84-X. 2 November 2021. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074135/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf. dead.
25. Book: Lamont-Brown, Raymond.. Royal Poxes and Potions: Royal Doctors and Their Secrets. 2009. History Press. Stroud. 978-0-7524-7390-1. 89.
26. Book: William Retlaw Williams. The Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales, from the Earliesr Times to the Present Day, 1541-1895: Comprising Lists of the Representatives, Chronologically Arranged Under Counties, with Biographical and Genealogical Notices of the Members, Together with Particulars of the Various Contested Elections, Double Returns and Petitions. 1895. Priv. print. for the author by E. Davis and Bell.
27. s-EDWA-JOH-1747. Edwards, John (Siôn Ceiriog; 1747-1792), bard and orator. Griffith John Williams. 1959. 2 November 2021.