1799 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1799 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 – Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster^[7]
• Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute^[8]
• Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire - Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet^[9]
• Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – George Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis^[2]
• Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford^{[2] [10]}
• Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Thomas Harley^{[11] [2]}
• Bishop of Bangor – John Warren^{[12] [13]}
• Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Watson^[14]
• Bishop of St Asaph – Lewis Bagot^{[15] [12]}
• Bishop of St Davids – William Stuart^[16]

Events

• April
  • The Crumlin Arm of the Monmouthshire canal, with Fourteen Locks, is completed. It leaves the main line at Crindau, rising 358 feet (109m) through 32 locks to Crumlin (including the Cefn flight of Fourteen Locks).^{[17] [18]}
  • The quarterly periodical Trysorfa Ysprydol is launched by Thomas Charles.^[19]
• July/August – Iolo Morganwg travels to North Wales to collect material for the Myvyrian Archaiology.^[20]
• October – Anthony Bushby Bacon and his brother Thomas take over the Hirwaun ironworks. Thomas sells his interest in the Plymouth ironworks to the Hill family.
• 16 October – Evan Pritchard (Ieuan Lleyn), David Thomas (Dafydd Ddu Eryri) and Griffith Williams (Gutyn Peris) are "ordained" bards of the province of Gwynedd by Iolo Morganwg.
• 25 December – is wrecked off the Penmarks.
• unknown dates
  • Following the failure of the Pembrokeshire fish harvest, Richard Fenton imports grain from the Mediterranean to relieve the plight of local people.
  • Peter Price becomes manager of Neath ironworks,^[21] and brings his family, including his wife Anna and his son Joseph Tregelles Price.
  • Japanner John Pyrke relocates to Usk from London.^[22]
  • Ann Hatton and her husband take a lease on Swansea Bathing House.
  • John Sevier, governor of Tennessee, writes of the alleged discovery of six skeletons in brass armour bearing the Welsh coat-of-arms.
  • Baptist leader and colonist Morgan John Rhys moves to Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
  • The Llandovery Bank is established, as W & D Jones & Co. Commonly known as the "Black Ox Bank" or "Banc yr Eidon", it is one of the earliest banks established in Carmarthenshire.^[23]
  • Robert Nicholl Carne begins construction of Dimlands, near Llantwit Major.^[24]

Arts and literature

New books

• Philip Yorke – The Royal Tribes of Wales^[25]

Births

• 26 May
  • Reginald Blewitt, MP for Monmouth Boroughs, landowner and newspaper publisher (d. 1878)
  • John Davies of Nercwys, Calvinistic Methodist minister, preacher and writer (d. 1879)^[26]
• 30 June – David Williams, politician (d. 1869)^[27]
• 10 October – Samuel Bowen, Independent minister (d. 1887)^[28]
• 21 December – John Vaughan, ironmaster (d. 1868)^[29]
• date unknown
  • Moses Davies, musician and hymn-writer (d. 1866)^[30]
  • Frederick Richard West, MP for Denbigh Boroughs (d. 1862)^[31]

Deaths

• 1 March – Thomas Olivers, Methodist preacher and hymn-writer, 73^[32]
• May – John Evans, explorer, 29^[33]
• 15 July – John Breynton, clergyman, 80^[34]
• 3 September – William Thomas, academic and Chancellor of Llandaff Cathedral, 65^[35]
• 4 November – Josiah Tucker, economist, 87^[36]
• 14 December – Benjamin Francis, hymn-writer, 55^[37]

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. Old Wales: Monthly Magazine of Antiquities for Wales and the Borders. not known. William Retlaw Williams. "Old Wales" Office. 1907. 3. 106.
8. Book: Nicholas, Thomas . Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales . Genealogical Pub. Co . Baltimore . 1991 . 9780806313146 . 612.
9. Book: Edward Breese. Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. 1873. 29.
10. s-PHIL-PIC-1491. Philipps family, of Picton. Bertie George Charles. 1959. 19 October 2021.
11. Book: Jonathan Williams. The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. 1859. 115.
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. 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.
15. Book: The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. 15.
16. Book: Guides and Handbooks. Royal Historical Society (Great Britain). 1939. 163.
17. Book: Priestley , Joseph . Historical Account of the Navigable Rivers, Canals, and Railways of Great Britain . 1831 .
18. Book: Edward MacDermot. Oswald Stevens Nock. C. R. Clinker. History of the Great Western Railway.. I. Allan. 1964. 55.
19. Book: Studies in Philology. University of North Carolina Press. 1927. 107.
20. Book: Jenkins, Geraint . Bard of liberty: the political radicalism of Iolo Morganwg . University of Wales Press . Cardiff . 2012 . 9780708325001 . 144.
21. Book: Iolo Morganwg. Geraint H. Jenkins. Ffion Mair Jones. David Ceri Jones. The Correspondence of Iolo Morganwg: 1810–1826. 2007. University of Wales Press. 978-0-7083-2134-8. 184.
22. s-PYRK-JOH-1755. Pyrke, John (1755-1834), the third of the Usk japanners. Robert Stephen. yes. 9 November 2021.
23. Book: John Orbell. British Banking: A Guide to Historical Records. 5 July 2017. Taylor & Francis. 978-1-351-95468-6. 309.
24. Book: Archaeologia cambrensis. 1856. Public domain. Cambrian Archaeological Association. 382.
25. Book: Thomas Moule. Bibliotheca Heraldica Magnæ Britanniæ: An Analytical Catalogue of Books on Genealogy, Heraldry, Nobility, Knighthood & Ceremonies. 1822. The author. 488.
26. Web site: Testimonial to the Rev John Davies. National Library of Wales. Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register. 1 May 1875. 21 March 2020.
27. s-WILL-BRO-1800. Williams family, of Bron Eryri, later called Castell Deudraeth, Meirionnydd. Sir William Llewelyn Davies. yes. 3 May 2020.
28. s-BOWE-SAM-1799. Bowen, Samuel (1799-1887), Macclesfield, Independent minister and teacher. Richard Griffith Owen. yes. 3 May 2020.
29. Obituary. John Vaughan, 1799-1868.. Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. 28. 1869. 1869. 622–627. 1753-7843. 10.1680/imotp.1869.23113. free.
30. s-DAVI-MOS-1799. Davies, Moses (1799-1866), musician. Robert David Griffith. yes. 3 May 2020.
31. Book: Post office railway directory for 1848, of Chairmen, Deputy-Chairmen, Directors, Secretaries, Engineers, and Officials; with an alphabetical official directory. 1848. Kelly and Company. 395.
32. s-OLIV-THO-1725. Oliver(s), Thomas (1725-1799), Wesleyan preacher. Robert Thomas Jenkins. yes. 26 November 2020.
33. s-EVAN-JOH-1770. Evans, John (1770-1799), explorer. David Williams. yes. 26 November 2020.
34. C. E. . Thomas . Breynton, John . 4 .
35. s-THOM-WIL-1734. Thomas, William (1734-1799), cleric and antiquary. Hywel David Emanuel. yes. 26 November 2020.
36. Book: Ruth Savage. Philosophy and Religion in Enlightenment Britain: New Case Studies. 26 April 2012. OUP Oxford. 978-0-19-922704-4. 240.
37. s-FRAN-BEN-1734. Francis, Benjamin (1734-1799), hymnist, Baptist minister. Robert Thomas Jenkins. yes. 26 November 2020.