1791 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1791 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 (politician, born 1730) (from 8 April)^{[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

• June - William Jones distributes copies of an address at the Llanrwst eisteddfod, titled To all Indigenous Cambro-Britons, calling on poor Welsh farmers to set up a colony in the United States.^[16]
• Richard Phillips builds Clyne Castle.^[17]
• Peter Williams is excommunicated by the Methodists for publishing Sabellian heresy.
• Probable date of completion of Methodist chapel at Earlswood, Monmouthshire.
• Thomas Jones becomes High Sheriff of Radnorshire.

Arts and literature

New books

• Joshua Thomas - New translation of the Baptist "Confession of Faith" issued by the London Assembly of 1689
• John Williams - An enquiry into the truth of the tradition concerning the discovery of America by Prince Madog ab Owen Gwynedd, about the year 1170
• Peter Williams - Llythyr at Hen Gydymaith

Births

• 23 February - Sir John Cowell-Stepney, baronet, landowner and politician (d. 1877)^[18]
• 5 December - William Henry Yelverton, MP for Carmarthen Boroughs 1832–1835 (d. 1884)^[19]
• date unknown
  • Robert Everett, Independent minister and writer (d. 1875)^[20]
  • Thomas Fothergill, ironmaster (d. 1858)

Deaths

• 11 January - William Williams (Pantycelyn), poet and hymn-writer, 73^[21]
• 13 February - William Parry, artist, 48^[22]
• 19 April - Richard Price, philosopher, 68^[23]
• 17 September - David Morris (hymn writer), 47

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: 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. 135.
17. Book: Ralph Alan Griffiths. Clyne Castle, Swansea: A History of the Building and Its Owners. 1977. University College of Swansea. 978-0-86076-001-6.
18. Book: "The" Illustrated London News. 1877. Elm House. 526–.
19. Book: The Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland. 1809. 864.
20. Book: Welsh Bibliographical Society. The Journal of the Welsh Bibliographical Society. 1916. Welsh Bibliographical Society.
21. Book: Robert Hall Baynes. The Churchman's shilling magazine and family treasury, conducted by R.H. Baynes. 1871. 84–.
22. Web site: William Parry ARA (ca. 1742-1791). Royal Academy. 2 November 2021.
23. Encyclopedia: McElroy . Wendy . Wendy McElroy . Ronald . Hamowy . Ronald Hamowy . The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism . https://books.google.com/books?id=yxNgXs3TkJYC . 2008 . SAGE. Thousand Oaks, CA . 10.4135/9781412965811.n240 . 978-1412965804 . 750831024. 2008009151 . 388–89 . Price, Richard (1723–1791) .