1780 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1780 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - George (later George IV)
- Princess of Wales - vacant
Events
- January - Admiral Sir Thomas Foley plays an important role in the relief of Gibraltar.
- 1 July - Anthony Bacon acquires the lease of the Hirwaun ironworks.
- 26 August - Edward Williames Salusbury Vaughan succeeds to the Rûg estate.[1]
- 29 September - Sir Watkin Lewes is elected Lord Mayor of London.
- Thomas Parry Jones-Parry marries his cousin Margaret and acquires the Madryn estate.[2]
- The Ladies of Llangollen settle at Plas Newydd.
- Richard Price devises the "Northampton Tables" for calculating actuarial valuation for assurance and pensions.
- The development of Ebbw Vale Steelworks begins.
Arts and literature
New books
- John Walters - Poems with Notes
Music
- Henry Mills of Llanidloes impresses Thomas Charles so much with his singing that he is appointed to supervise the improvement of congregational singing in the district.[3]
Births
- 10 February - James Henry Cotton, Dean of Bangor (died 1862)
- 15 April - Angharad Llwyd, antiquary (died 1866)
- 14 May - Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis, politician (died 1855)
- 7 October - Wyndham Lewis, MP (died 1838)
- date unknown
- Dic Aberdaron (Richard Robert Jones), traveller and linguist (died 1843)[4]
- Thomas Prothero, lawyer and businessman (died 1853)[5]
Deaths
- 6 March - Sir John Meredith, lawyer, 65[6]
- 1 April - Sir Stephen Glynne, 7th Baronet, 35 (ruptured blood-vessel)[7]
- date unknown - Richard Thomas, genealogist, 46[8]
References
- ^ Welsh Biography Online. Accessed 31 March 2016
- ^ Thomas Richards. "PARRY (and JONES-PARRY) family, Madryn, Llŷn". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- ^ Owain Edwards; Trevor Herbert. "Mills family". Grove Music Online. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- ^ Humphreys, H. The Celebrated Cambrian Linguist, or the History of Dick Aberdaron (Carnarvon: H. Humphreys, 1866).
- ^ Welsh Biography Online, Prothero, Thomas.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "MEREDITH , Sir JOHN (1714-1780), lawyer, of Brecon". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- ^ David Jenkins. "GLYNNE family, of Hawarden, Flints". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- ^ Davies, Sir William Llewelyn (2007). "Thomas, Richard (1753–1780), cleric, transcriber and collector of manuscripts, and genealogist". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 31 March 2009.