1741 in Wales
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Events from the year 1741 in Wales.
Incumbents
Events
- June - In the general election, the seat of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 3rd Baronet at Denbighshire is targeted by the government. Sir Watkin wins by 1352 to 933, but the sheriff, a member of the Salusbury family, disallows 594 of his votes and returns a cousin of Salusbury, John Myddelton of Chirk. Sir Watkin is elected for Montgomeryshire instead.[1]
- Carpenter Siarl Marc is converted and quickly becomes the most important Calvinistic Methodist exhorter in the Llyn peninsula.
- Lewis Morris resumes his survey of Welsh ports on behalf of the Navy Office.
Arts and literature
New books
- Evan Davies - Newyddion Mawr Oddiwrth y Ser (vol. 3) [2]
Music
- Morgan John Lewis - Hymnau Duwiol o Gasgliad Gwyr Eglwysig M.J. ac E.W.
- David Owen composes Dafydd y Garreg Wen on his deathbed, according to tradition
Births
- 27 January - Hester Thrale, diarist and friend of Dr Johnson (died 1821)[3]
- 20 August - Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Carnarvon (died 1811)[4]
- 3 September - Owen Jones, antiquary (died 1814)
Deaths
- May - Isaac Carter, publisher[5]
- August - David Owen, 29 ("David of the White Rock"), harpist[6]
- date unknown
- Wil Hopcyn, poet, 41?
- Edward Owen, artist[7]
- Robert Roberts, theologian, 61?
References
- ^ John Debrett (1824). The baronetage of England. p. 388.
- ^ "Davies, Evan". National Library of Wales. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ^ Hester Lynch Piozzi (1861). Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale). Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts. pp. 33.
- ^ John Debrett (1840). Debrett's Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland. revised, corrected and continued by G.W. Collen. pp. 137.
- ^ William Llewelyn Davies. "CARTER, ISAAC (d. 1741), printer". National Library of Wales. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
- ^ Robert David Griffith. "OWEN, DAVID ('Dafydd y Garreg Wen '; 1711/12-1741), harpist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ "Edward Owen's 'lost' self-portrait on show in Gwynedd". BBC News. 13 November 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2014.