1770 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1770 to Wales and its people.

← 1769 1768 1767 1766 1765 1770 in Wales → 1771 1772 1773 1774 1775
Centuries:	16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
Decades:	1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s
See also:	List of years in Wales Timeline of Welsh history 1770 in Great Britain Scotland Elsewhere

Incumbents

For Great Britain incumbents, see 1770 in Great Britain § Incumbents.

• Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey - Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet^[1][2][3][4]
• Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire – Thomas Morgan of Rhiwpera^{[5] [2]}
• Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire - Thomas Wynn^[6]
• Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne^[2]
• Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – George Rice^[7]
• Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire - Richard Myddelton
• Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire - Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet
• Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Other Windsor, 4th Earl of Plymouth^[8]
• Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire - William Vaughan^[9]
• Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis^[10]
• Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet^[2]
• Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Edward Harley, 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer^[11][2]

• Bishop of Bangor – John Ewer^[12]
• Bishop of Llandaff – Shute Barrington^[13]
• Bishop of St Asaph – Jonathan Shipley^[14]
• Bishop of St Davids – Charles Moss^[15]

Events

• September - Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet, holds his legendary coming-of-age party, to which 15,000 guests are invited. Three coachloads of cooks are sent from London to provide the refreshments, and a hall is built especially for the occasion at Wynnstay.^[16]
• Approximate date - Bridge at Pontardawe built by William Edwards.

Arts and literature

New books

• Robert Jones (Calvinistic Methodist) - Lleferydd yr Asyn^[17]
• Thomas Meredith - An Illustration of Several Texts of Scripture
• John Walters - A Dissertation on the Welsh Language
• Sir John Wynn, 1st Baronet - History of the Gwydir Family (posthumously published)^[18]

Music

• Daines Barrington - Some Account of Two Musical Instruments Used in Wales^[19]

Births

• 15 January - Sir John Edwards, 1st Baronet, of Garth, politician (died 1850)^[20]
• 8 April - John Jenkins (Ifor Ceri), antiquarian (died 1829)^[21]
• 14 April - John Evans, explorer (died 1799)^[22]
• 30 April - David Thompson, explorer (died 1857)

Deaths

• 13 January - Howel Davies, Methodist leader, about 54^[23]
• 19 June - Thomas Williams, Congregational minister, about 45^[24]
• 8 August - John Jones, clergyman and author, 70^[25]

References

1. Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 24.
2. J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.
3. Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 695. ISBN 9780806313146.
4. Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1992. p. 169.
5. "MORGAN, Thomas (1727-71), of Tredegar, Mon". History of Parliament Online (1754-1790). Retrieved 19 October 2021.
6. Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 26.
7. "Rice, George" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
8. Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 612. ISBN 9780806313146.
9. Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 29.
10. George Grenville (1962). Additional Grenville Papers 1763-1765. Manchester University Press. p. 176.
11. Jonathan Williams (1859). The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. p. 115.
12. John McClintock; James Strong (1981). Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature. Baker Book House. p. 324.
13. "Barrington, Shute (at Llandaff) (CCEd Appointment ID 275358)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
14. The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
15. Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 305.
16. "Sir Watkin & The Arts - A Lifelong Obsession". Wrexham County Borough Council. Retrieved 1 April 2020.^{[permanent dead link]}
17. Branwen Jarvis; Dafydd Johnston (31 March 2000). A Guide to Welsh Literature: c. 1700-1800. University of Wales Press. p. 302. ISBN 978-0-7083-1482-1.
18. John Wynne (1 January 1878). History of the Gwydir family. Dalcassian Publishing Company. p. 5.
19. Archaeologia: Or, Miscellaneous Tracts, Relating to Antiquity. Society of Antiquaries of London. 1786. p. 28.
20. Glyn Roberts. "Edwards, Sir John (1770-1850), baronet and M.P.". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
21. Stephens, Meic (October 2006). "Jenkins, John (1770–1829)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 28 January 2009.
22. David Williams. "Evans, John (1770-1799), explorer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
23. Williams, Griffith John. "Howel Davies". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
24. "Williams, Thomas (?-c.1770)". Dr Williams’s Centre for Dissenting Studies. 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
25. Stephens, John. "Jones, John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/15029. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)