1781 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1781 to Wales and its people.
See also:List of years in Wales
Timeline of Welsh history
Timeline of Welsh history
- 1781 in
- Great Britain
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey - Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet[1][2][3][4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire â Charles Morgan of Dderw[5]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire - Thomas Wynn (until 27 December); Thomas Bulkeley, 7th Viscount Bulkeley (from 27 December)[6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire â Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire â John Vaughan
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire - Richard Myddelton
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire - Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan â John Stuart, Lord Mountstuart[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire - Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire â George Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire â Sir Hugh Owen, 5th Baronet[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire â Edward Harley, 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer[9][2]
Events
- June - The Chancery court agrees the sale of the Kinmel estate to a London buyer.[15]
- Richard Price is made an honorary LL.D. by Yale University, in the company of George Washington.
Arts and literature
New books
- Thomas Pennant - Tours in Wales, volume 2[16]
Music
- John Parry (harpist) - British Harmony, being a Collection of Antient Welsh Airs[17]
Births
- 11 March (baptised) â Lucy Thomas, colliery owner ('The Mother of the Welsh Steam Coal Trade') (d. 1847)
- ?November - William Williams of Wern, Independent minister (d. 1840)[18]
- 1 November â Robert Thomas, newspaper proprietor (died 1860 in Australia)[19]
- 28 November â Love Jones-Parry, soldier, politician and High Sheriff of Anglesey (d. 1853)[20]
Deaths
- 4 April â Henry Thrale, brewer, 556-57[21]
- 7 May â Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet of Orielton, politician, 84[22]
- 30 June â John Pettingall, Anglican clergyman and antiquarian, about 73[23]
- 12 October â David Powell (Dewi Nantbrân), Franciscan friar and author[24]