1786 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1786 to Wales and its people.
See also:List of years in Wales
Timeline of Welsh history
Timeline of Welsh history
- 1786 in
- Great Britain
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey - Henry Paget[1][2][3][4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire â Charles Morgan of Dderw[5]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire - Thomas Bulkeley, 7th Viscount Bulkeley[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 (until 16 January); Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford (from 11 June)[2][9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire â Edward Harley, 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer[10][2]
Events
- 25 December - Plymouth ironworks is leased to Richard Hill.
- The Kinmel estate is sold to the Rev Edward Hughes for £42,000.[16]
- Abraham Rees completes his edition of Chambers 's Encyclopaedia, and is elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in recognition of his work.
- Charles Pratt is created Earl Camden.
Arts and literature
New books
- David Samwell - A Narrative of the Death of Captain James Cook
- Hester Lynch Piozzi - Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., during the last twenty years of his life[17]
- Helen Maria Williams - Poems[18]
Music
- William Ellis - Ychydig o Hymnau a Chaniadau Newyddion (collection of hymns)[19]
- Benjamin Francis - Aleluia (collection of hymns)
Births
- 6 April - John Humffreys Parry, barrister and antiquary (died 1825)[20]
- May - John Jones, printer and inventor (died 1865)
- 22 June - Ellis Evans, minister and author (died 1864)[21]
- 22 July - John Edward Madocks, MP for Denbigh (died 1837)
Deaths
- 16 January - Sir Hugh Owen, 5th Baronet, politician, about 55[22]
- 21 January - Anthony Bacon, ironmaster, 67[23]
- 12 March - Barbara Herbert, Countess of Powis, 51[24]
- 2 July (bur.) - John Ystumllyn, gardener, "first well-recorded black person of North Wales"
- 16 September - Edward Parry, poet and hymn-writer, 63