1788 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1788 to Wales and its people.
See also:List of years in Wales
Timeline of Welsh history
Timeline of Welsh history
- 1788 in
- Great Britain
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey - Henry Paget[1][2][3][4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire â Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort[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 Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford[2][9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire â Edward Harley, 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer[10][2]
- Bishop of Bangor â John Warren[11][12]
- Bishop of Llandaff â Richard Watson[13]
- Bishop of St Asaph â Jonathan Shipley (until 6 December)[14]
- Bishop of St Davids â Edward Smallwell (until 15 April); Samuel Horsley (from 11 May)[15]
Events
- 18 March â Great Sessions at Wrexham hear a graveyard dispute between the "Old" and "New" chapels at Llanuwchllyn.[16]
- 4 June â Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon, becomes Chief Justice of the King's Bench.
- date unknown â Architect John Nash, during his "Welsh interlude", designs the stable block at Plas Llanstephan[17]
Arts and literature
New books
- Robert Jones (Robert ab Ioan) â Drych i'r Anllythrennog[18]
- Nicholas Owen â British Remains.[19]
- John Roberts (Siôn Robert Lewis) â Yr Athrofa Rad
- Hester Lynch Piozzi â Letters to and from the late Samuel Johnson
Births
- 12 February â William Williams, MP (died 1865)
- 5 October â John Montgomery Traherne, antiquary (died 1860).[20]
- 28 December â Griffith Davies, actuary (died 1855)
- date unknown â Mary Morgan, servant hanged for killing her newborn child (died 1805)
- probable â Elijah Waring, English-born preacher, editor and writer (died 1857)[21]
Deaths
- 30 January â Charles Edward Stuart, last Stuart claimant to the title of Prince of Wales, 67[22]
- 25 May â David Thomas, noted bone-setter, 49[23]
- 4 August â Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd or Ieuan Brydydd Hir), priest and poet, 57[24]
- 6 December â Jonathan Shipley, Bishop of Llandaff and St Asaph, 74[25]
- date unknown â David Evans, canon of St Asaph, writer and musician, 82â83[26]