1791 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1791 to Wales and its people.
See also:List of years in Wales
Timeline of Welsh history
Timeline of Welsh history
- 1791 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 - Watkin Williams[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 Thomas Harley (politician, born 1730) (from 8 April)[10][2]
- Bishop of Bangor â John Warren[11][12]
- Bishop of Llandaff â Richard Watson[13]
- Bishop of St Asaph â Lewis Bagot[14][11]
- Bishop of St Davids â Samuel Horsley[15]
Events
- June - William Jones distributes copies of an address at the Llanrwst eisteddfod, titled To all Indigenous Cambro-Britons, calling on poor Welsh farmers to set up a colony in the United States.[16]
- Richard Phillips builds Clyne Castle.[17]
- Peter Williams is excommunicated by the Methodists for publishing Sabellian heresy.
- Probable date of completion of Methodist chapel at Earlswood, Monmouthshire.
- Thomas Jones becomes High Sheriff of Radnorshire.
Arts and literature
New books
- Joshua Thomas - New translation of the Baptist "Confession of Faith" issued by the London Assembly of 1689
- John Williams - An enquiry into the truth of the tradition concerning the discovery of America by Prince Madog ab Owen Gwynedd, about the year 1170
- Peter Williams - Llythyr at Hen Gydymaith
Births
- 23 February - Sir John Cowell-Stepney, baronet, landowner and politician (d. 1877)[18]
- 5 December - William Henry Yelverton, MP for Carmarthen Boroughs 1832â1835 (d. 1884)[19]
- date unknown
- Robert Everett, Independent minister and writer (d. 1875)[20]
- Thomas Fothergill, ironmaster (d. 1858)
Deaths
- 11 January - William Williams (Pantycelyn), poet and hymn-writer, 73[21]
- 13 February - William Parry, artist, 48[22]
- 19 April - Richard Price, philosopher, 68[23]
- 17 September - David Morris (hymn writer), 47