1792 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1792 to Wales and its people.
See also:List of years in Wales
Timeline of Welsh history
Timeline of Welsh history
- 1792 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[10][2]
Events
- 3 June - Monmouthshire Canal receives its Act of Parliament.[16]
- 21 June - Iolo Morganwg holds the first Gorsedd ceremony at Primrose Hill in London.[17]
- June - The Merthyr to Newbridge section of the Glamorganshire Canal is completed.
- Bodnant House is built.
Arts and literature
New books
- David Davis (Castellhywel) - Cri Carcharor dan farn Marwolaeth
- Nicholas Owen - Carnarvonshire, a Sketch of its History, etc.
- Hester Thrale - The Three Warnings
Births
- 10 February - John Jones (Ioan Tegid), writer (died 1852)[18]
- 10 April - Charles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar, politician (died 1875)[19]
- 9 June - David Arthur Saunders Davies, politician (died 1857)[20]
- 23 July - Aneurin Owen, scholar (d. 1851)[21]
- 27 July - Llewelyn Lloyd, naturalist (died 1876)
- 5 September - Sir David Davies, royal physician (d. 1865)
- 11 November - Mary Anne Evans (died 1872), future wife of British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli[22]
- 20 December - David Griffiths, missionary (d. 1863)
- date unknown
- Thomas Davies, physician (died 1839)[23]
- Daniel Evans, poet (Daniel Ddu o Geredigion; died 1846)[24]
- Sir Charles John Salusbury, 3rd Baronet (d. 1868)[25]
Deaths
- 23 February - Thomas Ellis, clergyman, about 80[26]
- 10 March - John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, friend of Augusta, Princess of Wales and ancestor of the Marquesses of Bute, 78[27]
- 17 May - Sir Noah Thomas, royal physician, 72?[28]
- 27 June - John Morgan (of Dderw), politician, 48[29]
- September - John Edwards, poet (Siôn Ceiriog), 44/45[30]
