1793 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1793 to Wales and its people.
See also:List of years in Wales
Timeline of Welsh history
Timeline of Welsh history
- 1793 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 (until 14 March)[7] John Stuart, Lord Mount Stuart
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire - Watkin Williams (until 4 December); Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet (from 4 December)[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]
- 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 (until 7 December)[15]
Events
- 22 November - Two ships, the Morva and the Cavendish, are wrecked on The Smalls off Pembrokeshire.[16]
- Construction of Clydach Ironworks begins.[17]
- A group of Quakers from Nantucket Island settle at Milford Haven, where they attempt to set up a whaling industry.
- Y Cylchgrawn Cymraeg is the first political journal to be published in the Welsh language.
Arts and literature
New books
- Edward Daniel Clarke - A Tour Through the South of England, Wales, and Part of Ireland, Made During the Summer of 1791[18]
Births
- 17 January - Owen Owen Roberts, physician (d. 1866)
- 8 February - Daniel Rees, clergyman and hymn-writer (d. 1857)
- March - Lewis Lewis (Lewsyn yr Heliwr), political activist (date of death unknown)
- 19 July - John Propert, physician (d. 1867)
- 10 August - John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute (d. 1848)
- 11 October - Maria James, poet and domestic servant (d. 1868 in the United States)
- 25 September - Felicia Hemans, poet (d. 1835)
Deaths
- January - Marged ferch Ifan, harpist, 96
- 5 January - Elizabeth Griffith, actress and writer, 73?
- 14 March - Cecil de Cardonnel, 2nd Baroness Dynevor, 57[19]
- 22 May - John Lloyd, antiquary, 60[20]