1795 in Wales
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1795 to Wales and its people.
See also:List of years in Wales
Timeline of Welsh history
Timeline of Welsh history
- 1795 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 â Richard Myddelton (until 2 April)[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire - Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan â John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire - Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire â George Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire â Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford[2][10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire â Thomas Harley[11][2]
Events
- 8 April - George, Prince of Wales, marries his first cousin, Princess Caroline of Brunswick.[17]
- June - Cecilia Thrale, youngest daughter of Hester Thrale, elopes with John Meredith Mostyn, a member of the prominent Anglesey family.[18]
- July - Ezekiel Hughes, Edward Bebb and others leave Llanbryn-mair on foot, bound for Philadelphia.[19]
- September - Hester Thrale and her second husband, Gabriele Piozzi, settle in Wales, where they begin renovating Bachygraig.[20]
- date unknown
- Samuel Homfray brings an unsuccessful suit, at Hereford Assizes, of the commoners against the Dowlais Company.[21]
- The events of the French Revolution cause corn prices to rise dramatically, but wages do not follow. Food riots are commonplace across Wales for the several years after.
- The Universal British Directory includes the first-ever entry for Merthyr Tydfil.[22]
- Copper bolts forged at Parys Mountain are used in the construction of an American warship, the USS Constitution.[23]
Arts and literature
New books
- Thomas Evans (Tomos Glyn Cothi) - The Miscellaneous Repository neu Y Drysorfa Gymysgedig[24]
- John Jones (Jac Glan-y-gors) - Seren Tan Gwmmwl
Births
- 18 January - Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn, politician (died 1884)[25]
- 5 August - George Rice-Trevor, 4th Baron Dynevor, politician (died 1869)[26]
- December - John Davies, philosopher (died 1861)
- 7 December - Samuel George Homfray, industrialist (died 1882)
- 11 December - Thomas Taylor Griffith, surgeon (died 1876)
- date unknown - Zephaniah Williams, Chartist (died 1874)[27]
- probable - Maria Jane Williams, musician (d. 1873)[28]
Deaths
- 25 January - Morgan Edwards, Baptist historian, 72[29]
- 2 April â Richard Myddelton, Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire, 69[7]
- 11 March - William Mostyn Owen, landowner and politician, 72/3[30]
- May - David Ellis, clergyman and poet, 58[31]
- 20 August - William Jones, poet, antiquary and radical, 71[32]
- 14 October - Henry Owen, theologian, 79[33]