1741 in Wales
List of events
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Events from the year 1741 in Wales.
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire) – George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley[1][2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton[3]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Thomas Morgan[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – John Vaughan, 2nd Viscount Lisburne[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – vacant until 1755
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, 3rd Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Baronet[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos[1]
- Bishop of Bangor – Thomas Herring[4]
- Bishop of Llandaff – John Gilbert[5][6]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Isaac Maddox[7][8]
- Bishop of St Davids – Nicholas Clagett[9]
Events
- June – In the general election, the seat of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 3rd Baronet at Denbighshire is targeted by the government. Sir Watkin wins by 1352 to 933, but the sheriff, a member of the Salusbury family, disallows 594 of his votes and returns a cousin of Salusbury, John Myddelton of Chirk. Sir Watkin is elected for Montgomeryshire instead.[10]
- Carpenter Siarl Marc is converted and quickly becomes the most important Calvinistic Methodist exhorter in the Llyn peninsula.
- Lewis Morris resumes his survey of Welsh ports on behalf of the Navy Office.
Arts and literature
New books
- Evan Davies – Newyddion Mawr Oddiwrth y Ser (vol. 3) [11]
Music
- Morgan John Lewis – Hymnau Duwiol o Gasgliad Gwyr Eglwysig M.J. ac E.W.
- David Owen composes Dafydd y Garreg Wen on his deathbed, according to tradition
Births
- 27 January – Hester Thrale, diarist and friend of Dr Johnson (died 1821)[12]
- 20 August – Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Carnarvon (died 1811)[13]
- 3 September – Owen Jones, antiquary (died 1814)
Deaths
- May – Isaac Carter, publisher[14]
- August – David Owen, 29 ("David of the White Rock"), harpist[15]
- date unknown
- Wil Hopcyn, poet, 41?
- Edward Owen, artist[16]
- Robert Roberts, theologian, 61?[17]
References
- ^ a b c d e J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.
- ^ Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 695. ISBN 9780806313146.
- ^ Arthur Collins (1768). The Peerage of England ... The third edition, corrected and enlarged in every family, with memoirs, not hitherto printed. H. Woodfall. p. 235.
- ^ Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae or a calendar of the principal ecclesiastical dignitaries in England and Wales. University Press. 1854. p. 108.
- ^ "Gilbert, John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/10692. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Guides and Handbooks. Royal Historical Society. 1939. p. 142.
- ^ Guides and Handbooks. Royal Historical Society (Great Britain). 1939. p. 203.
- ^ Arthur Philip Perceval (1839). An Apology for the Doctrine of Apostolical Succession; with an appendix on the English Orders. p. 197.
- ^ "Clagett, Nicholas (CLGT702N)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ John Debrett (1824). The baronetage of England. p. 388.
- ^ "Davies, Evan". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ^ Hester Lynch Piozzi (1861). Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale). Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts. pp. 33.
- ^ John Debrett (1840). Debrett's Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland. revised, corrected and continued by G.W. Collen. pp. 137.
- ^ William Llewelyn Davies. "CARTER, ISAAC (d. 1741), printer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
- ^ Robert David Griffith. "OWEN, DAVID ('Dafydd y Garreg Wen '; 1711/12-1741), harpist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ "Edward Owen's 'lost' self-portrait on show in Gwynedd". BBC News. 13 November 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ Jenkins, Robert Thomas. "Roberts, Robert (1680–1741), cleric". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 27 May 2008.
