1776 in Wales

Centuries:	16th; 17th; 18th; 19th; 20th;
Decades:	1750s; 1760s; 1770s; 1780s; 1790s;
See also:	List of years in Wales; Timeline of Welsh history 1776 in Great Britain Scotland Elsewhere

This article is about the significance of the year 1776 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey - Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]
Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire – Charles Morgan of Dderw^[5]
Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire - Thomas Wynn^[6]
Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne^[2]
Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – George Rice^[7]
Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire - Richard Myddelton
Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire - Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet
Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – John Stuart, Lord Mountstuart^[8]
Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire - Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet (from 10 June)^[9]
Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford (until 21 November); George Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis (from 21 November)^[2]
Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir Hugh Owen, 5th Baronet^[2]
Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Edward Harley, 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer^[10]^[2]

Bishop of Bangor – John Moore^[11]
Bishop of Llandaff – Shute Barrington^[12]
Bishop of St Asaph – Jonathan Shipley^[13]
Bishop of St Davids – James Yorke^[14]

Events

4 July – United States Declaration of Independence signed in Philadelphia. Sixteen of the 56 signatories are of Welsh descent, Francis Lewis having been born in Llandaff.^[15]^[16]
22 July – Sir Richard Philipps, 7th Baronet, is created 1st Baron Milford in the peerage of Ireland.^[17]
24 August – Herbert Mackworth is created a baronet.^[18]
dates unknown
- John, Lord Mountstuart is created Baron Cardiff of Cardiff Castle.
- Sir Thomas Wynn, 3rd Baronet, is created Baron Newborough in the Peerage of Ireland.^[19]

Arts and literature

New books

Thomas Churchyard – The Worthines of Wales, a Poem^[20]
Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) – Casgliad o Bregethau
Hugh Jones (Maesglasau) – Gardd y Caniadau
David Powell (Dewi Nantbrân) – Allwydd y Nef. O gasgliad D.P. Off.^[21]

Music

Aaron Williams - Collection of hymn-tunes^[22]

Births

18 February – John Parry, composer (d. 1851)^[23]
April (baptized 21 April) – Ann Griffiths, hymn-writer (d. 1805)^[24]
2 August – Thomas Assheton Smith II, landowner, industrialist, politician, and sportsman (d. 1858)
20 October – Sir Thomas Mostyn, 6th Baronet, politician (d. 1831)
dates unknown
- John Bryan (died 1856)^[25]
- William Henry Scourfield, Member of Parliament (d. 1843)^[26]

Deaths

26 January – Evan Lloyd, poet, 41^[27]
6 April – Hugh Hughes ("Y Bardd Coch"), poet, 83^[28]
4 July – Sir John Powell Pryce, 6th Baronet (in debtors' prison)^[29]^[30]
6 September – Joshua Parry, Nonconformist minister and writer, 67^[31]
1 November – Miles Harry, Baptist minister, 76^[32]
December – John Edwards ("Sion y Potiau"), poet, 76/77^[33]
10 December – Robert Hay Drummond, Bishop of St Asaph 1748–1761, 65^[34]
dates unknown
- William Evans, lexicographer, age unknown^[35]
- Aaron Williams, composer, about 45^[36]

References

^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 24.
^ ^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.
^ Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1992. p. 169.
^ Edwin Poole (1886). The Illustrated History and Biography of Brecknockshire from the Earliest Times to the Present Day: Containing the General History, Antiquities, Sepulchral Monuments and Inscriptions. Edwin Poole. p. 378.
^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 26.
^ "Rice, George" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
^ Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 612. ISBN 9780806313146.
^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 29.
^ Jonathan Williams (1859). The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. p. 115.
^ Tobias Smollett, ed. (1775). The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature. R[ichard]. Baldwin, at the Rose in Pater-noster-Row. p. 159.
^ "Barrington, Shute (at Llandaff) (CCEd Appointment ID 275358)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
^ The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
^ Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 305.
^ "Welsh in the New World". A Brief History of Wales. GoBritannia!. Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
^ Williams, David (Summer 1942). "The Contribution of Wales to the United States of America". National Library of Wales Journal. 2 (3/4). GENUKI. Archived from the original on 7 July 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
^ Lewis Namier; John Brooke (1985). The House of Commons, 1754-1790. History of Parliament Trust. p. 275.
^ "No. 11694". The London Gazette. 24 August 1776. p. 2.
^ "WYNN, Thomas (1736-1807), of Glynnllivon, Caern. ". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
^ Bibliotheca Boswelliana, a catalogue of the entire library of ... James Boswell... 1825. p. 18.
^ John Hughes; John Fisher (1929). Allwedd neu agoriad Paradwys i'r Cymry (in Welsh). Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru. p. xiii.
^ Bye-gones: Relating to Wales and the Border Counties. Caxton workd. 1892. p. 427.
^ Frederick James Crowest (1895). The Dictionary of British Musicians: From the Earliest Times to the Present. Jarrold and Sons. p. 85.
^ James, E. Wyn. "Introduction to the life and work of Ann Griffiths". gwefan Ann Griffiths website. Cardiff University. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
^ Williams, Albert Hughes. "Bryan, John (1776-1856), Wesleyan Methodist minister". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
^ Thorne, R.G. "Scourfield, William Henry (1776–1843), of Robeston Hall, Robeston West and New Moat, Pemb". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
^ Cecil John Layton Price. "Lloyd, Evan (1734-1776), cleric and writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1891). "Hughes, Hugh (1693-1776)" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 28. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
^ John Davies Knatchbull Lloyd. "PRYCE family, of Newtown Hall, Montgomeryshire". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
^ Burke, John (1977). A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 430. ISBN 9780806307398.
^ Robert Thomas Jenkins; Emyr Wyn Jones (1959). "Parry, Joshua (1719-1776), Nonconformist minister, and writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales.
^ Edward William Price Evans. "Harry, Miles (1700-1776), Baptist minister". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
^ Garfield Hopkin Hughes. "EDWARDS, JOHN ('Siôn y Potiau'; 1699?-1776); translator and poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
^ This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Drummond, Robert Hay". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Evans, William(fl. 1768-1776), Presbyterian minister, and lexicographer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
^ Cymmrodorion Society; Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England). (1931). The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. The Society. p. 98.

[1] Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 24.

[Sainty-2] J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.

[3] Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 695. ISBN 9780806313146.

[4] Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1992. p. 169.

[5] Edwin Poole (1886). The Illustrated History and Biography of Brecknockshire from the Earliest Times to the Present Day: Containing the General History, Antiquities, Sepulchral Monuments and Inscriptions. Edwin Poole. p. 378.

[6] Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 26.

[7] "Rice, George" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

[8] Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 612. ISBN 9780806313146.

[9] Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 29.

[10] Jonathan Williams (1859). The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. p. 115.

[11] Tobias Smollett, ed. (1775). The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature. R[ichard]. Baldwin, at the Rose in Pater-noster-Row. p. 159.

[12] "Barrington, Shute (at Llandaff) (CCEd Appointment ID 275358)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. Retrieved 4 September 2014.

[13] The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.

[Fasti305-14] Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 305.

[15] "Welsh in the New World". A Brief History of Wales. GoBritannia!. Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.

[16] Williams, David (Summer 1942). "The Contribution of Wales to the United States of America". National Library of Wales Journal. 2 (3/4). GENUKI. Archived from the original on 7 July 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.

[17] Lewis Namier; John Brooke (1985). The House of Commons, 1754-1790. History of Parliament Trust. p. 275.

[18] "No. 11694". The London Gazette. 24 August 1776. p. 2.

[19] "WYNN, Thomas (1736-1807), of Glynnllivon, Caern. ". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 3 December 2017.

[20] Bibliotheca Boswelliana, a catalogue of the entire library of ... James Boswell... 1825. p. 18.

[21] John Hughes; John Fisher (1929). Allwedd neu agoriad Paradwys i'r Cymry (in Welsh). Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru. p. xiii.

[22] Bye-gones: Relating to Wales and the Border Counties. Caxton workd. 1892. p. 427.

[23] Frederick James Crowest (1895). The Dictionary of British Musicians: From the Earliest Times to the Present. Jarrold and Sons. p. 85.

[24] James, E. Wyn. "Introduction to the life and work of Ann Griffiths". gwefan Ann Griffiths website. Cardiff University. Retrieved 23 October 2021.

[25] Williams, Albert Hughes. "Bryan, John (1776-1856), Wesleyan Methodist minister". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 October 2021.

[26] Thorne, R.G. "Scourfield, William Henry (1776–1843), of Robeston Hall, Robeston West and New Moat, Pemb". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 2 January 2012.

[27] Cecil John Layton Price. "Lloyd, Evan (1734-1776), cleric and writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 4 October 2018.

[28] Lee, Sidney, ed. (1891). "Hughes, Hugh (1693-1776)" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 28. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

[29] John Davies Knatchbull Lloyd. "PRYCE family, of Newtown Hall, Montgomeryshire". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 4 October 2018.

[30] Burke, John (1977). A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 430. ISBN 9780806307398.

[31] Robert Thomas Jenkins; Emyr Wyn Jones (1959). "Parry, Joshua (1719-1776), Nonconformist minister, and writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales.

[32] Edward William Price Evans. "Harry, Miles (1700-1776), Baptist minister". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 4 October 2018.

[33] Garfield Hopkin Hughes. "EDWARDS, JOHN ('Siôn y Potiau'; 1699?-1776); translator and poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 4 October 2018.

[34] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Drummond, Robert Hay". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

[35] Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Evans, William(fl. 1768-1776), Presbyterian minister, and lexicographer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 September 2019.

[36] Cymmrodorion Society; Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England). (1931). The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. The Society. p. 98.

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