This article is about the particular significance of the year 1796 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey - Henry Paget[1][2][3][4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire – Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort[5]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire - Thomas Bulkeley, 7th Viscount Bulkeley[6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John Vaughan
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet (from 4 April)
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet (until 26 July); Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon (from 9 September)
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire - Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – George Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford[2][9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Thomas Harley[10][2]
- Bishop of Bangor – John Warren[11][12]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Watson[13]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Lewis Bagot[14][11]
- Bishop of St Davids – William Stuart[15]
Events
- February - The main line of the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal opens; it is 12.5 miles (20.1 km) long, and runs from Newport to Pontnewynydd, via Pontymoile, rising by 447 feet (136.3m) through 42 locks.
- 27 February - John Stuart is created Marquess of Bute.
- June - At the British general election, Richard Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn, backed by Bishop John Warren, challenges sitting MP Sir Robert Williams, the sitting member for Caernarvonshire; Sir Robert is easily re-elected.
- John Wilkinson blows in blast furnace No. 1 on the site that becomes Brymbo Steelworks.
Arts and literature
New books
- Charles Heath - The Excursion Down the Wye[16]
- Thomas Pennant - Whiteford and Holywell
- Uvedale Price - An Essay on the Picturesque[16]
- Anna Seward - Llangollen Vale and Other Poems[16]
- David Williams - The History of Monmouthshire
Births
- 7 January - Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales, only child of the Prince and Princess of Wales (died 1817)[17]
- 8 January - Eliza Constantia Campbell, author (died 1864)[18]
- 1 March - John Jones, Talysarn, preacher (died 1857)[19]
- 30 September - John Mytton, sportsman (died 1834)[20]
- December - David Owen (Brutus), writer (died 1866)
Deaths
- February - John Jones, organist, 70?[21]
- 26 July - Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet, landowner and politician, 61[22]
- 8 August - Peter Williams, Methodist writer, 63[23]
- date unknown - Ioan Siencyn, poet
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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Bertie George Charles (1959). "Philipps family, of Picton". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ^ Jonathan Williams (1859). The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. p. 115.
- ^ a b Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 305.
- ^ The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged. Porter. 1780. p. 95.
- ^ John Henry James (1898). A History and Survey of the Cathedral Church of SS. Peter, Paul, Dubritius, Teilo, and Oudoceus, Llandaff. Western Mail. p. 16.
- ^ The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
- ^ Guides and Handbooks. Royal Historical Society (Great Britain). 1939. p. 163.
- ^ a b c Enoch Robert G. Salisbury (1873). A catalogue of Cambric books at Glan-aber, Chester, A.D. 1500-1799. p. 67.
- ^ J. Coote (1818). A Biographical Memoir of the Much Lamented Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales and Saxe Coburg. J. Barfield. p. 18.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Campbell (Morrieson), Eliza Constantia (1796-1864), author". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- ^ Gerald Norris (June 1981). A musical gazetteer of Great Britain & Ireland. David & Charles. p. 305. ISBN 978-0-7153-7845-8.
- ^ Bernard Burke (1869). Vicissitudes of Families. Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer. p. 333.
- ^ The Musical Times, 1 June 1879
- ^ "MOSTYN, Sir Roger, 5th Bt. (1734-96), of Mostyn, Flints. and Gloddaeth, Caern". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
- ^ Roberts, Gomer M. "Peter Williams, Methodist cleric, author, and Biblical commentator.". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
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