This article is about the particular significance of the year 1791 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey. Since 1761, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Anglesey. The office was abolished on 31 March 1974. Lord Lieutenants of Anglesey to 1974 *''see Lord Lieute ...

- Henry Paget * Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and

Monmouthshire Monmouthshire ( cy, Sir Fynwy) is a county in the south-east of Wales. The name derives from the historic county of the same name; the modern county covers the eastern three-fifths of the historic county. The largest town is Abergavenny, with ...

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Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort (16 October 1744 – 11 October 1803) was an English courtier and politician. He was the only son of Charles Noel Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort and Elizabeth Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort. Styled Marque ...

* Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire - Thomas Bulkeley, 7th Viscount Bulkeley * Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne * Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John Vaughan *

Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire This is an incomplete list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire in Wales. After 1733, all Lord Lieutenants were also Custos Rotulorum of Denbighshire. The office was abolished on 31 March 1974, being replaced by the Lord Lieut ...

- Richard Myddelton *

Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire. Since 1802, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Flintshire. The office was abolished on 31 March 1974, and was replaced by the Lord Lieutenant of Clwyd ...

Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet (13 November 1734 – 26 July 1796) was a Welsh landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons for 38 years from 1758 to 1796. Early life and inheritance Mostyn was the son of Sir Thomas Mostyn, 4th Baron ...

* Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – John Stuart, Lord Mountstuart *

Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire. After 1762, all Lord Lieutenants were also Custos Rotulorum of Merionethshire. The office was abolished on 31 March 1974, and the area is now covered by the Lord Lieutenant ...

- Watkin Williams * Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – George Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis * Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford * Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire –

Thomas Harley (politician, born 1730) The Honourable Thomas Harley (24 August 1730 – 1 December 1804) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons for 41 years from 1761 to 1802. Harley was the fourth son of Edward Harley, 3rd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer and educ ...

(from 8 April) * Bishop of Bangor –

John Warren John Warren may refer to: Medicine * John Warren (surgeon) (1753–1815), American surgeon during the Revolutionary War * John Collins Warren (1778–1856), American surgeon * John Collins Warren Jr. (1842–1927), American surgeon, son of John C ...

* Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Watson *

Bishop of St Asaph The Bishop of St Asaph heads the Church in Wales diocese of St Asaph. The diocese covers the counties of Conwy and Flintshire, Wrexham county borough, the eastern part of Merioneth in Gwynedd and part of northern Powys. The Episcopal seat is loca ...

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Lewis Bagot Lewis Bagot (1 January 1740 – 4 June 1802) was an English cleric who served as the Bishop of Bristol, Norwich, and St Asaph. Early life He was the fifth son of Sir Walter Wagstaffe Bagot of Blithfield Hall, Staffordshire and the former Lady ...

* Bishop of St Davids – Samuel Horsley

Events

*June - William Jones distributes copies of an address at the Llanrwst eisteddfod, titled ''To all Indigenous Cambro-Britons'', calling on poor Welsh farmers to set up a colony in the United States. *Richard Phillips builds Clyne Castle. * Peter Williams is excommunicated by the Methodists for publishing Sabellian heresy. *Probable date of completion of Methodist chapel at

Earlswood, Monmouthshire Earlswood (Welsh: ''Coed-yr-iarll'') is a rural area of scattered settlement in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom. It is located five miles northwest of Chepstow, within the parish of Shirenewton and immediately east of the forested ...

. * Thomas Jones becomes

High Sheriff of Radnorshire History The office of High Sheriff is over 1000 years old, with its establishment before the Norman Conquest. The Office of High Sheriff remained first in precedence in the counties until the reign of Edward VII Edward VII (Albert Edward; ...

Arts and literature

New books

Joshua Thomas Joshua Thomas (1719–1797) was a Welsh writer and Particular Baptist minister, known for his history of Welsh Baptists. Life He was the eldest son of Morgan Thomas of Tyhên in the parish of Caio, Carmarthenshire, where he was born on 22 Febr ...

- New translation of the Baptist "Confession of Faith" issued by the London Assembly of 1689 *John Williams - ''An enquiry into the truth of the tradition concerning the discovery of America by Prince Madog ab Owen Gwynedd, about the year 1170 '' * Peter Williams - ''Llythyr at Hen Gydymaith''

Births

23 February Events Pre-1600 * 303 – Roman emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution. * 532 – Byzantine emperor Justinian I lays the foundation stone of a ...

- Sir John Cowell-Stepney, baronet, landowner and politician (d.

1877 Events January–March * January 1 – Queen Victoria is proclaimed ''Empress of India'' by the ''Royal Titles Act 1876'', introduced by Benjamin Disraeli, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom . * January 8 – Great Sio ...

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5 December Events Pre-1600 *63 BC – Cicero gives the fourth and final of the Catiline Orations. * 633 – Fourth Council of Toledo opens, presided over by Isidore of Seville. * 1033 – The Jordan Rift Valley earthquake destroys multiple ...

William Henry Yelverton The Hon. William Henry Yelverton (5 December 1791 – 28 April 1884) was a Whig politician who served as MP for Carmarthen Boroughs from 1832 to 1835. Yelverton inherited considerable lands and industry from his family and from his marriage to ...

, MP for Carmarthen Boroughs 1832–1835 (d.

1884 Events January–March * January 4 – The Fabian Society is founded in London. * January 5 – Gilbert and Sullivan's ''Princess Ida'' premières at the Savoy Theatre, London. * January 18 – Dr. William Price atte ...

) *''date unknown'' ** Robert Everett, Independent minister and writer (d.

1875 Events January–March * January 1 – The Midland Railway of England abolishes the Second Class passenger category, leaving First Class and Third Class. Other British railway companies follow Midland's lead during the rest of the ...

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Thomas Fothergill Thomas Fothergill D.D. (1715/6–1796) was an English cleric and academic administrator at the University of Oxford. Life He was the son of Henry Fothergill of Westmorland, and brother of George Fothergill. He matriculated at The Queen's Colleg ...

, ironmaster (d.

1858 Events January–March * January – **Benito Juárez (1806–1872) becomes Liberal President of Mexico. At the same time, conservatives install Félix María Zuloaga (1813–1898) as president. **William I of Prussia becomes regent f ...

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Deaths

11 January Events Pre-1600 * 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople: A quarrel between supporters of different chariot teams—the Blues and the Greens—in the Hippodrome escalates into violence. * 630 – Conquest of Mecca: The prophet Muhammad ...

William Williams (Pantycelyn) William Williams, Pantycelyn (c. 11 February 1717 – 11 January 1791), also known as William Williams, Williams Pantycelyn, and Pantycelyn, is generally seen as Wales's premier hymnist. He is also rated among the great literary figures of Wa ...

, poet and hymn-writer, 73 *

13 February Events Pre-1600 * 962 – Emperor Otto I and Pope John XII co-sign the ''Diploma Ottonianum'', recognizing John as ruler of Rome. *1322 – The central tower of Ely Cathedral falls on the night of 12th–13th. *1462 – The ...

- William Parry, artist, 48 *

19 April Events Pre-1600 * AD 65 – The freedman Milichus betrays Piso's plot to kill the Emperor Nero and all the conspirators are arrested. * 531 – Battle of Callinicum: A Byzantine army under Belisarius is defeated by the Persians a ...

- Richard Price, philosopher, 68 *

17 September Events Pre-1600 *1111 – Highest Galician nobility led by Pedro Fróilaz de Traba and the bishop Diego Gelmírez crown Alfonso VII as "King of Galicia". *1176 – The Battle of Myriokephalon is the last attempt by the Byzantine Empire ...

- David Morris (hymn writer), 47

References

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