This article is about the particular significance of the year 1794 to

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...

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 This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire. After 1723, all Lord Lieutenants were also Custos Rotulorum of Brecknockshire. The office was abolished on 31 March 1974 and replaced with the Lord Lieutenant of Powys, with ...

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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 This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire. Since 1778, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Caernarvonshire. The post was abolished on 31 March 1974 and replaced with that of Lord Lieutenant of Gw ...

- 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 This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan. After 1729, all Lords Lieutenant were also Custos Rotulorum of Glamorgan. The post was abolished on 31 March 1974. Lord Lieutenants of Glamorgan to 1974 *Henry Herbert, 2nd Ear ...

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(until 22 January); John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute (from 24 December) *

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 ...

Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet (25 October 1772 – 6 January 1840) was a Welsh landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1794 to 1840. Biography Williams-Wynn was the son of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet ...

* Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire –

George Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis George Edward Henry Arthur Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis (7 July 1755 – 16 January 1801), styled Viscount Ludlow until 1772, was a British peer. Early life Herbert was born at Finchley, Middlesex, the son of Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis, by ...

* Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford * Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Thomas Harley * 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 – William Stuart (from 12 January)

Events

*February -

Mumbles Lighthouse Mumbles Lighthouse, completed in 1794, is a lighthouse located in Mumbles, near Swansea. The structure, which sits on the outer of two islands off Mumbles Head, is clearly visible from any point along the five mile sweep of Swansea Bay. Along wi ...

is completed and brought into use. *

21 April Events Pre-1600 *753 BC – Romulus founds Rome ( traditional date). *43 BC – Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killed. Antony fails to capture Mutina and Decimus Brutus is murdered s ...

- Charles Kemble, Brecon-born brother of Sarah Siddons, makes his first appearance on the London stage as Malcolm in ''Macbeth''. *September - The 80th Foot, commanded by Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, Henry Paget, begins service in Flanders. *October - Morgan John Rhys arrives in Pennsylvania, where he founds the Welsh colony of Cambria, Pennsylvania, Cambria. *''unknown dates'' **Richard Crawshay buys out Anthony Bacon (industrialist), Anthony Bacon to become sole proprietor of Cyfarthfa Ironworks. **Completion of the Pontypridd to Cardiff section of the Glamorganshire Canal. **Richard Hill (ironmaster), Richard Hill is accused by the owners of the Glamorganshire Canal of improperly taking water from the Taff river which for his Plymouth Ironworks.

Arts and literature

New books

*Iolo Morganwg - ''Poems Lyric and Pastoral'' *Hester Thrale - ''British Synonymy: or an attempt at regulating the choice of words in familiar conversation'' *Mary Whateley - ''Poems on Several Occasions'' *Peter Williams (Welsh Methodist), Peter Williams - ''Gwreiddyn y Mater''

Music

*The music of ''Men of Harlech'' is first published (without words) as ''Gorhoffedd Gwŷr Harlech—March of the Men of Harlech'' in the second edition of ''The Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards''.

Births

*9 January - John Hay-Williams, baronet, landowner (d. 1859 in Wales, 1859) *7 May - Rees Howell Gronow, memoirist (d. 1865 in Wales, 1865) *3 November - David Thomas (industrialist), David Thomas, industrialist (d. 1882 in Wales, 1882) *''date unknown'' **Evan Davies (Eta Delta), Independent minister (d. 1855 in Wales, 1855) **Rowland Fothergill, ironmaster (d. 1871 in Wales, 1871) **David Hughes (Eos Iâl), poet and publisher (d. 1862 in Wales, 1862) **Thomas Jenkyn, theologian (d. 1858 in Wales, 1858)

Deaths

*22 January -

, MP and heir of the Marquess of Bute, 26 *26 January - Henry Herbert, 10th Earl of Pembroke, 59 *27 April - William Jones (philologist), William Jones, philologist, 47 *?August - Sackville Gwynne, landowner, 43? *19 August - Sir Hugh Williams, 8th Baronet, soldier and politician, 76 *September (at sea) - Hon. William Paget (MP), William Paget, MP for Anglesey, 24 (old wound) *1 October - David William (hymn-writer), David William, hymn-writer, 74

References

{{reflist 1794 by country, Wales 1794 in Great Britain, Wales 1794 in Europe 1790s in Wales