1791 in Wales

Centuries:	16th; 17th; 18th; 19th; 20th;
Decades:	1770s; 1780s; 1790s; 1800s; 1810s;
See also:	List of years in Wales; 1791 in Great Britain Scotland

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

Incumbents

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.[16]
Richard Phillips builds Clyne Castle.[17]
Peter Williams is excommunicated by the Methodists for publishing Sabellian heresy.
Probable date of completion of Methodist chapel at Earlswood, Monmouthshire.
Thomas Jones becomes High Sheriff of Radnorshire.

Arts and literature

New books

Joshua Thomas - 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 - Sir John Cowell-Stepney, baronet, landowner and politician (d. 1877)[18]
5 December - William Henry Yelverton, MP for Carmarthen Boroughs 1832–1835 (d. 1884)[19]
date unknown
- Robert Everett, Independent minister and writer (d. 1875)[20]
- Thomas Fothergill, ironmaster (d. 1858)

Deaths

11 January - William Williams (Pantycelyn), poet and hymn-writer, 73[21]
13 February - William Parry, artist, 48[22]
19 April - Richard Price, philosopher, 68[23]
17 September - David Morris (hymn writer), 47

References

Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 24.
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.
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.
Mary-Ann Constantine; Dafydd R. Johnston (15 April 2013). Footsteps of 'Liberty and Revolt': Essays on Wales and the French Revolution. University of Wales Press. p. 135. ISBN 978-0-7083-2591-9.
Ralph Alan Griffiths (1977). Clyne Castle, Swansea: A History of the Building and Its Owners. University College of Swansea. ISBN 978-0-86076-001-6.
"The" Illustrated London News. Elm House. 1877. pp. 526–.
The Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland. 1809. p. 864.
Welsh Bibliographical Society (1916). The Journal of the Welsh Bibliographical Society. Welsh Bibliographical Society.
Robert Hall Baynes (1871). The Churchman's shilling magazine and family treasury, conducted by R.H. Baynes. pp. 84–.
"William Parry ARA (ca. 1742-1791)". Royal Academy. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
McElroy, Wendy (2008). "Price, Richard (1723–1791)". In Hamowy, Ronald (ed.). The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE; Cato Institute. pp. 388–89. doi:10.4135/9781412965811.n240. ISBN 978-1412965804. LCCN 2008009151. OCLC 750831024.

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

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

[9] Bertie George Charles (1959). "Philipps family, of Picton". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 October 2021.

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

[Fasti305-11] Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 305.

[12] The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged. Porter. 1780. p. 95.

[13] 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.

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

[15] Guides and Handbooks. Royal Historical Society (Great Britain). 1939. p. 163.

[16] Mary-Ann Constantine; Dafydd R. Johnston (15 April 2013). Footsteps of 'Liberty and Revolt': Essays on Wales and the French Revolution. University of Wales Press. p. 135. ISBN 978-0-7083-2591-9.

[17] Ralph Alan Griffiths (1977). Clyne Castle, Swansea: A History of the Building and Its Owners. University College of Swansea. ISBN 978-0-86076-001-6.

[18] "The" Illustrated London News. Elm House. 1877. pp. 526–.

[19] The Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland. 1809. p. 864.

[20] Welsh Bibliographical Society (1916). The Journal of the Welsh Bibliographical Society. Welsh Bibliographical Society.

[21] Robert Hall Baynes (1871). The Churchman's shilling magazine and family treasury, conducted by R.H. Baynes. pp. 84–.

[22] "William Parry ARA (ca. 1742-1791)". Royal Academy. Retrieved 2 November 2021.

[23] McElroy, Wendy (2008). "Price, Richard (1723–1791)". In Hamowy, Ronald (ed.). The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE; Cato Institute. pp. 388–89. doi:10.4135/9781412965811.n240. ISBN 978-1412965804. LCCN 2008009151. OCLC 750831024.