1780 in Wales

1780 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1780 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

*Prince of Wales - George, Prince Regent
*Princess of Wales - "vacant"

Events

*July 1 - Anthony Bacon acquires the lease of the Hirwaun ironworks.
*Admiral Sir Thomas Foley plays an important role in the relief of Gibraltar.
*Edward Williames Salusbury Vaughan succeeds to the Rûg estate.
*Thomas Parry Jones-Parry marries his cousin Margaret and acquires the Madryn estate.
*Richard Price devises the "Northampton Tables" for calculating actuarial valuation for assurance and pensions.
*Sir Watkin Lewes becomes Lord Mayor of London.

Arts and literature

New books

*John Walters - "Poems with Notes"

Music

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Births

*February 10 - James Henry Cotton, Dean of Bangor (died 1862)
*May 14 - Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis, politician (died 1855)
*October 7 - Wyndham Lewis, MP (died 1838)

Deaths

*March 6 - Sir John Meredith, lawyer, 65
*April 1 - Sir Stephen Glynne, 7th Baronet, 35
*"date unknown" - Richard Thomas, genealogist, 46


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