1774 in Wales

Centuries:	16th; 17th; 18th; 19th; 20th;
Decades:	1750s; 1760s; 1770s; 1780s; 1790s;
See also:	List of years in Wales; Timeline of Welsh history 1774 in Great Britain Scotland Elsewhere

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1774 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

Bishop of Bangor – John Ewer (until 28 October)^[12] John Moore^[13]
Bishop of Llandaff – Shute Barrington^[14]
Bishop of St Asaph – Jonathan Shipley^[15]
Bishop of St Davids – Charles Moss (until 2 June); James Yorke (from 26 June)^[16]

Events

July - Dr Samuel Johnson accompanies Hester Thrale and her husband on a visit to North Wales.^[17]
unknown dates
- John Wilkinson takes out a patent for cannon-boring at his works in Bersham.^[18]
- An Act of Parliament establishes the Improvement Commissioners, responsible for paving, cleaning streets and providing oil lamp lighting in Cardiff.^[19]
- Construction work is completed on Morris Castle, "Wales's first block of flats".^[20]
- Edward Jones, an "exhorter" at Whitefield's Tabernacle, Moorfields, and a lay preacher, begins holding Welsh-language services in Cock Lane, Smithfield, London.^[21]

Arts and literature

New books

Hugh Hughes - Rheolau Bywyd Dynol (translation of Robert Dodsley's The Oeconomy of Human Life
Dafydd Jones - Marwnad Enoch Ffransis^[22]
Hugh Jones (Maesglasau) - Cydymaith yr Hwsmon

Music

William Williams Pantycelyn - Ychydig Hymnau (hymns)

Paintings

Thomas Jones - The Bard
Richard Wilson - Llyn y Cau, Cadair Idris

Births

16 January - Daniel Evans, independent minister (died 1835)
May - John Elias, preacher (died 1841)
24 June - Azariah Shadrach, writer (died 1844)^[23]
date unknown - Sir John Waters, military commander (died 1842)^[24]

Deaths

13 January - John Pugh Pryse, politician, 34^[25]
4 July - William Price, High Sheriff of Merionethshire and Caernarvonshire, 84
28 October - John Ewer, Bishop of Bangor, about 70^[26]
date unknown
- Rowland Jones, philologist, 57^[27]
- Dafydd Nicolas, 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 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.
^ "Rice, George" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
^ 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.
^ The Montgomeryshire Collections. Clifton Press. 1972. p. 116.
^ Jonathan Williams (1859). The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. p. 115.
^ John McClintock; James Strong (1981). Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature. Baker Book House. p. 324.
^ Tobias Smollett, ed. (1775). The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature. R[ichard]. Baldwin, at the Rose in Pater-noster-Row. p. 159.
^ "Barrington, Shute (at Llandaff) (CCEd Appointment ID 275358)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
^ The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
^ Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 305.
^ Lynch, Jack (2011). Samuel Johnson in context. Cambridge New York: Cambridge University Press. p. 320. ISBN 9780521190107.
^ Day, Lance (1996). Biographical dictionary of the history of technology. London New York: Routledge. p. 1312. ISBN 9780415193993.
^ "A Short History of Cardiff". www.localhistories.org. Retrieved 31 December 2007.
^ Davies, John (2008). The Welsh Academy encyclopaedia of Wales. Cardiff, Wales: University of Wales Press. p. 845. ISBN 9780708319536.
^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Jones, Edward (1741?–after 1806)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
^ Gomer Morgan Roberts. "Jones, Dafydd (1711-1777), hymn-writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
^ Evan David Jones. "Shadrach, Azariah (1774–1844), schoolmaster, Independent minister, and author". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
^ Griffiths, Barrie (1999). A Spy for Wellington: Sir John William Waters (1774-1842), Cefn Cribwr's Forgotten Hero.
^ "PRYSE, John Pugh (1739-74), of Gogerddan, Card". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
^ This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Ewer, John". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
^ William Rowlands. "Jones, Rowland (1722-1774), philologist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 October 2021.

[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] "Rice, George" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

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

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

[10] The Montgomeryshire Collections. Clifton Press. 1972. p. 116.

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

[12] John McClintock; James Strong (1981). Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature. Baker Book House. p. 324.

[13] Tobias Smollett, ed. (1775). The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature. R[ichard]. Baldwin, at the Rose in Pater-noster-Row. p. 159.

[14] "Barrington, Shute (at Llandaff) (CCEd Appointment ID 275358)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. Retrieved 4 September 2014.

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

[Fasti305-16] Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 305.

[17] Lynch, Jack (2011). Samuel Johnson in context. Cambridge New York: Cambridge University Press. p. 320. ISBN 9780521190107.

[18] Day, Lance (1996). Biographical dictionary of the history of technology. London New York: Routledge. p. 1312. ISBN 9780415193993.

[Local_Histories-19] "A Short History of Cardiff". www.localhistories.org. Retrieved 31 December 2007.

[20] Davies, John (2008). The Welsh Academy encyclopaedia of Wales. Cardiff, Wales: University of Wales Press. p. 845. ISBN 9780708319536.

[21] Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Jones, Edward (1741?–after 1806)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 October 2021.

[22] Gomer Morgan Roberts. "Jones, Dafydd (1711-1777), hymn-writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 October 2021.

[23] Evan David Jones. "Shadrach, Azariah (1774–1844), schoolmaster, Independent minister, and author". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 October 2021.

[24] Griffiths, Barrie (1999). A Spy for Wellington: Sir John William Waters (1774-1842), Cefn Cribwr's Forgotten Hero.

[25] "PRYSE, John Pugh (1739-74), of Gogerddan, Card". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 3 October 2018.

[26] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Ewer, John". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

[27] William Rowlands. "Jones, Rowland (1722-1774), philologist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 October 2021.

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