1785 in Wales

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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1785 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales - George (later George IV)
• Princess of Wales - vacant

Events

• Sir Joshua Reynolds paints the Prince of Wales.
• The Mona Mine Company is formed by Thomas Williams of Llanidan and Henry Bayly Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge.
• Richard Pennant buys out the Yonge family of Devon and comes into possession of the whole of the Penrhyn estate.
• Griffith Rowlands becomes surgeon to Chester city hospital.

Arts and literature

New books

• Florence Miscellany (including poems by Hester Thrale)
• Nathaniel Williams - Darllen Dwfr a Meddyginiaeth

Births

• 9 August - John Henry Vivian, industrialist and politician (died 1855)
• December - Richard Jones (Gwyndaf Eryri), poet (died 1848)
• 24 December - William Bruce Knight, clergyman and scholar (died 1845)
• date unknown
  • David Hughes, Anglican priest and writer (died 1850)^[1]
  • William Owen, historian (died 1864)

Deaths

• 2 February - John Guest, industrialist, 63
• June - Siôn Bradford, poet, 78?
• 20 October - David Jones of Trefriw, poet, 77?

References

1. Ellis, Thomas Iorwerth (2007). "Hughes, David (1785–1850), cleric and author". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 5 March 2009.