1741 in Wales

Centuries:	16th; 17th; 18th; 19th; 20th;
Decades:	1720s; 1730s; 1740s; 1750s; 1760s;
See also:	List of years in Wales; 1741 in Great Britain Ireland Scotland

Events from the year 1741 in Wales.

Incumbents

Prince of Wales - Frederick
Princess of Wales - Augusta

Events

June - In the general election, the seat of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 3rd Baronet at Denbighshire is targeted by the government. Sir Watkin wins by 1352 to 933, but the sheriff, a member of the Salusbury family, disallows 594 of his votes and returns a cousin of Salusbury, John Myddelton of Chirk. Sir Watkin is elected for Montgomeryshire instead.[1]
Carpenter Siarl Marc is converted and quickly becomes the most important Calvinistic Methodist exhorter in the Llyn peninsula.
Lewis Morris resumes his survey of Welsh ports on behalf of the Navy Office.

Arts and literature

New books

Evan Davies - Newyddion Mawr Oddiwrth y Ser (vol. 3) [2]

Music

Morgan John Lewis - Hymnau Duwiol o Gasgliad Gwyr Eglwysig M.J. ac E.W.
David Owen composes Dafydd y Garreg Wen on his deathbed, according to tradition

Births

27 January - Hester Thrale, diarist and friend of Dr Johnson (died 1821)[3]
20 August - Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Carnarvon (died 1811)[4]
3 September - Owen Jones, antiquary (died 1814)

Deaths

May - Isaac Carter, publisher[5]
August - David Owen, 29 ("David of the White Rock"), harpist[6]
date unknown
- Wil Hopcyn, poet, 41?
- Edward Owen, artist[7]
- Robert Roberts, theologian, 61?

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References

John Debrett (1824). The baronetage of England. p. 388.
"Davies, Evan". National Library of Wales. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
Hester Lynch Piozzi (1861). Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale). Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts. pp. 33.
John Debrett (1840). Debrett's Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland. revised, corrected and continued by G.W. Collen. pp. 137.
William Llewelyn Davies. "CARTER, ISAAC (d. 1741), printer". National Library of Wales. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
Robert David Griffith. "OWEN, DAVID ('Dafydd y Garreg Wen '; 1711/12-1741), harpist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
"Edward Owen's 'lost' self-portrait on show in Gwynedd". BBC News. 13 November 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2014.

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[Debrett1824-1] John Debrett (1824). The baronetage of England. p. 388.

[2] "Davies, Evan". National Library of Wales. Retrieved 13 April 2016.

[3] Hester Lynch Piozzi (1861). Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale). Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts. pp. 33.

[4] John Debrett (1840). Debrett's Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland. revised, corrected and continued by G.W. Collen. pp. 137.

[5] William Llewelyn Davies. "CARTER, ISAAC (d. 1741), printer". National Library of Wales. Retrieved 12 August 2018.

[6] Robert David Griffith. "OWEN, DAVID ('Dafydd y Garreg Wen '; 1711/12-1741), harpist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 28 November 2018.

[7] "Edward Owen's 'lost' self-portrait on show in Gwynedd". BBC News. 13 November 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2014.