1819 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1819 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
[edit]- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey[1][2][3][4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire – Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort[5]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Thomas Bulkeley, 7th Viscount Bulkeley[6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – William Edward Powell[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – George Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis[10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford[2][11]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – George Rodney, 3rd Baron Rodney[12][2][13]
- Bishop of Bangor – Henry Majendie[14][15]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Herbert Marsh (until 28 April);[16] William Van Mildert (from 31 May)[17]
- Bishop of St Asaph – John Luxmoore[18][19][20]
- Bishop of St Davids – Thomas Burgess[20][21][22][23]
Events
[edit]- August - Thomas Telford begins construction of the Menai Suspension Bridge.[24]
- date unknown
- The embankment on Telford's Holyhead Road through the Nant Ffrancon Pass is completed.
- The Welsh colony of Cardigan is established in York County, New Brunswick, Canada.[25]
- Robert Bamford Hesketh begins construction of Gwrych Castle.[26]
- Scottish-born London India merchant John Christie purchases a substantial tract of the Great Forest of Brecknock from the Crown.[27]
- Approximate date - John Scandrett Harford and his brothers acquire the Peterwell estate at Lampeter
Arts and literature
[edit]- Major eisteddfodau are held at Carmarthen and Denbigh. The Gorsedd tradition (begun by Iolo Morganwg) becomes formally linked with the eisteddfod at Carmarthen.
New books
[edit]- William Owen Pughe - Coll Gwynfa (translation of Milton's Paradise Lost)
Music
[edit]- "From Greenland’s Icy Mountains", a hymn by Reginald Heber, is sung for the first time, at St Giles' Church, Wrexham.
Births
[edit]- 3 March - William Ormsby-Gore, 2nd Baron Harlech (died 1904)
- 4 November - Arthur Hill-Trevor, 1st Baron Trevor (died 1894)
- 7 November - Enoch Salisbury, barrister, politician and bibliophile (died 1890)
- 15 November - Arthur Wynn Williams, physician (died 1886)
- 7 December - John Cambrian Rowland, painter (died 1890)[28]
- 9 December - John Roose Elias, writer (died 1881)
Deaths
[edit]- 9 January - William Parry, minister and teacher, 74[29]
- 31 January - Thomas Bevan, missionary, about 24[30]
- 3 February - Mary Bevan, missionary, wife of Thomas Bevan, age unknown[30]
- 6 February - David Davies, clergyman and author, 76[31]
- 8 February - Sydenham Teak Edwards, botanist, 51[32]
- 25 June
- John Abel, minister, 49[33]
- Sir John Morris, 1st Baronet, industrialist, 73[34]
- 11 November - Moses Griffiths, artist, 72[35]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "not known". Old Wales: Monthly Magazine of Antiquities for Wales and the Borders. 3. "Old Wales" Office: 106. 1907.
- ^ 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.
- ^ R. G. Thorne (1986). "Clive, Edward, 2nd Baron Clive (1754-1839), of Walcot, Salop". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ William Stockdale (1833). Stockdale's Peerage of the United Kingdom. p. 86.
- ^ Fryde, E. B. (1996). Handbook of British chronology. Cambridge England: New York Cambridge University Press. p. 292. ISBN 9780521563505.
- ^ Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 305.
- ^ Venables, Edmund. . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 36. pp. 211–215.
- ^ Varley, Elizabeth (2007) [2004]. "Mildert, William". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/28096. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ The Church of the people and free church penny magazine. 1859. p. 179.
- ^ The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
- ^ a b Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 307.
- ^ The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged. Porter. 1780. p. 95.
- ^ George III (King of Great Britain) (1967). The Later Correspondence of George III, Volume 3. University Press. p. 434.
- ^ "Records of Past Fellows: Burgess, Thomas". The Royal Society. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ The Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal. William Laxton. 1840. p. 269.
- ^ Proceedings of the Annual Eastern Snow Conference. Eastern Snow Conference. 1995. p. 184.
- ^ John Davies; Nigel Jenkins; Menna Baines (2008). The Welsh Academy encyclopaedia of Wales. University of Wales Press. p. 33. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6.
- ^ Hughes, Stephen (1990). The Brecon Forest Tramroads. Aberystwyth: RCAHMW. ISBN 1-871184-05-3.
- ^ John Davies; Nigel Jenkins; Menna Baines (2008). The Welsh Academy encyclopaedia of Wales. University of Wales Press. p. 778. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6.
- ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1895). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 43. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ a b Evan Lewis Evans (1959). "Bevan, Thomas (1796?-1819), missionary in the service of the London Missionary Society". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- ^ Rees, James Frederick. "Davies, David". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
- ^ Thompson Cooper (1873). A New Biographical Dictionary: Containing Concise Notices of Eminent Persons of All Ages and Countries: and More Particularly of ... Great Britain and Ireland. Bell. p. 524.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Abel, John (1770-1819), Welsh Independent minister". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins (1959). "Morris, Robert (died 1768), industrialist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- ^ Megan Ellis. "Griffith, Moses (1747-1819), draughtsman and water-colour painter". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 8 March 2019.