1803 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1803 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
[edit]- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget[1][2][3][4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire – Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort (until 11 October); Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort (from 4 November)[5]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Thomas Bulkeley, 7th Viscount Bulkeley[6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Thomas Johnes[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John Vaughan
- 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 Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire - Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – vacant until 1804
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford[2][10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Thomas Harley[11][2]
- Bishop of Bangor – William Cleaver[12][13][14]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Watson[15]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Lewis Bagot (until 4 June); Samuel Horsley[16][12]
- Bishop of St Davids – Lord George Murray (until 3 June); Thomas Burgess (from 24 July)[17][18][19][20]
Events
[edit]- 26 June - First public assembly of the South Wales Unitarian Association.
- Robert Saunderson of Liverpool settles at Bala and becomes official printer to the Calvinistic Methodist Society, working for Thomas Charles.
- 17 July - Thomas Burgess is consecrated Bishop of St David's.[21]
- September - A new company, the Union Iron World Company, is formed to run Rhymney ironworks, after Benjamin Hall takes it over.[22]
- date unknown
- Rhys Davies (Y Glun Bren) preaches from the mounting-block in front of the Black Lion Inn at Talybont in Cardiganshire, beginning Independent Methodist activity there.
- Pascoe Grenfell contracts to trade in copper in the Swansea area.[23]
- Thomas Johnes sets up a private printing press to publish translations of French medieval chronicles.
- Dunraven Castle is built, near Southerndown.
- Benjamin Heath Malkin begins his travels in South Wales.
- Paeonia mascula is discovered growing on the island of Steep Holm - the only species of peony native to the British Isles.[24]
Arts and literature
[edit]New books
[edit]- J. T. Barber - A Tour Throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire
- Robert Davies (Bardd Nantglyn) - Barddoniaeth
- William Owen Pughe - Geiriadur Cymraeg-Saesneg
Music
[edit]Births
[edit]- 10 May - Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot, landowner, industrialist and politician, owner of Margam Castle (died 1890)[25]
- 29 June - Peter Maurice, priest and writer (died 1878)
- 15 September - Charles Octavius Swinnerton Morgan, politician, historian and antiquary (died 1888)[26]
- 17 October - Samuel Holland, industrialist (died 1892)
- 18 October - Sir Richard Green-Price, 1st baronet, Liberal politician (died 1887)
- 23 November - Edward Edwards, zoologist (died 1879)
- 25 December - Sir Hugh Owen Owen, 2nd Baronet (died 1891).[27]
- date unknown
- Dafydd Jones (Dewi Dywyll), balladeer (died 1868)
- Owain Meirion, balladeer (died 1868)
Deaths
[edit]- 2 January - Sir Richard Perryn, judge, 79[28]
- 29 April - Thomas Jones, landscape painter, 60[29]
- 3 June - Lord George Murray, Bishop of St David's and developer of the UK's first optical telegraph, 42[30]
- 28 September - Ralph Griffiths, editor and publisher, 83?[31]
- 11 October - Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort, Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire, 58[32]
- date unknown - Thomas Evans, London bookseller, 64[33]
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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 305.
- ^ The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged. Porter. 1780. p. 95.
- ^ Fryde, E. B. (1996). Handbook of British chronology. Cambridge England: New York Cambridge University Press. p. 292. ISBN 9780521563505.
- ^ John Henry James (1898). A History and Survey of the Cathedral Church of SS. Peter, Paul, Dubritius, Teilo, and Oudoceus, Llandaff. Western Mail. p. 16.
- ^ 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. 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 Imperial Magazine, Or, Compendium of Religious, Moral, & Philosophical Knowledge. 1825. p. 689.
- ^ Arthur Clark (1962). The Story of Monmouthshire. C. Davies. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-9506618-0-3.
- ^ Todd, A. C. (1972). The industrial archaeology of Cornwall. Newton Abbot: David and Charles. p. 22. ISBN 9780715355909.
- ^ "The Peony Society - Steep Holm". Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
- ^ John Hodgson; John Hodgson-Hinde (1827). A History of Northumberland: The topography and local antiquities, arranged in parishes. 3 v. E. Walker. p. 212.
- ^ History of the collection, British Museum, accessed July 2010
- ^ Escott, Margaret. "Owen, Hugh Owen (1803–1891), of Williamston and Llanstinan, Pemb". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
- ^ . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England) (1984). The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. The Society.
- ^ John Hodgson; John Hodgson-Hinde (1827). A History of Northumberland: The topography and local antiquities, arranged in parishes. 3 v. E. Walker. p. 212.
- ^ James King (1 April 1999). Faking. Dundurn. p. 28. ISBN 978-1-55488-529-9.
- ^ William Arthur Shaw (1970). The Knights of England: A Complete Record from the Earliest Time to the Present Day... Genealogical Publishing Company. p. 48.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Evans, Thomas (1739-1803), and Evans, Thomas (1742-1784), two London booksellers". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 6 February 2020.