1813 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1813 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 – Thomas Johnes[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 Stuart, 1st 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 – Richard Watson[16]
- Bishop of St Asaph – William Cleaver[17][18][19]
- Bishop of St Davids – Thomas Burgess[19][20][21][22]
Events
[edit]- January - Sir Joseph Bailey sells his 25% share in Cyfarthfa ironworks for £20,000.[23]
- April - Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc) moves to Crickhowell to take over several parishes in the vicinity.
- 30 September - Sir Jeremiah Homfray is forced to sell his house at Cwm Rhondda to settle his debts.[24]
- 2 November - Richard Parry Price, heir to the Puleston estates, is created a baronet.[25]
- date unknown
- Anthony Hill and his two brothers go into partnership at the Plymouth ironworks.
- The "Branwen ferch Llŷr" sepulchral urn is discovered on the banks of the river Alaw in Anglesey (later placed in the British Museum by Richard Llwyd).
- The first permanent military barracks in Wales are opened at Brecon.
- An Independent minister, David Davies, is forced to leave his teaching post at Carmarthen Academy after charges of "immorality" are made against him.[26]
- David Daniel Davis is appointed a physician at Queen Charlotte's Hospital in London.
- Charles James Apperley becomes agent for his brother-in-law's estates in Caernarvonshire, taking up residence at Tŷ Gwyn, Llanbeblig.
- Diana Noel, 2nd Baroness Barham, settles at Fairy Hill, Gower.[27]
- Thomas Charles of Bala publishes his "rules" for the conduct of Sunday schools.
- Elijah Waring founds a new periodical, The Cambrian Visitor: a Monthly Miscellany, which fails after eight months.
Arts and literature
[edit]New books
[edit]English language
[edit]- Hugh Davies - Welsh Botanology … A Systematic Catalogue of the Native Plants of Anglesey, in Latin, English, and Welsh
- Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain) - General View of the Agriculture and Domestic Economy of North Wales
- M. Surrey - Llewellyn, Prince of Wales, or Gellert the Faithful Dog (play)[28]
Welsh language
[edit]- William Owen - Lloffion o Faes Boaz[29]
- William Williams (Gwilym Peris) - Awengerdd Peris
Music
[edit]Births
[edit]- 30 January - Samuel Prideaux Tregelles, Biblical scholar (d. 1875)[30]
- 2 May - Mordecai Jones, industrialist (d. 1880)
- 30 June - Thomas Briscoe, translator (d. 1895)
- 1 August - William Ambrose (Emrys), poet (d. 1873)[31]
- 12 September - Daniel Jones, missionary (d. 1846)
- 10 October - William Adams, mining engineer (d. 1886)
- date unknown - John Edwards (Meiriadog), poet (d. 1906)[32]
Deaths
[edit]- 9 March - Edward Williams, minister and theologian, 62[33]
- 23 March - Princess Augusta of Great Britain, daughter of Frederick, Prince of Wales, and mother of Caroline of Brunswick, later Princess of Wales, 75[34]
- 17 April - Thomas Edwards (Yr Hwntw Mawr), murderer[35]
- 28 July - John Randolph, former Bishop of Bangor, 64[36]
- 11 August (or 12 August) - John Price, librarian, 78[37]
- date unknown - Edward Pugh, artist[38]
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.
- ^ 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 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.
- ^ Alan Birch (5 November 2013). Economic History of the British Iron and Steel Industry. Routledge. p. 80. ISBN 978-1-136-61723-2.
- ^ Great Britain (1814). The London Gazette. T. Neuman. p. 380.
- ^ William Williams Mortimer (1847). The history of the hundred of Wirral: with a sketch of the city and county of Chester. Whittaker & Co. pp. 321.
- ^ The Welsh Church from Reformation to Disestablishment, 1603-1920. University of Wales Press. 2007. ISBN 978-0-7083-1877-5.
- ^ "Sir Gerard Noel Noel 2nd Bart". Legacies of British Slave-ownership database. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ^ A History of Early Nineteenth Century Drama 1800-1850. CUP Archive. pp. 289–. GGKEY:02TQBKU1SAT.
- ^ Catalogue of Welsh Books, Books on Wales, and Books by Welshmen, A.D. 1800-1862, at Glan Aber, Chester. 1870. p. 44.
- ^ Marchant, Edgar Cardew (1899). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 57. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ William Griffith Owen (1959). "Ambrose, William (Emrys; 1813-1873), Independent minister, poet, and littérateur". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Bye-gones, Relating to Wales and the Border Counties. 1905.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins (1959). "Williams, Edward (1750-1813), Independent divine and tutor". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Edmund Lodge (1838). The genealogy of the existing British peerage. Saunders and Otley. pp. 6.
- ^ T. Llew Jones, "Yr Hwntw Mawr", in Gwaed ar eu Dwylo (Gwasg Gomer, 1966), pp.13–18
- ^ . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ Vaisey, David (2004). "Price, John (1735–1813)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 11 March 2009.
- ^ John Barrell (2013). Edward Pugh of Ruthin 1763-1813: 'a Native Artist'. University of Wales Press. ISBN 978-0-7083-2566-7.