1821 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1821 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 – William Van Mildert[16]
- Bishop of St Asaph – John Luxmoore[17][18][19]
- Bishop of St Davids – Thomas Burgess[19][20][21][22]
Events
[edit]- 27 July – Sir Thomas Phillipps is created a baronet.[23]
- 13 September – King George IV of the United Kingdom visits Brecon on his return from Ireland.[24]
- November – The first edition of Y Dysgedydd appears.[25]
- 1 March – The first gas street lighting in Wales is installed at Swansea.[26]
- unknown date – William Madocks obtains an Act of Parliament allowing him to build a port, later known as Porthmadog.[27]
Arts and literature
[edit]New books
[edit]- John Elias – Golygiad Ysgrythurol ar Gyfiawnhad Pechadur[28]
- Evan Evans (Ieuan Glan Geirionydd) – Pedwar Cyflwr Dyn (translation of a work by Thomas Boston
- David Richards (Dafydd Ionawr) – Cywydd y Dilyw
Music
[edit]- Joseph Harris (Gomer) – Casgliad o Hymnau (collection of hymns)
Births
[edit]- 21 April – Thomas Stephens, historian, literary critic and social reformer (d. 1875)
- 1 May – William Latham Bevan, church historian (d. 1908)[29]
- 24 June – Guillermo Rawson, Argentinian politician (d. 1890)
- 6 July – Henry Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Swansea (d. 1894)[30]
- 16 July – John Jones (Mathetes), preacher and writer (d. 1878)
- 14 November – John Owen (Owain Alaw), musician (d. 1883)
- 16 December - John Griffith, journalist writing under the pseudonym Y Gohebydd (d. 1877)[31]
- date unknown - William Davies, politician (d. 1895)
Deaths
[edit]- 16 February – Hugh Davies, botanist, 81
- 2 March - Benjamin Evans, Independent minister, 81
- 2 May – Hester Thrale, diarist, 80[32]
- 21 May – John Jones (Jac Glan-y-gors), poet and satirist, 54[33]
- 13 July – Sir Watkin Lewes, lord mayor of London, 81[34]
- 7 August – Caroline of Brunswick, former Princess of Wales (1795–1820), 53[35]
- 12 October - William Jones, evangelist, 65
- November – Richard Fenton, poet and author, 74[36]
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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Vincent, Benjamin (2020). Haydn's Dictionary of Dates. S.l: SALZWASSER-VERLAG GMBH. p. 448. ISBN 9783846047958.
- ^ Edwin Poole (1886). The Illustrated History and Biography of Brecknockshire: From the Earliest Times to the Present Day. Edwin Poole. p. 71.
- ^ Ifano Jones (1925). A History of Printing and Printers in Wales to 1810, and of Successive and Related Printers to 1923. W. Lewis (printers), limited. p. 153.
- ^ The New Swansea Guide; Containing a Particular Description of the Town and Its Vicinity: Together with a Short History of the County. H. Griffith. 1823. p. 22.
- ^ Official Report of the Standing Committees. H.M. Stationery Office. 1974. p. 28.
- ^ Meic Stephens (1986). Cydymaith i lenyddiaeth Cymru (in Welsh). Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru. p. 187. ISBN 978-0-7083-0915-5.
- ^ Joseph Jackson Howard; Frederick Arthur Crisp (1893). Visitation of England and Wales. Priv. printed. p. 282.
- ^ Leslie Stephen; Sir Sidney Lee (1899). DNB. Smith, Elder, & Company. p. 379.
- ^ "Griffith, John (Y Gohebydd; 1821 - 1877)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- ^ Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie; Joy Dorothy Harvey (2000). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z. Taylor & Francis. p. 1026. ISBN 978-0-415-92040-7.
- ^ Iolo Morganwg; Geraint H. Jenkins; Ffion Mair Jones (2007). The Correspondence of Iolo Morganwg: 1810–1826. University of Wales Press. p. 616. ISBN 978-0-7083-2134-8.
- ^ Lewis Namier; John Brooke (1985). The House of Commons 1754-1790. Boydell & Brewer. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-436-30420-0.
- ^ Smith, E. A. "Caroline (1768–1821)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/4722. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Fenton, Richard". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 26 February 2018.