This article is about the particular significance of the year 1816 to Wales and its people.
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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 (until 23 April)[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 – Richard Watson (until 4 July)[16] Herbert Marsh (from 25 August)[17]
- Bishop of St Asaph – John Luxmoore[18][19][20]
- Bishop of St Davids – Thomas Burgess[20][21][22][23]
Events
edit- 10 February - Pembroke Dock's first Royal Navy ships are launched: HMS Ariadne and HMS Valorous.[24]
- 7 May - Hay Railway opens throughout.[25]
- 24 July - Old Wye Bridge, Chepstow (rebuilt in cast iron), is opened across the River Wye.[26]
- 9 October - Fanny Imlay, half-sister of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, takes a room at the Mackworth Arms in Swansea, and instructs the maid not to disturb her. The following day she is found dead, having taken a fatal dose of laudanum.[27]
- Nantyglo Round Towers built.[28]
- Taliesin Williams, son of Iolo Morganwg, opens a school at Merthyr Tydfil.
Arts and literature
editNew books
editEnglish language
edit- Ann Hatton - Chronicles of an Illustrious House
- Samuel Johnson - A Diary of a Journey Into North Wales, in the Year 1774
Welsh language
edit- Jane Ellis - Cerddi (first published Welsh language book by a woman)[29]
- Joseph Harris (Gomer) - Traethawd ar Briodol Dduwdod ein Harglwydd Iesu Grist
Music
edit- John Ellis - Mawl yr Arglwydd (collection of hymns)[30]
Births
edit- 11 January - Henry Robertson, Scots engineer responsible for building the North Wales Mineral Railway (d. 1888)
- 7 March - Huw Derfel Hughes, poet and historian (d. 1890)
- 3 June - John Ormsby-Gore, 1st Baron Harlech, politician (d. 1876)[31]
- 11 June - Thomas William Davids, ecclesiastical historian (d. 1884)
- 16 August - Charles John Vaughan, dean of Llandaff and co-founder of University of Wales, Cardiff[32]
- date unknown
- Edward Edwards (Pencerdd Ceredigion), musician (d. 1897)
- Edward Meredith Price, composer (d. 1898)[33]
Deaths
edit- 23 April - Thomas Johnes, landowner and politician, 67[34]
- 18 June - Thomas Henry, apothecary, 81
- 29 June - David Williams, Enlightenment philosopher, 78[35]
- 4 July - Richard Watson, Bishop of Llandaff, 78[36]
- 17 July - John Lewis, missionary, about 24 (fever)[37]
- 10 October - Fanny Imlay, half-sister of Mary Shelley, 22 (committed suicide at the Mackworth Arms in Swansea)[38]
- date unknown
- Benjamin Davies, first Baptist minister at Haverfordwest (age unknown)[39]
- David Jones, barrister ("the Welsh Freeholder"), c.51[40]
See also
editReferences
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.
- ^ Venables, Edmund. . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 36. pp. 211–215.
- ^ 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 Phillips (15 May 2010). Defending Wales: The Coast and Sea Lanes in Wartime. Amberley Publishing Limited. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-4456-2032-9.
- ^ Ernest Frank Carter (1952). Britain's Railway Liveries: Colours, Crests and Linings, 1825-1948. Burke.
- ^ Rough Guides (2 March 2015). The Rough Guide to Wales. Apa Publications. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-241-20625-6.
- ^ Pollin, B. R. (1965). "Fanny Godwin's Suicide Re-examined". Études Anglaises. 18 (3): 258–68.
- ^ Thomas, Jeffrey L. (2004). "Nantyglo Round Towers". Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ^ Jane Ellis (2010). Rhiannon Ifans (ed.). Cyfres Clasuron Honno: Cerddi Jane Ellis (in Welsh). Honno Welsh Women's Press. ISBN 9781906784188.
- ^ Phyllis Kinney (15 April 2011). Welsh Traditional Music. University of Wales Press. p. 174. ISBN 978-0-7083-2358-8.
- ^ Charles Mosley, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition. Vol. 2. Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd. p. 1792.
- ^ Roach, John. "Vaughan, Charles John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/28124. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Maggie Humphreys; Robert Evans (1 January 1997). Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland. A&C Black. p. 270. ISBN 978-0-7201-2330-2.
- ^ Lewis Namier; John Brooke (1985). The House of Commons 1754-1790. Boydell & Brewer. p. 683. ISBN 978-0-436-30420-0.
- ^ David Williams. "Williams, David (1738-1816), littérateur and political pamphleteer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
- ^ "Watson, Richard (WT754R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Evan Lewis Evans. "Davies, David (1792?-1816), Wesleyan missionary". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
- ^ John Cordy Jeaffreson (20 September 2018). The Real Shelley. BoD – Books on Demand. p. 271. ISBN 978-3-7340-1053-8.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Davies, David (1800-1856), Baptist minister and college tutor". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
- ^ . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.