1810 in Wales
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Template:Short description Template:Use Welsh English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Year in Wales header This article is about the particular significance of the year 1810 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget[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
- January - Novelist Thomas Love Peacock first visits Maentwrog where he will settle for a time.
- 3 March - Launch of the Carmarthen Journal, the oldest surviving newspaper in Wales.[23]
- 14 April - James Cotton, precentor of Bangor Cathedral, marries Mary Anne, daughter of Henry Majendie, Bishop of Bangor.
- 27 September - Thomas Picton serves with distinction under Wellington at the Battle of Bussaco.[24]
- 24 October - The foundation stone of the Moel Famau Jubilee Tower is laid.[25]
- date unknown
- Walter Coffin takes a mining lease on land at Dinas Rhondda.
- Hafod Copperworks opens in the Lower Swansea valley.[26]
- Etcher Charles Norris settles in Tenby.
- Jonesville, North Carolina, is founded as Martinsborough; the name is later changed in honour of Hardy Jones (1747–1819).
Arts and literature
New books
English language
- The Beauties of England and Wales, vol. XI
- Richard Fenton - Historical Tour through Pembrokeshire
- Ann Hatton - Cambrian Pictures[27]
- Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick - History and Antiquities of the County of Cardigan
Welsh language
- Dafydd Ddu Eryri - Corff y Gainc[28]
Births
- 3 January - John Orlando Parry, actor, musician and songwriter (d. 1879)[29]
- 12 January - John Dillwyn Llewelyn, botanist and pioneer photographer (d. 1882)[30]
- 15 January - John Evan Thomas, sculptor (died 1873)[31]
- 19 January - John Jones (Talhaiarn), poet and architect (died 1869)[32]
- 24 January - Thomas Jones, Methodist missionary (died 1849)[33]
- 4 August - Dan Jones, Mormon missionary (died 1862 in Utah)
- date unknown - Thomas Jones, librarian (died 1875)[34]
Deaths
- 10 March - George Morgan, American merchant of Welsh parentage, 67[35]
- April - Isaac Davis, advisor to the Hawaiian royal family[36]
- 3 April - Thomas Edwards (Twm o'r Nant), poet and dramatist, 71[37]
- 27 June - Richard Crawshay, industrialist, 70[38]
- 12 August - David Jones, Church of England priest who was supportive of Welsh Calvinistic Methodism, 74[39]
- 27 September - John Williams, barrister, 53[40]
See also
References
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