1812 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 1812 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget, Earl of Uxbridge (until 13 March); Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (from 28 April)[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
- 20 June - Creation of The Kidwelly and Llanelli Canal and Tramroad Company.[23]
- Summer - Percy Bysshe Shelley stays at Nantgwyllt in the Elan Valley with his wife Harriet.
- September - Rioting occurs at Nefyn over enclosures.[24]
- 17 September - The celebration of the completion of the embankment, later known as the 'Cob' in Porthmadog
- 30 December - A brig, the Fortune, is wrecked on The Smalls, Pembrokeshire, with the loss of 10 or 11 lives.[25]
- 1 October - Balloonist James Sadler flies over the north Wales coastline in an unsuccessful attempt to cross the Irish Sea.[26]
- Opening of:
- Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal between Newport and Brecon.[27]
- Aberdare branch of Glamorganshire Canal.
Arts and literature
New books
English language
- Felicia Hemans - The Domestic Affections and Other Poems[28]
- Benjamin Millingchamp - A Sermon preached at St. Peter's Church, Carmarthen, on Thursday, July 4, 1811[29]
- The New Flora Britannica (with illustrations by Sydenham Teak Edwards)
Welsh language
- Lewis Hopkin - Y Fêl Gafod
- Hugh Jones - Arwyrain Amaethyddiaeth
Music
- Owen Dafydd - Ballad of the Brynmorgan Explosion
Births
- 6 January - Catherine Glynne, future wife of William Ewart Gladstone (d. 1900)[30]
- 3 February - Robert Elis (Cynddelw), poet and lexicographer (d. 1875)
- 3 April - Henry Richard, pacifist politician (d. 1888)[31]
- 19 May - Lady Charlotte Guest, translator and philanthropist (d. 1895)[32]
Deaths
- 15 January - Theophilus Jones, historian, 52[33]
- 13 March - Henry Bayly Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge, Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, 77[34]
- May - Thomas Owen, clergyman and translator, 62
- 27 November (bur.) - Jane Cave, poet, c. 58
See also
References
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