1813 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 1813 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- 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
- 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
New books
English language
- 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
- William Owen - Lloffion o Faes Boaz[29]
- William Williams (Gwilym Peris) - Awengerdd Peris
Music
Births
- 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
- 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
References
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