1819 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 1819 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 – 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 – Herbert Marsh (until 28 April);[16] William Van Mildert (from 31 May)[17]
- Bishop of St Asaph – John Luxmoore[18][19][20]
- Bishop of St Davids – Thomas Burgess[20][21][22][23]
Events
- August – Thomas Telford begins construction of the Menai Suspension Bridge.[24]
- date unknown
- The embankment on Telford's Holyhead Road through the Nant Ffrancon Pass is completed.
- The Welsh colony of Cardigan is established in York County, New Brunswick, Canada.[25]
- Robert Bamford Hesketh begins construction of Gwrych Castle.[26]
- Scottish-born London India merchant John Christie purchases a substantial tract of the Great Forest of Brecknock from the Crown.[27]
- John Scandrett Harford and his brothers acquire the Peterwell estate at Lampeter.[28]
Arts and literature
- Major eisteddfodau are held at Carmarthen and Denbigh. The Gorsedd tradition (begun by Iolo Morganwg) becomes formally linked with the eisteddfod at Carmarthen.[29]
New books
- William Owen Pughe – Coll Gwynfa (translation of Milton's Paradise Lost)[30]
Music
- "From Greenland’s Icy Mountains", a hymn by Reginald Heber, is sung for the first time, at St Giles' Church, Wrexham.
Births
- 3 March – William Ormsby-Gore, 2nd Baron Harlech (died 1904)
- 4 November – Arthur Hill-Trevor, 1st Baron Trevor (died 1894)
- 7 November – Enoch Salisbury, barrister, politician and bibliophile (died 1890)[31]
- 7 December – John Cambrian Rowland, painter (died 1890)[32]
- 9 December – John Roose Elias, writer (died 1881)[33]
- unknown date – Arthur Wynn Williams, physician (died 1886)[34]
Deaths
- 9 January - William Parry, minister and teacher, 74[35]
- 31 January - Thomas Bevan, missionary, about 24[36]
- 3 February - Mary Bevan, missionary, wife of Thomas Bevan, age unknown[36]
- 6 February - David Davies, clergyman and author, 76[37]
- 8 February - Sydenham Teak Edwards, botanist, 51[38]
- 25 June
- John Abel, minister, 49[39]
- Sir John Morris, 1st Baronet, industrialist, 73[40]
- 11 November - Moses Griffiths, artist, 72[41]
See also
References
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