1820 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 1820 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
- 29 January – The Prince of Wales becomes King George IV of the United Kingdom upon the death of his father, King George III.
- 14 April – At the completion of the United Kingdom general election:
- Henry Paget, later Marquess of Anglesey, is elected as member for Anglesey.
- Wyndham Lewis is elected for Cardiff.[24]
- Christopher Cole is re-elected for Glamorganshire.
- 24 June – The Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion is revived, having been in abeyance since 1787.[25]
- date unknown
- The first "colliery school" in the South Wales coalfield is established at Hirwaun.[26]
- Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc) founds a Welsh school at Gelli Felen.[27]
- Crawshay Bailey becomes a partner at Nant-y-glo ironworks with his brother, Joseph Bailey.
- Tondu Ironworks is built by Sir Robert Price.
- John Scandrett Harford meets Bishop Thomas Burgess and offers to donate the site of Lampeter Castle for the construction of St David's College.[28]
Arts and literature
New books
- Felicia Hemans – The Sceptic
- John Jones (Tegid) – Traethawd ar Gadwedigaeth yr Iaith Gymraeg
- Robert Jones – Drych yr Amseroedd
- William Probert - Y Gododdin (first English translation)
Music
- Edward Jones – Hen Ganiadau Cymru[29]
Births
- 13 May – Robert Owen, theologian (d. 1902)[30]
- 21 May – Sir Thomas Lloyd, 1st Baronet, politician and landowner (d. 1877)
- 22 May – Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 6th Baronet, politician (d. 1885)[31]
- 20 June – Thomas Essile Davies (Dewi Wyn o Essyllt), poet (d. 1891)[32]
- 5 September – Evan Jones (Ieuan Gwynedd), minister and journalist (d. 1852)[33]
Deaths
- 20 January – Eliezer Williams, clergyman and genealogist, 75[34]
- 29 January – King George III of the United Kingdom, Prince of Wales 1751–1760, 81[35]
- 6 May – Wilmot Vaughan, 2nd Earl of Lisburne, landowner, 64[36]
- 16 June – Thomas Jones of Denbigh, Methodist preacher and writer, 64[37]
- 27 June – William Lort Mansel, bishop and academic, 67[38]
- 23 August – Edward Randles, harpist, 57[39]
- 28 August – Henry Mills, musician, 63
See also
References
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