1828 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 1828 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey[1][2][3][4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort[5]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Thomas Assheton Smith (until 12 May);[6] Peter Drummond-Burrell, 22nd Baron Willoughby de Eresby (from 25 November)[7]
- 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[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet[10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis[11]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir John Owen, 1st Baronet[12]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – George Rodney, 3rd Baron Rodney[13][2][14]
- Bishop of Bangor – Henry Majendie[15][16]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Edward Copleston[17]
- Bishop of St Asaph – John Luxmoore[18][19][17]
- Bishop of St Davids – John Jenkinson[17][20][21][22]
Events
- 1 June - The Saundersfoot Railway and Harbour Company is formed.[23]
- 19 June - The Llanelly Dock is established by Act of Parliament.[24]
- September - Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, visits the eisteddfod at Denbigh, making it the first to receive a royal visit.[25]
- unknown dates
- An iron suspension bridge is built to link South Stack with Holy Island, Anglesey.
- David Owen (Brutus) becomes editor of the periodical Lleuad yr Oes at Aberystwyth.
Arts and literature
New books
- Ellis Evans - Unoliaeth a Gweledigaeth yr Eglwys, sef, Llythyr Cymanfa Cefn Mawr[26]
- T. J. Llewelyn Prichard - The Adventures and Vagaries of Twm Shon Catti, descriptive of life in Wales; interspersed with poems
- David Saunders (Dafydd Glan Teifi) - Awdl ar Fordaith yr Apostol Paul
- John Thomas - Telyn y Cantorion
- John Walters - An English and Welsh Dictionary
- Thomas Wiliam - Cwyn yr Unig
Music
- William Owen (Gwilym Ddu Glan Hafren) - Y Caniedydd Crefyddol (collection of hymn tunes)
Births
- 30 January - John David Jenkins, philanthropist (d. 1876)
- 4 March - Owen Wynne Jones (Glasynys), clergyman and writer (d. 1870)[27]
- 13 March - Thomas Morgan Thomas, missionary (d. 1884)
- 6 May - Sir Hugh Rowlands, soldier (d. 1909)[28]
- 4 June - David Thomas (Dewi Hefin), poet (d. 1909)
- 23 September - Charles James Watkin Williams, politician (d. 1884)
- 30 October - Henry James, 1st Baron James of Hereford, lawyer and statesman (d. 1911)
- 13 December - David Lewis Wooding, genealogist (d. 1891)
- date unknown
- John Richard Hughes, evangelist (d. 1893)
- John Pryce, clergyman and writer (d. 1903)
Deaths
- 19 February - Thomas Jones (Y Bardd Cloff), 59
- 29 March - Griffith Rowlands, surgeon, 65
- 12 May - Thomas Assheton Smith I, industrialist, 75[6]
- 15 September - William Madocks, landowner, 55[29]
- 4 October - Sir Thomas Hanmer, 2nd Baronet, politician, 46/47[30]
- 29 December - Priscilla Bertie, 21st Baroness Willoughby de Eresby, 67
- date unknown - Edward Charles (Siamas Gwynedd), writer, 70?
See also
References
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