1838 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 1838 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey[1][2][3][4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Penry Williams[5][6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Peter Drummond-Burrell, 22nd Baron Willoughby de Eresby[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 Monmouthshire – Capel Hanbury Leigh[11]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Edward Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis[12]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir John Owen, 1st Baronet[13]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – George Rodney, 3rd Baron Rodney[14][2][15]
- Bishop of Bangor – Christopher Bethell[16][17]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Edward Copleston[18]
- Bishop of St Asaph – William Carey[19][20][18]
- Bishop of St Davids – John Jenkinson[18][21][22][23]
Events
- October - John Frost joins the Chartist movement.
- Newly created baronets include Sir John Josiah Guest, Sir Benjamin Hall and Sir John Edwards.
- John Cory of Devon opens his chandlery near the Custom House in Cardiff.
- Thomas Gee joins his father's printing business.
- Tinplate manufacture at Ystalyfera begins.
- Wrexham Infirmary established.
- Foundation of the Bangor Church Building Society.
Arts and literature
- A major eisteddfod is held at Abergavenny.[24]
New books
- Sir Henry Ellis (ed.) - Registrum vulgariter nuncupatum "The record of Caernarvon"[25]
- Lady Charlotte Guest begins publication of her translation into English of the Mabinogion.
- Isaac Williams - Thoughts in Past Years
- Jane Williams (Ysgafell) - Twenty Essays on the Practical Improvement of God's Providential Dispensations as Means to the Moral Discipline to the Christian
Visual arts
- J. M. W. Turner paints a watercolour of Flint Castle.
Births
- 14 April - John Thomas, photographer (d. 1905)
- 8 December - Charles Gresford Edmondes, clergyman and teacher (d. 1893)[26]
- 27 December - James Conway Brown, musician (d. 1908)
Deaths
- 23 January - Pascoe Grenfell, industrialist and politician, 76[27]
- 14 March - Wyndham Lewis, MP, 57[28]
- 19 July - Christmas Evans, preacher, 71[29]
- 26 August - Sir John Nicholl, politician and judge, 79[30]
- 18 September - Griffith Williams (Gutyn Peris), poet, 69[31]
- 26 December - Julia Ann Hatton, novelist, 74[32]
See also
References
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