This article is about the particular significance of the year 1811 to Wales and its people.
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Incumbents
edit- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget[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]
Events
edit- 5 February - The Prince of Wales becomes Prince Regent.[23]
- 25 March - Sir Joseph Bailey takes over Nantyglo Ironworks.
- 25 May - The Hay Railway is authorised by an Act of Parliament.[24]
- 19 June - The first Methodist Association for the ordination of new ministers is held at Llandeilo. Thomas Charles plays a leading role.[25] The Presbyterian Church of Wales thus secedes from the Church of England.[26]
- 20 August - Thomas Sheasby resigns as engineer of the Aberdare Canal,[27] to be replaced by George Overton.[28] As part of the canal works, a free-standing metal rail bridge is built at Robertstown, Aberdare - the first of its kind in the world.[29]
- 17 September - Completion of The Cob embankment across Traeth Mawr by William Madocks is celebrated.[30] His nearby model town of Tremadog is also completed by this year.
- date unknown
- At Hereford Assizes, Samuel Homfray and his partners in the Penydarren ironworks sue the Dowlais Company for fouling the Morlais brook with cinders and slag.[31]
- Pont-y-gwaith is built over the River Taff near Merthyr Tydfil.[32]
Arts and literature
editNew books
editEnglish language
edit- Thomas Charles - Biblical Dictionary, vol. 4
- Richard Fenton - A Tour in Quest of Genealogy[33]
- Ann Hatton - Poetic Trifles
- Peter Roberts - Brut Tysilio (English translation)
Welsh language
edit- Thomas Evans (Tomos Glyn Cothi) - Cyfansoddiad o Hymnau[34]
- John Williams (ed.) - Gwaith Prydyddawl … W. Williams[35]
Music
edit- John James - Pigion o Hymnau
Births
edit- 14 January - Rowland Prichard, musician (d. 1887)[36]
- 26 January - Roger Edwards, minister (d. 1886)[37]
- 11 March - Thomas Jones (Glan Alun), poet (d. 1866)[38]
- 12 March - Mary Pendrill Llewelyn, translator and writer (died 1874)[39]
- 7 April - John Williams (Ab Ithel), antiquary (d. 1862)[40]
- 29 May - Charles Meredith, pioneer grazier and politician in Tasmania (died 1880 in Australia)
- 25 June - Jane Hughes, poet (died 1880)
- 11 July - William Robert Grove, inventor (d. 1896)
- date unknown - John Jones (Shoni Sguborfawr), Rebecca rioter (died 1858)[41]
Deaths
edit- 1 May - Titus Lewis, Baptist minister and writer, 38[42]
- 30 May - Nicholas Owen, priest and antiquarian, 59[43]
- 4 July - Mariamne Johnes, botanist, 27[44]
- 25 September - Joshua Eddowes, printer and bookseller, 87[45]
- 3 October - Sir John Stepney, 8th Baronet, politician, 68[46]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 24.
- ^ a b c d J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.
- ^ Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 695. ISBN 9780806313146.
- ^ Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1992. p. 169.
- ^ Edwin Poole (1886). The Illustrated History and Biography of Brecknockshire from the Earliest Times to the Present Day: Containing the General History, Antiquities, Sepulchral Monuments and Inscriptions. Edwin Poole. p. 378.
- ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 26.
- ^ "not known". Old Wales: Monthly Magazine of Antiquities for Wales and the Borders. 3. "Old Wales" Office: 106. 1907.
- ^ Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 612. ISBN 9780806313146.
- ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 29.
- ^ R. G. Thorne (1986). "Clive, Edward, 2nd Baron Clive (1754-1839), of Walcot, Salop". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ Bertie George Charles (1959). "Philipps family, of Picton". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ^ Jonathan Williams (1859). The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. p. 115.
- ^ William Stockdale (1833). Stockdale's Peerage of the United Kingdom. p. 86.
- ^ Fryde, E. B. (1996). Handbook of British chronology. Cambridge England: New York Cambridge University Press. p. 292. ISBN 9780521563505.
- ^ Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 305.
- ^ John Henry James (1898). A History and Survey of the Cathedral Church of SS. Peter, Paul, Dubritius, Teilo, and Oudoceus, Llandaff. Western Mail. p. 16.
- ^ The Church of the people and free church penny magazine. 1859. p. 179.
- ^ The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
- ^ a b Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 307.
- ^ The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged. Porter. 1780. p. 95.
- ^ George III (King of Great Britain) (1967). The Later Correspondence of George III, Volume 3. University Press. p. 434.
- ^ "Records of Past Fellows: Burgess, Thomas". The Royal Society. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ "No. 16451". The London Gazette. 5 February 1811. p. 227.
- ^ Donald J. Grant (31 October 2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain. Troubador Publishing Ltd. p. 259. ISBN 978-1-78803-768-6.
- ^ David Ceri Jones; Eryn Mant White (4 January 2012). The Elect Methodists: Calvinistic Methodism in England and Wales, 1735-1811. University of Wales Press. p. 229. ISBN 978-0-7083-2502-5.
- ^ Thomas Spencer Baynes (1878). The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature. A. and C. Black. p. 193.
- ^ Stephen Hughes (18 December 2008). Copperopolis: Landscapes of the Early Industrial Period in Swansea. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. pp. 151–. ISBN 978-1-871184-32-7.
- ^ Rowson, Stephen; Wright, Ian L. (2001). The Glamorganshire and Aberdare Canals. Vol. 1. Black Dwarf Publications. pp. 117–119. ISBN 0-9533028-9-X.
- ^ "Robertstown Tramway Bridge". Engineering Timelines. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
- ^ Jacqueli YALLOP (2 June 2016). Dreamstreets: A Journey Through Britain's Village Utopias. Penguin Random House. pp. 25–. ISBN 978-0-09-958463-6.
- ^ Watkin William Price. "Homfray family, of Penydarren, Merthyr Tydfil, iron-masters, etc.". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- ^ "Pont y Gwaith". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- ^ A Tour in Quest of Genealogy, Through Several Parts of Wales, Somersetshire, and Wiltshire. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones. 1811.
- ^ Jones, Ffion (2010). The bard is a very singular character' : Iolo Morganwg, marginalia and print culture. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 131. ISBN 9780708322963.
- ^ Daniel Silvan Evans (1893). A Dictionary of the Welsh Language: C-Cyw. W. Spurrell. p. 659.
- ^ Robert David Griffith. "Prichard, Rowland Huw (1811-1887), musician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
- ^ Gwilym Thomas Jones. "Edwards, Roger (1811-1886), Calvinistic Methodist minister". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Jones, Thomas (1811-1866), Calvinistic Methodist minister and man of letters". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
- ^ Ray Looker. "Llewelyn, Mary Pendrill (1811-1874), translator and writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Williams, John (Ab Ithel; 1811-1862), cleric and antiquary". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
- ^ David Williams. "Jones, John (fl. 1811-1858; 'Shoni Sguborfawr'), Rebecca rioter". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
- ^ William Joseph Rhys. "Lewis, Titus (1773-1811), Baptist minister". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
- ^ Pollard, Albert; Walters, Huw (2004). "Owen, Nicholas (1752–1811)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 16 March 2009.
- ^ The Gentleman's Magazine. F. Jefferies. 1815. p. 292.
- ^ William Llewelyn Davies (1959). "Eddowes, Joshua (1724-1811), printer and bookseller at Shrewsbury". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ "STEPNEY, John (1743-1811), of Llanelly, Carm". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 24 June 2016.