This article is about the particular significance of the year 1817 to Wales and its people.
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Incumbents edit
- 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 (from 22 November)[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]
Events edit
- March - A riot breaks out in Amlwch over food prices, and a ship carrying flour is prevented from leaving the harbour.[23]
- 22 July - Windham Sadler succeeds in crossing the Irish Sea by hot air balloon, landing near Holyhead.
- October John Gibson arrives in Rome to study sculpture with help from Antonio Canova.
- 6 December - Joseph Tregelles Price advertises Neath Abbey ironworks for sale.
- dates unknown
- Lewis Weston Dillwyn retires from managing the Cambrian Pottery at Swansea.[24]
- Joseph Harris (Gomer) launches the unsuccessful periodical, Greal y Bedyddwyr.[25]
- Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis drafts the report on the Poor Law which brings its abuses to the attention of the public.
- Construction work commences on the first chapel in Tywyn.[26]
- Approximate date - Britain's longest tramroad tunnel is opened at Pwll du near Blaenavon. The Pwll Du Tunnel is more than a mile (2400 m) in length. Begun as a mineral adit, at this time it carries a horse-drawn double track plateway of approximately 2 ft (600 mm) gauge carrying material for Blaenavon Ironworks; next summer it will be incorporated in Thomas Hill's Tramroad, connecting to the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal.[27]
Arts and literature edit
New books edit
- Catherine Hutton - The Welsh Mountaineer[28]
- John Thomas (Eos Gwynedd) - Annerch Plant a Rhieni oddi ar farwolaeth William Thomas mab Lewis Thomas, Llanrwst
Music edit
- 14 July - Robert Williams composes the famous hymn-tune Llanfair (formerly named Bethel).[29]
Births edit
- 3 March - Robert Thompson Crawshay, iron-master (died 1879)[30]
- 6 May - John Prichard, architect (d. 1886)[31]
- June - John Corbett, industrialist (died 1901)
- 16 June - Charles Herbert James, politician (died 1890)
- 16 August - Rowland Williams, theologian and academic (died 1870)[32]
- 17 September - Hugh Humphreys, publisher (died 1896)[33]
- 13 November - Henry Brinley Richards, composer (died 1885)[34]
- 17 December - Erasmus Jones, novelist (died 1909)[35]
- Thomas Thomas, chapel architect and minister (died 1888)
Deaths edit
- 16 January - General Vaughan Lloyd, commander of the Woolwich Arsenal, 80[36]
- 27 March - Josiah Boydell, artist, 65[37]
- 17 July - William Williams (antiquary), author, 79
- 31 July - Benjamin Hall, industrialist, 36[38]
- date unknown - David Hughes, Principal of Jesus College, Oxford
See also edit
References 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.
- ^ Venables, Edmund, "Marsh Herbert", Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, vol. 36, retrieved 7 October 2020
- ^ 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.
- ^ Thomas Tegg (1835). A Dictionary of Chronology ... Fourth edition [of "Chronology, or the Historian's Companion"], considerably enlarged. p. 300.
- ^ Friends of Blue; Wedgwood Museum (Barlaston, England) (1998). True blue: transfer printed earthenware. Friends of Blue.
- ^ John JENKINS (the Elder, of Hengoed.); J. EVANS (of Abercanaid.); Llewelyn JENKINS (1859). Hanes buchedd a gweithiau awdurol y diweddar John Jenkins ... Cyhoeddedig dan olygiaeth ei feibion John a Llewelyn Jenkins. A sylwadau ar ei nodweddiadau ... gan J. Evans. William Jones. pp. 105–.
- ^ "Ebenezer Methodist Chapel". Coflein. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
- ^ van Laun, John. Early Limestone Railways. London: Newcomen Society. p. 50. ISBN 0-904685-09-8.
- ^ Hutton, Catherine. The Welsh Mountaineer: A Novel. United Kingdom: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1817.
- ^ Handbook to the Hymnal. 1946. p. 18.
- ^ Price, Watkin William (1959). "Crawshay family". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ^ Ellis, Megan. "John Prichard". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- ^ Ellis, Thomas Iorwerth. "Williams, Rowland (1779–1854), cleric". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
- ^ Edward Morgan Humphreys (1959). "Humphreys, Hugh (1817-1896), printer and publisher". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
- ^ Robert David Griffith (1959). "Richards, Henry Brinley (1819-1885), musician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
- ^ Robert (Bob) Owen. "Jones, Erasmus (1817-1909), novelist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins (1959). "Vaughan, Lloyd (1736-1817), general". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
- ^ Fagan, L.A., rev. Vivienne W. Painting. "Josiah Boydell (1752–1817)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. 2004. Retrieved on 17 January 2008. ISBN 0-19-861411-X
- ^ "Hall, Benjamin (1778-1817), of Hensol Castle, Glam". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 21 November 2021.