This article is about the particular significance of the year 1827 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 – Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort[5]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Thomas Assheton Smith[6][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]
Events edit
- 1 March – Official opening of St David's College, Lampeter.[23] Llewelyn Lewellin becomes its first principal, with Alfred Ollivant as vice-principal.
- 25 April – Sir Stapleton Cotton is created Viscount Combermere.[24]
- 6 November – The Welsh-language journal, Baner y Groes, is launched for the first time;[25] it would be revived in 1854.
- date unknown
- The nephew of the last Viscount Bulkeley obtains permission, by royal licence, to take the name Sir Richard Bulkeley Williams-Bulkeley.[26][27]
- Construction work begins on Marble Arch, designed by Welsh architect John Nash and erected in front of Buckingham Palace in London.[28]
- A source of manganese is discovered at Y Rhiw.
Arts and literature edit
New books edit
- Robert Davies (Bardd Nantglyn) – Diliau Barddas[29]
- John Jones – An Explanation of the Greek Article[30]
Music edit
- Peroriaeth Hyfryd (collection of hymns including Caersalem by Robert Edwards)
Births edit
- 6 June – Hugh Robert Hughes, genealogist (d. 1911)
- 17 September - Joseph David Jones, composer (d. 1870)
- 27 October – Joseph Tudor Hughes (Blegwryd), harp prodigy (d. 1841)[31]
- 18 November – Emmeline Lewis Lloyd, Alpinist (d. 1913)[32]
- date unknown - Griffith Arthur Jones, clergyman (d. 1906)
Deaths edit
- 10 January – John Jones, Unitarian minister and writer, about 60[33]
- 25 January – John Evans, Baptist minister and writer, 59
- 12 May – David Richards (Dafydd Ionawr), poet, 76
- 27 May – Maria Bailey, wife of Sir Joseph Bailey
- 3 July – David Davis (Castellhywel), minister and poet, 82[34]
- 22 July – William Aubrey, engineer, supervisor of Cyfarthfa ironworks, 68[35]
- 11 August – Anthony Bushby Bacon, industrialist, about 55[36]
- date unknown - Helen Maria Williams, novelist and poet (in Paris)
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 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.
- ^ "ASSHETON SMITH, Thomas (c.1752-1828), of Faenol, Caern. and Tidworth, Hants". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Thorne, R.G. "John Owen (1776-1861) of Orielton, Pembrokeshire". History of Parliament. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 307.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ E. A. Varley (11 April 2002). The Last of the Prince Bishops: William Van Mildert and the High Church Movement of the Early Nineteenth Century. Cambridge University Press. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-521-89231-5.
- ^ William STOCKDALE (Publisher.) (1833). Stockdale's Peerage of the United Kingdom for ... 1833; with the arms of the Peers, etc. p. 75.
- ^ Lleuad yr Oes; neu, Amgeueddfa fisol o wybodaeth mewn crefydd, moes, athroniaeth a hanes (in Welsh). 1828. p. 799.
- ^ Thomas Nicholas (1872). Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales: Containing a Record of All Ranks of the Gentry ... with Many Ancient Pedigrees and Memorials of Old and Extinct Families. Longmans, Green, Reader. p. 40.
- ^ "WILLIAMS BULKELEY, Sir Richard Bulkeley, 10th bt. (1801-1875), of Baron Hill, Anglesey". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
- ^ Christopher Hibbert; Ben Weinreb; Julia Keay; John Keay (2008). The London Encyclopaedia. Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-4050-4924-5.
- ^ Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England) (1939). The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. The Society.
- ^ Bodleian Library (1843). Catalogus Librorum Impressorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae in Academia Oxoniensi. e Typographeo academico. p. 425.
- ^ Bob Owen, Croesor. "HUGHES, JOSEPH TUDOR (Blegwryd; 1827-1841), boy harpist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
- ^ Ioan Bowen Rees. "LEWIS LLOYD, EMMELINE (1827-1913), one of the first women to climb in the Alps". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
- ^ Griffith Milwyn Griffiths (1959). "Jones, John (1766?-1827), classical scholar and Unitarian divine". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- ^ Thomas Mardy Rees (1908). Notable Welshmen (1700-1900): ... with Brief Notes, in Chronological Order, and Authorities. Also a Complete Alphabetical Index. Herald Office. p. 161.
- ^ "William Aubrey". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales.
- ^ Price, Watkin William (1959). "Bacon family". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 28 November 2021.