This article is about the particular significance of the year 1839 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 – 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]
Events
edit- March – John Frost, former mayor of Newport, is deprived of his position as a magistrate because of his Chartist sympathies.
- 30 April – Chartists riot in Llanidloes and seize control of the town for five days.
- 7 May – Henry Vincent is arrested after addressing a Chartist meeting and taken to prison at Monmouth.[24]
- 13 May – Beginning of the Rebecca Riots.
- 25 July – William Ewart Gladstone marries Catherine Glynne of Hawarden.[25]
- 28 August – Mary Anne Lewis, widow of Cardiff MP Wyndham Lewis, marries Benjamin Disraeli.[26]
- 5 October – Opening of West Bute Dock.
- 4 November – Newport Rising: between 5,000 and 10,000 Chartist sympathisers led by John Frost, many of them coal miners, march on the Westgate Hotel in Newport, Monmouthshire, to liberate Chartist prisoners; around 22 are killed when troops, directed by Thomas Phillips, the mayor, fire on the crowd.[27] This is the last large-scale armed civil rebellion against authority in mainland Britain and sees the most deaths.
- 23 November – Zephaniah Williams, one of the leaders of the Chartist march on Newport, is arrested on board ship at Cardiff.[28]
- date unknown – Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis resigns as chairman of the Poor Law Commission, to be replaced by his son, George Cornewall Lewis.
Arts and literature
editNew books
edit- William Bingley – Excursions in North Wales
- Maria James – Wales and other Poems
- William Williams (Caledfryn) – Drych Barddonol
Music
edit- John Roberts (Ieuan Gwyllt) – Hafilah (hymn tune)
Births
edit- 9 January – Sarah Jane Rees (Cranogwen), writer (d. 1916)[29]
- 13 February (in England) – Robert Bird, politician (d. 1909)
- 7 March (in Germany) – Ludwig Mond, German-born industrialist (d. 1909)[30]
- 31 March – Thomas Henry Thomas (Arlunydd Penygarn) later known as T. H. Thomas, artist (d. 1915)[31]
- 24 September (in England) – John Neale Dalton, royal chaplain and tutor (d. 1931)[32]
Deaths
edit- 27 January – Sir Charles Paget, MP for Caernarfon, 60 (yellow fever)[33]
- 11 May – "Doctor" John Harries, Cwrt-y-cadno, physician, 54[34]
- 16 May – Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis, 84[35]
- 20 May – Rice Rees, historian, 35[36]
- 29 December – Hopkin Bevan, minister and author, 74[37]
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 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.
- ^ "Penpont including attached conservatory and rear service ranges". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Amy Audrey Locke (1916). The Hanbury Family. Arthur L. Humphreys. p. 147.
- ^ Evan David Jones (1959). "Herbert family (earls of Powis)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 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.
- ^
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Carey, William (1769-1846)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ 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.
- ^ A Gwent Anthology. Christopher Davies. 1988. p. 134. ISBN 978-0-7154-0655-7.
- ^ Bebbington, David (1993). William Ewart Gladstone: faith and politics in Victorian Britain. Grand Rapids, Mich: W.B. Eerdmans. p. 45. ISBN 9780802801524.
- ^ Paul Smith (12 September 1996). Disraeli: A Brief Life. Cambridge University Press. pp. 37. ISBN 978-0-521-38150-5.
- ^ "John Lovell and the People's Charter". The struggle for democracy. Kew: The National Archives. 2003. Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ David Egan (1 January 1987). People, Protest, and Politics: Case Studies in Nineteenth Century Wales. Gomer Press. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-86383-350-2.
- ^ William Llewelyn Davies. "Rees, Sarah Jane (Cranogwen; 1839-1916), schoolmistress, poet, editor, temperance advocate". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- ^ Chemical Society (Great Britain) (1918). Journal of the Chemical Society. The Society. p. 318.
- ^ William Llewelyn Davies. "Thomas, Thomas Henry (Arlunydd Penygarn; 1839-1915), artist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- ^ Trinity College (University of Cambridge) (1913). Admissions to Trinity College, Cambridge ... Macmillan and Company, Limited. p. 700.
- ^ Edward Clarence Paget (1913). Memoir of the Honble Sir Charles Paget, G.C.H., 1778-1839. Longmans, Green and Company. p. 105.
- ^ Isaac Evans (1938). Coelion Cymru (in Welsh). Aberystwyth. p. 136.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ R. G. Thorne, CLIVE, Edward, 2nd Baron Clive (1754-1839), of Walcot, Salop. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820, 1986.
- ^ Jones, Selwyn. "REES, RICE (1804–1839), cleric and scholar". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2008.
- ^ Thomas Mardy Rees (1908). Notable Welshmen (1700-1900): ... with Brief Notes, in Chronological Order, and Authorities. Also a Complete Alphabetical Index. Herald Office. p. 195.
