This article is about the particular significance of the year 1843 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 – Robert Myddelton Biddulph[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute[10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn[11]
- Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Capel Hanbury Leigh[12]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Edward Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis[13]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir John Owen, 1st Baronet[14]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Bishop of Bangor[15][2]
Events
edit- 15 April – Death of William Howells, the notorious "Laleston poisoning" case. His sister and brother-in-law are later acquitted of his murder.
- 19 June – An attack on the Carmarthen workhouse is blamed on "Chartists and the rabble of the town". After the disturbances, the Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire, George Rice Trevor, 4th Baron Dynevor, takes on the responsibility for administering order in the county.[23]
- 22 June – The Times sends a special correspondent to South Wales to cover the Rebecca Riots.[24]
- 25 August – "The Great Meeting" (Y Cyfarfod Mawr) to seek political solutions to the problems underlying the Rebecca Riots is held on Mynydd Sylen in the Gwendraeth valley.
- October – Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis is appointed to chair the commission of enquiry into the Rebecca Riots.[25]
- 1 November – The foundation stone for the first Beaumaris Pier is laid.[26]
- 22 December – John Jones (Shoni Sguborfawr), one of the ringleaders of the Rebecca Riots is sentenced to transportation to Australia.
- Pontardawe Tinplate Works established.
- Llewelyn Lewellin becomes Dean of St David's.
Arts and literature
editNew books
edit- Daniel Silvan Evans – Blodeu Ieuainc[27]
- Morris Williams (Nicander) – Y Flwyddyn Eglwysig
Music
edit- David Hughes (Cristiolus Môn) – Y Perorydd Cysegredig[28]
- John Orlando Parry – The Accomplished Young Lady
Births
edit- 8 January – John Bryn Roberts, lawyer and politician (died 1931)[29]
- 12 February – John Graham Chambers, sportsman who codified the Marquess of Queensberry rules (died 1883)
- 17 April – Richard John Lloyd Price, sportsman and squire of Rhiwlas (died 1923)
- 12 May – Thomas William Rhys Davids, founder of the Pali Text Society (died 1922)[30]
- 21 May – John Hugh Jones, Roman Catholic priest, translator, and tutor (died 1910)[31]
- 11 June – James Milo Griffith, sculptor (died 1897)
- 18 July – Sir Morgan Morgan, politician (died 1894)[32]
- 4 August – Margaret Townsend Jenkins, social reformer and educator who worked in Chile and Canada (died 1923)[33]
- 30 August – Cyril Flower, 1st Baron Battersea, MP for Brecon 1880–1885 (died 1907)
- 12 September – William Morris, Baptist minister (died 1922)
- 17 September – Hugh Williams, historian (died 1911)[34]
- 14 November – Jenkin Lloyd Jones, Unitarian minister in the United States (died 1918)
- 23 November – Daniel Lewis Lloyd, Bishop of Bangor (died 1899)[35]
- 20 December – Frances Hoggan, first British woman to qualify as a doctor (died 1927)
- date unknown – Peter Rees Jones, businessman (died 1905)[36]
Deaths
edit- 31 January – William Henry Scourfield, Member of Parliament, 66?[37]
- 28 March – Robert Richford Roberts, Welsh-descended Methodist leader in the United States, 64[38]
- 27 March – Henry Nevill, 2nd Earl of Abergavenny, 88[39]
- 23 April – Sir Robert Vaughan, 2nd Baronet, landowner and politician, 75[40]
- 19 May – Charles James Apperley ("Nimrod"), sports writer, 64?[41]
- 18 December – Dic Aberdaron (Richard Robert Jones), polyglot, 62/63[42]
- date unknown – Mary Evans (Mrs Fryer Todd), first love of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 73?[43]
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.
- ^ "Myddelton Biddulph, Robert (1805-1872), of Chirk Castle, Denb. and 35 Grosvenor Place, Mdx". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Old Yorkshire, volume 3. 1882. p. 90.
- ^ The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged. Porter. 1780. p. 95.
- ^ Frederick Clare Mather (1959). Public Order in the Age of the Chartists. Manchester University Press. p. 11.
- ^ John Davies (25 January 2007). A History of Wales. Penguin Adult. p. 575. ISBN 978-0-14-028475-1.
- ^ John Davies (25 January 2007). A History of Wales. Penguin Adult. p. 575. ISBN 978-0-14-028475-1.
- ^ Martin Easdown; Darlah Thomas (15 July 2010). Piers of Wales. Amberley Publishing Limited. pp. 115–. ISBN 978-1-4456-2385-6.
- ^ "not known". The Journal of the Welsh Bibliographical Society (in Welsh). Welsh Bibliographical Society: 183. 1950.
- ^ Aled Jones (1993). Press, politics and society: a history of journalism in Wales. University of Wales Press. p. 192. ISBN 978-0-7083-1167-7.
- ^ Jack Eaton (1989). Judge John Bryn Roberts. University of Wales Press.
- ^ Ridding, C. Mary; Tin, Pe Maung (1923). "Obituary: Professor T. W. Rhys Davids". Bulletin of the School of Oriental Studies, University of London. 3 (1). Cambridge University Press: 201–210. doi:10.1017/S0041977X0000032X. JSTOR 607190.
- ^ Humphreys, Edward Morgan. "Jones, John Hugh (1843–1910), Roman Catholic priest". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ "Death of a Welsh Knight – Sir Morgan Morgan suddenly expires – widespread sorrow in South Wales". Weekly Mail. (Wales and the West of England). 15 December 1894. p. 7 – via Welsh Newspapers Online.
- ^ Buddle, Melanie (2005). "Townsend, Margaret (Fox; Jenkins)". In Cook, Ramsay; Bélanger, Réal (eds.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XV (1921–1930) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). . Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). Vol. 3. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Thomas Iorwerth Ellis. "Lloyd, Daniel Lewis (1843–1899), schoolmaster and bishop". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ Ben Weinreb; Christopher Hibbert (1 January 1983). The London Encyclopedia. MacMillan. p. 419. ISBN 978-0-333-32556-8.
- ^ "SCOURFIELD, William Henry (1776–1843), of Robeston Hall, Robeston West and New Moat, Pemb". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- ^ Year-book of the Annual Conference. Committee of the Providence Annual Conference. 1850. p. 21.
- ^ Brooke, John (1964). "NEVILL, Henry, Visct. Nevill (1755–1843).". In Namier, Sir Lewis; Brooke, John (eds.). The House of Commons 1754–1790. The History of Parliament Trust.
- ^ "VAUGHAN, Sir Robert Williames, 2nd bt. (1768–1843), of Nannau Hall, nr. Dolgellau, Merion". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
- ^ Edward Morgan Humphreys. "Apperley, Charles James (1779–1843), writer on sport, known as 'Nimrod'". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- ^ Gruffydd Parry. "Jones, Richard Robert (1780–1843), polyglot". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ "Mary Fryer Todd (née Evans) (1770–1843)". National Museum Wales. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
