1802 in Wales

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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1802 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

• Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}
• Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire – Henry Somerset, 5th 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 – John Vaughan
• 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 – vacant until 1804
• Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford ^{[2] [10]}
• Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Thomas Harley ^{[11] [2]}

• Bishop of Bangor – William Cleaver ^{[12] [13] [14]}
• Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Watson ^[15]
• Bishop of St Asaph – Lewis Bagot (until 4 June); Samuel Horsley ^{[16] [12]}
• Bishop of St Davids – Lord George Murray ^[17]

Events

• August - Sir William and Lady Hamilton visit Milford Haven, along with Admiral Horatio Nelson. ^[18] Nelson subsequently visits Monmouth ^[19] and the Naval Temple on The Kymin. Also on his Welsh expedition he visits Cyfarthfa Ironworks, in recognition of its contribution to the war effort.
• 8 October - A Unitarian Association is formed in South Wales, with Josiah Rees and Iolo Morganwg among its leaders. ^[20]
• unknown dates
  • North Wales Baptist Association is launched by Christmas Evans.
  • Sir John Nicholl is elected to Parliament for the first time.
  • Sir Robert Williames Vaughan marries Anna Maria Mostyn, daughter of Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet.

Arts and literature

New books

• Thomas Charles - The Welsh Methodists Vindicated
• Abraham Rees - The New Cyclopaedia, vol. 1

Music

• Edward Jones (Bardd y Brenin) - The Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards, vol. 2 ^[21]

Sport

• Royal Anglesey Yacht Club founded at Beaumaris. ^[22]

Births

• 15 July - James Allen, Bishop of St David's (d. 1897) ^[23]
• August - Ebenezer Thomas, poet (d. 1863)
• 24 August - William Rowlands (Gwilym Lleyn) (d. 1865)
• 26 August - George Wightwick, architect working in south west England and pioneer architectural journalist (d. 1872)
• 8 November
  • Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover (d. 1867) ^[24]
  • William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog), poet and author (d. 1883) ^[25]
• 4 December - Calvert Jones, pioneer photographer (d. 1877) ^[26]
• 12 December
  • John Ryland Harris, printer (d. 1823) ^[27]
  • Isaac Williams, poet (d. 1865)
• date unknown - Thomas Robert Jones, founder of The Philanthropic Order of True Ivorites (d. 1856) ^[28]

Deaths

• 3 April - John Williams, evangelical clergyman, about 40 ^[29]
• 4 April - Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon, politician and barrister, 69 ^[30]
• 26 May - Joseph Hoare, academic (b. 1709) ^[31]
• 4 June - Lewis Bagot, Bishop of St Asaph, 62 ^[32]
• 6 July - Daniel Morgan, American pioneer, soldier, and politician of Welsh parentage, 66 ^[33]
• 28 November - Robert Roberts, preacher, 40 ^[34]
• 30 November - Thomas Williams of Llanidan, industrialist, 65 ^[35]
• 6 December - Roger Kemble, travelling theatre manager, father of Sarah Siddons, 81 ^[36]
• 31 December - Francis Lewis, signatory of the Declaration of American Independence, 80
• date unknown - Abraham Elliot Griffiths, co-founder of Sierra Leone, age unknown ^[37]

See also

• 1802 in Ireland

References

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4. Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1992. p. 169.
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