1819 in Wales

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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1819 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

• 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 ^[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]}

• Bishop of Bangor – Henry Majendie ^{[14] [15]}
• Bishop of Llandaff – Herbert Marsh (until 28 April); ^[16] William Van Mildert (from 31 May) ^[17]
• Bishop of St Asaph – John Luxmoore ^{[18] [19] [20]}
• Bishop of St Davids – Thomas Burgess ^{[20] [21] [22] [23]}

Events

• August – Thomas Telford begins construction of the Menai Suspension Bridge. ^[24]
• date unknown
  • The embankment on Telford's Holyhead Road through the Nant Ffrancon Pass is completed.
  • The Welsh colony of Cardigan is established in York County, New Brunswick, Canada. ^[25]
  • Robert Bamford Hesketh begins construction of Gwrych Castle. ^[26]
  • Scottish-born London India merchant John Christie purchases a substantial tract of the Great Forest of Brecknock from the Crown. ^[27]
  • John Scandrett Harford and his brothers acquire the Peterwell estate at Lampeter. ^[28]

Arts and literature

• Major eisteddfodau are held at Carmarthen and Denbigh. The Gorsedd tradition (begun by Iolo Morganwg) becomes formally linked with the eisteddfod at Carmarthen. ^[29]

New books

• William Owen Pughe – Coll Gwynfa (translation of Milton's Paradise Lost) ^[30]

Music

• "From Greenland’s Icy Mountains", a hymn by Reginald Heber, is sung for the first time, at St Giles' Church, Wrexham.

Births

• 3 March – William Ormsby-Gore, 2nd Baron Harlech (died 1904)
• 4 November – Arthur Hill-Trevor, 1st Baron Trevor (died 1894)
• 7 November – Enoch Salisbury, barrister, politician and bibliophile (died 1890) ^[31]
• 7 December – John Cambrian Rowland, painter (died 1890) ^[32]
• 9 December – John Roose Elias, writer (died 1881) ^[33]
• unknown date – Arthur Wynn Williams, physician (died 1886) ^[34]

Deaths

• 9 January - William Parry, minister and teacher, 74 ^[35]
• 31 January - Thomas Bevan, missionary, about 24 ^[36]
• 3 February - Mary Bevan, missionary, wife of Thomas Bevan, age unknown ^[36]
• 6 February - David Davies, clergyman and author, 76 ^[37]
• 8 February - Sydenham Teak Edwards, botanist, 51 ^[38]
• 25 June
  • John Abel, minister, 49 ^[39]
  • Sir John Morris, 1st Baronet, industrialist, 73 ^[40]
• 11 November - Moses Griffiths, artist, 72 ^[41]

See also

• 1819 in Ireland

References

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