1821 in Wales

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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1821 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

For United Kingdom incumbents, see 1821 in the United Kingdom § 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 – William Van Mildert ^[16]
• Bishop of St Asaph – John Luxmoore ^{[17] [18] [19]}
• Bishop of St Davids – Thomas Burgess ^{[19] [20] [21] [22]}

Events

• 27 July – Sir Thomas Phillipps is created a baronet. ^[23]
• 13 September – King George IV of the United Kingdom visits Brecon on his return from Ireland. ^[24]
• November – The first edition of Y Dysgedydd appears. ^[25]
• 1 March – The first gas street lighting in Wales is installed at Swansea. ^[26]
• unknown date – William Madocks obtains an Act of Parliament allowing him to build a port, later known as Porthmadog. ^[27]

Arts and literature

New books

• John Elias – Golygiad Ysgrythurol ar Gyfiawnhad Pechadur ^[28]
• Evan Evans (Ieuan Glan Geirionydd) – Pedwar Cyflwr Dyn (translation of a work by Thomas Boston
• David Richards (Dafydd Ionawr) – Cywydd y Dilyw

Music

• Joseph Harris (Gomer) – Casgliad o Hymnau (collection of hymns)

Births

• 21 April – Thomas Stephens, historian, literary critic and social reformer (d. 1875)
• 1 May – William Latham Bevan, church historian (d. 1908) ^[29]
• 24 June – Guillermo Rawson, Argentinian politician (d. 1890)
• 6 July – Henry Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Swansea (d. 1894) ^[30]
• 16 July – John Jones (Mathetes), preacher and writer (d. 1878)
• 14 November – John Owen (Owain Alaw), musician (d. 1883)
• 16 December - John Griffith, journalist writing under the pseudonym Y Gohebydd (d. 1877) ^[31]
• date unknown - William Davies, politician (d. 1895)

Deaths

• 16 February – Hugh Davies, botanist, 81
• 2 March - Benjamin Evans, Independent minister, 81
• 2 May – Hester Thrale, diarist, 80 ^[32]
• 21 May – John Jones (Jac Glan-y-gors), poet and satirist, 54 ^[33]
• 13 July – Sir Watkin Lewes, lord mayor of London, 81 ^[34]
• 7 August – Caroline of Brunswick, former Princess of Wales (1795–1820), 53 ^[35]
• 12 October - William Jones, evangelist, 65
• November – Richard Fenton, poet and author, 74 ^[36]

See also

• 1821 in Ireland

References

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3. Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 695. ISBN   9780806313146.
4. Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1992. p. 169.
5. 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.
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7. "not known". Old Wales: Monthly Magazine of Antiquities for Wales and the Borders. "Old Wales" Office. 3: 106. 1907.
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25. Ifano Jones (1925). A History of Printing and Printers in Wales to 1810, and of Successive and Related Printers to 1923. W. Lewis (printers), limited. p. 153.
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