1829 in Wales

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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1829 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

• Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}
• Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort ^[5]
• Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Peter Drummond-Burrell, 22nd Baron Willoughby de Eresby ^[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 – Sir John Owen, 1st Baronet ^[11]
• Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – George Rodney, 3rd Baron Rodney ^{[12] [2] [13]}

• Bishop of Bangor – Henry Majendie ^{[14] [15]}
• Bishop of Llandaff – Edward Copleston ^[16]
• Bishop of St Asaph – John Luxmoore ^{[17] [18] [16]}
• Bishop of St Davids – John Jenkinson ^{[16] [19] [20] [21]}

Events

• January - The first issue of the Cambrian Quarterly Magazine and Celtic Repertory appears. ^[22]
• 6 May - The Cymmrodorion hold an eisteddfod in London. ^[23]
• 24 November - The Ecclesiastical Courts Act, 1829, is passed, largely at the instigation of Sir John Nicholl. ^[24]
• Formation of the North Wales and South Wales MMs (monthly meetings) by the Society of Friends.
• Beaumaris Gaol is built, to the design of Joseph Hansom. ^[25]

Arts and literature

New books

• Ellis Evans - Arddangosiad Syml o Syniadau Gwahaniaethol, neu Egwyddorion Priodol, y Bedyddwyr Crediniol ^[26]
• John Jones (Tegid) - A Defence of the Reformed System of Welsh Orthography
• Thomas Love Peacock - The Misfortunes of Elphin
• Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc) - An Essay on the Physiognomy and Physiology of the Present Inhabitants of Britain ^[27]

Music

• Felix Mendelssohn visits Wales and transcribes some Welsh music. ^[28]

Births

• 27 January - Isaac Roberts, astronomer (d. 1904) ^[29]
• 28 August - Samuel C. Hughes, Welsh-born American businessman and politician (d. 1917) ^[30]
• 20 December - Morgan Jones, cricketer (d. 1905)
• 23 December - Thomas Walter Price (Cuhelyn), journalist and poet (d. 1869) ^[31]
• unknown date - G. Phillips Bevan, statistician (d. 1889)

Deaths

• 26 January - Benjamin Millingchamp, collector of manuscripts, 72
• June - Elizabeth Randles, harpist, 28? ^[32]
• 19 August - Jonathan Williams, antiquary, 77
• 20 November - John Jenkins (Ifor Ceri), antiquary, 59 ^[33]

See also

• 1829 in Ireland

References

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2. J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.
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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23. collections historical and archeological relating to montgomeryshrine, and its borders. issued by the powys-land club for the use of its members. 1877. p. 196.
24. The Ecclesiastical Law: 2. London. 1842. p. 1.
25. John Timpson (1989). Timpson's Towns of England and Wales: Oddities & Curiosities . Jarrold. p.  60. ISBN   978-0-7117-0419-0.
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27. Robert Williams (1852). Enwogion Cymru: A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Welshmen, from the Earliest Times to the Present, and Including Every Name Connected with the Ancient History of Wales. W. Rees. pp.  423.
28. R. Larry Todd (28 October 2013). Mendelssohn Essays. Routledge. p. 35. ISBN   978-1-135-86669-3.
29. Robert Thomas Jenkins (1959). "Roberts, Isaac (1829-1904), astronomer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography . National Library of Wales . Retrieved 29 November 2021.
30. Goff, John S. (1983). Arizona Biographical Dictionary. Cave Creek, AZ: Black Mountain Press. p. 52. OCLC   10740532.
31. Robert (Bob) Owen (1959). "Price, Thomas Walter (Cuhelyn; 1829-1869), journalist and poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography . National Library of Wales . Retrieved 29 November 2021.
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33. William Jones (1839). The Gwyneddion for 1832: Containing the Prize Poems, Etc., of the Beaumaris Eisteddfod and North Wales Literary Society. Hughes. p. 148.