1826 in Wales

none September 2019 September 2019 1826 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1826 to Wales and its people. Incumbents Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of AngleseyEdward Breese Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth 1873 24J.C. Sainty John Sainty (civil servant) List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974 Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd London 1979 Nicholas Thomas Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales Genealogical Pub. Co Baltimore 1991 9780806313146 695Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru University of Wales Press 1992 169 Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of BeaufortEdwin Poole 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 1886 378 Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Thomas Assheton Smith http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/assheton-smith-thomas-1752-1828 ASSHETON SMITH, Thomas (c.1752-1828), of Faenol, Caern. and Tidworth, Hants. History of Parliament Online 6 June 2013 19 February 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250219152002/http://historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/assheton-smith-thomas-1752-1828 deadEdward Breese Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth 1873 26 Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – William Edward Powell 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 WestminsterOld Wales: Monthly Magazine of Antiquities for Wales and the Borders not known William Retlaw Williams "Old Wales" Office 1907 3 106 Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute Nicholas Thomas Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales Genealogical Pub. Co Baltimore 1991 9780806313146 612 Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th BaronetEdward Breese Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth 1873 29 Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Edward Clive, 1st Earl of PowisR. G. Thorne http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/clive-edward-1754-1839 Clive, Edward, 2nd Baron Clive (1754-1839), of Walcot, Salop The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820 1986 13 November 2021 13 November 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211113165618/http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/clive-edward-1754-1839 dead Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir John Owen, 1st BaronetThorne R.G. John Owen (1776-1861) of Orielton, Pembrokeshire https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/owen-john-1776-861 History of Parliament 27 March 2020 Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – George Rodney, 3rd Baron RodneyJonathan Williams The History of Radnorshire R. Mason 1859 115William Stockdale Stockdale's Peerage of the United Kingdom 1833 86 Bishop of Bangor – Henry Majendie Fryde E. B. Handbook of British chronology New York Cambridge University Press Cambridge England 1996 9780521563505 292 Thomas Duffus Hardy Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press 1854 305 Bishop of Llandaff – William Van Mildert (until 24 April);28096 Mildert, William 2004 2007 Varley Elizabeth Charles Sumner (from 21 May) Bishop of St Asaph – John LuxmooreThe Church of the people and free church penny magazine 1859 179The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England James Parkes and Company 1866 15 Bishop of St Davids – John Jenkinson Thomas Duffus Hardy Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press 1854 307The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged Porter 1780 95The Later Correspondence of George III, Volume 3 George III (King of Great Britain) University Press 1967 434Records of Past Fellows: Burgess, Thomas https://catalogues.royalsociety.org/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Persons&id=NA3174&pos=1 The Royal Society 30 October 2020 Events 30 January - Opening of the Menai Suspension Bridge, designed by Thomas Telford.Strait MENAI The Tourists' Guide to the Shores of the Menai Straits ... With a Full ... Account of the Suspension Bridge; by J. Pring, etc https://books.google.com/books?id=uBxbAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA20 1832 Chronicle Office 20 1 July - Opening of Telford's Conwy Suspension Bridge. Wrexham Maelor Hospital's predecessor founded. The Calvinistic Methodist "connexion" produces its Constitutional Deed. It incorporates all property (such as chapels) as the property of the connexion as a whole. Arts and literature New books Daniel Evans (Daniel Ddu o Geredigion) - Golwg ar Gyflwr yr Iddewon, CerddDaniel EVANS (called Daniel Ddu o Geredigion.) Golwg ar Gyflwr yr Iddewon Cerdd https://books.google.com/books?id=9k01Kwjku8MC&pg=PA3 1826 3 James Humphreys - Observations on the Actual State of the English Laws of Real Property, with the outlines of a Code Music 24 May - John Parry (Bardd Alaw) is given a benefit concert by the Society of Cymmrodorion. Births 13 January (in Ceylon) - Henry Matthews, 1st Viscount Llandaff (d. 1913)The Law Times https://books.google.com/books?id=COg5AQAAIAAJ 1908 Office of The Law Times 267 10 February - Edward Williams, iron-master (d. 1886)s-WILL-EDW-1826 Williams, Edward (1826-1886), iron-master Walter Thomas Morgan 1959 28 November 2021 26 February - John Llewelyn Davies, English theologian of Welsh parentage (d. 1916)Obituary of John Llewelyn Davies, The Times, Friday, 19 May 1916 1 March - John Thomas, harpist (d. 1913) 22 March - Lewys Glyn Dyfi (Lewis Meredith), poet and preacher (d. 1891)s-MERE-LEW-1826 Meredith, Lewis (1826-1891), preacher and writer Griffith Thomas Roberts National Library of Wales 6 December 2019 27 April - Owen Phillips, Dean of St Davids (d. 1897)s-PHIL-OWE-1826 Phillips, Evan Owen (1826-1897), dean of S. Davids Robert Thomas Jenkins 1959 28 November 2021 8 May - George Osborne Morgan, lawyer (d. 1897) 11 May - David Charles Davies, Nonconformist leader (d. 1891)s-DAVI-CHA-1826 Davies, David Charles (1826-1891), Calvinistic Methodist minister, theologian, and principal of Trevecka College Gwilym Arthur Edwards 1959 28 November 2021 26 June - Evan Davies, educationalist and lawyer (died 1872)Evan Davies s-DAVI-EVA-1826 Jenkins Robert Thomas 18 April 2017 18 December - Henry Parry, Anglican bishop of Welsh parentage (d. 1893 in Australia) Haynes Mark 1974 parry-henry-hutton-4368 Parry, Henry Hutton (1826–1893) 14 September 2015 Deaths April - Ned Turner, prize-fighter, 34 21 April - Thomas Johnes, clergyman, chancellor and canon of Exeter, about 76s:Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Johnes, Thomas (1) May (approximate) - Richard Griffiths, industrial pioneer who opened up transport links into the Rhondda, 70s-GRIF-RIC-1756 Griffiths, Richard Robert Thomas Jenkins National Library of Wales 1 April 2019 October - John Williams, clergyman, teacher and collector of manuscripts, about 76s-WILL-JOH-1760 WILLIAMS, JOHN (1760–1826), cleric and schoolmaster Davies Sir William Llewelyn 28 November 2021 7 December - John Vivian, industrialist, 76Joseph Polsue Lake's Parochial History of the County of Cornwall EP Publishing [for] Cornwall County Library 1974 256 18 December - Iolo Morganwg, poet and antiquary, 79s-WILL-EDW-1747 Williams, Edward (Iolo Morganwg, 1747-1826), poet and antiquary Griffith John Williams 1959 28 November 2021 28 December - Nathaniel Williams, theologian and hymn-writer, 84 See also 1826 in Ireland References Wales Wales Category:1826 in Europe Category:1820s in Wales