1817 in Wales

none September 2019 September 2019 1817 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1817 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 and Monmouthshire – 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 Bulkeley, 7th Viscount BulkeleyEdward 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 (from 22 November) 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 – Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milfords-PHIL-PIC-1491 Philipps family, of Picton Bertie George Charles 1959 19 October 2021 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 292Thomas Duffus Hardy Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press 1854 305 Bishop of Llandaff – Herbert Marsh Marsh, Herbert 36 Venables Edmund Edmund Venables 211-215 1 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 – Thomas BurgessThomas 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 March - A riot breaks out in Amlwch over food prices, and a ship carrying flour is prevented from leaving the harbour.Thomas Tegg A Dictionary of Chronology ... Fourth edition [of "Chronology, or the Historian's Companion"], considerably enlarged https://books.google.com/books?id=CKRfAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA300 1835 300 22 July - Windham Sadler succeeds in crossing the Irish Sea by hot air balloon, landing near Holyhead. October John Gibson arrives in Rome to study sculpture with help from Antonio Canova. 6 December - Joseph Tregelles Price advertises Neath Abbey ironworks for sale. dates unknown Lewis Weston Dillwyn retires from managing the Cambrian Pottery at Swansea.Friends of Blue Wedgwood Museum (Barlaston, England) True blue: transfer printed earthenware https://books.google.com/books?id=9YZJAQAAIAAJ 1998 Friends of Blue Joseph Harris (Gomer) launches the unsuccessful periodical, Greal y Bedyddwyr.John JENKINS (the Elder, of Hengoed.) J. EVANS (of Abercanaid.) Llewelyn JENKINS Hanes buchedd a gweithiau awdurol y diweddar John Jenkins ... Cyhoeddedig dan olygiaeth ei feibion John a Llewelyn Jenkins. A sylwadau ar ei nodweddiadau ... gan J. Evans https://books.google.com/books?id=Ik9iAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA105 1859 William Jones 105– cy Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis drafts the report on the Poor Law which brings its abuses to the attention of the public. Construction work commences on the first chapel in Tywyn.https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/8624/ Ebenezer Methodist Chapel Coflein 19 December 2021 Approximate date - Britain's longest tramroad tunnel is opened at Pwll du near Blaenavon. The Pwll Du Tunnel is more than a mile (2400 m) in length. Begun as a mineral adit, at this time it carries a horse-drawn double track plateway of approximately 2 ft (600 mm) gauge carrying material for Blaenavon Ironworks; next summer it will be incorporated in Thomas Hill's Tramroad, connecting to the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal.John van Laun Early Limestone Railways London Newcomen Society 0-904685-09-8 50 Arts and literature New books Catherine Hutton - The Welsh MountaineerHutton, Catherine. The Welsh Mountaineer: A Novel. United Kingdom: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1817. John Thomas (Eos Gwynedd) - cy Annerch Plant a Rhieni oddi ar farwolaeth William Thomas mab Lewis Thomas, Llanrwst Music 14 July - Robert Williams composes the famous hymn-tune Llanfair (formerly named Bethel).Handbook to the Hymnal 1946 18 Births 3 March - Robert Thompson Crawshay, iron-master (died 1879)s-CRAW-CYF-1739 Crawshay family Watkin William Price Watkin William Price 1959 3 November 2021 6 May - John Prichard, architect (d. 1886)s-PRIC-JOH-1817 Ellis Megan John Prichard National Library of Wales 20 April 2016 June - John Corbett, industrialist (died 1901) 16 June - Charles Herbert James, politician (died 1890) 16 August - Rowland Williams, theologian and academic (died 1870)Williams, Rowland (1779–1854), cleric s-WILL-ROW-1779 Ellis Thomas Iorwerth Thomas Iorwerth Ellis 19 December 2021 17 September - Hugh Humphreys, publisher (died 1896)s-HUMP-HUG-1817 Humphreys, Hugh (1817-1896), printer and publisher Edward Morgan Humphreys 1959 19 December 2021 13 November - Henry Brinley Richards, composer (died 1885)s-RICH-BRI-1819 Richards, Henry Brinley (1819-1885), musician Robert David Griffith 1959 21 November 2021 17 December - Erasmus Jones, novelist (died 1909)s-JONE-ERA-1817 Jones, Erasmus (1817-1909), novelist Robert (Bob) Owen 7 May 2020 Thomas Thomas, chapel architect and minister (died 1888) Deaths 16 January - General Vaughan Lloyd, commander of the Woolwich Arsenal, 80s-LLOY-VAU-1736 Vaughan, Lloyd (1736-1817), general Robert Thomas Jenkins 1959 19 December 2021 27 March - Josiah Boydell, artist, 65Fagan, L.A., rev. Vivienne W. Painting. "Josiah Boydell (1752–1817)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. 2004. Retrieved on 17 January 2008. 0-19-861411-X 17 July - William Williams (antiquary), author, 79 31 July - Benjamin Hall, industrialist, 36http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/hall-benjamin-1778-1817 Hall, Benjamin (1778-1817), of Hensol Castle, Glam. History of Parliament Online 21 November 2021 21 November 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211121171333/http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/hall-benjamin-1778-1817 dead date unknown - David Hughes, Principal of Jesus College, Oxford See also 1817 in Ireland References Wales Category:1817 in Europe Category:1810s in Wales