1811 in Wales

none September 2019 September 2019 1811 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1811 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1811 in the United Kingdom#Incumbents Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry PagetEdward 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 – Thomas Johnes 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 Stuart, 1st 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 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 – Richard WatsonJohn Henry James A History and Survey of the Cathedral Church of SS. Peter, Paul, Dubritius, Teilo, and Oudoceus, Llandaff Western Mail 1898 16 Bishop of St Asaph – William CleaverThe 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 Burgess 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 5 February - The Prince of Wales becomes Prince Regent.16451 227 5 February 1811 25 March - Sir Joseph Bailey takes over Nantyglo Ironworks.https://www.blaenau-gwent.gov.uk/media/xvtngp23/joseph-bailey-eng.pdf The Joseph Bailey Trail Blaenau Gwent CBC 16 January 2025 25 May - The Hay Railway is authorised by an Act of Parliament.Donald J. Grant Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain https://books.google.com/books?id=ok88DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA259 31 October 2017 Troubador Publishing Ltd 978-1-78803-768-6 259 19 June - The first Methodist Association for the ordination of new ministers is held at Llandeilo. Thomas Charles plays a leading role.David Ceri Jones Eryn Mant White The Elect Methodists: Calvinistic Methodism in England and Wales, 1735-1811 https://books.google.com/books?id=ylKuBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA229 4 January 2012 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-2502-5 229 The Presbyterian Church of Wales thus secedes from the Church of England.Thomas Spencer Baynes The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature https://books.google.com/books?id=VtpTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA193 1878 A. and C. Black 193 20 August - Thomas Sheasby resigns as engineer of the Aberdare Canal,Stephen Hughes Copperopolis: Landscapes of the Early Industrial Period in Swansea https://books.google.com/books?id=oXjppt5BYjEC&pg=PA151 18 December 2008 Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales 978-1-871184-32-7 151– to be replaced by George Overton.Rowson, Stephen Wright, Ian L. 2001 The Glamorganshire and Aberdare Canals 1 Black Dwarf Publications 0-9533028-9-X 117–119 As part of the canal works, a free-standing metal rail bridge is built at Robertstown, Aberdare - the first of its kind in the world.http://www.engineering-timelines.com/scripts/engineeringItem.asp?id=401 Engineering Timelines Robertstown Tramway Bridge 2013-10-11 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160602120552/http://www.engineering-timelines.com/scripts/engineeringItem.asp?id=401 2016-06-02 17 September - Completion of The Cob embankment across Traeth Mawr by William Madocks is celebrated.Jacqueli YALLOP Dreamstreets: A Journey Through Britain's Village Utopias https://books.google.com/books?id=1-hFDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA25 2 June 2016 Penguin Random House 978-0-09-958463-6 25– His nearby model town of Tremadog is also completed by this year. date unknown At Hereford Assizes, Samuel Homfray and his partners in the Penydarren ironworks sue the Dowlais Company for fouling the Morlais brook with cinders and slag.s-HOMF-RAY-1726 Homfray family, of Penydarren, Merthyr Tydfil, iron-masters, etc. Watkin William Price 10 December 2021 Pont-y-gwaith is built over the River Taff near Merthyr Tydfil.https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300011515-pont-y-gwaith-treharris#.YbNm_r3P3cs Pont y Gwaith British Listed Buildings 10 December 2021 Arts and literature New books English language Thomas Charles - Biblical Dictionary, vol. 4 Richard Fenton - A Tour in Quest of GenealogyA Tour in Quest of Genealogy, Through Several Parts of Wales, Somersetshire, and Wiltshire Sherwood, Neely, and Jones 1811 Ann Hatton - Poetic Trifles Peter Roberts - Brut Tysilio (English translation) Welsh language Thomas Evans (Tomos Glyn Cothi) - Cyfansoddiad o Hymnau Jones Ffion The bard is a very singular character' : Iolo Morganwg, marginalia and print culture University of Wales Press Cardiff 2010 9780708322963 131 John Williams (ed.) - Gwaith Prydyddawl ... W. WilliamsDaniel Silvan Evans A Dictionary of the Welsh Language: C-Cyw. W. Spurrell 1893 659 Music John James - Pigion o Hymnau Births 14 January - Rowland Prichard, musician (d. 1887)s-PRIC-HUW-1811 Prichard, Rowland Huw (1811-1887), musician Robert David Griffith National Library of Wales 29 August 2019 26 January - Roger Edwards, minister (d. 1886)s-EDWA-ROG-1811 Edwards, Roger (1811-1886), Calvinistic Methodist minister Gwilym Thomas Jones National Library of Wales 29 August 2019 11 March - Thomas Jones (Glan Alun), poet (d. 1866)s-JONE-THO-1811 Jones, Thomas (1811-1866), Calvinistic Methodist minister and man of letters Robert Thomas Jenkins National Library of Wales 29 August 2019 12 March - Mary Pendrill Llewelyn, translator and writer (died 1874)s-LLEW-PEN-1811 Llewelyn, Mary Pendrill (1811-1874), translator and writer Ray Looker National Library of Wales 29 August 2019 7 April - John Williams (Ab Ithel), antiquary (d. 1862)s-WILL-JOH-1811 Williams, John (Ab Ithel; 1811-1862), cleric and antiquary Robert Thomas Jenkins National Library of Wales 29 August 2019 29 May - Charles Meredith, pioneer grazier and politician in Tasmania (died 1880 in Australia) 25 June - Jane Hughes, poet (died 1880) 11 July - William Robert Grove, inventor (d. 1896) date unknown - John Jones (Shoni Sguborfawr), Rebecca rioter (died 1858)s-JONE-JOH-1811 Jones, John (fl. 1811-1858; ‘Shoni Sguborfawr’), Rebecca rioter David Williams National Library of Wales 29 August 2019 Deaths 1 May - Titus Lewis, Baptist minister and writer, 38s-LEWI-TIT-1773 Lewis, Titus (1773-1811), Baptist minister William Joseph Rhys National Library of Wales 23 January 2020 30 May - Nicholas Owen, priest and antiquarian, 59http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/21024 Owen, Nicholas (1752–1811) Pollard Albert Albert Pollard Walters, Huw 2004 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press 16 March 2009 4 July - Mariamne Johnes, botanist, 27The Gentleman's Magazine https://books.google.com/books?id=jfoRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA292 1815 F. Jefferies 292 25 September - Joshua Eddowes, printer and bookseller, 87s-EDDO-JOS-1724 Eddowes, Joshua (1724-1811), printer and bookseller at Shrewsbury William Llewelyn Davies 1959 18 November 2021 3 October - Sir John Stepney, 8th Baronet, politician, 68http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/stepney-john-1743-1811 STEPNEY, John (1743-1811), of Llanelly, Carm. History of Parliament Online 24 June 2016 See also 1811 in Ireland References 1811 Wales Category:1811 in Europe Category:1810s in Wales