1808 in Wales

none September 2019 September 2019 1808 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1808 to Wales and its people. 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 – John RandolphThomas Duffus Hardy Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press 1854 305The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged Porter 1780 95 Fryde E. B. Handbook of British chronology New York Cambridge University Press Cambridge England 1996 9780521563505 292 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 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 150px|thumb|5 January: First edition of the North Wales Gazette 5 January - The first issue of The North Wales Gazette is printed at Bangor. 20 September - The White Book of Hergest is destroyed in a fire at Covent Garden.David D. DANA The Fireman https://archive.org/details/firemanfiredepa01danagoog 1858 James French&Company 351 30 October - William Lort Mansel is consecrated Bishop of Bristol.A Sermon preached ... at the consecration of ... W. L. Mansel ... Bishop of Bristol, etc https://books.google.com/books?id=xZeRlsPehP8C&pg=PA1 1808 F. C. & J. Rivington 1 19 November - The naval frigate HMS Owen Glendower is launched. date unknown Construction of the Horseshoe Falls on the River Dee by Thomas Telford.Charles Hadfield The Canals of the West Midlands David and Charles 1985 0-7153-8644-1 178 The publishing house Gwasg Gee is founded.Information Today, Inc Sally Wecksler International Literary Market Place https://books.google.com/books?id=0LTiAAAAMAAJ 2004 R.R. Bowker Company 1157 9781573871754 St Katherine's Church, Milford Haven, built by Charles Francis Greville, is consecrated.Edouard A. Stackpole Whales & destiny: the rivalry between America, France, and Britain for control of the southern whale fishery, 1785-1825 https://books.google.com/books?id=brI3AQAAIAAJ 1972 University of Massachusetts Press 244 Benjamin Hall is given the Abercarn estate by his father-in-law, Richard Crawshay. The Ruabon Brook Tramway is extended from Acrefair to the Plas Madoc Colliery in Plasbennion.Jowett's Railway Atlas Jowett Alan 1989 Patrick Stephens Limited 1-85260-086-1 57, 59 Twelve-year-old Charles Nice Davies goes to serve in India as an ensign. Arts and literature New books English language Felicia Hemans - Juvenile PoemsMrs. Hemans The Poetical Works of Felicia Hemans: Complete in One Volume, with a Critical Preface, and a Biographical Memoir https://books.google.com/books?id=fXMPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA550 1856 Lippincott 550 Welsh language Robert Davies (Bardd Nantglyn) - Ieithiadur neu Ramadeg CymraegMeic Stephens The Oxford companion to the literature of Wales https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00meic registration April 1986 Oxford University Press 136 978-0-19-211586-7 Thomas Edwards (Twm o'r Nant) - Bannau y BydMary-Ann Constantine Dafydd R. Johnston Footsteps of 'Liberty and Revolt': Essays on Wales and the French Revolution https://books.google.com/books?id=AoGvBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA193 15 April 2013 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-2591-9 193 Titus Lewis - Llyfr RhyfeddodauGlyn M. Ashton Rhyddiaith Gymraeg: y drydedd gyfrol 1750-1850 https://books.google.com/books?id=ucgrAAAAMAAJ 1988 Gwasg Prifysfol Cymru 978-0-7083-0975-9 76 cy Music Hymnau o Fawl i Dduw a'r Oen (hymns by Ann Griffiths, posthumously published) Births 30 January - Sir John Henry Scourfield, author (died 1876)s-SCOU-HEN-1808 SCOURFIELD, alias PHILIPPS, Sir JOHN HENRY 20 March 2016 6 March - William Williams (Carw Coch), man of letters and eisteddfodwr (died 1872)Williams, William (Carw Coch; 1808-1872) s-WILL-WIL-1808 1959 Robert Thomas Jenkins Robert Thomas Jenkins 24 January 2014 13 May - Thomas Aubrey, Wesleyan leader (died 1867) date unknown Dic Penderyn, labourer executed for his part in the Merthyr Rising (died 1831)http://www.100welshheroes.com/en/biography/dicpenderyn Dic Penderyn (Richard Lewis) 100 Welsh Heroes 21 August 2006 15 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150915013548/http://www.100welshheroes.com/en/biography/dicpenderyn dead William Roos, artist and engraver (died 1878)Lloyd John Edward Jenkins, R.T. The Dictionary of Welsh Biography, Down to 1940 1958 William Lewis Cardiff 890 Deaths 21 January – Richard Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn, about 70Pennant, Richard 44 12 February – Anna Maria Bennett, novelist, about 70Diane Long Hoeveler Darby Lewis Anna Maria Bennett Frederick Burwick Nancy Moore Goslee The Encyclopedia of Romantic Literature Wiley 2012 120 12 September – Charles Herbert, Royal Navy officer, son of the Earl of Carnarvon, 34 (drowned) http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/herbert-hon-charles-1774-1808 HERBERT, Hon. Charles (1774-1808). History of Parliament Online (1790-1820) 7 October 2017 8 October 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171008031603/http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/herbert-hon-charles-1774-1808 dead 30 November – Watkin Williams, politician, 66? http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/williams-watkin-1742-1808 Williams, Watkin (1742-1808), of Penbedw, Denb. and Erbistock, Flints. History of Parliament Online 16 May 2016 5 June 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160605102938/http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/williams-watkin-1742-1808 dead 28 December – Griffith Roberts, physician and collector of manuscripts, 73s-ROBE-GRI-1735 Roberts, Griffith (1735-1808), physician at Dolgelley, antiquary, and collector of manuscripts William Llewelyn Davies 2 June 2024 See also 1808 in Ireland References Wales Category:1808 in Europe Category:1800s in Wales