1824 in Wales

none December 2021 May 2011 1824 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1824 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 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 – William Van Mildert28096 Mildert, William 2004 2007 Varley Elizabeth 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 January – The construction of the "leat" or "leete" at Loggerheads, Denbighshire, used in the local lead mining industry, is first recorded.https://coflein.gov.uk/media/265/198/660441.pdf The Leete, Loggerheads Country Park (CPAT Report No. 1529) 2 Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust 8 September – The Society of Cymmrodorion sponsors a major eisteddfod at Welshpool. 18 December – William Chambers inherits the Stepney estate. dates unknown The first gasometer in Wales is built at Greenfield, Flintshire. Chess William Davies Evans develops the Evans Gambit.Harold James Ruthven Murray A Short History of Chess Clarendon Press 1963 74 Major repairs to Bangor Cathedral are begun.Transactions (Trafodion) Bangor Cathedral Caernarvonshire Historical Society 1968 29–31 55 Two new furnaces are erected at the Dyffryn ironworks by Anthony Hill.Charles Wilkins The History of the Iron, Steel, Tinplate and ... Other Trades of Wales Joseph Williams 1903 151 Arts and literature New books English language T. G. Cumming – Description of the Iron Bridges of Suspension now erecting over the Strait of Menai at Bangor and over the River Conway Benjamin Jones (P A Môn) – An Elegy on the death of Benjamin B. Jones, the eldest surviving child of B. Jones of Holyhead William Owen – Drych Crefyddol yn dangos Dechreuad y Grefydd Brotestanaidds-OWEN-WIL-1785 OWEN, WILLIAM (1785-1864), antiquary 23 August 2024 Thomas Prichard – Welsh Minstrelsy: Containing the Land beneath the Seas-PRIC-LLE-1789 Prichard, Thomas Jeffery Llewelyn (died 1875?), travelling actor and author William Llewelyn Davies 23 August 2024 Welsh language David Davis (Castellhywel) – Telyn Dewis-DAVI-DAV-1745 Davis, David, Dafis Castellhywel (1745–1827), Arian minister, poet, and schoolmaster 1959 26 October 2021 John Howell (editor) – Blodau Dyfed'''s-HOWE-JOH-1774 HOWELL, JOHN ('Ioan ab Hywel' OR 'Ioan Glandyfroedd'; 1774-1830), weaver, schoolmaster, poet, editor, and musician 23 August 2024 MusicSeren Gomer (collection of hymns including Grongar by John Edwards) Births 17 February – James Crichton-Stuart, politician (d. 1891)James Balfour Paul The Scots Peerage: Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of that Kingdom https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_ELEEAAAAIAAJ 1905 D. Douglas 309 March – Isaac D. Seyburn, Welsh-born merchant captain and naval officer (d. 1895) 17 April – John Basson Humffray, political reformer in Australia (d. 1891)Humffray, John Basson 26 August 2022 586 24 July – Robert Jones Derfel, poet (d. 1905)Gwenallt Jones David 1959 Derfel, Robert Jones (1824–1905), poet and socialist s-DERF-JON-1824 30 August 2021 15 December – Morgan Thomas, Welsh-born Australian surgeon and philanthropist (d. 1903)Morgan Thomas 0-dict-biogT-V.html#thomas2date unknown'' – David James Jenkins, shipowner and politician (d. 1891) Deaths 1 February – John Rice Jones, Welsh-born American politician and soldier, 64Jones W.A. Burt John Rice Jones: a brief sketch of the life and public career of the first practicing lawyer in Illinois. 1889 Fergus Printing Company. Fergus' Historical Series #82 Chicago, Illinois 18 April – Edward Jones, harpist ("Bardd y Brenin"), 72Philip H. Highfill Kalman A. Burnim Edward A. Langhans A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers, and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800: Hough to Keyse https://books.google.com/books?id=mjeImcc9rGwC&pg=PA231 1982 SIU Press 978-0-8093-0919-1 231 30 July – David Howell, American jurist of Welsh descent, 77 24 August – Thomas Parry, Chennai merchant, 56 (cholera)Allister Macmillan Seaports of India & Ceylon: Historical and Descriptive, Commercial and Industrial, Facts, Figures, & Resources https://books.google.com/books?id=6wREPxGHJIMC 1928 W. H. & L. Collingridge 295 18 September – Thomas Hill of Dennis, industrialist, about 92 Thomas Hill of Dennis https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Thomas_Hill_of_Dennis Grace's Guide 14 February 2025 November – William Moses, poet, 82 24 December – John Downman, artist, 74403 Downman, John See also 1824 in Ireland References Wales Wales Category:1824 in Europe Category:1820s in Wales