1801 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1801 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents[edit]
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget[1][2][3][4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire – Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort[5]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Thomas Bulkeley, 7th Viscount Bulkeley[6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Thomas Johnes[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John Vaughan
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire - Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – George Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis (until 16 January);[2] vacant until 1804
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford[2][10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Thomas Harley[11][2]
- Bishop of Bangor – William Cleaver[12][13][14]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Watson[15]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Lewis Bagot[16][12]
- Bishop of St Davids – Lord George Murray[17]
Events[edit]
- Chirk aqueduct is completed and opened.[18]
- First railway in north Wales is built by Lord Penrhyn to link his quarries with Bethesda and Port Penrhyn.
- John Rice Jones becomes first attorney-general of Indiana.[19]
- The "Great Debate" is held at Ramoth Chapel in Llanfrothen, Merionethshire, as a result of which John Richard Jones forms the "Scottish Baptist" connexion.[20]
Arts and literature[edit]
New books[edit]
- Cyhoeddiadau Cymdeithas y Gwyneddigion
- The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales, vol. 1[21]
- Azariah Shadrach - Allwedd Myfyrdod[22]
- Hester Thrale - Retrospection: or a review of the most striking events, characters, situations, and their consequences, which the last eighteen hundred years have presented to the view of mankind
Music[edit]
Births[edit]
- 6 January – Evan Davies (Myfyr Morganwg), bard, druid and antiquarian (d. 1888)[23]
- 6 February – William Williams (Caledfryn), poet and critic (d. 1869)[24]
- 1 November – John Lloyd Davies, politician (d. 1860)[25]
- 18 November – David Rees, minister and writer (d. 1869)
- 23 December – William Watkin Edward Wynne, politician (d. 1880)
- date unknown – Thomas Phillips, lawyer, politician and businessman, mayor of Newport (d.1867)
Deaths[edit]
- 16 January – George Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis, 45[26]
- 14 February – Rice Jones, antiquary, 87
- 23 September – Thomas Nowell, historian, 71?[27]
- 13 December – William Edwardes, 1st Baron Kensington, about 90[28]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 24.
- ^ a b c d e J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.
- ^ Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 695. ISBN 9780806313146.
- ^ Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1992. p. 169.
- ^ Edwin Poole (1886). 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. p. 378.
- ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 26.
- ^ "not known". Old Wales: Monthly Magazine of Antiquities for Wales and the Borders. 3. "Old Wales" Office: 106. 1907.
- ^ Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 612. ISBN 9780806313146.
- ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 29.
- ^ Bertie George Charles (1959). "Philipps family, of Picton". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ^ Jonathan Williams (1859). The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. p. 115.
- ^ a b Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 305.
- ^ The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged. Porter. 1780. p. 95.
- ^ Fryde, E. B. (1996). Handbook of British chronology. Cambridge England: New York Cambridge University Press. p. 292. ISBN 9780521563505.
- ^ John Henry James (1898). A History and Survey of the Cathedral Church of SS. Peter, Paul, Dubritius, Teilo, and Oudoceus, Llandaff. Western Mail. p. 16.
- ^ The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
- ^ George III (King of Great Britain) (1967). The Later Correspondence of George III, Volume 3. University Press. p. 434.
- ^ Hughes, Stephen (1989). The archaeology of the Montgomeryshire Canal : a guide and study in waterways archaeology. City: Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales. p. 105. ISBN 9781871184020.
- ^ Jones, W.A. Burt (1889). John Rice Jones: a brief sketch of the life and public career of the first practicing lawyer in Illinois. Chicago, Illinois: Fergus Printing Company. Fergus' Historical Series #82.
- ^ unknown. "The McLeanist (Scotch) and Campbellite Baptists of Wales" (PDF). Biblical Studies.org.uk. Retrieved 30 August 2020. Note: Jones later dated his decision to 1798
- ^ Neil Evans (17 February 2016). Writing a Small Nation's Past: Wales in Comparative Perspective, 1850–1950. Routledge. p. 68. ISBN 978-1-134-78661-9.
- ^ Welsh Bibliographical Society (July 1943). The Journal of the Welsh Bibliographical Society. Welsh Bibliographical Society. p. 70.
- ^ "DAVIES, EVAN (Myfyr Morganwg; 1801–1888), bard and 'archdruid'". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ^ Thomas Mardy Rees (1908). Notable Welshmen (1700-1900): ... with Brief Notes, in Chronological Order, and Authorities. Also a Complete Alphabetical Index. Herald Office. p. 257.
- ^ Jones, Nansi Ceridwen. "John Lloyd Davies". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1868. p. 902.
- ^ J. J. Caudle, Nowell, Thomas (1730?–1801), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004.
- ^ "Edwardes, William (c.1712-1801), of Johnston, Pemb". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 12 July 2013.