1823 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1823 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents[edit]
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey[1][2][3][4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort[5]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Thomas Assheton Smith[6][7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – William Edward Powell[2]
- 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 Westminster[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet[10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis[11]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford (until 28 November)[2][12]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – George Rodney, 3rd Baron Rodney[13][2][14]
- Bishop of Bangor – Henry Majendie[15][16]
- Bishop of Llandaff – William Van Mildert[17]
- Bishop of St Asaph – John Luxmoore[18][19][20]
- Bishop of St Davids – Thomas Burgess[20][21][22][23]
Events[edit]
- 13 January – Edward Paget, former MP for Caernarvon, is appointed Commander-in-Chief of British forces in India.[24]
- 23 January – In Paviland Cave on the Gower Peninsula, William Buckland inspects the "Red Lady of Paviland", the first identification of a prehistoric (male) human burial (first discovered on 21 December last).[25]
- February
- John Frost is sentenced to six months in prison for a libel against the town clerk of Newport.
- Mercy Whitney describes the burial, in Hawaii, of the infant son of Isaac and Elizabeth Peke Davis: "A regular procession of two and two followed the corpse. Going into the fort in which the grave was dug seemed like entering a burying ground, more so than anything I have witnessed since I left America."[26]
- 4 March – Llanuwchllyn-born John Richards is elected to the United States Congress.[27]
- 26 March – The packet ship Alert sinks off The Skerries, Isle of Anglesey, with the loss of a hundred lives.
- Summer – Stanley Embankment completed by Thomas Telford carrying the Holyhead road between Anglesey and Holy Island.
- 23 August – A major eisteddfod is held at Mold.
- unknown date
- The Welsh Literary Society of Brecon is established by Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc).[28]
- The Presbyterian Church of Wales draws up a "Confession of Faith" and becomes a separate body.[29]
- The Caergwrle Bowl, a decorated Middle Bronze Age artefact, is discovered.[30]
Arts and literature[edit]
New books[edit]
- Felicia Hemans – The Siege of Valencia[31]
- Huw Morys – Eos Ceiriog, sef casgliad o bêr ganiadau Huw Morus (posthumous, ed. Walter Davies)[32]
- Ioan Siencyn – Casgliad o Ganiadau Difyr (posthumous)
Music[edit]
- David Charles – Hymnau ar Amrywiol Achosion (hymns)[33]
- John Ellis – Eliot (hymn tune)
Births[edit]
- 8 January – Alfred Russel Wallace, biologist (d. 1913)[34]
- 11 February – Llewellyn Turner, politician (d. 1903)
- March – Rowland Williams (Hwfa Môn), poet and archdruid (d. 1905)[35]
- 19 April – Anna Laetitia Waring, poet and hymn-writer (d. 1910)[36]
- 17 November – Sir John Evans, archaeologist (d. 1908)
- December – Caroline Elizabeth Williams, radical and champion of women's rights (d. 1908)
Deaths[edit]
- 26 February – John Philip Kemble, actor, brother of Sarah Siddons, 66
- 11 November – Sir Richard Richards, politician and judge, 71[37]
- 28 November – Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford, landowner, 79[38]
- 30 November – William Joseph Williams, American painter of Welsh parentage, 64
- 4 December – John Ryland Harris (Ieuan Ddu), printer, 20[39]
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 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.
- ^ "ASSHETON SMITH, Thomas (c.1752-1828), of Faenol, Caern. and Tidworth, Hants". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
- ^ 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.
- ^ R. G. Thorne (1986). "Clive, Edward, 2nd Baron Clive (1754-1839), of Walcot, Salop". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ William Stockdale (1833). Stockdale's Peerage of the United Kingdom. p. 86.
- ^ Fryde, E. B. (1996). Handbook of British chronology. Cambridge England: New York Cambridge University Press. p. 292. ISBN 9780521563505.
- ^ Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 305.
- ^ Varley, Elizabeth (2007) [2004]. "Mildert, William". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/28096. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ The Church of the people and free church penny magazine. 1859. p. 179.
- ^ The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
- ^ a b Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 307.
- ^ The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged. Porter. 1780. p. 95.
- ^ George III (King of Great Britain) (1967). The Later Correspondence of George III, Volume 3. University Press. p. 434.
- ^ "Records of Past Fellows: Burgess, Thomas". The Royal Society. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ "Asiatic Intelligence". The Oriental Magazine, and Calcutta Review. W. Thacker: 269. 1823.
- ^ Aldhouse-Green, Stephen (October 2001). "Great Sites: Paviland Cave". British Archaeology (61). Retrieved 16 July 2010.
- ^ Hawaii's Russian Adventure: A New Look at Old History By Peter R. Mills. Page 141
- ^ "Richards, John". United States House of Representatives. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ Brinley Rees. "Price, Thomas (Carnhuanawc; 1787-1848), historian and antiquary". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ Smith, Gary (2019). The Oxford handbook of Presbyterianism. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. p. 129. ISBN 9780190608392.
- ^ Report of the Institute of Geological Sciences. H.M. Stationery Office. 1980. p. 26.
- ^ Gwyn Jones. "Hemans (nee Browne), Felicia (1793–1835), poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ David Jenkins. "MORYS, HUW (Eos Ceiriog; 1622-1709), poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- ^ Gomer Morgan Roberts. "Charles, David 1 (1762–1834), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and hymn-writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ Richard Elwyn Hughes. "Wallace, Alfred Russel (1823–1913), naturalist and social reformer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ ichard Griffith Owen. "Williams, Rowland (Hwfa Môn, 1823-1905), Independent minister, and archdruid of Wales". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ Scott, Rosemary (2004). "Waring, Anna Letitia (1823–1910)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
- ^ William Llewelyn Davies. "Richards family of Coed". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ Bertie George Charles. "Philipps family, of Picton". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ William Joseph Rhys. "Harris, John Ryland (Ieuan Ddu, 1802-1823), printer and author". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 August 2021.