1801 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1801 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

• 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

• 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

New books

• 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

Births

• 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 (Y Cynhyrfwr), minister and writer (d. 1869)^[26]
• 23 December – William Watkin Edward Wynne, politician (d. 1880)^[27]
• date unknown – Thomas Phillips, lawyer, politician and businessman, mayor of Newport (d. 1867)^[28]

Deaths

• 16 January – George Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis, 45^[29]
• 14 February – Rhys Jones, antiquary, 87^[30]
• 23 September – Thomas Nowell, historian, 71?^[31]
• 13 December – William Edwardes, 1st Baron Kensington, about 90^[32]
• probable – Frances Williams, convicted thief, one of the first women to settle Australia, 40/41

See also

• 1801 in Ireland

Notes and References

1. Book: Edward Breese. Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. 1873. 24.
2. Book: J.C. Sainty . John Sainty (civil servant) . List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974 . Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd . London . 1979.
3. Book: Nicholas, Thomas . Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales . Genealogical Pub. Co . Baltimore . 1991 . 9780806313146 . 695.
4. Book: Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1992. 169.
5. Book: Edwin 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.
6. Book: Edward Breese. Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. 1873. 26.
7. Old Wales: Monthly Magazine of Antiquities for Wales and the Borders. not known. William Retlaw Williams. "Old Wales" Office. 1907. 3. 106.
8. Book: Nicholas, Thomas . Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales . Genealogical Pub. Co . Baltimore . 1991 . 9780806313146 . 612.
9. Book: Edward Breese. Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. 1873. 29.
10. s-PHIL-PIC-1491. Philipps family, of Picton. Bertie George Charles. 1959. 19 October 2021.
11. Book: Jonathan Williams. The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. 1859. 115.
12. Book: Thomas Duffus Hardy. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales.... University Press. 1854. 305.
13. Book: The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged. Porter. 1780. 95.
14. Book: Fryde, E. B. . Handbook of British chronology . New York Cambridge University Press . Cambridge England . 1996 . 9780521563505 . 292.
15. Book: John Henry James. A History and Survey of the Cathedral Church of SS. Peter, Paul, Dubritius, Teilo, and Oudoceus, Llandaff. Western Mail. 1898. 16.
16. Book: The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. 15.
17. Book: The Later Correspondence of George III, Volume 3. George III (King of Great Britain). University Press. 1967. 434.
18. Book: Hughes, Stephen . The archaeology of the Montgomeryshire Canal : a guide and study in waterways archaeology . Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales . City . 1989 . 9781871184020 . 105.
19. Book: Jones, 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.
20. Web site: The McLeanist (Scotch) and Campbellite Baptists of Wales. unknown. Biblical Studies.org.uk. 30 August 2020. Note: Jones later dated his decision to 1798
21. Book: Neil Evans. Writing a Small Nation's Past: Wales in Comparative Perspective, 1850–1950. 17 February 2016. Routledge. 978-1-134-78661-9. 68.
22. Book: Welsh Bibliographical Society. The Journal of the Welsh Bibliographical Society. July 1943. Welsh Bibliographical Society. 70.
23. s-DAVI-EVA-1801. DAVIES, EVAN (Myfyr Morganwg; 1801–1888), bard and 'archdruid'. 5 February 2024.
24. Book: Thomas Mardy Rees. Notable Welshmen (1700-1900): ... with Brief Notes, in Chronological Order, and Authorities. Also a Complete Alphabetical Index. 1908. Herald Office. 257.
25. John Lloyd Davies. s-DAVI-LLO-1801. Jones. Nansi Ceridwen. 18 July 2017.
26. Owen. John Dyfnallt. David Rees. s-REES-DAV-1801. 11 September 2015.
27. s-WYNN-PEN-1275. Wynne family, of Peniarth. William Llewelyn Davies. 8 July 2024.
28. s-PHIL-THO-1801. Phillips, Sir Thomas (1801-1867), barrister and author. David Williams. 8 July 2024.
29. Book: Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. 1868. Burke's Peerage Limited.. 902.
30. s-JONE-RHY-1713. Jones, Rhys (or Rice) (1713-1801), antiquary and poet. David Gwenallt Jones. 8 July 2024.
31. J. J. Caudle, Nowell, Thomas (1730?–1801), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004.
32. Web site: Edwardes, William (c.1712-1801), of Johnston, Pemb.. History of Parliament Online. 12 July 2013.