1802 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1802 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 – 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 (until 4 June); Samuel Horsley^{[16] [12]}
• Bishop of St Davids – Lord George Murray^[17]

Events

• August - Sir William and Lady Hamilton visit Milford Haven, along with Admiral Horatio Nelson.^[18] Nelson subsequently visits Monmouth^[19] and the Naval Temple on The Kymin. Also on his Welsh expedition he visits Cyfarthfa Ironworks, in recognition of its contribution to the war effort.
• 8 October - A Unitarian Association is formed in South Wales, with Josiah Rees and Iolo Morganwg among its leaders.^[20]
• unknown dates
  • North Wales Baptist Association is launched by Christmas Evans.
  • Sir John Nicholl is elected to Parliament for the first time.
  • Sir Robert Williames Vaughan marries Anna Maria Mostyn, daughter of Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet.

Arts and literature

New books

• Thomas Charles - The Welsh Methodists Vindicated
• Abraham Rees - The New Cyclopaedia, vol. 1

Music

• Edward Jones (Bardd y Brenin) - The Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards, vol. 2^[21]

Sport

• Royal Anglesey Yacht Club founded at Beaumaris.^[22]

Births

• 15 July - James Allen, Bishop of St David's (d. 1897)^[23]
• August - Ebenezer Thomas, poet (d. 1863)
• 24 August - William Rowlands (Gwilym Lleyn) (d. 1865)
• 26 August - George Wightwick, architect working in south west England and pioneer architectural journalist (d. 1872)
• 8 November
  • Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover (d. 1867)^[24]
  • William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog), poet and author (d. 1883)^[25]
• 4 December - Calvert Jones, pioneer photographer (d. 1877)^[26]
• 12 December
  • John Ryland Harris, printer (d. 1823)^[27]
  • Isaac Williams, poet (d. 1865)
• date unknown - Thomas Robert Jones, founder of The Philanthropic Order of True Ivorites (d. 1856)^[28]

Deaths

• 3 April - John Williams, evangelical clergyman, about 40^[29]
• 4 April - Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon, politician and barrister, 69^[30]
• 26 May - Joseph Hoare, academic (b. 1709)^[31]
• 4 June - Lewis Bagot, Bishop of St Asaph, 62^[32]
• 6 July - Daniel Morgan, American pioneer, soldier, and politician of Welsh parentage, 66^[33]
• 28 November - Robert Roberts, preacher, 40^[34]
• 30 November - Thomas Williams of Llanidan, industrialist, 65^[35]
• 6 December - Roger Kemble, travelling theatre manager, father of Sarah Siddons, 81^[36]
• 31 December - Francis Lewis, signatory of the Declaration of American Independence, 80
• date unknown - Abraham Elliot Griffiths, co-founder of Sierra Leone, age unknown^[37]

See also

• 1802 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: Maxwell Fraser. Wales. 1952. Hale. 312.
19. Book: Leonard W. Cowie. Lord Nelson, 1758-1805: A Bibliography. September 1990. Greenwood Publishing Group. 978-0-313-28082-5. 137.
20. Book: William Llewelyn Davies. Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales. 1975. 438.
21. Book: Edward Jones. Musical, Poetical, and Historical Relicks of The Welsh Bards and Druids: Drawn from Authentic Documents of Remote Antiquity ... ; to these national melodies are added new basses, with variations for the harp, or harpsichord, violin or flute. 1802. Strahan.
22. Web site: The National Archives . discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk . 16 January 2021.
23. THE LATE DEAN OF ST. DAVID'S. Liverpool Mercury (Liverpool, England), Tuesday, June 29, 1897; Issue 15443.
24. s11-HALL-BEN-1802. Hall, Benjamin, Lord Llanover (1802-1867), politician and reformer. Marion Löffler. 30 December 2019.
25. Book: Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England). The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. 1914. The Society. 186.
26. s3-JONE-RIC-1802. Jones, Calvert Richard (1802-1877), pioneer photographer, artist and priest. Iwan Meical Jones. 15 December 2019.
27. s-HARR-RYL-1802. Harris, John Ryland. William Joseph Rhys. 1 April 2019.
28. s3-JONE-ROB-1802. Jones, Thomas Robert. Huw Walters. 1 April 2019.
29. s-WILL-JOH-1762. Williams, John (1762–1802), Evangelical cleric. 1959. Jenkins. Robert Thomas. Robert Thomas Jenkins. 3 April 2009.
30. Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron . 15 . 748–749.
31. Book: James Peller Malcolm. Londinium Redivivum Or an Antient History and Modern Description of London: Compiled from Parochial Records, Archives of Various Foundations, the Harleian Mss. and Other Authentic Sources. 1802. Nichols and Son. 438.
32. Bagot, Lewis. 2.
33. [Don Higginbotham|Higginbotham, Don]
34. s-ROBE-ROB-1762. Roberts, Robert (1762-1802), Calvinistic Methodist preacher. Richard Thomas. 5 February 2020.
35. Web site: WILLIAMS, Thomas (1737-1802), of Llanidan, Anglesey and Temple House, Berks.. History of Parliament Online. 19 May 2016.
36. Philip H. Highfill, Kalman A. Burnim, Edward A. Langhans, A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, v. 8, Hough to Keyse: Actresses ..., 1982, p. 387
37. Book: Pybus. Cassandra. Epic Journeys of Freedom: Runaway Slaves of the American Revolution and Their Global Quest for Liberty. 2006. Beacon Press. Boston.