1807 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1807 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

• Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}
• Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire – Henry Somerset, 6th 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 – 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^[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 – Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis^[10]
• Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford^{[2] [11]}
• Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – George Rodney, 3rd Baron Rodney^{[12] [2] [13]}
• Bishop of Bangor – John Randolph^{[14] [15] [16]}
• Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Watson^[17]
• Bishop of St Asaph – William Cleaver^{[18] [19]}
• Bishop of St Davids – Thomas Burgess^{[20] [21] [22] [23]}

Events

• 9 March – Edward Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis, assumes the name and arms of Herbert only in lieu of those of Clive by Royal licence, in order to inherit the Powis Castle estates of his uncle.^[24]
• 25 March – Opening of the world's first fare-paying passenger railway – the horse-drawn Oystermouth Railway between Oystermouth and Mumbles.^[25]
• 7 May – The first Welsh language Bible issued by the British and Foreign Bible Society is published.^[26]
• 29 September – The world's oldest international football stadium, the Racecourse Ground, opens in Wrexham for horse racing;^[27] it will not host football games until 1872.
• December (approximate) – Welsh Wesleyan preachers make their first visit to Brecon.^[28]
• unknown dates
  • North Wales Chronicle begins publication in Bangor.^[29]
  • Walter Coffin opens the first coal seam at Dinas Rhondda, after purchasing farmland.^[30]
  • William Taitt of the Dowlais Company brings a libel action against Samuel Homfray. Damages of £500 are awarded.^[31]
  • The red dragon on a green mount is adopted as the Royal Badge of Wales.^[32]

Arts and literature

New books

• Thomas Charles – Hyfforddwr
• Peter Bailey Williams – Trysorfa Gwybodaeth^[33]

Music

• Anthem y Saint… gan Evan Dafydd (collection of hymns)

Births

• 23 May – Samuel Warren, barrister, novelist and MP (died 1877)
• 22 September – Sir Stephen Glynne, 9th Baronet, landowner and politician (died 1874)
• 7 October – Joshua Hughes, Bishop of St Asaph (died 1889)^[34]
• date unknown – Sir William Milbourne James, judge (died 1881)^[35]
• probable – Levi Gibbon, balladeer (died 1870)^[36]

Deaths

• 5 April – Edward Owen, Anglican priest, headmaster and translator, 78?^[37]
• 18 July – Thomas Jones, mathematician, 51
• 12 October – Thomas Wynn, 1st Baron Newborough, former MP and Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire, 70/71^[38]
• date unknown
  • David Davies, minister and editor of Y Geirgrawn, age unknown^[39]
  • Joseph Turner, architect.
• probable – John Lloyd, clergyman and academic, 53?^[40]

See also

• 1807 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. Web site: R. G. Thorne. Clive, Edward, 2nd Baron Clive (1754-1839), of Walcot, Salop. The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820. 1986. 13 November 2021.
11. s-PHIL-PIC-1491. Philipps family, of Picton. Bertie George Charles. 1959. 19 October 2021.
12. Book: Jonathan Williams. The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. 1859. 115.
13. Book: William Stockdale. Stockdale's Peerage of the United Kingdom. 1833. 86.
14. Book: Thomas Duffus Hardy. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales.... University Press. 1854. 305.
15. Book: The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged. Porter. 1780. 95.
16. Book: Fryde, E. B. . Handbook of British chronology . New York Cambridge University Press . Cambridge England . 1996 . 9780521563505 . 292.
17. 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.
18. Book: The Church of the people and free church penny magazine. 1859. 179.
19. Book: The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. 15.
20. Book: Thomas Duffus Hardy. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales.... University Press. 1854. 307.
21. Book: The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged. Porter. 1780. 95.
22. Book: The Later Correspondence of George III, Volume 3. George III (King of Great Britain). University Press. 1967. 434.
23. Web site: Records of Past Fellows: Burgess, Thomas . The Royal Society . 30 October 2020.
24. Book: The later correspondence of George III.. 1968. 547.
25. Book: Lee, Charles E.. The First Passenger Railway: the Oystermouth or Swansea and Mumbles Line. London. Railway Publishing Co. 1942.
26. Book: Journal of Irish Studies. 1983. National University of Ireland (Adam Boyd Simpson Bequest). 290.
27. Web site: An architectural look at Wrexham FC's Racecourse Ground. d2 Architects. 1 June 2021.
28. David Young, The origins and history of Methodism in Wales and the borders (1893), p 142
29. Web site: North Wales Chronicle. British Newspapers 1800-1900. British Library. 2009. 2012-07-11.
30. Book: Former Literature Director Meic Stephens. Welsh Academy. The Oxford Companion to the Literature of Wales. 1986. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-211586-7. 95.
31. Book: National Library of Wales. Cylchgrawn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru: The National Library of Wales Journal. 1993. Council of the National Library of Wales. 25.
32. Book: Davies. John. Jenkins. Nigel. The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. 2008. University of Wales Press. Cardiff. 978-0-7083-1953-6. 732.
33. Book: National Library of Wales. Cylchgrawn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru. 1983. Council of the National Library of Wales. 46. cy.
34. s-HUGH-JOS-1807 . Hughes, Joshua (1807-1889), bishop . 1959 . William Thomas . Havard . William Havard . 2021-10-26 .
35. s-JAME-MIL-1807. James, Sir William Milbourne (1807-1881), Lord Justice. Walter Thomas Morgan. 2 June 2024.
36. GIBBON, LEVI (1807? - 1870), ballad-writer and singer . s-GIBB-LEV-1807 . 1 June 2021.
37. Owen, Edward (1728/9 - 1807). Sutton. C. W. . Brown, Sarah Annes. Sarah Annes . Brown . 2004 . 10.1093/ref:odnb/20993 . 10 March 2009.
38. Web site: WYNN, Thomas (1736-1807), of Glynnllivon, Caern. . History of Parliament Online. 3 December 2017.
39. DAVIES, DAVID (died 1807). s-DAVI-DAV-1807. Jenkins. Robert Thomas. 1959. 7 February 2017.
40. s-LLOY-JOH-1733. JOHN LLOYD (1754-1807?). Jenkins. Robert Thomas. 2008-05-01.