1809 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1809 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 (until 9 August);^[14] Henry Majendie (from 5 October)^[15]
• Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Watson^[16]
• Bishop of St Asaph – William Cleaver^{[17] [18]}
• Bishop of St Davids – Thomas Burgess^{[19] [20] [21] [22]}

Events

• 9 February - South Stack Lighthouse off Anglesey first illuminated.^[23]
• 10 May - Stapleton Cotton plays a prominent role in the Battle of Grijó.
• date unknown
  • David Hughes, Principal of Jesus College, Oxford, donates £105 towards scholarships to give South Wales the same level of support as North Wales.
  • Hawarden Castle is enlarged.^[24]
  • Restoration of Brecon Castle as a hotel begins.^[25]
  • John Rice Jones begins lead mining across the Mississippi in the future state of Missouri.
  • Jeremiah Homfray opens a level at Richard Griffiths' lease in Trehafod in the Rhondda; the first full scale attempt to mine coal in the area.

Arts and literature

New books

• Edward Davies - The Mythology and Rites of the British Druids^[26]
• Zaccheus Davies - Cân am y Farn^[27]
• Thomas Evans (Tomos Glyn Cothi) - An English-Welsh Dictionary neu Eir-Lyfr Saesneg a Chymraeg
• Theophilus Jones - History of the County of Brecknock, vol. 2
• Henry Parry (editor) Grammatica Britannica, 2nd edition (1st edition by John Davies of Mallwyd)^[28]

Music

• George Thomson - A Selected Collection of Original Welsh Airs (1st edition)^[29]

Births

• 18 January - John Gwyn Jeffreys, conchologist (died 1885)^[30]
• 15 February - Owen Jones, architect (died 1874)^[31]
• 17 April - Thomas Brigstocke, painter (died 1881)^[32]
• 24 May - William Chambers, politician (died 1882)^[33]
• 26 May - G. T. Clark, engineer (died 1885)
• 12 July - David Williams (Alaw Goch), coal owner (died 1863)^[34]
• 11 August - Robert Thomas (Ap Vychan), writer (died 1880)
• 20 August - Morris Williams (Nicander), writer (died 1874)^[35]
• 27 October - Lewis Edwards, Nonconformist minister and educator (died 1887)
• 22 December - John Hanmer, 1st Baron Hanmer, politician (died 1882)
• 18 January - Evan James, weaver and mill-owner, lyricist of the Welsh national anthem (died 1878)
• unknown date - David Price, Independent minister (died 1887)^[36]

Deaths

• 23 January - Hugh Barlow, politician, 79/80^[37]
• 10 February - Hugh Bold, lawyer, 77/78^[38]
• April - Charles Francis Greville, founder of Milford Haven, 59^[39]
• October 28 - Hugh Pugh, Independent minister, 29

See also

• 1809 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: Fryde, E. B. . Handbook of British chronology . New York Cambridge University Press . Cambridge England . 1996 . 9780521563505 . 292.
16. 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.
17. Book: The Church of the people and free church penny magazine. 1859. 179.
18. Book: The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. 15.
19. Book: Thomas Duffus Hardy. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales.... University Press. 1854. 307.
20. Book: The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged. Porter. 1780. 95.
21. Book: The Later Correspondence of George III, Volume 3. George III (King of Great Britain). University Press. 1967. 434.
22. Web site: Records of Past Fellows: Burgess, Thomas . The Royal Society . 30 October 2020.
23. Book: Roger Cragg. Wales and West Central England. 1997. Thomas Telford. 978-0-7277-2576-9. 6.
24. Book: Daniel Paterson. Paterson's Roads ... The sixteenth edition ... Remodelled, augmented, and improved ... By Edward Mogg. 1838. Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans. 192.
25. Web site: Parry. Edward. History of the Brecon Castle. breconcastlehotel.co.uk. 2015-10-24.
26. Book: Edward Davies. The Mythology and Rites of the British Druids, Ascertained by National Documents.... 1809. J. Booth.
27. Book: Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig hyd 1940. Paratowyd dan nawdd Anrhydeddus Gymdeithas y Cymmrodorion. 1953. Anrhydeddus Gymdeithas y Cymmrodorion. 150.
28. s-PARR-HEN-1766 . Parry, Henry (1766? - 1854), cleric and antiquary. Davies. Sir William Llewelyn . 14 October 2008.
29. Book: Phyllis Kinney. Welsh Traditional Music. 15 April 2011. University of Wales Press. 978-1-78316-299-4. 21.
30. s-JEFF-GWY-1809. Jeffreys, John Gwyn (1709-1885), conchologist. Robert Thomas Jenkins. 23 January 2020.
31. s-JONE-OWE-1809. William Llewelyn Davies. Jones, Owen (1809-1874), architect and ornamental designer. 5 June 2023.
32. s-BRIG-THO-1809. Brigstocke, Thomas (1809-1881), portrait painter. Megan Ellis. 1959. 17 November 2021.
33. s-CHAM-WIL-1774. David Williams. Chambers, William (1774-1855), industrialist and public figure. 5 June 2023.
34. Price. Watkin William. David Williams (Alaw Goch). s-WILL-DAV-1809. 12 November 2013.
35. s-WILL-MOR-1809. Williams, Morris (Nicander; 1809-1874), cleric and man of letters. Thomas Iorwerth Ellis. 1959. 17 November 2021.
36. News: Bwrdd y Llenor. 23 January 2013. Y Celt (Bala). 10 July 1896.
37. Web site: OWEN (afterwards BARLOW), Hugh (1729-1809), of Great Nash, Pemb.. History of Parliament Online (1754-1790). 4 October 2017.
38. s-BOLD-HUG-1731. Bold, Hugh (1631-1709), lawyer, of Brecon. Robert Thomas Jenkins. 23 January 2020.
39. Book: Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002. July 2006. The Royal Society of Edinburgh. 0 902 198 84 X. 29 August 2019. 24 January 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130124115814/http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf. dead.