1811 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1811 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 – Henry Majendie^{[14] [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

• 5 February - The Prince of Wales becomes Prince Regent.
• 25 March - Sir Joseph Bailey takes over Nantyglo Ironworks.
• 25 May - The Hay Railway is authorised by an Act of Parliament.^[23]
• 19 June - The first Methodist Association for the ordination of new ministers is held at Llandeilo. Thomas Charles plays a leading role.^[24] The Presbyterian Church of Wales thus secedes from the Church of England.^[25]
• 20 August - Thomas Sheasby resigns as engineer of the Aberdare Canal,^[26] to be replaced by George Overton.^[27] As part of the canal works, a free-standing metal rail bridge is built at Robertstown, Aberdare - the first of its kind in the world.^[28]
• 17 September - Completion of The Cob embankment across Traeth Mawr by William Madocks is celebrated.^[29] His nearby model town of Tremadog is also completed by this year.
• date unknown
  • At Hereford Assizes, Samuel Homfray and his partners in the Penydarren ironworks sue the Dowlais Company for fouling the Morlais brook with cinders and slag.^[30]
  • Pont-y-gwaith is built over the River Taff near Merthyr Tydfil.^[31]

Arts and literature

New books

English language

• Thomas Charles - Biblical Dictionary, vol. 4
• Richard Fenton - A Tour in Quest of Genealogy^[32]
• Ann Hatton - Poetic Trifles
• Peter Roberts - Brut Tysilio (English translation)

Welsh language

• Thomas Evans (Tomos Glyn Cothi) - Cyfansoddiad o Hymnau^[33]
• John Williams (ed.) - Gwaith Prydyddawl … W. Williams^[34]

Music

• John James - Pigion o Hymnau

Births

• 14 January - Rowland Prichard, musician (d. 1887)^[35]
• 26 January - Roger Edwards, minister (d. 1886)^[36]
• 11 March - Thomas Jones (Glan Alun), poet (d. 1866)^[37]
• 12 March - Mary Pendrill Llewelyn, translator and writer (died 1874)^[38]
• 7 April - John Williams (Ab Ithel), antiquary (d. 1862)^[39]
• 29 May - Charles Meredith, pioneer grazier and politician in Tasmania (died 1880 in Australia)
• 25 June - Jane Hughes, poet (died 1880)
• 11 July - William Robert Grove, inventor (d. 1896)
• date unknown - John Jones (Shoni Sguborfawr), Rebecca rioter (died 1858)^[40]

Deaths

• 1 May - Titus Lewis, Baptist minister and writer, 38^[41]
• 30 May - Nicholas Owen, priest and antiquarian, 59^[42]
• 4 July - Mariamne Johnes, botanist, 27^[43]
• 25 September - Joshua Eddowes, printer and bookseller, 87^[44]
• 3 October - Sir John Stepney, 8th Baronet, politician, 68^[45]

See also

• 1811 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: Fryde, E. B. . Handbook of British chronology . New York Cambridge University Press . Cambridge England . 1996 . 9780521563505 . 292.
15. Book: Thomas Duffus Hardy. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales.... University Press. 1854. 305.
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: Donald J. Grant. Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain. 31 October 2017. Troubador Publishing Ltd. 978-1-78803-768-6. 259.
24. Book: David Ceri Jones. Eryn Mant White. The Elect Methodists: Calvinistic Methodism in England and Wales, 1735-1811. 4 January 2012. University of Wales Press. 978-0-7083-2502-5. 229.
25. Book: Thomas Spencer Baynes. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature. 1878. A. and C. Black. 193.
26. Book: Stephen Hughes. Copperopolis: Landscapes of the Early Industrial Period in Swansea. 18 December 2008. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. 978-1-871184-32-7. 151–.
27. Book: Rowson, Stephen . Wright, Ian L. . 2001. The Glamorganshire and Aberdare Canals. 1. Black Dwarf Publications. 0-9533028-9-X. 117–119.
28. Web site: Robertstown Tramway Bridge . Engineering Timelines . 2013-10-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160602120552/http://www.engineering-timelines.com/scripts/engineeringItem.asp?id=401 . 2016-06-02 .
29. Book: Jacqueli YALLOP. Dreamstreets: A Journey Through Britain's Village Utopias. 2 June 2016. Penguin Random House. 978-0-09-958463-6. 25–.
30. s-HOMF-RAY-1726. Homfray family, of Penydarren, Merthyr Tydfil, iron-masters, etc.. Watkin William Price. 10 December 2021.
31. Web site: Pont y Gwaith. British Listed Buildings. 10 December 2021.
32. Book: A Tour in Quest of Genealogy, Through Several Parts of Wales, Somersetshire, and Wiltshire. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones. 1811.
33. Book: Jones, Ffion . The bard is a very singular character' : Iolo Morganwg, marginalia and print culture . University of Wales Press . Cardiff . 2010 . 9780708322963 . 131.
34. Book: Daniel Silvan Evans. A Dictionary of the Welsh Language: C-Cyw.. W. Spurrell. 1893. 659.
35. s-PRIC-HUW-1811. Prichard, Rowland Huw (1811-1887), musician. Robert David Griffith. National Library of Wales. 29 August 2019.
36. s-EDWA-ROG-1811. Edwards, Roger (1811-1886), Calvinistic Methodist minister. Gwilym Thomas Jones. National Library of Wales. 29 August 2019.
37. s-JONE-THO-1811. Jones, Thomas (1811-1866), Calvinistic Methodist minister and man of letters. Robert Thomas Jenkins. National Library of Wales. 29 August 2019.
38. s-LLEW-PEN-1811. Llewelyn, Mary Pendrill (1811-1874), translator and writer. Ray Looker. National Library of Wales. 29 August 2019.
39. s-WILL-JOH-1811. Williams, John (Ab Ithel; 1811-1862), cleric and antiquary. Robert Thomas Jenkins. National Library of Wales. 29 August 2019.
40. s-JONE-JOH-1811. Jones, John (fl. 1811-1858; ‘Shoni Sguborfawr’), Rebecca rioter. David Williams. National Library of Wales. 29 August 2019.
41. s-LEWI-TIT-1773. Lewis, Titus (1773-1811), Baptist minister. William Joseph Rhys. National Library of Wales. 23 January 2020.
42. Web site: Owen, Nicholas (1752–1811). Pollard. Albert. Albert Pollard. Walters, Huw . 2004. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. 16 March 2009.
43. Book: The Gentleman's Magazine. 1815. F. Jefferies. 292.
44. s-EDDO-JOS-1724. Eddowes, Joshua (1724-1811), printer and bookseller at Shrewsbury. William Llewelyn Davies. 1959. 18 November 2021.
45. Web site: STEPNEY, John (1743-1811), of Llanelly, Carm.. History of Parliament Online . 24 June 2016.