1821 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1821 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

• Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey^{[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 – William Edward Powell^[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 Crichton-Stuart, 2nd 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 – William Van Mildert^[16]
• Bishop of St Asaph – John Luxmoore^{[17] [18]}
• Bishop of St Davids – Thomas Burgess^{[19] [20] [21] [22]}

Events

• 27 July – Sir Thomas Phillipps is created a baronet.^[23]
• 13 September – King George IV of the United Kingdom visits Brecon on his return from Ireland.^[24]
• November – The first edition of Y Dysgedydd appears.^[25]
• 1 March – The first gas street lighting in Wales is installed at Swansea.^[26]
• unknown date – William Madocks obtains an Act of Parliament allowing him to build a port, later known as Porthmadog.^[27]

Arts and literature

New books

• John Elias – Golygiad Ysgrythurol ar Gyfiawnhad Pechadur^[28]
• Evan Evans (Ieuan Glan Geirionydd) – Pedwar Cyflwr Dyn (translation of a work by Thomas Boston
• David Richards (Dafydd Ionawr) – Cywydd y Dilyw

Music

• Joseph Harris (Gomer) – Casgliad o Hymnau (collection of hymns)

Births

• 21 April – Thomas Stephens, historian, literary critic and social reformer (d. 1875)
• 1 May – William Latham Bevan, church historian (d. 1908)^[29]
• 24 June – Guillermo Rawson, Argentinian politician (d. 1890)
• 6 July – Henry Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Swansea (d. 1894)^[30]
• 16 July – John Jones (Mathetes), preacher and writer (d. 1878)
• 14 November – John Owen (Owain Alaw), musician (d. 1883)
• 16 December - John Griffith, journalist writing under the pseudonym Y Gohebydd (d. 1877)^[31]
• date unknown - William Davies, politician (d. 1895)

Deaths

• 16 February – Hugh Davies, botanist, 81
• 2 March - Benjamin Evans, Independent minister, 81
• 2 May – Hester Thrale, diarist, 80^[32]
• 21 May – John Jones (Jac Glan-y-gors), poet and satirist, 54^[33]
• 13 July – Sir Watkin Lewes, lord mayor of London, 81^[34]
• 7 August – Caroline of Brunswick, former Princess of Wales (1795–1820), 53^[35]
• 12 October - William Jones, evangelist, 65
• November – Richard Fenton, poet and author, 74^[36]

See also

• 1821 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. 28096. Mildert, William. 2004. 2007. Varley. Elizabeth.
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: Vincent, Benjamin . Haydn's Dictionary of Dates . SALZWASSER-VERLAG GMBH . S.l . 2020 . 9783846047958 . 448.
24. Book: Edwin Poole. The Illustrated History and Biography of Brecknockshire: From the Earliest Times to the Present Day. Edwin Poole. 1886. 71.
25. Book: Ifano Jones. A History of Printing and Printers in Wales to 1810, and of Successive and Related Printers to 1923. W. Lewis (printers), limited. 1925. 153.
26. Book: The New Swansea Guide; Containing a Particular Description of the Town and Its Vicinity: Together with a Short History of the County. H. Griffith. 1823. 22.
27. Book: Official Report of the Standing Committees. H.M. Stationery Office. 1974. 28.
28. Book: Meic Stephens. Cydymaith i lenyddiaeth Cymru. 1986. Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru. 978-0-7083-0915-5. 187. cy.
29. Book: Joseph Jackson Howard. Frederick Arthur Crisp. Visitation of England and Wales. 1893. Priv. printed. 282.
30. Book: Leslie Stephen. Sir Sidney Lee. DNB. 1899. Smith, Elder, & Company. 379.
31. s-GRIF-JOH-1821. Griffith, John (Y Gohebydd; 1821 - 1877). 24 February 2019.
32. Book: Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie. Joy Dorothy Harvey. Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie. Joy Harvey. The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z. 2000. Taylor & Francis. 978-0-415-92040-7. 1026.
33. Book: Iolo Morganwg. Geraint H. Jenkins. Ffion Mair Jones. The Correspondence of Iolo Morganwg: 1810–1826. 2007. University of Wales Press. 978-0-7083-2134-8. 616.
34. Book: Lewis Namier. John Brooke. The House of Commons 1754-1790. 1985. Boydell & Brewer. 978-0-436-30420-0. 40.
35. E. A.. Smith. Caroline (1768–1821). 4722.
36. s-FENT-RIC-1747. Fenton, Richard. 26 February 2018.