1823 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1823 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

• Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}
• Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort^[5]
• Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Thomas Assheton Smith^{[6] [7]}
• 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^[8]
• Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute^[9]
• Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet^[10]
• Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis^[11]
• Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford (until 28 November)^{[2] [12]}
• Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – George Rodney, 3rd Baron Rodney^{[13] [2] [14]}
• Bishop of Bangor – Henry Majendie^{[15] [16]}
• Bishop of Llandaff – William Van Mildert^[17]
• Bishop of St Asaph – John Luxmoore^{[18] [19]}
• Bishop of St Davids – Thomas Burgess^{[20] [21] [22] [23]}

Events

• 13 January – Edward Paget, former MP for Caernarvon, is appointed Commander-in-Chief of British forces in India.^[24]
• 23 January – In Paviland Cave on the Gower Peninsula, William Buckland inspects the "Red Lady of Paviland", the first identification of a prehistoric (male) human burial (first discovered on 21 December last).^[25]
• February
  • John Frost is sentenced to six months in prison for a libel against the town clerk of Newport.
  • Mercy Whitney describes the burial, in Hawaii, of the infant son of Isaac and Elizabeth Peke Davis: "A regular procession of two and two followed the corpse. Going into the fort in which the grave was dug seemed like entering a burying ground, more so than anything I have witnessed since I left America."^[26]
• 4 March – Llanuwchllyn-born John Richards is elected to the United States Congress.^[27]
• 26 March – The packet ship Alert sinks off The Skerries, Isle of Anglesey, with the loss of a hundred lives.
• Summer – Stanley Embankment completed by Thomas Telford carrying the Holyhead road between Anglesey and Holy Island.
• 23 August – A major eisteddfod is held at Mold.
• unknown date
  • The Welsh Literary Society of Brecon is established by Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc).^[28]
  • The Presbyterian Church of Wales draws up a "Confession of Faith" and becomes a separate body.^[29]
  • The Caergwrle Bowl, a decorated Middle Bronze Age artefact, is discovered.^[30]

Arts and literature

New books

• Felicia Hemans – The Siege of Valencia^[31]
• Huw Morys – Eos Ceiriog, sef casgliad o bêr ganiadau Huw Morus (posthumous, ed. Walter Davies)^[32]
• Ioan Siencyn – Casgliad o Ganiadau Difyr (posthumous)

Music

• David Charles – Hymnau ar Amrywiol Achosion (hymns)^[33]
• John Ellis – Eliot (hymn tune)

Births

• 8 January – Alfred Russel Wallace, biologist (d. 1913)^[34]
• 11 February – Llewellyn Turner, politician (d. 1903)
• March – Rowland Williams (Hwfa Môn), poet and archdruid (d. 1905)^[35]
• 19 April – Anna Laetitia Waring, poet and hymn-writer (d. 1910)^[36]
• 17 November – Sir John Evans, archaeologist (d. 1908)
• December – Caroline Elizabeth Williams, radical and champion of women's rights (d. 1908)

Deaths

• 26 February – John Philip Kemble, actor, brother of Sarah Siddons, 66
• 11 November – Sir Richard Richards, politician and judge, 71^[37]
• 28 November – Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford, landowner, 79^[38]
• 30 November – William Joseph Williams, American painter of Welsh parentage, 64
• 4 December – John Ryland Harris (Ieuan Ddu), printer, 20^[39]

See also

• 1823 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. Web site: ASSHETON SMITH, Thomas (c.1752-1828), of Faenol, Caern. and Tidworth, Hants.. History of Parliament Online. 6 June 2013.
7. Book: Edward Breese. Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. 1873. 26.
8. Old Wales: Monthly Magazine of Antiquities for Wales and the Borders. not known. William Retlaw Williams. "Old Wales" Office. 1907. 3. 106.
9. Book: Nicholas, Thomas . Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales . Genealogical Pub. Co . Baltimore . 1991 . 9780806313146 . 612.
10. Book: Edward Breese. Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. 1873. 29.
11. 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.
12. s-PHIL-PIC-1491. Philipps family, of Picton. Bertie George Charles. 1959. 19 October 2021.
13. Book: Jonathan Williams. The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. 1859. 115.
14. Book: William Stockdale. Stockdale's Peerage of the United Kingdom. 1833. 86.
15. Book: Fryde, E. B. . Handbook of British chronology . New York Cambridge University Press . Cambridge England . 1996 . 9780521563505 . 292.
16. Book: Thomas Duffus Hardy. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales.... University Press. 1854. 305.
17. 28096. Mildert, William. 2004. 2007. Varley. Elizabeth.
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. Asiatic Intelligence. The Oriental Magazine, and Calcutta Review. W. Thacker. 1823. 269.
25. Stephen. Aldhouse-Green. Great Sites: Paviland Cave. British Archaeology. 61. 2010-07-16. October 2001.
26. Hawaii's Russian Adventure: A New Look at Old History By Peter R. Mills. Page 141
27. Web site: Richards, John. United States House of Representatives. 15 August 2021.
28. Web site: Price, Thomas (Carnhuanawc; 1787-1848), historian and antiquary. Brinley Rees. Brinley Rees. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. 15 August 2021.
29. Book: Smith, Gary . The Oxford handbook of Presbyterianism . Oxford University Press . New York, NY . 2019 . 9780190608392 . 129.
30. Book: Report of the Institute of Geological Sciences. H.M. Stationery Office. 1980. 26.
31. Web site: Hemans (nee Browne), Felicia (1793–1835), poet. Gwyn Jones. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. 15 August 2021.
32. Web site: MORYS, HUW (Eos Ceiriog; 1622-1709), poet. David Jenkins. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. 23 June 2018.
33. Web site: Charles, David 1 (1762–1834), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and hymn-writer. Gomer Morgan Roberts. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. 15 August 2021.
34. Web site: Wallace, Alfred Russel (1823–1913), naturalist and social reformer. Richard Elwyn Hughes. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. 15 August 2021.
35. Web site: Williams, Rowland (Hwfa Môn, 1823-1905), Independent minister, and archdruid of Wales. ichard Griffith Owen. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. 15 August 2021.
36. Web site: Scott . Rosemary . Waring, Anna Letitia (1823–1910) . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . Oxford University Press . 2004 . 26 April 2010 .
37. Web site: Richards family of Coed. William Llewelyn Davies. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. 15 August 2021.
38. Web site: Philipps family, of Picton. Bertie George Charles. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. 15 August 2021.
39. Web site: Harris, John Ryland (Ieuan Ddu, 1802-1823), printer and author. William Joseph Rhys. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. 15 August 2021.