1828 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1828 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 (until 12 May);^[6] Peter Drummond-Burrell, 22nd Baron Willoughby de Eresby (from 25 November)^[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 – Sir John Owen, 1st Baronet^[12]
• Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – George Rodney, 3rd Baron Rodney^{[13] [2] [14]}
• Bishop of Bangor – Henry Majendie^{[15] [16]}
  • Bishop of Llandaff – Edward Copleston Bishop of St Asaph – John Luxmoore^{[17] [18]}
• Bishop of St Davids – John Jenkinson^{[19] [20] [21] [22]}

Events

• 1 June - The Saundersfoot Railway and Harbour Company is formed.^[23]
• 19 June - The Llanelly Dock is established by Act of Parliament.^[24]
• September - Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, visits the eisteddfod at Denbigh, making it the first to receive a royal visit.^[25]
• unknown dates
  • An iron suspension bridge is built to link South Stack with Holy Island, Anglesey.
  • David Owen (Brutus) becomes editor of the periodical Lleuad yr Oes at Aberystwyth.

Arts and literature

New books

• Ellis Evans - Unoliaeth a Gweledigaeth yr Eglwys, sef, Llythyr Cymanfa Cefn Mawr^[26]
• T. J. Llewelyn Prichard - The Adventures and Vagaries of Twm Shon Catti, descriptive of life in Wales; interspersed with poems
• David Saunders (Dafydd Glan Teifi) - Awdl ar Fordaith yr Apostol Paul
• John Thomas - Telyn y Cantorion
• John Walters - An English and Welsh Dictionary
• Thomas Wiliam - Cwyn yr Unig

Music

• William Owen (Gwilym Ddu Glan Hafren) - Y Caniedydd Crefyddol (collection of hymn tunes)

Births

• 30 January - John David Jenkins, philanthropist (d. 1876)
• 4 March - Owen Wynne Jones (Glasynys), clergyman and writer (d. 1870)^[27]
• 13 March - Thomas Morgan Thomas, missionary (d. 1884)
• 6 May - Sir Hugh Rowlands, soldier (d. 1909)^[28]
• 4 June - David Thomas (Dewi Hefin), poet (d. 1909)
• 23 September - Charles James Watkin Williams, politician (d. 1884)
• 30 October - Henry James, 1st Baron James of Hereford, lawyer and statesman (d. 1911)
• 13 December - David Lewis Wooding, genealogist (d. 1891)
• date unknown
  • John Richard Hughes, evangelist (d. 1893)
  • John Pryce, clergyman and writer (d. 1903)

Deaths

• 19 February - Thomas Jones (Y Bardd Cloff), 59
• 29 March - Griffith Rowlands, surgeon, 65
• 12 May - Thomas Assheton Smith I, industrialist, 75^[6]
• 15 September - William Madocks, landowner, 55^[29]
• 4 October - Sir Thomas Hanmer, 2nd Baronet, politician, 46/47^[30]
• 29 December - Priscilla Bertie, 21st Baroness Willoughby de Eresby, 67
• date unknown - Edward Charles (Siamas Gwynedd), writer, 70?

See also

• 1828 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. Web site: Thorne . R.G. . John Owen (1776-1861) of Orielton, Pembrokeshire . History of Parliament . 27 March 2020.
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. 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: Ernest Frank Carter. An Historical Geography of the Railways of the British Isles. Cassel. 1959. 35.
24. Book: Donald J. Grant. Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain. 31 October 2017. Troubador Publishing Ltd. 978-1-78803-768-6. 322.
25. Book: Thomas Griffith. The Gwyneddion; Or an Account of the Royal Denbigh Eisteddfod ... September, 1828; ...: With ... Prize Essays and Poems .... 1830. Griffith. 26.
26. s-EVAN-ELL-1786. Evans, Ellis (1786-1864), Baptist minister and author. Tom Ellis Jones. 1959. 29 November 2021.
27. s-JONE-WYN-1828. Jones, Owen Wynne(Glasynys; 1828-1870), cleric, antiquary, story-writer, and poet. David Gwenallt Jones. 1959. 29 November 2021.
28. s3-ROWL-HUG-1828. Hugh Rowlands. Williams. Williams Alister. 29 November 2014.
29. s-MADO-ALE-1774. Madocks, William Alexander (1773-1828), industrialist and philanthropist. David Thomas. 1959. 29 November 2021.
30. Book: John Debrett. The baronetage of England. G.W. Collen. 1840. 260.