1831 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1831 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 – Peter Drummond-Burrell, 22nd Baron Willoughby de Eresby^[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 Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis^[10]
• Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir John Owen, 1st Baronet^[11]
• Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – George Rodney, 3rd Baron Rodney^{[12] [2] [13]}
• Bishop of Bangor – Christopher Bethell^{[14] [15]}
  • Bishop of Llandaff – Edward Copleston Bishop of St Asaph – William Carey^[16]
• Bishop of St Davids – John Jenkinson^{[17] [18] [19] [20]}

Events

• 28 April–1 June – In the UK general election:
  • Robert Fulke Greville is defeated in Pembrokeshire by Sir John Owen of Orielton.^[21]
  • Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn becomes MP for Flintshire.
  • John Jones of Ystrad is injured in rioting during the election at Carmarthen, causing polling there to be postponed.^[22]
• 3 June – The Merthyr Rising reaches its climax.^[23]
• 5 August – Charles Darwin travels from Shrewsbury to Llangollen with his tutor, Rev Adam Sedgwick, to carry out geological studies. They remain in Wales for more than two weeks.^[24]
• 18 August – The paddle steamer Rothsay Castle is wrecked at the eastern end of the Menai Strait with the loss of 93 lives.^[25]
• August – John Jones of Ystrad holds the constituency of Carmarthen.
• 22 October – John Jones of Ystrad and Robert Fulke Greville fight a duel at Tafarnspite.
• Repeal of the slate tax.
• Port Talbot ironworks opens.
• William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog) becomes a minister.

Arts and literature

New books

• John Evans (I. D. Ffraid) – Hanes yr Iddewon

New publications

• Autumn – Y Drysorfa, a Calvinistic Methodist publication, restarts under the editorship of John Parry.^[26]

Music

Births

• 13 January – William Hugh Evans, minister and author (d. 1909)
• May – Dewi Havhesp, poet (d. 1884)
• 3 May – Sir Walter Vaughan Morgan, Lord Mayor of London (d. 1916)
• 16 May – David E. Hughes, musician and professor of music (d. 1900)
• 21 July – Edward Lewis, Welsh-born New Zealand clergyman (d. 1913)
• 16 October – John Jones (Eos Bradwen), composer (d. 1899)^[27]
• 8 December
  • William Dykins, poet (d. 1872)
  • Edward Payson Evans, historian and linguist (d. 1917)
• 14 December – Griffith John, missionary (d. 1912)
• 20 December – William T. Davies, Governor of Pennsylvania (d. 1912)
• date unknown – William Davies (Gwilym Teilo), writer (d. 1892)

Deaths

• 1 January – Charles Heath, printer, writer, and radical Mayor of Monmouth, about 70^[28]
• 7 January – Edward "Celtic" Davies, author, 74^[29]
• 17 April – Sir Thomas Mostyn, 6th Baronet, politician, 54^[30]
• 30 April – Elizabeth Herbert, Countess of Pembroke, 93
• 18 May – John Vaughan, 3rd Earl of Lisburne, landowner and politician, 62^[31]
• 8 June – Sarah Siddons, actress, 75^[32]
• 11 August – Cradock Glascott, Evangelical clergyman and associate of the Wesley brothers, 88^[33]
• 13 August – Dic Penderyn, labourer, 23 (executed)^[34]
• probable – Joseph Davies, editor of Y Brud a Sylwydd, age unknown^[35]

See also

• 1831 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. s-POWY-HER-1674. Herbert family (earls of Powis). Evan David Jones. 1959. 30 November 2021.
11. Web site: Thorne . R.G. . John Owen (1776-1861) of Orielton, Pembrokeshire . History of Parliament . 27 March 2020.
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: The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. 15.
17. Book: Thomas Duffus Hardy. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales.... University Press. 1854. 307.
18. Book: The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged. Porter. 1780. 95.
19. Book: The Later Correspondence of George III, Volume 3. George III (King of Great Britain). University Press. 1967. 434.
20. Web site: Records of Past Fellows: Burgess, Thomas . The Royal Society . 30 October 2020.
21. Web site: OWEN, Sir John, 1st bt. (1776-1861), of Orielton, Pemb.. History of Parliament Online. 11 February 2019.
22. Web site: JONES, JOHN (1777-1842), ‘of Ystrad’, politician. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. David Williams. David Williams (historian). National Library of Wales. 11 February 2019.
23. Book: David Egan. People, Protest, and Politics: Case Studies in Nineteenth Century Wales. 1 January 1987. Gomer Press. 978-0-86383-350-2.
24. Web site: The recovery of time past: Darwin at Barmouth on the eve of the Beagle. Peter. Lucas. 1 January 2010. Darwin Online. 2010-01-21.
25. Book: Joseph Adshead. A Circumstantial Narrative of the Wreck of the Rothsay Castle Steampacket: On Her Passage from Liverpool to Beaumaris, August 17, 1831 .... 1834. Hamilton, Adams, and Company. 169.
26. Book: The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. The Society. 1963. 172.
27. Book: Humphreys, Maggie . Dictionary of composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland . Mansell . London Herndon, VA . 1997 . 9780720123302 . 190.
28. s-HEAT-CHA-1761. Heath, Charles. 9 November 2021.
29. s-DAVI-EDW-1756. Davies, Edward ('Celtic Davies'; 1756-1831), cleric and author. Griffith John Williams. 1959. 30 November 2021.
30. Web site: MOSTYN, Sir Thomas, 6th Bt. (1776-1831), of Mostyn, Flints. and Gloddaeth, Caern.. History of Parliament Online. 21 February 2019.
31. Web site: Thorne. R.G.. Cardiganshire. The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820. Institute of Historical Research. 3 November 2017.
32. Siddons, Sarah.
33. s-GLAS-CRA-1743. Glascott, Cradock (1743-1831), an Evangelical cleric. Daniel Williams. 1959. 30 November 2021.
34. s-LEWI-RIC-1807. Lewis, Richard ('Dic Penderyn'; 1807/8-1831), miner and revolutionary martyr. David Williams. 1959. 30 November 2021.
35. Joseph Davies. s-DAVI-JOS-1831. Parry. Thomas. 30 November 2021.