1834 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1834 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

• 12 February - The city of Bangor, Maine, is incorporated in the United States.^[21] It is said to have been named after the Welsh hymn tune "Bangor".^[22]
• 23 June - HMS Tartarus is launched at Pembroke Dock. It is the Royal Navy's first steam-powered man-of-war (a paddle gunvessel).^[23]
• 27 December - A ferry from Penally to Caldey sinks and 15 people drown.
• 29 December - The West of England and South Wales District Bank is established in Bristol.^[24]
• unknown dates
  • William Williams of Wern starts the "General Union" movement.^[25]
  • The government begins to make grants of 50% towards the erection of new elementary schools in England and Wales;^[26] hence the Treasury awards £84 for a school to be set up at Abergwili.
  • Border Breweries (Wrexham) begin operation at the Nag's Head public house.^[27]
  • Walter Rice Howell Powell inherits the Maesgwynne estate. Nicholas, Thomas.^[28]

Arts and literature

• At an eisteddfod held in Cardiff, Augusta Hall, Lady Llanover, wins a prize for her essay on the Welsh language. Taliesin Williams wins the chair.

New books

• Sir Harford Jones Brydges - An Account of His Majesty's Mission to Persia in the years 1807-11
• Thomas Medwin - The Angler in Wales: Or, Days and Nights of Sportsmen^[29]
• John Humffreys Parry - The Cambrian Plutarch: Comprising Memoirs of Some of the Most Eminent Welshmen^[30]

Music

• Foulk Robert Williams - Llyfr Cerddoriaeth o Gerddi Sion... (unpublished MS)

Births

• 15 February - Sir William Henry Preece, engineer (d. 1913)^[31]
• 31 March - Thomas Rees Jones, engineer and inventor (d. 1897)
• 14 April - Arthur John Williams, lawyer, author and politician (d. 1911)
• 2 July - Stuart Rendel, 1st Baron Rendel, politician (d. 1913)^[32]
• 23 August - Hugh Owen Thomas, orthopaedic surgeon (d. 1891)^[33]
• 16 October - Pryce Pryce-Jones, mail order entrepreneur (d. 1920)^[34]
• 21 December - Griffith Rhys Jones, choirmaster and conductor (d. 1897)^[35]
• date unknown - William Thomas (Gwilym Marles), minister (d. 1879)^[36]

Deaths

• 17 February - John Thelwall, Welsh-descended orator, writer, political reformer, journalist, poet, elocutionist and speech therapist, 69^[37]
• 29 March - John Mytton, eccentric squire and politician of the Welsh border country, 37 (alcohol-related)^[38]
• 13 May - John Jones, clergyman and writer, 58^[39]
• 20 June - John Wynne Griffith, politician, 71^[40]
• 9 July - Dafydd Cadwaladr, preacher, 82^[41]
• 11 August - William Crawshay I, industrialist, about 70 (b. 1764)^[42]
• 2 September - David Charles, hymn-writer (b. 1762)^[43]

See also

• 1834 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. Book: Harrie Badger Coe. Maine, Resources, Attractions, and Its People: A History. 1928. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. 893.
22. Book: Best Books on. Maine, a Guide 'down East,'. 1937. Best Books on. 978-1-62376-018-2. 131.
23. Web site: History of Pembroke Dockyard. John. Guard. 2004-01-05. 2012-01-10.
24. Web site: West of england and South Wales District Banking Company. British Banking History Society. 26 March 2020. 2 January 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130102172944/http://www.banking-history.co.uk/weswdbc.html. dead.
25. Williams, William (1781-1840). 61.
26. Book: Berry, George. Discovering Schools. Tring. Shire Publications. 1970. 0-85263-091-3.
27. Book: Richmond, Lesley . The Brewing industry : a guide to historical records . Manchester University Press Distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press . Manchester New York New York, NY, USA . 1990 . 9780719030321 . 228 .
28. Book: Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales. Genealogical Publishing Company. 1991. 299.
29. Book: Engelberg, Karsten . The making of the Shelley myth : an annotated bibliography of criticism of Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1822-1860 . Mansell Pubd Meckler . London, England Westport, CT, USA . 1988 . 9780720119688 . 406 .
30. Parry, John H.. The Cambrian Plutarch: Comprising Memoirs of Some of the Mosts Eminent Welshmen.... United Kingdom: Simpkin, 1834.
31. Web site: Preece, Sir William Henry (1834-1913), electrical engineer. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Edwin Augustine Owen. National Library of Wales. 15 August 2021.
32. Web site: Rendel, Stuart (1834-1913), 1st baron Rendel, industrialist, Member of Parliament, and philanthropist. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Thomas Iorwerth Ellis. National Library of Wales. 15 August 2021.
33. Web site: Thomas, Hugh Owen (1834-1891), orthopaedic surgeon. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Arthur Rocyn Jones. National Library of Wales. 15 August 2021.
34. Web site: Pryce-Jones, Sir Pryce (1834-1920), pioneer of mail order business. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Maurice Richards. National Library of Wales. 15 August 2021.
35. Web site: Jones, Griffith Rhys (Caradog; 1834-1897), conductor of a once well-known South Wales choir, 'Côr Caradog'. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Robert David Griffith. National Library of Wales. 15 August 2021.
36. Web site: Thomas, William (Gwilym Marles; 1834-1879), Unitarian minister, social reformer, writer, and schoolmaster. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. David Jacob Davies. National Library of Wales. 15 August 2021.
37. Web site: Thelwall, John (1764-1834), reformer, lecturer and poet. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. David Jenkins. National Library of Wales. 15 August 2021.
38. Bye-gones Relating to Wales and the Border Counties . Jack Mytton . February 1900 . 294 . 10107/2099670 .
39. Web site: Jones, John (1775 - 1834), cleric. Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. 2007. Ellis. Thomas Iorwerth. Thomas Iorwerth Ellis. 2 March 2009.
40. Book: Jacob Youde William Lloyd. The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher, and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog: And the Ancient Lords of Arwystli, Cedewen, and Meirionydd. 1885. T. Richards. 295.
41. Dafydd Cadwaladr. s-CADW-DAF-1752. 2 December 2021.
42. s-CRAW-CYF-1739. Crawshay family. Watkin William Price. Watkin William. Price. 1959. 3 November 2021.
43. Roberts. Gomer M.. David Charles, Calvinistic Methodist minister, and hymn-writer. s-CHAR-DAV-1762. 1959. 2 December 2021.)