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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1814 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 – Thomas Johnes [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 Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute (until 16 November) [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 – Richard Watson [16]
- Bishop of St Asaph – William Cleaver [17] [18] [19]
- Bishop of St Davids – Thomas Burgess [19] [20] [21] [22]
Events
- 1 January - The first weekly newspaper in Welsh is published, when Seren Gomer is founded by Joseph Harris (Gomer), a Baptist minister in Swansea. [23]
- 3 January - Lampeter is granted its town charter. [24]
- February - Anthony Bushby Bacon sells his mineral rights at Cyfarthfa to Richard Crawshay for £95,000. [25]
- May - Caernarvon and Anglesey Hospital is founded.
- Summer solstice - Thomas Williams (Gwilym Morgannwg) declaims his poem "Heddwch" from the Logan Stone in the presence of the Gorsedd of Morgannwg, at the "second Assemblage"
- 10 September - The last recorded fatal duel in Wales is fought at Adpar, Newcastle Emlyn. [26] Thomas Heslop of Jamaica is killed; a local landowner, Beynon, is found guilty and fined one shilling.
- date unknown
- Sydenham Edwards founds The Botanical Register.
- The Admiralty re-locates from Milford Haven to Paterchurch, resulting in the founding of Pembroke Dock. [27]
- Journalist and preacher Elijah Waring settles at Neath.
Arts and literature
New books
- John Jones - Natur a Chyneddfau Gweddi (2nd edition) [28]
Music
- Thomas William - Perl Mewn Adfyd [29]
Births
- January - George Grant Francis, philanthropist (d. 1882)
- 29 January - Edward William Thomas, composer (d. 1892)
- 5 March - Joseph Edwards, sculptor (d. 1882)
- 16 June - Robert Davies (Cyndeyrn), composer (d. 1867) [30]
- date unknown - Eliezer Pugh, philanthropist (d. 1903)
Deaths
- 12 March - Evan Thomas (Ieuan Fardd Ddu), printer and translator, 80? [31]
- 23 April - Richard Jones, clergyman and writer, 57 [32]
- 3 May - Thomas Coke, Methodist leader, 66 [33]
- 21 June - Sir Erasmus Gower, colonial governor, 71 [34]
- 26 September - Owen Jones, antiquary and founder of the Gwyneddigion Society, 73
- 5 October - Thomas Charles of Bala, Bible publishing pioneer, 58 [35]
- 16 November - John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute, 70 [36]
See also
References
- ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 24.
- ^ a b c d J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.
- ^ Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 695. ISBN 9780806313146.
- ^ Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1992. p. 169.
- ^ Edwin Poole (1886). 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. p. 378.
- ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 26.
- ^ "not known". Old Wales: Monthly Magazine of Antiquities for Wales and the Borders. 3. "Old Wales" Office: 106. 1907.
- ^ Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 612. ISBN 9780806313146.
- ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 29.
- ^ R. G. Thorne (1986). "Clive, Edward, 2nd Baron Clive (1754-1839), of Walcot, Salop". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ Bertie George Charles (1959). "Philipps family, of Picton". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ^ Jonathan Williams (1859). The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. p. 115.
- ^ William Stockdale (1833). Stockdale's Peerage of the United Kingdom. p. 86.
- ^ Fryde, E. B. (1996). Handbook of British chronology. Cambridge England: New York Cambridge University Press. p. 292. ISBN 9780521563505.
- ^ Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 305.
- ^ John Henry James (1898). A History and Survey of the Cathedral Church of SS. Peter, Paul, Dubritius, Teilo, and Oudoceus, Llandaff. Western Mail. p. 16.
- ^ The Church of the people and free church penny magazine. 1859. p. 179.
- ^ The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
- ^ a b Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 307.
- ^ The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged. Porter. 1780. p. 95.
- ^ George III (King of Great Britain) (1967). The Later Correspondence of George III, Volume 3. University Press. p. 434.
- ^ "Records of Past Fellows: Burgess, Thomas". The Royal Society. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ John Graham Jones (15 November 2014). The History of Wales. University of Wales Press. p. 128. ISBN 978-1-78316-169-0.
- ^ Report. 1837. p. 461.
- ^ Alan Birch (5 November 2013). Economic History of the British Iron and Steel Industry. Routledge. p. 81. ISBN 978-1-136-61723-2.
- ^ "About Adpar". Newcastle Emlyn and Adpar. Archived from the original on 8 October 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
- ^ Charles George Harper (1905). Gloucester to Milford Haven. Chapman & Hall.
- ^ Catalogue of Welsh Books, Books on Wales, and Books by Welshmen, A.D. 1800-1862, at Glan Aber, Chester. 1870. p. 48.
- ^ "William, Thomas (1761-1844)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. 1959. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
- ^ Robert David Griffith. "DAVIES, ROBERT (Cyndeyrn; 1814-1867), musician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
- ^ Thomas Isfryn Jones. "Thomas, Evan (Ieuan Fardd Ddu; 1733-1814), printer and translator". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Jones, Richard (1757?-1814), cleric and writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
- ^ John Wesley Etheridge (1860). The Life of the Rev. Thomas Coke, D.C.L. J. Mason. p. 449.
- ^ James Stanier Clarke; John McArthur (2 September 2010). The Naval Chronicle: Volume 32, July-December 1814. Cambridge University Press. p. 176. ISBN 978-1-108-01871-5.
- ^ John Roberts (1959). "Charles, Thomas (1755-1814), Methodist cleric". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Thorne, Roland. "Stuart, John, first marquess of Bute (1744–1814)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/64138. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
| |||||
| Centuries: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decades: | |||||
| See also: |
List of years in Wales Timeline of Welsh history
| ||||
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1814 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 – Thomas Johnes [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 Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute (until 16 November) [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 – Richard Watson [16]
- Bishop of St Asaph – William Cleaver [17] [18] [19]
- Bishop of St Davids – Thomas Burgess [19] [20] [21] [22]
Events
- 1 January - The first weekly newspaper in Welsh is published, when Seren Gomer is founded by Joseph Harris (Gomer), a Baptist minister in Swansea. [23]
- 3 January - Lampeter is granted its town charter. [24]
- February - Anthony Bushby Bacon sells his mineral rights at Cyfarthfa to Richard Crawshay for £95,000. [25]
- May - Caernarvon and Anglesey Hospital is founded.
- Summer solstice - Thomas Williams (Gwilym Morgannwg) declaims his poem "Heddwch" from the Logan Stone in the presence of the Gorsedd of Morgannwg, at the "second Assemblage"
- 10 September - The last recorded fatal duel in Wales is fought at Adpar, Newcastle Emlyn. [26] Thomas Heslop of Jamaica is killed; a local landowner, Beynon, is found guilty and fined one shilling.
- date unknown
- Sydenham Edwards founds The Botanical Register.
- The Admiralty re-locates from Milford Haven to Paterchurch, resulting in the founding of Pembroke Dock. [27]
- Journalist and preacher Elijah Waring settles at Neath.
Arts and literature
New books
- John Jones - Natur a Chyneddfau Gweddi (2nd edition) [28]
Music
- Thomas William - Perl Mewn Adfyd [29]
Births
- January - George Grant Francis, philanthropist (d. 1882)
- 29 January - Edward William Thomas, composer (d. 1892)
- 5 March - Joseph Edwards, sculptor (d. 1882)
- 16 June - Robert Davies (Cyndeyrn), composer (d. 1867) [30]
- date unknown - Eliezer Pugh, philanthropist (d. 1903)
Deaths
- 12 March - Evan Thomas (Ieuan Fardd Ddu), printer and translator, 80? [31]
- 23 April - Richard Jones, clergyman and writer, 57 [32]
- 3 May - Thomas Coke, Methodist leader, 66 [33]
- 21 June - Sir Erasmus Gower, colonial governor, 71 [34]
- 26 September - Owen Jones, antiquary and founder of the Gwyneddigion Society, 73
- 5 October - Thomas Charles of Bala, Bible publishing pioneer, 58 [35]
- 16 November - John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute, 70 [36]
See also
References
- ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 24.
- ^ a b c d J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.
- ^ Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 695. ISBN 9780806313146.
- ^ Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1992. p. 169.
- ^ Edwin Poole (1886). 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. p. 378.
- ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 26.
- ^ "not known". Old Wales: Monthly Magazine of Antiquities for Wales and the Borders. 3. "Old Wales" Office: 106. 1907.
- ^ Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 612. ISBN 9780806313146.
- ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 29.
- ^ R. G. Thorne (1986). "Clive, Edward, 2nd Baron Clive (1754-1839), of Walcot, Salop". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ Bertie George Charles (1959). "Philipps family, of Picton". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ^ Jonathan Williams (1859). The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. p. 115.
- ^ William Stockdale (1833). Stockdale's Peerage of the United Kingdom. p. 86.
- ^ Fryde, E. B. (1996). Handbook of British chronology. Cambridge England: New York Cambridge University Press. p. 292. ISBN 9780521563505.
- ^ Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 305.
- ^ John Henry James (1898). A History and Survey of the Cathedral Church of SS. Peter, Paul, Dubritius, Teilo, and Oudoceus, Llandaff. Western Mail. p. 16.
- ^ The Church of the people and free church penny magazine. 1859. p. 179.
- ^ The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
- ^ a b Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 307.
- ^ The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged. Porter. 1780. p. 95.
- ^ George III (King of Great Britain) (1967). The Later Correspondence of George III, Volume 3. University Press. p. 434.
- ^ "Records of Past Fellows: Burgess, Thomas". The Royal Society. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ John Graham Jones (15 November 2014). The History of Wales. University of Wales Press. p. 128. ISBN 978-1-78316-169-0.
- ^ Report. 1837. p. 461.
- ^ Alan Birch (5 November 2013). Economic History of the British Iron and Steel Industry. Routledge. p. 81. ISBN 978-1-136-61723-2.
- ^ "About Adpar". Newcastle Emlyn and Adpar. Archived from the original on 8 October 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
- ^ Charles George Harper (1905). Gloucester to Milford Haven. Chapman & Hall.
- ^ Catalogue of Welsh Books, Books on Wales, and Books by Welshmen, A.D. 1800-1862, at Glan Aber, Chester. 1870. p. 48.
- ^ "William, Thomas (1761-1844)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. 1959. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
- ^ Robert David Griffith. "DAVIES, ROBERT (Cyndeyrn; 1814-1867), musician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
- ^ Thomas Isfryn Jones. "Thomas, Evan (Ieuan Fardd Ddu; 1733-1814), printer and translator". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Jones, Richard (1757?-1814), cleric and writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
- ^ John Wesley Etheridge (1860). The Life of the Rev. Thomas Coke, D.C.L. J. Mason. p. 449.
- ^ James Stanier Clarke; John McArthur (2 September 2010). The Naval Chronicle: Volume 32, July-December 1814. Cambridge University Press. p. 176. ISBN 978-1-108-01871-5.
- ^ John Roberts (1959). "Charles, Thomas (1755-1814), Methodist cleric". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Thorne, Roland. "Stuart, John, first marquess of Bute (1744–1814)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/64138. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)