1817 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1817 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 – William Edward Powell (from 22 November)^[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 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 – Herbert Marsh^[16]
• Bishop of St Asaph – John Luxmoore^{[17] [18]}
• Bishop of St Davids – Thomas Burgess^{[19] [20] [21] [22]}

Events

• March - A riot breaks out in Amlwch over food prices, and a ship carrying flour is prevented from leaving the harbour.^[23]
• 22 July - Windham Sadler succeeds in crossing the Irish Sea by hot air balloon, landing near Holyhead.
• October John Gibson arrives in Rome to study sculpture with help from Antonio Canova.
• 6 December - Joseph Tregelles Price advertises Neath Abbey ironworks for sale.
• dates unknown
  • Lewis Weston Dillwyn retires from managing the Cambrian Pottery at Swansea.^[24]
  • Joseph Harris (Gomer) launches the unsuccessful periodical, Greal y Bedyddwyr.^[25]
  • Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis drafts the report on the Poor Law which brings its abuses to the attention of the public.
  • Construction work commences on the first chapel in Tywyn.^[26]
  • Approximate date - Britain's longest tramroad tunnel is opened at Pwll du near Blaenavon. The Pwll Du Tunnel is more than a mile (2400 m) in length. Begun as a mineral adit, at this time it carries a horse-drawn double track plateway of approximately 2 ft (600 mm) gauge carrying material for Blaenavon Ironworks; next summer it will be incorporated in Thomas Hill's Tramroad, connecting to the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal.^[27]

Arts and literature

New books

• Catherine Hutton - The Welsh Mountaineer^[28]
• John Thomas (Eos Gwynedd) -

Music

• 14 July - Robert Williams composes the famous hymn-tune Llanfair (formerly named Bethel).^[29]

Births

• 3 March - Robert Thompson Crawshay, iron-master (died 1879)^[30]
• 6 May - John Prichard, architect (d. 1886)^[31]
• June - John Corbett, industrialist (died 1901)
• 16 June - Charles Herbert James, politician (died 1890)
• 16 August - Rowland Williams, theologian and academic (died 1870)^[32]
• 17 September - Hugh Humphreys, publisher (died 1896)^[33]
• 13 November - Henry Brinley Richards, composer (died 1885)^[34]
• 17 December - Erasmus Jones, novelist (died 1909)^[35]
• Thomas Thomas, chapel architect and minister (died 1888)

Deaths

• 16 January - General Vaughan Lloyd, commander of the Woolwich Arsenal, 80^[36]
• 27 March - Josiah Boydell, artist, 65^[37]
• 17 July - William Williams (antiquary), author, 79
• 31 July - Benjamin Hall, industrialist, 36^[38]
• date unknown - David Hughes, Principal of Jesus College, Oxford

See also

• 1817 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. 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.
11. s-PHIL-PIC-1491. Philipps family, of Picton. Bertie George Charles. 1959. 19 October 2021.
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. Marsh, Herbert . 36 . Venables . Edmund . Edmund Venables . 211-215 . 1.
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: Thomas Tegg. A Dictionary of Chronology ... Fourth edition [of "Chronology, or the Historian's Companion"], considerably enlarged]. 1835. 300.
24. Book: Friends of Blue. Wedgwood Museum (Barlaston, England). True blue: transfer printed earthenware. 1998. Friends of Blue.
25. Book: John JENKINS (the Elder, of Hengoed.). J. EVANS (of Abercanaid.). Llewelyn JENKINS. Hanes buchedd a gweithiau awdurol y diweddar John Jenkins ... Cyhoeddedig dan olygiaeth ei feibion John a Llewelyn Jenkins. A sylwadau ar ei nodweddiadau ... gan J. Evans. 1859. William Jones. 105–.
26. Web site: Ebenezer Methodist Chapel. Coflein. 19 December 2021.
27. Book: van Laun, John. Early Limestone Railways. London. Newcomen Society. 0-904685-09-8. 50.
28. Hutton, Catherine. The Welsh Mountaineer: A Novel. United Kingdom: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1817.
29. Book: Handbook to the Hymnal. 1946. 18.
30. s-CRAW-CYF-1739. Crawshay family. Watkin William Price. Watkin William. Price. 1959. 3 November 2021.
31. s-PRIC-JOH-1817. Ellis. Megan. John Prichard. National Library of Wales. 20 April 2016.
32. Williams, Rowland (1779 - 1854), cleric. s-WILL-ROW-1779. Ellis. Thomas Iorwerth . Thomas Iorwerth Ellis. 19 December 2021.
33. s-HUMP-HUG-1817. Humphreys, Hugh (1817-1896), printer and publisher. Edward Morgan Humphreys. 1959. 19 December 2021.
34. s-RICH-BRI-1819. Richards, Henry Brinley (1819-1885), musician. Robert David Griffith. 1959. 21 November 2021.
35. s-JONE-ERA-1817. Jones, Erasmus (1817-1909), novelist. Robert (Bob) Owen. 7 May 2020.
36. s-LLOY-VAU-1736. Vaughan, Lloyd (1736-1817), general. Robert Thomas Jenkins. 1959. 19 December 2021.
37. Fagan, L.A., rev. Vivienne W. Painting. "Josiah Boydell (1752 - 1817)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. 2004. Retrieved on 17 January 2008.
38. Web site: Hall, Benjamin (1778-1817), of Hensol Castle, Glam.. History of Parliament Online. 21 November 2021.