1836 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1836 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents[edit]
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey[1][2][3][4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Penry Williams[5][6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Peter Drummond-Burrell, 22nd Baron Willoughby de Eresby[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 Monmouthshire – Capel Hanbury Leigh[11]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Edward Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis[12]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir John Owen, 1st Baronet[13]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – George Rodney, 3rd Baron Rodney[14][2][15]
- Bishop of Bangor – Christopher Bethell[16][17]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Edward Copleston[18]
- Bishop of St Asaph – William Carey[19][20][18]
- Bishop of St Davids – John Jenkinson[18][21][22][23]
Events[edit]
- 20 April – Opening of the Ffestiniog Railway, the first narrow-gauge railway in the world.[24]
- 21 June – An Act of Parliament is passed, allowing the construction of the Taff Vale Railway.[25]
- June – Crawshay Bailey buys the Aberaman estate from the family of Anthony Bacon at auction.[26]
- 9 November – John Frost is elected Mayor of Newport.[27]
- date unknown
- The final known duel in Wales takes place, fought with pistols at Gumfreston Hall in Pembrokeshire, between MP Sir John Owen and former Tenby mayor William Richards. Richards is badly wounded.[28]
- Humphrey Gwalchmai launches the periodical Yr Athraw.[29]
- The Philanthropic Order of True Ivorites is established in Wrexham by Thomas Robert Jones, it is Wales' first friendly society.[30]
Arts and literature[edit]
New books[edit]
English language[edit]
- Rice Rees - An Essay on the Welsh Saints
- Thomas Roscoe - Wanderings and Excursions in North Wales
- Samuel Prideaux Tregelles - Passages in the Old Testament connected with the Revelation
Welsh language[edit]
- Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc) - Hanes Cymru a Chenedl y Cymry o'r Cynoesoedd hyd at Farwolaeth Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, vol. 1[31]
- John Williams (Ab Ithel) - Eglwys Loegr yn Anymddibynol ar Eglwys Rhufain[32]
Music[edit]
- John David Edwards - Original Sacred Music
Births[edit]
- 30 January – Lewis Jones, one of the founders of the Welsh settlement in Patagonia (d. 1904)
- 15 March – Griffith Jones (Glan Menai), teacher and author (d. 1906)
- 1 April – John Owen, balladeer (d. 1915)
- 26 May – Sir John Dillwyn-Llewellyn, 1st Baronet, politician (d. 1927)
- 5 July – Evan Herber Evans, Nonconformist leader (d. 1896)
- 6 October – Allen Raine, novelist (d. 1908)[33]
- 20 October – Daniel Owen, novelist (d. 1895)[34]
- 9 November – Isaac Foulkes, newspaper proprietor (d. 1904)
- 9 November – Arthur Charles Humphreys-Owen, politician (d. 1905)
Deaths[edit]
- 11 August - William Williams (Gwilym Twrog), poet, 67[35]
- 24 August Sir Christopher Cole, Royal Navy officer and politician, 66[36]
- 22 November - Peter Bailey Williams, clergyman and writer, 73[37]
- 27 December - Edward Jones, Maes y Plwm, hymn-writer, 75[38]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ 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 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.
- ^ "Penpont including attached conservatory and rear service ranges". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Amy Audrey Locke (1916). The Hanbury Family. Arthur L. Humphreys. p. 147.
- ^ Evan David Jones (1959). "Herbert family (earls of Powis)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ^ Thorne, R.G. "John Owen (1776-1861) of Orielton, Pembrokeshire". History of Parliament. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 307.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Carey, William (1769-1846)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Donald J. Grant (31 October 2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain. Troubador Publishing Ltd. p. 201. ISBN 978-1-78803-768-6.
- ^ Donald J. Grant (31 October 2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain. Troubador Publishing Ltd. p. 553. ISBN 978-1-78803-768-6.
- ^ Morgannwg. Glamorgan History Society. 1976. p. 30.
- ^ Report of Cases argued and determined in the English Courts of Common Law, volume 35. 1878. p. 822.
- ^ May, John (1994). A Chronicle of Welsh Events. Swansea: Christopher Davies Ltd. p. 67. ISBN 0-7154-0723-6.
- ^ Bye-gones, Relating to Wales and the Border Counties. 1909. p. 57.
- ^ Meic Stephens (23 September 1998). The new companion to the literature of Wales. University of Wales Press. p. 255. ISBN 978-0-7083-1383-1.
- ^ George Long (1843). The penny cyclopædia [ed. by G. Long]. p. 222.
- ^ Catalogue of Welsh Books, Books on Wales, and Books by Welshmen, A.D. 1800-1862, at Glan Aber, Chester. 1870. p. 31.
- ^ David Jenkins. "Puddicombe, Anne Adalisa ('Allen Raine'; 1836-1908), novelist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
- ^ Katherine Williams (1959). "Owen, Daniel (1836-1895), novelist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ Bob Owen. "Williams, William (Gwilym Twrog; 1768-1836), poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
- ^ "COLE, Sir Christopher (1770-1836), of Penrice Castle, Glam". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
- ^ "Williams, Peter Bailey". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ^ Evan David Jones. "Jones, Edward (1761-1836), poet, farmer, and schoolmaster". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
