1832 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1832 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 – 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[16]
- Bishop of St Asaph – William Carey[17][18][16]
- Bishop of St Davids – John Jenkinson[16][19][20][21]
Events[edit]
- 13 January — The Welshman (newspaper) is first published in Carmarthen.
- May — Second cholera pandemic reaches Wales, at Flint.
- 23 May — The Festiniog Railway Company is set up by Act of Parliament, making it, as of the 21st century, the world's oldest surviving statutory public railway company.
- August - Princess Victoria and her mother, the Duchess of Kent, visit Wynnstay.
- 28 August - At the Beaumaris eisteddfod,[22] the title of Archdruid is used for the first time.
- 8 December–8 January 1833 — In the 1832 United Kingdom general election, the first following the Reform Act 1832, John Josiah Guest becomes the first MP for the new constituency of Merthyr Boroughs.
- The first temperance society in Wales is founded at Holyhead.
- Wrexham Infirmary is founded at the instigation of Thomas Taylor Griffith.
- New Cardiff Prison opens.
- Walter Coffin opens the "Rhondda No. 3" coal seam.
Arts and literature[edit]
New books[edit]
- Benjamin Jones (P A Môn) — Amddiffyniad o Brynedigaeth Neillduol[23]
- Jedediah Richards — Addysg ac Amddiffyniad
Music[edit]
Births[edit]
- 5 January – Love Jones-Parry, politician and Patagonian settler (d. 1891)
- 3 April – William Thomas (Islwyn), poet (d. 1878)
- 25 September – John Ceiriog Hughes, poet (d. 1887)[24]
- 4 November – James James (Iago ap Ieuan), harpist and composer (d. 1902)
- 19 November – Benjamin Thomas Williams, lawyer and politician (d. 1890)
- 17 December – Thomas McKenny Hughes, geologist (d. 1917)
- date unknown – William Williams, veterinary surgeon (d. 1900)
Deaths[edit]
- 23 February – Owen Williams (MP), 67[25]
- 16 July – Jemima Nicholas, heroine, 82[26]
- 14 August – Evan Pritchard (Ieuan Lleyn), poet, 63
- 18 November – William Howels or Howells, evangelical preacher, 54[27]
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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^
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.
- ^ William Jones (1839). The Gwyneddion for 1832: containing the prize poems, &c. of the Beaumaris eisteddfod and North Wales literary society, ed. by W. Jones. p. 1.
- ^ William Rushton (1832). Amddiffyniad o brynedigaeth neillduol: yn cynnwys cynghaws, wrth air Duw, ar athrawiaethau y diweddar Mr. Fuller, mewn perthynas i iawn Crist : mewn pedwar llythyr at weinidog o'r Bedyddwyr. Argraffwyd gan J. Jones dros yr awdwr.
- ^ Thomas Mardy Rees (1908). Notable Welshmen (1700-1900): ... with Brief Notes, in Chronological Order, and Authorities. Also a Complete Alphabetical Index. Herald Office. p. 397.
- ^ John Burke (1835). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland Enjoying Territorial Possessions Or High Official Rank, But Uninvested with Heritable Honours. H. Colburn. p. 635.
- ^ Edwyn Henry Stuart Jones (1950). The last invasion of Britain. University of Wales Press. p. 105.
- ^ This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1891). "Howells, William". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 28. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
