1808 in Wales – Wikipedia

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List of events

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1808 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents[edit]

  • Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget[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[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]

5 January: First edition of the North Wales Gazette

Arts and literature[edit]

New books[edit]

English language[edit]

Welsh language[edit]

Music[edit]

  • Hymnau o Fawl i Dduw a’r Oen (hymns by Ann Griffiths, posthumously published)
  • 21 January – Richard Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn, about 70[36]
  • 12 February – Anna Maria Bennett, novelist, about 70[37]
  • 12 September – Charles Herbert, Royal Navy officer, son of the Earl of Carnarvon, 34 (drowned)[38]
  • 30 November – Watkin Williams, politician, 66?[39]
  • 28 December – Griffith Roberts, physician and collector of manuscripts, 73

References[edit]

  1. ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] … for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 24.
  2. ^ a b c d J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.
  3. ^ Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 695. ISBN 9780806313146.
  4. ^ Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1992. p. 169.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] … for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 26.
  7. ^ “not known”. Old Wales: Monthly Magazine of Antiquities for Wales and the Borders. “Old Wales” Office. 3: 106. 1907.
  8. ^ Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 612. ISBN 9780806313146.
  9. ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] … for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 29.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ Bertie George Charles (1959). “Philipps family, of Picton”. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  12. ^ Jonathan Williams (1859). The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. p. 115.
  13. ^ William Stockdale (1833). Stockdale’s Peerage of the United Kingdom. p. 86.
  14. ^ Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 305.
  15. ^ The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged. Porter. 1780. p. 95.
  16. ^ Fryde, E. B. (1996). Handbook of British chronology. Cambridge England: New York Cambridge University Press. p. 292. ISBN 9780521563505.
  17. ^ 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.
  18. ^ The Church of the people and free church penny magazine. 1859. p. 179.
  19. ^ The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
  20. ^ 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.
  21. ^ The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged. Porter. 1780. p. 95.
  22. ^ George III (King of Great Britain) (1967). The Later Correspondence of George III, Volume 3. University Press. p. 434.
  23. ^ “Records of Past Fellows: Burgess, Thomas”. The Royal Society. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  24. ^ David D. DANA (1858). The Fireman. James French&Company. pp. 351.
  25. ^ A Sermon preached … at the consecration of … W. L. Mansel … Bishop of Bristol, etc. F. C. & J. Rivington. 1808. p. 1.
  26. ^ Hadfield, Charles (1985). The Canals of the West Midlands. David and Charles. p. 178. ISBN 0-7153-8644-1.
  27. ^ Information Today, Inc; Sally Wecksler (2004). International Literary Market Place. R.R. Bowker Company. p. 1157. ISBN 9781573871754.
  28. ^ Edouard A. Stackpole (1972). Whales & destiny: the rivalry between America, France, and Britain for control of the southern whale fishery, 1785-1825. University of Massachusetts Press. p. 244.
  29. ^ Jowett, Alan (1989). Jowett’s Railway Atlas. Patrick Stephens Limited. pp. 57, 59. ISBN 1-85260-086-1.
  30. ^ Mrs. Hemans (1856). The Poetical Works of Felicia Hemans: Complete in One Volume, with a Critical Preface, and a Biographical Memoir. Lippincott. p. 550.
  31. ^ Meic Stephens (April 1986). The Oxford companion to the literature of Wales. Oxford University Press. p. 136. ISBN 978-0-19-211586-7.
  32. ^ Mary-Ann Constantine; Dafydd R. Johnston (15 April 2013). Footsteps of ‘Liberty and Revolt’: Essays on Wales and the French Revolution. University of Wales Press. p. 193. ISBN 978-0-7083-2591-9.
  33. ^ Glyn M. Ashton (1988). Rhyddiaith Gymraeg: y drydedd gyfrol 1750-1850 (in Welsh). Gwasg Prifysfol Cymru. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-7083-0975-9.
  34. ^ “Dic Penderyn (Richard Lewis)”. 100 Welsh Heroes. Retrieved 21 August 2006.
  35. ^ Lloyd, John Edward; Jenkins, R.T. (1958). The Dictionary of Welsh Biography, Down to 1940. Cardiff: William Lewis. p. 890.
  36. ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1895). “Pennant, Richard” . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 44. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  37. ^ Darby Lewis (2012). “Anna Maria Bennett”. In Diane Long Hoeveler; Frederick Burwick; Nancy Moore Goslee (eds.). The Encyclopedia of Romantic Literature. Wiley. p. 120.
  38. ^ “HERBERT, Hon. Charles (1774-1808)”. History of Parliament Online (1790-1820). Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  39. ^ “Williams, Watkin (1742-1808), of Penbedw, Denb. and Erbistock, Flints”. History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 16 May 2016.