This article is about the particular significance of the year 1808 to Wales and its people.
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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]
Events
edit
- 5 January - The first issue of The North Wales Gazette is printed at Bangor.
- 20 September - The White Book of Hergest is destroyed in a fire at Covent Garden.[24]
- 30 October - William Lort Mansel is consecrated Bishop of Bristol.[25]
- 19 November - The naval frigate HMS Owen Glendower is launched.
- date unknown
- Construction of the Horseshoe Falls on the River Dee by Thomas Telford.[26]
- The publishing house Gwasg Gee is founded.[27]
- St Katherine's Church, Milford Haven, built by Charles Francis Greville, is consecrated.[28]
- Benjamin Hall is given the Abercarn estate by his father-in-law, Richard Crawshay.
- The Ruabon Brook Tramway is extended from Acrefair to the Plas Madoc Colliery in Plasbennion.[29]
- Twelve-year-old Charles Nice Davies goes to serve in India as an ensign.
Arts and literature
editNew books
editEnglish language
edit- Felicia Hemans - Juvenile Poems[30]
Welsh language
edit- Robert Davies (Bardd Nantglyn) - Ieithiadur neu Ramadeg Cymraeg[31]
- Thomas Edwards (Twm o'r Nant) - Bannau y Byd[32]
- Titus Lewis - Llyfr Rhyfeddodau[33]
Music
edit- Hymnau o Fawl i Dduw a'r Oen (hymns by Ann Griffiths, posthumously published)
Births
edit- 30 January - Sir John Henry Scourfield, author (died 1876)[34]
- 6 March - William Williams (Carw Coch), man of letters and eisteddfodwr (died 1872)[35]
- 13 May - Thomas Aubrey, Wesleyan leader (died 1867)
- date unknown
- Dic Penderyn, labourer executed for his part in the Merthyr Rising (died 1831)[36]
- William Roos, artist and engraver (died 1878)[37]
Deaths
edit- 21 January – Richard Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn, about 70[38]
- 12 February – Anna Maria Bennett, novelist, about 70[39]
- 12 September – Charles Herbert, Royal Navy officer, son of the Earl of Carnarvon, 34 (drowned)[40]
- 30 November – Watkin Williams, politician, 66?[41]
- 28 December – Griffith Roberts, physician and collector of manuscripts, 73[42]
See also
editReferences
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 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.
- ^ Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 305.
- ^ The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged. Porter. 1780. p. 95.
- ^ Fryde, E. B. (1996). Handbook of British chronology. Cambridge England: New York Cambridge University Press. p. 292. ISBN 9780521563505.
- ^ 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.
- ^ David D. DANA (1858). The Fireman. James French&Company. pp. 351.
- ^ A Sermon preached ... at the consecration of ... W. L. Mansel ... Bishop of Bristol, etc. F. C. & J. Rivington. 1808. p. 1.
- ^ Hadfield, Charles (1985). The Canals of the West Midlands. David and Charles. p. 178. ISBN 0-7153-8644-1.
- ^ Information Today, Inc; Sally Wecksler (2004). International Literary Market Place. R.R. Bowker Company. p. 1157. ISBN 9781573871754.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Jowett, Alan (1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas. Patrick Stephens Limited. pp. 57, 59. ISBN 1-85260-086-1.
- ^ Mrs. Hemans (1856). The Poetical Works of Felicia Hemans: Complete in One Volume, with a Critical Preface, and a Biographical Memoir. Lippincott. p. 550.
- ^ Meic Stephens (April 1986). The Oxford companion to the literature of Wales. Oxford University Press. p. 136. ISBN 978-0-19-211586-7.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Glyn M. Ashton (1988). Rhyddiaith Gymraeg: y drydedd gyfrol 1750-1850 (in Welsh). Gwasg Prifysfol Cymru. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-7083-0975-9.
- ^ "SCOURFIELD, alias PHILIPPS, Sir JOHN HENRY". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
- ^ Jenkins, Robert Thomas (1959). "Williams, William (Carw Coch; 1808-1872)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ^ "Dic Penderyn (Richard Lewis)". 100 Welsh Heroes. Archived from the original on 15 September 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2006.
- ^ Lloyd, John Edward; Jenkins, R.T. (1958). The Dictionary of Welsh Biography, Down to 1940. Cardiff: William Lewis. p. 890.
- ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1895). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 44. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Darby Lewis (2012). "Anna Maria Bennett". In Diane Long Hoeveler; Frederick Burwick; Nancy Moore Goslee (eds.). The Encyclopedia of Romantic Literature. Wiley. p. 120.
- ^ "HERBERT, Hon. Charles (1774-1808)". History of Parliament Online (1790-1820). Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ "Williams, Watkin (1742-1808), of Penbedw, Denb. and Erbistock, Flints". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ William Llewelyn Davies. "Roberts, Griffith (1735-1808), physician at Dolgelley, antiquary, and collector of manuscripts". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2 June 2024.