This article is about the particular significance of the year 1838 to Wales and its people.
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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]
Events
edit- October - John Frost joins the Chartist movement.
- Newly created baronets include Sir John Josiah Guest, Sir Benjamin Hall and Sir John Edwards.
- John Cory of Devon opens his chandlery near the Custom House in Cardiff.
- Thomas Gee joins his father's printing business.
- Tinplate manufacture at Ystalyfera begins.
- Wrexham Infirmary established.
- Foundation of the Bangor Church Building Society.
Arts and literature
edit- A major eisteddfod is held at Abergavenny.[24]
New books
edit- Sir Henry Ellis (ed.) - Registrum vulgariter nuncupatum "The record of Caernarvon"[25]
- Lady Charlotte Guest begins publication of her translation into English of the Mabinogion.
- Isaac Williams - Thoughts in Past Years
- Jane Williams (Ysgafell) - Twenty Essays on the Practical Improvement of God's Providential Dispensations as Means to the Moral Discipline to the Christian
Visual arts
edit- J. M. W. Turner paints a watercolour of Flint Castle.
Births
edit- 14 April - John Thomas, photographer (d. 1905)
- 8 December - Charles Gresford Edmondes, clergyman and teacher (d. 1893)[26]
- 27 December - James Conway Brown, musician (d. 1908)
Deaths
edit- 23 January - Pascoe Grenfell, industrialist and politician, 76[27]
- 14 March - Wyndham Lewis, MP, 57[28]
- 19 July - Christmas Evans, preacher, 71[29]
- 26 August - Sir John Nicholl, politician and judge, 79[30]
- 18 September - Griffith Williams (Gutyn Peris), poet, 69[31]
- 26 December - Julia Ann Hatton, novelist, 74[32]
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 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.
- ^
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.
- ^ W. L. Davies (1982). Cylchgrawn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru. Council of the National Library of Wales. p. 490.
- ^ Registrum Muncaputum "the Record of Caernarvon" by Command of the Queen. 1838.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins (1959). "Edmondes, Charles Gresford (1838-1893), archdeacon and college principal". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ^ Gordon Willoughby James Gyll (1862). History of the Parish of Wraysbury, Ankerwycke Priory, and Magna Charta Island: With the History of Horton, and the Town of Colnbrook, Bucks. H.G. Bohn. p. 73.
- ^ Benjamin Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield); John Alexander Wilson Gunn; Melvin George Wiebe (1987). Benjamin Disraeli Letters: 1838-1841. University of Toronto Press. p. 744.
- ^ Christmas Evans; J. Davis (1840). Memoir and sermons of the Rev. Christmas Evans. J. Davis. p. 96.
- ^ Henry John Randall (1959). "Nicholl, Sir John (1759-1838), judge". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ^ Griffith Thomas Roberts. "Williams, Griffith (Gutyn Peris; 1769-1838), poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ^ Ralph Alan Griffiths (1991). The City of Swansea: Challenges and Change. A. Sutton. p. 211. ISBN 978-0-86299-676-5.
