1809 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1809 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey â Henry Paget[1][2][3][4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire â Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort[5]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire â Thomas Bulkeley, 7th Viscount Bulkeley[6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire â Thomas Johnes[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire â George Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire â Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire â Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan â John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire - Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire â Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis[10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire â Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford[2][11]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire â George Rodney, 3rd Baron Rodney[12][2][13]
- Bishop of Bangor â John Randolph (until 9 August);[14] Henry Majendie (from 5 October)[15]
- Bishop of Llandaff â Richard Watson[16]
- Bishop of St Asaph â William Cleaver[17][18][19]
- Bishop of St Davids â Thomas Burgess[19][20][21][22]
Events
- 9 February - South Stack Lighthouse off Anglesey first illuminated.[23]
- 10 May - Stapleton Cotton plays a prominent role in the Battle of Grijó.[24]
- date unknown
- David Hughes, Principal of Jesus College, Oxford, donates £105 towards scholarships to give South Wales the same level of support as North Wales.
- Hawarden Castle is enlarged.[25]
- Restoration of Brecon Castle as a hotel begins.[26]
- John Rice Jones begins lead mining across the Mississippi in the future state of Missouri.
- Jeremiah Homfray opens a level at Richard Griffiths' lease in Trehafod in the Rhondda; the first full scale attempt to mine coal in the area.
Arts and literature
New books
- Edward Davies - The Mythology and Rites of the British Druids[27]
- Zaccheus Davies - Cân am y Farn[28]
- Thomas Evans (Tomos Glyn Cothi) - An English-Welsh Dictionary neu Eir-Lyfr Saesneg a Chymraeg
- Theophilus Jones - History of the County of Brecknock, vol. 2
- Henry Parry (editor) Grammatica Britannica, 2nd edition (1st edition by John Davies of Mallwyd)[29]
Music
- George Thomson - A Selected Collection of Original Welsh Airs (1st edition)[30]
Births
- 18 January - John Gwyn Jeffreys, conchologist (died 1885)[31]
- 15 February - Owen Jones, architect (died 1874)[32]
- 17 April - Thomas Brigstocke, painter (died 1881)[33]
- 24 May - William Chambers, politician (died 1882)[34]
- 26 May - G. T. Clark, engineer (died 1885)
- 12 July - David Williams (Alaw Goch), coal owner (died 1863)[35]
- 11 August - Robert Thomas (Ap Vychan), writer (died 1880)
- 20 August - Morris Williams (Nicander), writer (died 1874)[36]
- 27 October - Lewis Edwards, Nonconformist minister and educator (died 1887)
- 22 December - John Hanmer, 1st Baron Hanmer, politician (died 1882)[37]
- 18 January - Evan James, weaver and mill-owner, lyricist of the Welsh national anthem (died 1878)
- unknown date - David Price, Independent minister (died 1887)[38]
Deaths
- 23 January - Hugh Barlow, politician, 79/80[39]
- 10 February - Hugh Bold, lawyer, 77/78[40]
- April - Charles Francis Greville, founder of Milford Haven, 59[41]
- October 28 - Hugh Pugh, Independent minister, 29
