1820 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1820 to Wales and its people.
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Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey â Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey[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 William Edward Powell[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 Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire â 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 Henry Majendie[14][15]
- Bishop of Llandaff â Herbert Marsh (until 28 April);[16] William Van Mildert (from 31 May)[17]
- Bishop of St Asaph â John Luxmoore[18][19][20]
- Bishop of St Davids â Thomas Burgess[20][21][22][23]
Events
- 29 January â The Prince of Wales becomes King George IV of the United Kingdom upon the death of his father, King George III.
- 14 April â At the completion of the United Kingdom general election:
- Henry Paget, later Marquess of Anglesey, is elected as member for Anglesey.
- Wyndham Lewis is elected for Cardiff.[24]
- Christopher Cole is re-elected for Glamorganshire.
- 24 June â The Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion is revived, having been in abeyance since 1787.[25]
- date unknown
- The first "colliery school" in the South Wales coalfield is established at Hirwaun.[26]
- Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc) founds a Welsh school at Gelli Felen.[27]
- Crawshay Bailey becomes a partner at Nant-y-glo ironworks with his brother, Joseph Bailey.
- Tondu Ironworks is built by Sir Robert Price.
- John Scandrett Harford meets Bishop Thomas Burgess and offers to donate the site of Lampeter Castle for the construction of St David's College.[28]
Arts and literature
New books
- Felicia Hemans â The Sceptic
- John Jones (Tegid) â Traethawd ar Gadwedigaeth yr Iaith Gymraeg
- Robert Jones â Drych yr Amseroedd
- William Probert - Y Gododdin (first English translation)
Music
- Edward Jones â Hen Ganiadau Cymru[29]
Births
- 13 May â Robert Owen, theologian (d. 1902)[30]
- 21 May â Sir Thomas Lloyd, 1st Baronet, politician and landowner (d. 1877)
- 22 May â Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 6th Baronet, politician (d. 1885)[31]
- 20 June â Thomas Essile Davies (Dewi Wyn o Essyllt), poet (d. 1891)[32]
- 5 September â Evan Jones (Ieuan Gwynedd), minister and journalist (d. 1852)[33]
Deaths
- 20 January â Eliezer Williams, clergyman and genealogist, 75[34]
- 29 January â King George III of the United Kingdom, Prince of Wales 1751â1760, 81[35]
- 6 May â Wilmot Vaughan, 2nd Earl of Lisburne, landowner, 64[36]
- 16 June â Thomas Jones of Denbigh, Methodist preacher and writer, 64[37]
- 27 June â William Lort Mansel, bishop and academic, 67[38]
- 23 August â Edward Randles, harpist, 57[39]
- 28 August â Henry Mills, musician, 63