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1831 in Wales
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Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey â Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey[1][2][3][4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire â Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort[5]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire â Peter Drummond-Burrell, 22nd Baron Willoughby de Eresby[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 Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis[10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire â Sir John Owen, 1st Baronet[11]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire â George Rodney, 3rd Baron Rodney[12][2][13]
Events
- 28 Aprilâ1 June â In the UK general election:
- Robert Fulke Greville is defeated in Pembrokeshire by Sir John Owen of Orielton.[22]
- Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn becomes MP for Flintshire.
- John Jones of Ystrad is injured in rioting during the election at Carmarthen, causing polling there to be postponed.[23]
- 3 June â The Merthyr Rising reaches its climax.[24]
- 5 August â Charles Darwin travels from Shrewsbury to Llangollen with his tutor, Rev Adam Sedgwick, to carry out geological studies. They remain in Wales for more than two weeks.[25]
- 18 August â The paddle steamer Rothsay Castle is wrecked at the eastern end of the Menai Strait with the loss of 93 lives.[26]
- August â John Jones of Ystrad holds the constituency of Carmarthen.
- 22 October â John Jones of Ystrad and Robert Fulke Greville fight a duel at Tafarnspite.
- Repeal of the slate tax.
- Port Talbot ironworks opens.
- William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog) becomes a minister.
Arts and literature
New books
- John Evans (I. D. Ffraid) â Hanes yr Iddewon
New publications
- Autumn â Y Drysorfa, a Calvinistic Methodist publication, restarts under the editorship of John Parry.[27]
Music
Births
- 13 January â William Hugh Evans, minister and author (d. 1909)
- May â Dewi Havhesp, poet (d. 1884)
- 3 May â Sir Walter Vaughan Morgan, Lord Mayor of London (d. 1916)
- 16 May â David E. Hughes, musician and professor of music (d. 1900)
- 21 July â Edward Lewis, Welsh-born New Zealand clergyman (d. 1913)
- 16 October â John Jones (Eos Bradwen), composer (d. 1899)[28]
- 8 December
- William Dykins, poet (d. 1872)
- Edward Payson Evans, historian and linguist (d. 1917)
- 14 December â Griffith John, missionary (d. 1912)
- 20 December â William T. Davies, Governor of Pennsylvania (d. 1912)
- date unknown â William Davies (Gwilym Teilo), writer (d. 1892)
Deaths
- 1 January â Charles Heath, printer, writer, and radical Mayor of Monmouth, about 70[29]
- 7 January â Edward "Celtic" Davies, author, 74[30]
- 17 April â Sir Thomas Mostyn, 6th Baronet, politician, 54[31]
- 30 April â Elizabeth Herbert, Countess of Pembroke, 93
- 18 May â John Vaughan, 3rd Earl of Lisburne, landowner and politician, 62[32]
- 8 June â Sarah Siddons, actress, 75[33]
- 11 August â Cradock Glascott, Evangelical clergyman and associate of the Wesley brothers, 88[34]
- 13 August â Dic Penderyn, labourer, 23 (executed)[35]
- probable â Joseph Davies, editor of Y Brud a Sylwydd, age unknown[36]
