1833 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1833 to Wales and its people.
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
- 29 January â In the United Kingdom general election, Sir John Edwards, 1st Baronet, defeats Tory candidate Panton Corbett to win the enlarged constituency of Montgomery for the Liberals.
- 2 April â Launch of HMS Royal William at Pembroke Dock. This is the first ship to be built there with over 100 guns.[22]
- 26 May â John Etherington Welch Rolls of The Hendre, Monmouth, marries Elizabeth Long, granddaughter of the 7th Earl of Northesk. They are the parents of John Rolls, 1st Baron Llangattock.[23]
- 29 July â Lady Charlotte Bertie marries John Josiah Guest.[24]
- Autumn â The community of Gomer, Ohio, is founded in the United States by Welsh settlers.[25]
- date unknown
- Isaac Williams becomes Dean of Trinity College, Oxford.[26]
- Adrian Stephens invents the steam whistle as a safety device for use at Dowlais Ironworks; he fails to patent it.
- Abbey Cwmhir Hall is constructed on the site of an earlier house.[27]
Arts and literature
- Mold cape discovered.
New books
- Sir Harford Jones Brydges â Dynasty of the Kajars, translated from the original Persian manuscript
- Eliza Constantia Campbell â Stories from the History of Wales
Music
- David James â Myfyrdawd
Births
- 10 January â Richard Davies (Mynyddog), poet (d. 1877)[28]
- 23 January â Sir Lewis Morris, poet (d. 1907)[29]
- 29 January â David John, Mormon leader (d. 1908 in Utah)[30]
- February â Jacob Thomas, VC recipient (d. 1911)[31]
- 6 July â David Hugh Jones (Dewi Arfon), poet (d. 1869)
- 12 July â John Hugh Evans, Wesleyan minister and temperance campaigner (d. 1886)
- 20 August â General Sir James Hills-Johnes, military leader (d. 1919)
Deaths
- 9 January â Sir Thomas Foley, admiral, 75[32]
- 29 January â Thomas Evans, poet, 66
- 6 February â Robert Waithman, lord mayor of London, 69[33]
- 26 February â Richard Jones, minister and writer, 61
- 4 May â William Morgan, scientist and actuary 82
- 16 August â John Edwards-Vaughan, politician, 61[34]
- 1 October â Thomas Beynon, archdeacon of Cardigan and patron of the arts, 88
