1834 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1834 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]
- Bishop of Bangor â Christopher Bethell[14][15]
- Bishop of Llandaff â Edward Copleston[16]
- Bishop of St Asaph â William Carey[17][18][16]
- Bishop of St Davids â John Jenkinson[16][19][20][21]
Events
- 12 February - The city of Bangor, Maine, is incorporated in the United States.[22] It is said to have been named after the Welsh hymn tune "Bangor".[23]
- 23 June - HMS Tartarus is launched at Pembroke Dock. It is the Royal Navy's first steam-powered man-of-war (a paddle gunvessel).[24]
- 27 December - A ferry from Penally to Caldey sinks and 15 people drown.
- 29 December - The West of England and South Wales District Bank is established in Bristol.[25]
- unknown dates
- William Williams of Wern starts the "General Union" movement.[26]
- The government begins to make grants of 50% towards the erection of new elementary schools in England and Wales;[27] hence the Treasury awards £84 for a school to be set up at Abergwili.
- Border Breweries (Wrexham) begin operation at the Nag's Head public house.[28]
- Walter Rice Howell Powell inherits the Maesgwynne estate. Nicholas, Thomas.[29]
Arts and literature
- At an eisteddfod held in Cardiff, Augusta Hall, Lady Llanover, wins a prize for her essay on the Welsh language. Taliesin Williams wins the chair.
New books
- Sir Harford Jones Brydges - An Account of His Majesty's Mission to Persia in the years 1807-11
- Thomas Medwin - The Angler in Wales: Or, Days and Nights of Sportsmen[30]
- John Humffreys Parry - The Cambrian Plutarch: Comprising Memoirs of Some of the Most Eminent Welshmen[31]
Music
- Foulk Robert Williams - Llyfr Cerddoriaeth o Gerddi Sion... (unpublished MS)
Births
- 15 February - Sir William Henry Preece, engineer (d. 1913)[32]
- 31 March - Thomas Rees Jones, engineer and inventor (d. 1897)
- 14 April - Arthur John Williams, lawyer, author and politician (d. 1911)
- 2 July - Stuart Rendel, 1st Baron Rendel, politician (d. 1913)[33]
- 23 August - Hugh Owen Thomas, orthopaedic surgeon (d. 1891)[34]
- 16 October - Pryce Pryce-Jones, mail order entrepreneur (d. 1920)[35]
- 21 December - Griffith Rhys Jones, choirmaster and conductor (d. 1897)[36]
- date unknown - William Thomas (Gwilym Marles), minister (d. 1879)[37]
Deaths
- 17 February - John Thelwall, Welsh-descended orator, writer, political reformer, journalist, poet, elocutionist and speech therapist, 69[38]
- 29 March - John Mytton, eccentric squire and politician of the Welsh border country, 37 (alcohol-related)[39]
- 13 May - John Jones, clergyman and writer, 58[40]
- 20 June - John Wynne Griffith, politician, 71[41]
- 9 July - Dafydd Cadwaladr, preacher, 82[42]
- 11 August - William Crawshay I, industrialist, about 70 (b. 1764)[43]
- 2 September - David Charles, hymn-writer (b. 1762)[44]
