1801 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1801 to Wales and its people.

← 1800 1799 1798 1797 1796 1801 in Wales → 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806
Centuries:	17th 18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s
See also:	List of years in Wales Timeline of Welsh history 1801 in The United Kingdom Scotland Elsewhere

Incumbents

• Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget^[1][2][3][4]
• Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire – Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort^[5]
• Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Thomas Bulkeley, 7th Viscount Bulkeley^[6]
• Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Thomas Johnes^[2]
• Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John Vaughan
• Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet
• Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster^[7]
• Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute^[8]
• Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire - Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet^[9]
• Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – George Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis (until 16 January);^[2] vacant until 1804
• Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford^[2][10]
• Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Thomas Harley^[11][2]

• Bishop of Bangor – William Cleaver^[12][13][14]
• Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Watson^[15]
• Bishop of St Asaph – Lewis Bagot^[16][12]
• Bishop of St Davids – Lord George Murray^[17]

Events

• Chirk aqueduct is completed and opened.^[18]
• First railway in north Wales is built by Lord Penrhyn to link his quarries with Bethesda and Port Penrhyn.
• John Rice Jones becomes first attorney-general of Indiana.^[19]
• The "Great Debate" is held at Ramoth Chapel in Llanfrothen, Merionethshire, as a result of which John Richard Jones forms the "Scottish Baptist" connexion.^[20]

Arts and literature

New books

• Cyhoeddiadau Cymdeithas y Gwyneddigion
• The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales, vol. 1^[21]
• Azariah Shadrach - Allwedd Myfyrdod^[22]
• Hester Thrale - Retrospection: or a review of the most striking events, characters, situations, and their consequences, which the last eighteen hundred years have presented to the view of mankind

Music

Births

• 6 January – Evan Davies (Myfyr Morganwg), bard, druid and antiquarian (d. 1888)^[23]
• 6 February – William Williams (Caledfryn), poet and critic (d. 1869)^[24]
• 1 November – John Lloyd Davies, politician (d. 1860)^[25]
• 18 November – David Rees (Y Cynhyrfwr), minister and writer (d. 1869)^[26]
• 23 December – William Watkin Edward Wynne, politician (d. 1880)^[27]
• date unknown – Thomas Phillips, lawyer, politician and businessman, mayor of Newport (d. 1867)^[28]

Deaths

• 16 January – George Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis, 45^[29]
• 14 February – Rhys Jones, antiquary, 87^[30]
• 23 September – Thomas Nowell, historian, 71?^[31]
• 13 December – William Edwardes, 1st Baron Kensington, about 90^[32]
• probable – Frances Williams, convicted thief, one of the first women to settle Australia, 40/41^[33]

See also

• 1801 in Ireland

References

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2. J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.
3. Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 695. ISBN 9780806313146.
4. Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1992. p. 169.
5. Edwin Poole (1886). The Illustrated History and Biography of Brecknockshire from the Earliest Times to the Present Day: Containing the General History, Antiquities, Sepulchral Monuments and Inscriptions. Edwin Poole. p. 378.
6. Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 26.
7. "not known". Old Wales: Monthly Magazine of Antiquities for Wales and the Borders. 3. "Old Wales" Office: 106. 1907.
8. Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 612. ISBN 9780806313146.
9. Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 29.
10. Bertie George Charles (1959). "Philipps family, of Picton". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
11. Jonathan Williams (1859). The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. p. 115.
12. Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 305.
13. The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged. Porter. 1780. p. 95.
14. Fryde, E. B. (1996). Handbook of British chronology. Cambridge England: New York Cambridge University Press. p. 292. ISBN 9780521563505.
15. John Henry James (1898). A History and Survey of the Cathedral Church of SS. Peter, Paul, Dubritius, Teilo, and Oudoceus, Llandaff. Western Mail. p. 16.
16. The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
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18. Hughes, Stephen (1989). The archaeology of the Montgomeryshire Canal : a guide and study in waterways archaeology. City: Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales. p. 105. ISBN 9781871184020.
19. Jones, W.A. Burt (1889). John Rice Jones: a brief sketch of the life and public career of the first practicing lawyer in Illinois. Chicago, Illinois: Fergus Printing Company. Fergus' Historical Series #82.
20. unknown. "The McLeanist (Scotch) and Campbellite Baptists of Wales" (PDF). Biblical Studies.org.uk. Retrieved 30 August 2020. Note: Jones later dated his decision to 1798
21. Neil Evans (17 February 2016). Writing a Small Nation's Past: Wales in Comparative Perspective, 1850–1950. Routledge. p. 68. ISBN 978-1-134-78661-9.
22. Welsh Bibliographical Society (July 1943). The Journal of the Welsh Bibliographical Society. Welsh Bibliographical Society. p. 70.
23. "DAVIES, EVAN (Myfyr Morganwg; 1801–1888), bard and 'archdruid'". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
24. Thomas Mardy Rees (1908). Notable Welshmen (1700-1900): ... with Brief Notes, in Chronological Order, and Authorities. Also a Complete Alphabetical Index. Herald Office. p. 257.
25. Jones, Nansi Ceridwen. "John Lloyd Davies". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
26. Owen, John Dyfnallt. "David Rees". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
27. William Llewelyn Davies. "Wynne family, of Peniarth". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
28. David Williams. "Phillips, Sir Thomas (1801-1867), barrister and author". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
29. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1868. p. 902.
30. David Gwenallt Jones. "Jones, Rhys (or Rice) (1713-1801), antiquary and poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
31. J. J. Caudle, Nowell, Thomas (1730?–1801), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004.
32. "Edwardes, William (c.1712-1801), of Johnston, Pemb". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
33. Jones, Ffion Mair (2022). "Williams, Frances (Fanny) (?1760 - C.1801), Convict and Australian Settler". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 September 2023.