1833 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1833 to Wales and its people.

← 1832 1831 1830 1829 1828 1833 in Wales → 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838
Centuries:	17th 18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s
See also:	List of years in Wales Timeline of Welsh history 1833 in The United Kingdom Scotland Elsewhere

Incumbents

• Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey^[1][2][3][4]
• Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort^[5]
• Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Peter Drummond-Burrell, 22nd Baron Willoughby de Eresby^[6]
• Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – William Edward Powell^[2]
• Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – George Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor
• 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 Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute^[8]
• Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet^[9]
• Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Edward Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis^[10]
• Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir John Owen, 1st Baronet^[11]
• Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – George Rodney, 3rd Baron Rodney^[12][2][13]

• Bishop of Bangor – Christopher Bethell^[14][15]
• Bishop of Llandaff – Edward Copleston^[16]
• Bishop of St Asaph – William Carey^[17][18][16]
• Bishop of St Davids – John Jenkinson^{[16][19][20][21]}

Events

• 29 January – 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 – Launch of HMS Royal William at Pembroke Dock. This is the first ship to be built there with over 100 guns.^[22]
• 26 May – 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 – Lady Charlotte Bertie marries John Josiah Guest.^[24]
• Autumn – 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 – Dynasty of the Kajars, translated from the original Persian manuscript
• Eliza Constantia Campbell – Stories from the History of Wales

Music

• David James – Myfyrdawd

Births

• 10 January – Richard Davies (Mynyddog), poet (d. 1877)^[28]
• 23 January – Sir Lewis Morris, poet (d. 1907)^[29]
• 29 January – David John, Mormon leader (d. 1908 in Utah)^[30]
• February – Jacob Thomas, VC recipient (d. 1911)^[31]
• 6 July – David Hugh Jones (Dewi Arfon), poet (d. 1869)
• 12 July – John Hugh Evans, Wesleyan minister and temperance campaigner (d. 1886)
• 20 August – General Sir James Hills-Johnes, military leader (d. 1919)

Deaths

• 9 January – Sir Thomas Foley, admiral, 75^[32]
• 29 January – Thomas Evans, poet, 66
• 6 February – Robert Waithman, lord mayor of London, 69^[33]
• 26 February – Richard Jones, minister and writer, 61
• 4 May – William Morgan, scientist and actuary 82
• 16 August – John Edwards-Vaughan, politician, 61^[34]
• 1 October – Thomas Beynon, archdeacon of Cardigan and patron of the arts, 88

See also

• 1833 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. Evan David Jones (1959). "Herbert family (earls of Powis)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
11. Thorne, R.G. "John Owen (1776-1861) of Orielton, Pembrokeshire". History of Parliament. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
12. Jonathan Williams (1859). The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. p. 115.
13. William Stockdale (1833). Stockdale's Peerage of the United Kingdom. p. 86.
14. Fryde, E. B. (1996). Handbook of British chronology. Cambridge England: New York Cambridge University Press. p. 292. ISBN 9780521563505.
15. Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 305.
16. Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 307.
17.  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Carey, William (1769-1846)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
18. The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
19. The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged. Porter. 1780. p. 95.
20. George III (King of Great Britain) (1967). The Later Correspondence of George III, Volume 3. University Press. p. 434.
21. "Records of Past Fellows: Burgess, Thomas". The Royal Society. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
22. William Walker (Commander, Royal Navy.) (1853). The magnetism of ships: and the mariner's compass. Piper brothers & co. p. 85.
23. Nicholas, Thomas (2000). Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales p.784-6. ISBN 978-0-8063-1314-6.
24. D.R. Phillips. Lady Charlotte Guest and the Mabinogion. Рипол Классик. p. 18. ISBN 978-5-87743-302-1.
25. Ohio History. Ohio Historical Society. 1907. p. 222.
26. Historical Association (Great Britain) (1982). General Series. Historical Association. p. 42. ISBN 9780852782507.
27. Reginald Campbell Burn Oliver (1971). The squires of Penybont Hall, Radnorshire, 1755-1926. R. C. B. Oliver. p. 17. ISBN 9780950148038.
28. Thomas Hughes Jones. "Davies, Richard (Mynyddog; 1833-1877), poet, singer, and eisteddfod conductor". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
29. Stephens, Meic. "Morris, Sir Lewis (1833–1907)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 23 July 2007.
30. Andrew Jenson. Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia: a compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Volume 1, pages 488-490
31. Max Arthur (2005). Symbol of Courage: The Men Behind the Medal. Pan Macmillan. p. 680. ISBN 978-0-330-49133-4.
32. Various; Various Authors (28 February 2013). The Nautical Magazine for 1833. Cambridge University Press. p. 112. ISBN 978-1-108-05385-3.
33. The Old and New Representation of the United Kingdom, Contrasted; Being a Correct Detail of the Members of the House of Commons at the Commencement of the Session of 1832, with the Changes During the Session. Vacher & Son. 1833. p. 40.
34. Great Britain (1838). The London Gazette. T. Neuman. p. 601.