1802 in Wales

Centuries:	17th; 18th; 19th; 20th; 21st;
Decades:	1780s; 1790s; 1800s; 1810s; 1820s;
See also:	List of years in Wales; 1802 in The United Kingdom Scotland

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1802 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

Bishop of Bangor – William Cleaver[12][13][14]
Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Watson[15]
Bishop of St Asaph – Lewis Bagot (until 4 June); Samuel Horsley[16][12]
Bishop of St Davids – Lord George Murray[17]

Events

August - Sir William and Lady Hamilton visit Milford Haven, along with Admiral Horatio Nelson.[18] Nelson subsequently visits Monmouth[19] and the Naval Temple on The Kymin. Also on his Welsh expedition he visits Cyfarthfa Ironworks, in recognition of its contribution to the war effort.
8 October - A Unitarian Association is formed in South Wales, with Josiah Rees and Iolo Morganwg among its leaders.[20]
unknown dates
- North Wales Baptist Association is launched by Christmas Evans.
- Sir John Nicholl is elected to Parliament for the first time.
- Sir Robert Williames Vaughan marries Anna Maria Mostyn, daughter of Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet.

Arts and literature

New books

Thomas Charles - The Welsh Methodists Vindicated
Abraham Rees - The New Cyclopaedia, vol. 1

Music

Edward Jones (Bardd y Brenin) - The Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards, vol. 2[21]

Sport

Royal Anglesey Yacht Club founded at Beaumaris.[22]

Births

15 July - James Allen, Bishop of St David's (d. 1897)[23]
August - Ebenezer Thomas, poet (d. 1863)
24 August - William Rowlands (Gwilym Lleyn) (d. 1865)
26 August - George Wightwick, architect working in south west England and pioneer architectural journalist (d. 1872)
8 November
- Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover (d. 1867)[24]
- William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog), poet and author (d. 1883)[25]
4 December - Calvert Jones, pioneer photographer (d. 1877)[26]
12 December
- John Ryland Harris, printer (d. 1823)[27]
- Isaac Williams, poet (d. 1865)
date unknown - Thomas Robert Jones, founder of The Philanthropic Order of True Ivorites (d. 1856)[28]

Deaths

3 April - John Williams, evangelical clergyman, about 40[29]
4 April - Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon, politician and barrister, 69[30]
26 May - Joseph Hoare, academic (b. 1709)[31]
4 June - Lewis Bagot, Bishop of St Asaph, 62[32]
6 July - Daniel Morgan, American pioneer, soldier, and politician of Welsh parentage, 66[33]
28 November - Robert Roberts, preacher, 40[34]
30 November - Thomas Williams of Llanidan, industrialist, 65[35]
6 December - Roger Kemble, travelling theatre manager, father of Sarah Siddons, 81[36]
31 December - Francis Lewis, signatory of the Declaration of American Independence, 80
date unknown - Abraham Elliot Griffiths, co-founder of Sierra Leone, age unknown[37]

References

Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 24.
J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.
Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 695. ISBN 9780806313146.
Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1992. p. 169.
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.
Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 26.
"not known". Old Wales: Monthly Magazine of Antiquities for Wales and the Borders. "Old Wales" Office. 3: 106. 1907.
Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 612. ISBN 9780806313146.
Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 29.
Bertie George Charles (1959). "Philipps family, of Picton". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
Jonathan Williams (1859). The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. p. 115.
Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 305.
The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged. Porter. 1780. p. 95.
Fryde, E. B. (1996). Handbook of British chronology. Cambridge England: New York Cambridge University Press. p. 292. ISBN 9780521563505.
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.
The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
George III (King of Great Britain) (1967). The Later Correspondence of George III, Volume 3. University Press. p. 434.
Maxwell Fraser (1952). Wales. Hale. p. 312.
Leonard W. Cowie (September 1990). Lord Nelson, 1758-1805: A Bibliography. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 137. ISBN 978-0-313-28082-5.
William Llewelyn Davies (1975). Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales. p. 438.
Edward Jones (1802). Musical, Poetical, and Historical Relicks of The Welsh Bards and Druids: Drawn from Authentic Documents of Remote Antiquity ... ; to these national melodies are added new basses, with variations for the harp, or harpsichord, violin or flute. Strahan.
"The National Archives". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
THE LATE DEAN OF ST. DAVID'S. Liverpool Mercury (Liverpool, England), Tuesday, June 29, 1897; Issue 15443.
Marion Löffler. "Hall, Benjamin, Lord Llanover (1802-1867), politician and reformer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England) (1914). The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. The Society. p. 186.
Iwan Meical Jones. "Jones, Calvert Richard (1802-1877), pioneer photographer, artist and priest". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
William Joseph Rhys. "Harris, John Ryland". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
Huw Walters. "Jones, Thomas Robert". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
Jenkins, Robert Thomas (1959). "Williams, John (1762–1802), Evangelical cleric". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 3 April 2009.
Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 748–749.
James Peller Malcolm (1802). Londinium Redivivum Or an Antient History and Modern Description of London: Compiled from Parochial Records, Archives of Various Foundations, the Harleian Mss. and Other Authentic Sources. Nichols and Son. p. 438.
Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1885). "Bagot, Lewis" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 2. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
Higginbotham, Don. Daniel Morgan: Revolutionary Rifleman. University of North Carolina Press, 1961. ISBN 0-8078-1386-9
Richard Thomas. "Roberts, Robert (1762-1802), Calvinistic Methodist preacher". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
"WILLIAMS, Thomas (1737-1802), of Llanidan, Anglesey and Temple House, Berks". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
Philip H. Highfill, Kalman A. Burnim, Edward A. Langhans, A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, v. 8, Hough to Keyse: Actresses ..., 1982, p. 387
Pybus, Cassandra (2006). Epic Journeys of Freedom: Runaway Slaves of the American Revolution and Their Global Quest for Liberty. Boston: Beacon Press.

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[1] Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 24.

[Sainty-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. "Old Wales" Office. 3: 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.

[Fasti305-12] 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.

[Fryde292-14] 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.

[17] George III (King of Great Britain) (1967). The Later Correspondence of George III, Volume 3. University Press. p. 434.

[18] Maxwell Fraser (1952). Wales. Hale. p. 312.

[19] Leonard W. Cowie (September 1990). Lord Nelson, 1758-1805: A Bibliography. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 137. ISBN 978-0-313-28082-5.

[20] William Llewelyn Davies (1975). Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales. p. 438.

[21] Edward Jones (1802). Musical, Poetical, and Historical Relicks of The Welsh Bards and Druids: Drawn from Authentic Documents of Remote Antiquity ... ; to these national melodies are added new basses, with variations for the harp, or harpsichord, violin or flute. Strahan.

[22] "The National Archives". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2021.

[23] THE LATE DEAN OF ST. DAVID'S. Liverpool Mercury (Liverpool, England), Tuesday, June 29, 1897; Issue 15443.

[24] Marion Löffler. "Hall, Benjamin, Lord Llanover (1802-1867), politician and reformer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 December 2019.

[25] Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England) (1914). The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. The Society. p. 186.

[26] Iwan Meical Jones. "Jones, Calvert Richard (1802-1877), pioneer photographer, artist and priest". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.

[27] William Joseph Rhys. "Harris, John Ryland". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 April 2019.

[28] Huw Walters. "Jones, Thomas Robert". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 April 2019.

[29] Jenkins, Robert Thomas (1959). "Williams, John (1762–1802), Evangelical cleric". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 3 April 2009.

[30] Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 748–749.

[31] James Peller Malcolm (1802). Londinium Redivivum Or an Antient History and Modern Description of London: Compiled from Parochial Records, Archives of Various Foundations, the Harleian Mss. and Other Authentic Sources. Nichols and Son. p. 438.

[32] Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1885). "Bagot, Lewis" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 2. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

[33] Higginbotham, Don. Daniel Morgan: Revolutionary Rifleman. University of North Carolina Press, 1961. ISBN 0-8078-1386-9

[34] Richard Thomas. "Roberts, Robert (1762-1802), Calvinistic Methodist preacher". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 5 February 2020.

[35] "WILLIAMS, Thomas (1737-1802), of Llanidan, Anglesey and Temple House, Berks". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

[36] Philip H. Highfill, Kalman A. Burnim, Edward A. Langhans, A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, v. 8, Hough to Keyse: Actresses ..., 1982, p. 387

[37] Pybus, Cassandra (2006). Epic Journeys of Freedom: Runaway Slaves of the American Revolution and Their Global Quest for Liberty. Boston: Beacon Press.