1821 in Wales

Centuries:	17th; 18th; 19th; 20th; 21st;
Decades:	1800s; 1810s; 1820s; 1830s; 1840s;
See also:	List of years in Wales; 1821 in The United Kingdom Scotland

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1821 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

Events

27 July – Sir Thomas Phillipps is created a baronet.[23]
13 September – King George IV of the United Kingdom visits Brecon on his return from Ireland.[24]
November – The first edition of Y Dysgedydd appears.[25]
1 March – The first gas street lighting in Wales is installed at Swansea.[26]
unknown date – William Madocks obtains an Act of Parliament allowing him to build a port, later known as Porthmadog.[27]

Arts and literature

New books

John Elias – Golygiad Ysgrythurol ar Gyfiawnhad Pechadur[28]
Evan Evans (Ieuan Glan Geirionydd) – Pedwar Cyflwr Dyn (translation of a work by Thomas Boston
David Richards (Dafydd Ionawr) – Cywydd y Dilyw

Music

Joseph Harris (Gomer) – Casgliad o Hymnau (collection of hymns)

Births

21 April – Thomas Stephens, historian, literary critic and social reformer (d. 1875)
1 May – William Latham Bevan, church historian (d. 1908)[29]
24 June – Guillermo Rawson, Argentinian politician (d. 1890)
6 July – Henry Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Swansea (d. 1894)[30]
16 July – John Jones (Mathetes), preacher and writer (d. 1878)
14 November – John Owen (Owain Alaw), musician (d. 1883)
16 December - John Griffith, journalist writing under the pseudonym Y Gohebydd (d. 1877)[31]
date unknown - William Davies, politician (d. 1895)

Deaths

16 February – Hugh Davies, botanist, 81
2 March - Benjamin Evans, Independent minister, 81
2 May – Hester Thrale, diarist, 80[32]
21 May – John Jones (Jac Glan-y-gors), poet and satirist, 54[33]
13 July – Sir Watkin Lewes, lord mayor of London, 81[34]
7 August – Caroline of Brunswick, former Princess of Wales (1795–1820), 53[35]
12 October - William Jones, evangelist, 65
November – Richard Fenton, poet and author, 74

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.
R. G. Thorne (1986). "Clive, Edward, 2nd Baron Clive (1754-1839), of Walcot, Salop". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
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.
William Stockdale (1833). Stockdale's Peerage of the United Kingdom. p. 86.
Fryde, E. B. (1996). Handbook of British chronology. Cambridge England: New York Cambridge University Press. p. 292. ISBN 9780521563505.
Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 305.
Varley, Elizabeth (2007) [2004]. "Mildert, William". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/28096. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
The Church of the people and free church penny magazine. 1859. p. 179.
The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 307.
The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged. Porter. 1780. p. 95.
George III (King of Great Britain) (1967). The Later Correspondence of George III, Volume 3. University Press. p. 434.
"Records of Past Fellows: Burgess, Thomas". The Royal Society. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
Vincent, Benjamin (2020). Haydn's Dictionary of Dates. S.l: SALZWASSER-VERLAG GMBH. p. 448. ISBN 9783846047958.
Edwin Poole (1886). The Illustrated History and Biography of Brecknockshire: From the Earliest Times to the Present Day. Edwin Poole. p. 71.
Ifano Jones (1925). A History of Printing and Printers in Wales to 1810, and of Successive and Related Printers to 1923. W. Lewis (printers), limited. p. 153.
The New Swansea Guide; Containing a Particular Description of the Town and Its Vicinity: Together with a Short History of the County. H. Griffith. 1823. p. 22.
Official Report of the Standing Committees. H.M. Stationery Office. 1974. p. 28.
Meic Stephens (1986). Cydymaith i lenyddiaeth Cymru (in Welsh). Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru. p. 187. ISBN 978-0-7083-0915-5.
Joseph Jackson Howard; Frederick Arthur Crisp (1893). Visitation of England and Wales. Priv. printed. p. 282.
Leslie Stephen; Sir Sidney Lee (1899). DNB. Smith, Elder, & Company. p. 379.
"Griffith, John (Y Gohebydd; 1821 - 1877)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie; Joy Dorothy Harvey (2000). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z. Taylor & Francis. p. 1026. ISBN 978-0-415-92040-7.
Iolo Morganwg; Geraint H. Jenkins; Ffion Mair Jones (2007). The Correspondence of Iolo Morganwg: 1810–1826. University of Wales Press. p. 616. ISBN 978-0-7083-2134-8.
Lewis Namier; John Brooke (1985). The House of Commons 1754-1790. Boydell & Brewer. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-436-30420-0.
Smith, E. A. "Caroline (1768–1821)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/4722. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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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] R. G. Thorne (1986). "Clive, Edward, 2nd Baron Clive (1754-1839), of Walcot, Salop". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

[11] Bertie George Charles (1959). "Philipps family, of Picton". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 October 2021.

[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.

[Fasti305-15] Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 305.

[16] Varley, Elizabeth (2007) [2004]. "Mildert, William". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/28096. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[17] The Church of the people and free church penny magazine. 1859. p. 179.

[18] The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.

[Fasti307-19] Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 307.

[20] The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged. Porter. 1780. p. 95.

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

[22] "Records of Past Fellows: Burgess, Thomas". The Royal Society. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

[23] Vincent, Benjamin (2020). Haydn's Dictionary of Dates. S.l: SALZWASSER-VERLAG GMBH. p. 448. ISBN 9783846047958.

[24] Edwin Poole (1886). The Illustrated History and Biography of Brecknockshire: From the Earliest Times to the Present Day. Edwin Poole. p. 71.

[25] Ifano Jones (1925). A History of Printing and Printers in Wales to 1810, and of Successive and Related Printers to 1923. W. Lewis (printers), limited. p. 153.

[26] The New Swansea Guide; Containing a Particular Description of the Town and Its Vicinity: Together with a Short History of the County. H. Griffith. 1823. p. 22.

[27] Official Report of the Standing Committees. H.M. Stationery Office. 1974. p. 28.

[28] Meic Stephens (1986). Cydymaith i lenyddiaeth Cymru (in Welsh). Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru. p. 187. ISBN 978-0-7083-0915-5.

[29] Joseph Jackson Howard; Frederick Arthur Crisp (1893). Visitation of England and Wales. Priv. printed. p. 282.

[30] Leslie Stephen; Sir Sidney Lee (1899). DNB. Smith, Elder, & Company. p. 379.

[31] "Griffith, John (Y Gohebydd; 1821 - 1877)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 24 February 2019.

[32] Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie; Joy Dorothy Harvey (2000). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z. Taylor & Francis. p. 1026. ISBN 978-0-415-92040-7.

[33] Iolo Morganwg; Geraint H. Jenkins; Ffion Mair Jones (2007). The Correspondence of Iolo Morganwg: 1810–1826. University of Wales Press. p. 616. ISBN 978-0-7083-2134-8.

[34] Lewis Namier; John Brooke (1985). The House of Commons 1754-1790. Boydell & Brewer. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-436-30420-0.

[35] Smith, E. A. "Caroline (1768–1821)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/4722. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)