1831 in Wales
Encyclopedia
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1831 to Wales
and its people
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a Calvanistic Methodist publication, restarts under the editorship of John Parry
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
and its people
Welsh people
The Welsh people are an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language.John Davies argues that the origin of the "Welsh nation" can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the Roman departure from Britain, although Brythonic Celtic languages seem to have...
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Events
- 28 April - In the UK general electionUnited Kingdom general election, 1831The 1831 general election in the United Kingdom saw a landslide win by supporters of electoral reform, which was the major election issue. As a result it was the last unreformed election, as the Parliament which resulted ensured the passage of the Reform Act 1832. Polling was held from 28 April to...
:- Robert Fulke GrevilleRobert Fulke Greville (landowner)Robert Fulke Greville was a politician, soldier and landowner of the early Victorian era, the son of Regency courtier Robert Fulke Greville....
is defeated in Pembrokeshire by Sir John Owen of Orielton. - Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron MostynEdward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron MostynEdward Mostyn Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn , was a British peer and Member of Parliament .Mostyn was the son of Edward Lloyd, 1st Baron Mostyn...
becomes MP for Flintshire. - John Jones of YstradJohn Jones of YstradJohn Jones "of Ystrad" , was a Welsh politician, MP for Carmarthen from 1821 to 1832.He was born in King Street, Carmarthen, the son of a solicitor. Educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, he went on to Lincoln's Inn to qualify as a barrister...
is injured in rioting during the election at CarmarthenCarmarthenCarmarthen is a community in, and the county town of, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is sited on the River Towy north of its mouth at Carmarthen Bay. In 2001, the population was 14,648....
- Robert Fulke Greville
- 3 June - Merthyr RiotsMerthyr Rising 1831The Merthyr Rising of 1831 was the violent climax to many years of simmering unrest among the large working class population of Merthyr Tydfil in South Wales and the surrounding area....
. - 17 August - The Rothsay Castle is wrecked in ConwyConwyConwy is a walled market town and community in Conwy County Borough on the north coast of Wales. The town, which faces Deganwy across the River Conwy, formerly lay in Gwynedd and prior to that in Caernarfonshire. Conwy has a population of 14,208...
Bay, with the loss of 93 lives. - August - John Jones of Ystrad holds the constituency of Carmarthen.
- 22 October - John Jones of Ystrad and Robert Fulke Greville fight a duel at Tafarnspite.
- William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog)William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog)The Rev. William Rees , usually known in Wales by his bardic name of Gwilym Hiraethog, was a Welsh poet and author, one of the major figures of Welsh literature during the 19th century....
becomes a minister. - Repeal of the slateSlateSlate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade regional metamorphism. The result is a foliated rock in which the foliation may not correspond to the original sedimentary layering...
tax.
- William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog)
New publications
Y DrysorfaY Drysorfa
Y Drysorfa was a Calvinistic Methodist publication produced in Wales and written in the Welsh language. Although published intermittenly before 1930, it became a regular publication in 1931, when preacher John Parry became its editor....
a Calvanistic Methodist publication, restarts under the editorship of John Parry
Births
- 13 January - William Hugh Evans, minister and author (d. 1909)
- 3 May - Sir Walter Vaughan Morgan, Lord Mayor of London (d. 1916)
- 16 May - David E. HughesDavid E. HughesDavid Edward Hughes , was a British scientist and musician. Hughes was co-inventor of the microphone, a harpist and a professor of music.-Biography:...
, musician and professor of music (d. 1900) - 16 October - John Jones (Eos Bradwen), composer (d. 1899)
- 8 December - William Dykins, poet (d. 1872)
- 14 December - Griffith JohnGriffith JohnGriffith John was a British Christian missionary and translator in China. A member of the Congregational church, he was a pioneer evangelist with the London Missionary Society , a writer and a translator of the Holy Bible into the Chinese language.-Biography:Griffith John was born on 14 December...
, missionary (d. 1912) - 20 December - William T. DaviesWilliam T. DaviesWilliam T. Davies was the Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1887 to 1891.He was born in Glamorganshire, Wales. He was also a lawyer and a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1877 to 1884....
, Governor of Pennsylvania (d. 1912) - date unknown - William Davies (Gwilym Teilo), writer (d. 1892)
Deaths
- 7 January - Edward "Celtic" Davies, author, 74
- 8 June - Sarah SiddonsSarah SiddonsSarah Siddons was a Welsh actress, the best-known tragedienne of the 18th century. She was the elder sister of John Philip Kemble, Charles Kemble, Stephen Kemble, Ann Hatton and Elizabeth Whitlock, and the aunt of Fanny Kemble. She was most famous for her portrayal of the Shakespearean character,...
, actress, 75 - 11 August - Cradock Glascott, Evangelical clergyman and associate of the Wesley brothers, 88
- 13 August - Dic PenderynDic PenderynRichard Lewis, better known as Dic Penderyn , was a Welsh labourer and coal miner who was involved with the Merthyr Rising of June 3, 1831. In the course of the riot he was arrested alongside Lewis Lewis, one of the primary figures in the uprising, and charged with stabbing a soldier with a bayonet...
, labourer, 23 (executed)