1833 in Wales
Encyclopedia
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1833 to Wales
and its people
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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
- January 29 - In the United Kingdom general electionUnited Kingdom general election, 1832-Seats summary:-Parties and leaders at the general election:The Earl Grey had been Prime Minister since 22 November 1830. His was the first predominantly Whig administration since the Ministry of all the Talents in 1806-1807....
, Sir John Edwards, 1st BaronetSir John Edwards, 1st Baronet, of GarthSir John Edwards, 1st Baronet , served as Member of Parliament for Montgomery from 8th April 1833 to 23rd June 1841 and the Edwards Baronetcy, of Garth in the County of Montgomery, was created for him in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1838...
, defeats Tory candidate Panton Corbett to win the enlarged constituency of Montgomery for the Liberals. - April 2 - Launch of HMS Royal WilliamHMS Royal William (1833)HMS Royal William was a 120-gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 2 April 1833 at Pembroke Dock.She was fitted with screw propulsion in 1860, and was destroyed by fire in 1899....
at Pembroke DockPembroke DockPembroke Dock is a town in Pembrokeshire, south-west Wales, lying north of Pembroke on the River Cleddau. Originally a small fishing village known as Paterchurch, the town was greatly expanded from 1814 onwards following the construction of a Royal Naval Dockyard...
. This is the first ship to be built there with over 100 guns. - Isaac WilliamsIsaac WilliamsThe Reverend Isaac Williams was a prominent member of the Oxford Movement, a student and disciple of John Keble and, like the other members of the movement, associated with Oxford University...
becomes Dean of Trinity College, OxfordTrinity College, OxfordThe College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in the University of Oxford, of the foundation of Sir Thomas Pope , or Trinity College for short, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It stands on Broad Street, next door to Balliol College and Blackwells bookshop,...
. - Lady Charlotte BertieLady Charlotte GuestLady Charlotte Elizabeth Guest, , later Lady Charlotte Schreiber, was an English businesswoman and translator...
marries John Josiah GuestJohn Josiah GuestSir Josiah John Guest, 1st Baronet, known as John Josiah Guest, was a Welsh engineer and entrepreneur.-Life:Born in Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, as the son of Thomas Guest, a partner in the Dowlais Iron Company...
. - Adrian StephensAdrian Stephens (inventor)Adrian Stephens was an English engineer, noted for inventing the steam whistle in 1833.Stephens was born in the Penzance area of Cornwall and came to Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, in 1827 to work at the Dowlais ironworks...
invents the steam whistleSteam whistleA steam whistle is a device used to produce sound with the aid of live steam, which acts as a vibrating system .- Operation :...
as a safety device for use at Dowlais IronworksDowlais IronworksThe Dowlais Ironworks was a major ironworks and steelworks located at Dowlais near Merthyr Tydfil, in Wales. Founded in the 18th century, it operated until the end of the 20th, at one time in the 19th century being the largest steel producer in the UK...
; he fails to patent it. - The community of Gomer, OhioGomer, OhioGomer is an unincorporated community in northern Sugar Creek Township, Allen County, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1833 by three Welshmen , Gomer was a hub of the Welsh community in America for decades. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 45809...
, is founded in the USA by Welsh settlers. - Abbey Cwmhir HallAbbey Cwmhir HallAbbey-Cwm-Hir Hall is a neo-Elizabethan country house in the Welsh county of Powys. It was built in 1833 for Thomas Wilson on the site of a house built c.1656 for the Fowler family, which was later owned by the Hastings family, Earls of Huntingdon...
is constructed on the site of an earlier house.
New books
- Sir Harford Jones Brydges - The Dynasty of the Kajars, translated from the original Persian manuscript
- Eliza Constantia Campbell - Stories from the History of Wales
Births
- 10 January - Richard Davies (Mynyddog)Richard Davies (Mynyddog)Richard Davies was a popular Welsh language poet.He was born in Llanbrynmair, Montgomeryshire, in a house called "Y Fron"....
, poet (d. 1877) - 23 January - Sir Lewis MorrisLewis Morris (1833-1907)Sir Lewis Morris was a popular poet of the Anglo-Welsh school. Lewis Morris was born in Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, in south-west Wales to Lewis Edward William Morris and Sophia Hughes...
, poet (d. 1907) - 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)
- date unknown
- James JamesJames JamesJames James was a harpist and musician from Pontypridd, Wales. He composed the tune of the Welsh national anthem Hen Wlad fy Nhadau ....
(Iago ap Ieuan), harpist and composer (d. 1902) - Jacob Thomas, VC recipient (d. 1911)
- James James
Deaths
- 9 January - Sir Thomas Foley, admiral, 75
- 6 February - Robert WaithmanRobert WaithmanRobert Waithman , Lord Mayor of London, was born at Wrexham.After being employed for some time in a London linen draper's, he opened, about 1786, a draper's shop of his own, and made a considerable fortune. In 1818 he was returned to Parliament, as a liberal, for the City of London...
, lord mayor of London, 69 - 26 February - Richard Jones, minister and writer, 61
- 4 May - William MorganWilliam Morgan (scientist)William Morgan, FRS was a Welsh physician, physicist and statistician, who is considered the father of modern actuarial science....
, scientist and actuary 82 - 16 August - John Edwards-VaughanJohn Edwards-VaughanJohn Edwards-Vaughan, also known as John Edwards was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1818 and 1832....
, politician, 61 - 1 October - Thomas Beynon, archdeacon of Cardigan and patron of the arts, 88