1809 in Wales

Centuries:	17th; 18th; 19th; 20th; 21st;
Decades:	1780s; 1790s; 1800s; 1810s; 1820s;
See also:	List of years in Wales; 1809 in The United Kingdom Scotland

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1809 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

Bishop of Bangor – John Randolph (until 9 August);[14] Henry Majendie (from 5 October)[15]
Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Watson[16]
Bishop of St Asaph – William Cleaver[17][18][19]
Bishop of St Davids – Thomas Burgess[19][20][21][22]

Events

9 February - South Stack Lighthouse off Anglesey first illuminated.[23]
10 May - Stapleton Cotton plays a prominent role in the Battle of Grijó.[24]
date unknown
- David Hughes, Principal of Jesus College, Oxford, donates £105 towards scholarships to give South Wales the same level of support as North Wales.
- Hawarden Castle is enlarged.[25]
- Restoration of Brecon Castle as a hotel begins.[26]
- John Rice Jones begins lead mining across the Mississippi in the future state of Missouri.
- Jeremiah Homfray opens a level at Richard Griffiths' lease in Trehafod in the Rhondda; the first full scale attempt to mine coal in the area.

Arts and literature

New books

Edward Davies - The Mythology and Rites of the British Druids[27]
Zaccheus Davies - Cân am y Farn[28]
Thomas Evans (Tomos Glyn Cothi) - An English-Welsh Dictionary neu Eir-Lyfr Saesneg a Chymraeg
Theophilus Jones - History of the County of Brecknock, vol. 2
Henry Parry (editor) Grammatica Britannica, 2nd edition (1st edition by John Davies of Mallwyd)[29]

Music

George Thomson - A Selected Collection of Original Welsh Airs (1st edition)[30]

Births

18 January - John Gwyn Jeffreys, conchologist (died 1885)[31]
15 February - Owen Jones, architect (died 1874)
17 April - Thomas Brigstocke, painter (died 1881)[32]
24 May - William Chambers, politician (died 1882)
26 May - G. T. Clark, engineer (died 1885)
11 August - Robert Thomas (Ap Vychan), writer (died 1880)
20 August - Morris Williams (Nicander), writer (died 1874)[33]
27 October - Lewis Edwards, Nonconformist minister and educator (died 1887)
22 December - John Hanmer, 1st Baron Hanmer, politician (died 1882)[34]
18 January - Evan James, weaver and mill-owner, lyricist of the Welsh national anthem (died 1878)

Deaths

23 January - Hugh Barlow, politician, 79/80[35]
10 February - Hugh Bold, lawyer, 77/78[36]
April - Charles Francis Greville, founder of Milford Haven, 59[37]
October 28 - Hugh Pugh, Independent minister, 29

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.
Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 305.
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 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.
Roger Cragg (1997). Wales and West Central England. Thomas Telford. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-7277-2576-9.
"No. 16633". The London Gazette. 16 August 1812. p. 1633.
Daniel Paterson (1838). Paterson's Roads ... The sixteenth edition ... Remodelled, augmented, and improved ... By Edward Mogg. Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans. p. 192.
Parry, Edward. "History of the Brecon Castle" (PDF). breconcastlehotel.co.uk. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
Edward Davies (1809). The Mythology and Rites of the British Druids, Ascertained by National Documents... J. Booth.
Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig hyd 1940. Paratowyd dan nawdd Anrhydeddus Gymdeithas y Cymmrodorion. Anrhydeddus Gymdeithas y Cymmrodorion. 1953. p. 150.
Davies, Sir William Llewelyn. "Parry, Henry (1766?–1854), cleric and antiquary". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 14 October 2008.
Phyllis Kinney (15 April 2011). Welsh Traditional Music. University of Wales Press. p. 21. ISBN 978-1-78316-299-4.
Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Jeffreys, John Gwyn (1709-1885), conchologist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
Megan Ellis (1959). "Brigstocke, Thomas (1809-1881), portrait painter". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
Thomas Iorwerth Ellis (1959). "Williams, Morris (Nicander; 1809-1874), cleric and man of letters". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Porter, Bertha (1890). "Hanmer, John (1809-1881)". In Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney (eds.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 24. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
"OWEN (afterwards BARLOW), Hugh (1729-1809), of Great Nash, Pemb". History of Parliament Online (1754-1790). Retrieved 4 October 2017.
Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Bold, Hugh (1631-1709), lawyer, of Brecon". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.

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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.

[Fasti305-14] Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 305.

[15] Fryde, E. B. (1996). Handbook of British chronology. Cambridge England: New York Cambridge University Press. p. 292. ISBN 9780521563505.

[16] 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.

[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] Roger Cragg (1997). Wales and West Central England. Thomas Telford. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-7277-2576-9.

[24] "No. 16633". The London Gazette. 16 August 1812. p. 1633.

[25] Daniel Paterson (1838). Paterson's Roads ... The sixteenth edition ... Remodelled, augmented, and improved ... By Edward Mogg. Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans. p. 192.

[26] Parry, Edward. "History of the Brecon Castle" (PDF). breconcastlehotel.co.uk. Retrieved 24 October 2015.

[27] Edward Davies (1809). The Mythology and Rites of the British Druids, Ascertained by National Documents... J. Booth.

[28] Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig hyd 1940. Paratowyd dan nawdd Anrhydeddus Gymdeithas y Cymmrodorion. Anrhydeddus Gymdeithas y Cymmrodorion. 1953. p. 150.

[29] Davies, Sir William Llewelyn. "Parry, Henry (1766?–1854), cleric and antiquary". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 14 October 2008.

[30] Phyllis Kinney (15 April 2011). Welsh Traditional Music. University of Wales Press. p. 21. ISBN 978-1-78316-299-4.

[31] Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Jeffreys, John Gwyn (1709-1885), conchologist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 January 2020.

[32] Megan Ellis (1959). "Brigstocke, Thomas (1809-1881), portrait painter". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

[33] Thomas Iorwerth Ellis (1959). "Williams, Morris (Nicander; 1809-1874), cleric and man of letters". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

[34] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Porter, Bertha (1890). "Hanmer, John (1809-1881)". In Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney (eds.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 24. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

[35] "OWEN (afterwards BARLOW), Hugh (1729-1809), of Great Nash, Pemb". History of Parliament Online (1754-1790). Retrieved 4 October 2017.

[36] Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Bold, Hugh (1631-1709), lawyer, of Brecon". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 January 2020.

[37] Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.