This article is about the particular significance of the year 1840 to Wales and its people.
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Incumbents
edit- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey[1][2][3][4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Penry Williams[5][6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Peter Drummond-Burrell, 22nd Baron Willoughby de Eresby[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – William Edward Powell[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – George Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet (until 6 January); Robert Myddelton Biddulph (from 8 February)[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute[10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet (until 6 January); Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn (from 25 January)[11]
- Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Capel Hanbury Leigh[12]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Edward Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis[13]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir John Owen, 1st Baronet[14]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – George Rodney, 3rd Baron Rodney[15][2][16]
- Bishop of Bangor – Christopher Bethell[17][18]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Edward Copleston[19]
- Bishop of St Asaph – William Carey[20][21][19]
- Bishop of St Davids – John Jenkinson (until 7 July); Connop Thirlwall (from 9 August)[22][19][23]
Events
edit- 1 January - Trial of Chartists John Frost, Zephaniah Williams and William Jones for their part in the Newport Rising of 1839 continues at Monmouth[24] before Chief Justice Tindal. This is the first trial where proceedings are recorded in shorthand.
- 16 January - Frost, Williams and Jones are all found guilty of high treason for their part in the Chartist riots,[25] and are sentenced to death - the last time the sentence of hanging, drawing and quartering is passed in the United Kingdom, although following a nationwide petitioning campaign and, extraordinarily, direct lobbying of the Home Secretary by the Lord Chief Justice, it is commuted to transportation for life (and Frost is much later pardoned).
- 5 June - Joseph Brown is appointed Vicar Apostolic of the Roman Catholic District of Wales, being consecrated as a bishop on 28 October.
- 8 October - Taff Vale Railway is officially opened, the first steam-worked passenger railway in Wales, running from Cardiff docks to Navigation House at Abercynon via the Cardiff station known in modern days as Queen Street.[26][27] Public service begins the following day.
- 30 October - First branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Wales formed in Flintshire.[28]
- 18 November - The paddle steamer City of Bristol is wrecked at Llangennith, Gower, drowning about 22 people.[29]
- Approximate date - Rebuilding of Gregynog Hall with extensive use of concrete begins.[30]
Arts and literature
edit- An eisteddfod is held at Liverpool.
New books
editEnglish language
edit- Sir John Hanmer - Memorials of the Parish and Family of Hanmer
- William Lloyd - The Narrative of a Journey from Cawnpoor to the Boorendo Pass
Welsh language
edit- Evan Davies (Eta Delta) - Y Weinidogaeth a'r Eglwysi[31]
- David Price (Dewi Dinorwig) - Y Catechism Cyntaf
- Taliesin Williams - Hynafiaeth ac Awdurdodaeth Coelbren y Beirdd
Music
edit- John Orlando Parry - Wanted: a Governess (opera)
Births
edit- 7 February - Charles Warren, military and police officer and archaeologist (died 1927)[32]
- 21 June - Sir John Rhŷs, educationist (died 1915)
- 16 September - Alfred Thomas, 1st Baron Pontypridd (died 1927)
- 29 November - Rhoda Broughton, novelist (died 1920)[33]
- 3 December - Francis Kilvert, diarist (died 1879)[34]
- 5 December - John E. Jones, governor of Nevada (died 1896)
- 17 December - Matthew Vaughan-Davies, 1st Baron Ystwyth, politician (died 1935)
Deaths
edit- 6 January - Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet, politician and soldier, 67[35]
- 17 March - William Williams of Wern, 58[36]
- 19 May - John Blackwell (Alun), poet, 42?
- 7 July - John Jenkinson, Bishop of St Davids, 58[37]
17 December - George Hay Dawkins-Pennant, politician, 76[38]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 24.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ "Penpont including attached conservatory and rear service ranges". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Myddelton Biddulph, Robert (1805-1872), of Chirk Castle, Denb. and 35 Grosvenor Place, Mdx". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
- ^ "not known". Old Wales: Monthly Magazine of Antiquities for Wales and the Borders. 3. "Old Wales" Office: 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.
- ^ Amy Audrey Locke (1916). The Hanbury Family. Arthur L. Humphreys. p. 147.
- ^ Evan David Jones (1959). "Herbert family (earls of Powis)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ^ Thorne, R.G. "John Owen (1776-1861) of Orielton, Pembrokeshire". History of Parliament. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 307.
- ^
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Carey, William (1769-1846)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
- ^ Old Yorkshire, volume 3. 1882. p. 90.
- ^ The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged. Porter. 1780. p. 95.
- ^ Frost, John (1839). Trial of John Frost for high treason: revised by a Barrister. p. 19.
- ^ Maunder, Samuel; Cox, George William (1856). The Treasury of History (New ed.). Longman & Co. pp. 499–.
- ^ Barrie, D. S. (1950). The Taff Vale Railway. Oakwood Press.
- ^ Edward Cresy (1847). An Encyclopædia of Civil Engineering, Historical, Theoretical, and Practical. Paternoster-Row: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. pp. 595.
- ^ "Wales". Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- ^ Bennett, Tom. Shipwrecks for Walkers 1: A Walkers Guide to Beach Wrecks Around Britain. Author. p. 28.
- ^ Hughes, Glyn Tegai; Morgan, Prys; Thomas, J. Gareth (1977). Gregynog. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. ISBN 978-0-7083-0634-5.
- ^ Richard Griffith Owen (1959). "Davies, Evan (Eta Delta; 1794-1855), Independent minister". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
- ^ The International Who's who: Who's who in the World. International Who's Who Publishing Company. 1910. p. 213.
- ^ Broughton, Rhoda (March 2010). Cometh Up As A Flower. Broadview Press. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-77048-295-1.
- ^ Quesne, A. L. (1978). After Kilvert. Oxford England New York: Oxford University Press. p. 2. ISBN 9780192117489.
- ^ "Williams Wynn, Sir Watkin, 5th Bt. (1772-1840), of Wynnstay, Denb". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
- ^ Edwin Augustine Owen. "Preece, Sir William Henry (1834-1913), electrical engineer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ Fryde, E. B. (1996). Handbook of British chronology. Cambridge England: New York Cambridge University Press. p. 299. ISBN 9780521563505.
- ^ "Dawkins Pennant, George Hay (1764–1840), of Penrhyn Castle, Caern., History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 10 June 2016.
