1802 in Wales

Centuries:	17th; 18th; 19th; 20th; 21st;
Decades:	1780s; 1790s; 1800s; 1810s; 1820s;
See also:	List of years in Wales; 1802 in The United Kingdom Ireland Scotland

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1802 to Wales and its people.

Incumbent[]

Monarch - George III

Events[]

August - Sir William and Lady Hamilton visit Milford Haven, along with Admiral Horatio Nelson.^[1] Nelson subsequently visits Monmouth^[2] and the Naval Temple on The Kymin. Also on his Welsh expedition he visits Cyfarthfa Ironworks, in recognition of its contribution to the war effort.
8 October - A Unitarian Association is formed in South Wales, with Josiah Rees and Iolo Morganwg among its leaders.
North Wales Baptist Association is launched by Christmas Evans.
Sir John Nicholl is elected to Parliament for the first time.
Sir Robert Williames Vaughan marries Anna Maria Mostyn, daughter of Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet.

Arts and literature[]

New books[]

Thomas Charles - The Welsh Methodists Vindicated
Abraham Rees - The New Cyclopaedia, vol. 1

Music[]

Edward Jones (Bardd y Brenin) - The Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards, vol. 2^[3]

Sport[]

founded at Beaumaris.^[4]

Births[]

15 July - James Allen, Bishop of St David's (d. 1897)^[5]
August - Ebenezer Thomas, poet (d. 1863)
24 August - William Rowlands (Gwilym Lleyn) (d. 1865)
26 August - George Wightwick, architect working in south west England and pioneer architectural journalist (d. 1872)
8 November
- Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover (d. 1867)^[6]
- William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog), poet and author (d. 1883)^[7]
4 December - Calvert Jones, pioneer photographer (d. 1877)^[8]
12 December
- , printer (d. 1823)^[9]
- Isaac Williams, poet (d. 1865)
date unknown - , founder of The Philanthropic Order of True Ivorites (d. 1856)^[10]

Deaths[]

3 April - John Williams, evangelical clergyman, about 40^[11]
4 April - Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon, politician and barrister, 69^[12]
26 May - Joseph Hoare, academic (b. 1709)^[13]
6 July - Daniel Morgan, American pioneer, soldier, and politician of Welsh parentage, 66^[14]
28 November - , preacher, 40^[15]
30 November - Thomas Williams of Llanidan, industrialist, 65^[16]
6 December - Roger Kemble, travelling theatre manager, father of Sarah Siddons, 81^[17]
31 December - Francis Lewis, signatory of the Declaration of American Independence, 80
date unknown - Abraham Elliot Griffiths, co-founder of Sierra Leone, age unknown^[18]

References[]

^ Maxwell Fraser (1952). Wales. Hale. p. 312.
^ Leonard W. Cowie (September 1990). Lord Nelson, 1758-1805: A Bibliography. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 137. ISBN 978-0-313-28082-5.
^ Edward Jones (1802). Musical, Poetical, and Historical Relicks of The Welsh Bards and Druids: Drawn from Authentic Documents of Remote Antiquity ... ; to these national melodies are added new basses, with variations for the harp, or harpsichord, violin or flute. Strahan.
^ "The National Archives". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
^ THE LATE DEAN OF ST. DAVID'S. Liverpool Mercury (Liverpool, England), Tuesday, June 29, 1897; Issue 15443.
^ Marion Löffler. "Hall, Benjamin, Lord Llanover (1802-1867), politician and reformer". Retrieved 30 December 2019.
^ Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England) (1914). The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. The Society. p. 186.
^ Iwan Meical Jones. "Jones, Calvert Richard (1802-1877), pioneer photographer, artist and priest". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
^ William Joseph Rhys. "Harris, John Ryland". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
^ Huw Walters. "Jones, Thomas Robert". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
^ Jenkins, Robert Thomas (2007). "Williams, John (1762–1802), Evangelical cleric". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 3 April 2009.
^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 748–749.
^ James Peller Malcolm (1802). Londinium Redivivum Or an Antient History and Modern Description of London: Compiled from Parochial Records, Archives of Various Foundations, the Harleian Mss. and Other Authentic Sources. Nichols and Son. p. 438.
^ Higginbotham, Don. Daniel Morgan: Revolutionary Rifleman. University of North Carolina Press, 1961. ISBN 0-8078-1386-9
^ Richard Thomas. "Roberts, Robert (1762-1802), Calvinistic Methodist preacher". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
^ "WILLIAMS, Thomas (1737-1802), of Llanidan, Anglesey and Temple House, Berks". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
^ Philip H. Highfill, Kalman A. Burnim, Edward A. Langhans, A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, v. 8, Hough to Keyse: Actresses ..., 1982, p. 387
^ Pybus, Cassandra (2006). Epic Journeys of Freedom: Runaway Slaves of the American Revolution and Their Global Quest for Liberty. Boston: Beacon Press.

[1] Maxwell Fraser (1952). Wales. Hale. p. 312.

[2] Leonard W. Cowie (September 1990). Lord Nelson, 1758-1805: A Bibliography. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 137. ISBN 978-0-313-28082-5.

[3] Edward Jones (1802). Musical, Poetical, and Historical Relicks of The Welsh Bards and Druids: Drawn from Authentic Documents of Remote Antiquity ... ; to these national melodies are added new basses, with variations for the harp, or harpsichord, violin or flute. Strahan.

[4] "The National Archives". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2021.

[5] THE LATE DEAN OF ST. DAVID'S. Liverpool Mercury (Liverpool, England), Tuesday, June 29, 1897; Issue 15443.

[6] Marion Löffler. "Hall, Benjamin, Lord Llanover (1802-1867), politician and reformer". Retrieved 30 December 2019.

[7] Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England) (1914). The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. The Society. p. 186.

[8] Iwan Meical Jones. "Jones, Calvert Richard (1802-1877), pioneer photographer, artist and priest". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.

[9] William Joseph Rhys. "Harris, John Ryland". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 April 2019.

[10] Huw Walters. "Jones, Thomas Robert". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 April 2019.

[11] Jenkins, Robert Thomas (2007). "Williams, John (1762–1802), Evangelical cleric". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 3 April 2009.

[12] Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 748–749.

[13] James Peller Malcolm (1802). Londinium Redivivum Or an Antient History and Modern Description of London: Compiled from Parochial Records, Archives of Various Foundations, the Harleian Mss. and Other Authentic Sources. Nichols and Son. p. 438.

[14] Higginbotham, Don. Daniel Morgan: Revolutionary Rifleman. University of North Carolina Press, 1961. ISBN 0-8078-1386-9

[15] Richard Thomas. "Roberts, Robert (1762-1802), Calvinistic Methodist preacher". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 5 February 2020.

[16] "WILLIAMS, Thomas (1737-1802), of Llanidan, Anglesey and Temple House, Berks". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

[17] Philip H. Highfill, Kalman A. Burnim, Edward A. Langhans, A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, v. 8, Hough to Keyse: Actresses ..., 1982, p. 387

[18] Pybus, Cassandra (2006). Epic Journeys of Freedom: Runaway Slaves of the American Revolution and Their Global Quest for Liberty. Boston: Beacon Press.

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