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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1815 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire – Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Thomas Bulkeley, 7th Viscount Bulkeley
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Thomas Johnes
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – George Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute (from 2 June)
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – George Rodney, 3rd Baron Rodney
- Bishop of Bangor – Henry Majendie
- Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Watson
- Bishop of St Asaph – William Cleaver (until 15 May); John Luxmoore (from 8 June)
- Bishop of St Davids – Thomas Burgess
Events
- 23 January - John Scandrett Harford inherits the family estates on the death of his father.
- 28 March - Opening of the British School for boys at Newport.
- 12 April - Admiral Thomas Foley is knighted.
- 23 May - John Luxmoore replaces William Cleaver as Bishop of St Asaph.
- May or June - Bryn Oer Tramway opens in South Wales.
- 18 June - Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, famously loses a leg at the Battle of Waterloo. General Thomas Picton is killed in the same battle.
- A twice-weekly boat service between Cardiff and Bristol is established.
Arts and literature
New books
English language
- Walter Davies - General View of the Agriculture and Domestic Economy of South Wales
- Richard Fenton - Memoirs of an Old Wig
- Thomas Love Peacock - Headlong Hall (anonymous; dated 1816)
Welsh language
- David Richards (Dafydd Ionawr) - Barddoniaeth Gristianogawl
Music
- Peter Roberts - The Cambrian Popular Antiquities of Wales
Births
- 24 January - Thomas Gee, publisher (died 1898)
- 16 April - Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare (died 1895)
- May - William Lucas Collins, author (died 1887)
- 2 June - John Deffett Francis, painter and art collector (died 1901)
- 21 November - John Bowen, Bishop of Sierra Leone (died 1859)
- 13 December - Thomas Rees, Congregational minister (died 1885)
- date unknown
- Thomas Gruffydd, harpist (died 1887)
- Richard Kyrke Penson, architect (died 1886)
Deaths
- 5 March - Sir Stephen Glynne, 8th Baronet, 34
- 24 April - John Lloyd, naturalist and politician, 65
- 15 May - William Cleaver, Bishop of St Asaph, 72/73
- 18 June - Thomas Picton, soldier, 56 (killed at the Battle of Waterloo)
- August - Robert Williams, farmer and poet, 70/71
- date unknown - Edward Edwards, Royal Navy officer of Welsh parentage, 73
See also
References
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