1831 in Wales

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See also:	List of years in Wales 1831 in The United Kingdom Ireland Scotland

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1831 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales - vacant
• Princess of Wales - vacant

Events

• 28 April–1 June - In the UK general election:
  • Robert Fulke Greville is defeated in Pembrokeshire by Sir John Owen of Orielton.
  • Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn becomes MP for Flintshire.
  • John Jones of Ystrad is injured in rioting during the election at Carmarthen, causing polling there to be postponed.
• 3 June - Merthyr Rising.
• 5 August - Charles Darwin travels from Shrewsbury to Llangollen with his tutor, Rev Adam Sedgwick, to carry out geological studies. They remain in Wales for more than two weeks.^[1]
• 17 August - The paddle steamer Rothsay Castle is wrecked at the eastern end of the Menai Strait with the loss of 93 lives.
• August - John Jones of Ystrad holds the constituency of Carmarthen.
• 22 October - John Jones of Ystrad and Robert Fulke Greville fight a duel at Tafarnspite.
• Repeal of the slate tax.
• Port Talbot ironworks opens.
• William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog) becomes a minister.

Arts and literature

New books

• John Evans (I. D. Ffraid) - Hanes yr Iddewon

New publications

Y Drysorfa a Calvinistic Methodist publication, restarts under the editorship of John Parry

Music

Births

• 13 January - William Hugh Evans, minister and author (d. 1909)
• May - Dewi Havhesp, poet (d. 1884)
• 3 May - Sir Walter Vaughan Morgan, Lord Mayor of London (d. 1916)
• 16 May - David E. Hughes, musician and professor of music (d. 1900)
• 21 July - Edward Lewis, Welsh-born New Zealand clergyman (d. 1913)
• 16 October - John Jones (Eos Bradwen), composer (d. 1899)
• 8 December - William Dykins, poet (d. 1872)
• 14 December - Griffith John, missionary (d. 1912)
• 20 December - William T. Davies, Governor of Pennsylvania (d. 1912)
• date unknown
  • William Davies (Gwilym Teilo), writer (d. 1892)
  • Edward Payson Evans, historian and linguist (d. 1917)

Deaths

• 7 January - Edward "Celtic" Davies, author, 74
• 8 June - Sarah Siddons, actress, 75
• 11 August - Cradock Glascott, Evangelical clergyman and associate of the Wesley brothers, 88
• 13 August - Dic Penderyn, labourer, 23 (executed)
• date unknown - Sir Thomas Mostyn, 6th Baronet, politician

References

1. Lucas, Peter (1 January 2010). "The recovery of time past: Darwin at Barmouth on the eve of the Beagle". Darwin Online. Retrieved 2010-01-21.