This article is about the particular significance of the year 1828 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Thomas Assheton Smith (until 12 May); Peter Drummond-Burrell, 22nd Baron Willoughby de Eresby (from 25 November) Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – William Edward Powell 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 Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir John Owen, 1st Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – George Rodney, 3rd Baron Rodney
Bishop of Bangor – Henry Majendie Bishop of Llandaff – Edward Copleston Bishop of St Asaph – John Luxmoore Bishop of St Davids – John Jenkinson
Events 1 June - The Saundersfoot Railway and Harbour Company is formed. 19 June - The Llanelly Dock is established by Act of Parliament. September - Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, visits the eisteddfod at Denbigh, making it the first to receive a royal visit. unknown dates An iron suspension bridge is built to link South Stack with Holy Island, Anglesey. David Owen (Brutus) becomes editor of the periodical Lleuad yr Oes at Aberystwyth.
Arts and literature New books Ellis Evans - Unoliaeth a Gweledigaeth yr Eglwys, sef, Llythyr Cymanfa Cefn Mawr T. J. Llewelyn Prichard - The Adventures and Vagaries of Twm Shon Catti, descriptive of life in Wales; interspersed with poems David Saunders (Dafydd Glan Teifi) - Awdl ar Fordaith yr Apostol Paul John Thomas - Telyn y Cantorion John Walters - An English and Welsh Dictionary Thomas Wiliam - Cwyn yr Unig
Music William Owen (Gwilym Ddu Glan Hafren) - Y Caniedydd Crefyddol (collection of hymn tunes)
Births 30 January - John David Jenkins, philanthropist (d. 1876) 4 March - Owen Wynne Jones (Glasynys), clergyman and writer (d. 1870) 13 March - Thomas Morgan Thomas, missionary (d. 1884) 6 May - Sir Hugh Rowlands, soldier (d. 1909) 4 June - David Thomas (Dewi Hefin), poet (d. 1909) 23 September - Charles James Watkin Williams, politician (d. 1884) 30 October - Henry James, 1st Baron James of Hereford, lawyer and statesman (d. 1911) 13 December - David Lewis Wooding, genealogist (d. 1891) date unknown John Richard Hughes, evangelist (d. 1893) John Pryce, clergyman and writer (d. 1903)
Deaths 19 February - Thomas Jones (Y Bardd Cloff), 59 29 March - Griffith Rowlands, surgeon, 65 12 May - Thomas Assheton Smith I, industrialist, 75 15 September - William Madocks, landowner, 55 4 October - Sir Thomas Hanmer, 2nd Baronet, politician, 46/47 29 December - Priscilla Bertie, 21st Baroness Willoughby de Eresby, 67 date unknown - Edward Charles (Siamas Gwynedd), writer, 70?
See also 1828 in Ireland
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