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 1815 in Ireland
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