1803 in Wales

This article is about the particular signicance of the year Robert Davies (Bardd Nantglyn) - Barddoniaeth
1803 to Wales and its people.
William Owen Pughe - Geiriadur Cymraeg-Saesneg

1 Incumbents 3.2 Music

Prince of Wales - George (later George IV)
4 Births
Princess of Wales - Caroline of Brunswick
10 May - Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot, owner of
Margam Castle (died 1890)
2 Events
29 June - Peter Maurice, priest and writer (died
1878)
June - Thomas Burgess becomes Bishop of St
Davids. 15 September - Charles Octavius Swinnerton
June 26 - First public assembly of the South Wales Morgan, politician, historian and antiquary (died
Unitarian Association. 1888)[2]

Robert Saunderson of Liverpool settles at Bala and 17 October - Samuel Holland, industrialist (died
becomes ocial printer to the Calvinistic Methodist 1892)
Society, working for Thomas Charles.
18 October - Sir Richard Green-Price, 1st baronet,
Rhys Davies (Y Glun Bren) preaches from the Liberal politician (died 1887)
mounting-block in front of the Black Lion Inn at
23 November - Edward Edwards, zoologist (died
Talybont in Cardiganshire, beginning Independent
1879)
Methodist activity there.
date unknown
Pascoe Grenfell contracts to trade in copper in the
Swansea area. Dafydd Jones (Dewi Dywyll), balladeer (died
Benjamin Hall buys the Rhymney ironworks. 1868)
Owain Meirion, balladeer (died 1868)
Thomas Johnes sets up a private printing press to
publish translations of French medieval chronicles.

Dunraven Castle built near Southerndown. 5 Deaths

Benjamin Heath Malkin begins his travels in South
2 January - Sir Richard Perryn, judge, 79
Wales.

Paeonia mascula is discovered growing on the island 29 April - Thomas Jones, landscape painter, 60
of Steep Holm - the only species of peony native to 3 June - Lord George Murray, Bishop of St Davids
the British Isles.[1] and developer of the UKs rst optical telegraph, 42

28 September - Ralph Griths, editor and publisher,

3 Arts and literature 83?

30 December - Francis Lewis, signer of the US Dec-

3.1 New books laration of Independence, 90

J. T. Barber - A Tour Throughout South Wales and date unknown - Thomas Evans, London bookseller,
Monmouthshire 64

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6 References
[1] The Peony Society - Steep Holm

[2] History of the collection, British Museum, accessed July

2010
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