1822 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1822 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 Bulkeley, 7th Viscount Bulkeley ; Thomas Assheton Smith
- 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 – Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – George Rodney, 3rd Baron Rodney
- Bishop of Bangor – Henry Majendie
- Bishop of Llandaff – William Van Mildert
- Bishop of St Asaph – John Luxmoore
- Bishop of St Davids – Thomas Burgess
Events
- April - Launch of the Chester Cymmrodorion Society.
- 13 June - William Lloyd climbs Boorendo in the Himalayas.
- 12 August - St David's College is founded by Thomas Burgess, Bishop of St David's.
- Beginning of "", a dispute over enclosures in Pembrokeshire.
- Horse-drawn trams begin a passenger service between Tredegar and Newport.
- Sir Thomas Phillipps, 1st Baronet, establishes a private printing press in Broadway Tower on his estate at Middle Hill in Worcestershire.
Arts and literature
New books
- John Hughes - An Essay on the Ancient and Present State of the Welsh Language
- William Owen Pughe - Hu Gadarn
- John Montgomery Traherne - Lists of Knights of the Shire of Glamorgan
- ''Y Cymmrodor''
Music
- Stephen Llwyd - "Caerllyngoed"
Births
- 2 January – Basil Jones, bishop
- 2 March – Michael D. Jones, Tad y Wladfa, founder of the Welsh settlement in Patagonia
- 3 August – John Rhys Morgan, minister, teacher and poet
- 25 September - William Bloomfield Douglas, colonial governor
- 4 October - Charles Williams-Wynn, politician
- 27 October – Aneurin Jones, writer
- 15 December – Edward Stephen, musician
- 22 December - John Roberts, musician and minister
Deaths
- 30 March – David Thomas (Dafydd Ddu Eryri), poet, 62
- 9 April – William Jones, Welsh-descended Governor of Rhode Island, 68
- 22 May – Samuel Homfray, industrialist, 59
- 5 June
- * - Stephen Kemble, actor, brother of Sarah Siddons, 64
- *George Lewis, theologian, 59
- 19 June – Poulett Somerset, soldier and politician, 53
- 25 September – John Henry Bowen, American politician of Welsh descent, 42
- 22 December – Sarah Wesley, widow of Charles Wesley, 96