1824 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1824 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
- 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 – William Van Mildert
- Bishop of St Asaph – John Luxmoore
- Bishop of St Davids – Thomas Burgess
Events
- January – The construction of the "leat" or "leete" at Loggerheads, Denbighshire, used in the local lead mining industry, is first recorded.
- 8 September – The Society of Cymmrodorion sponsors a major eisteddfod at Welshpool.
- 18 December – William Chambers inherits the Stepney estate.
- dates unknown
- *The first gasometer in Wales is built at Greenfield, Flintshire.
- *Chess William Davies Evans develops the Evans Gambit.
- *Major repairs to Bangor Cathedral are begun.
- *Two new furnaces are erected at the Dyffryn ironworks by Anthony Hill.
Arts and literature
New books
English language
- T. G. Cumming – Description of the Iron Bridges of Suspension now erecting over the Strait of Menai at Bangor and over the River Conway
- Benjamin Jones – An Elegy on the death of Benjamin B. Jones, the eldest surviving child of B. Jones of Holyhead
- William Owen – Drych Crefyddol yn dangos Dechreuad y Grefydd Brotestanaidd
- Thomas Prichard – ''Welsh Minstrelsy: Containing the Land beneath the Sea''
Welsh language
- David Davis (Castellhywel) – Telyn Dewi
- John Howell – ''Blodau Dyfed'''
Music
- ''Seren Gomer''
Births
- 17 February – James Crichton-Stuart, politician
- March – Isaac D. Seyburn, Welsh-born merchant captain and naval officer
- 17 April – John Basson Humffray, political reformer in Australia
- 24 July – Robert Jones Derfel, poet
- 15 December – Morgan Thomas, Welsh-born Australian surgeon and philanthropist
- date unknown – David James Jenkins, shipowner and politician
Deaths
- 1 February – John Rice Jones, Welsh-born American politician and soldier, 64
- 18 April – Edward Jones, harpist, 72
- 30 July – David Howell, American jurist of Welsh descent, 77
- 24 August – Thomas Parry, Chennai merchant, 56
- 18 September – Thomas Hill of Dennis, industrialist, about 92
- November – William Moses, poet, 82
- 24 December – John Downman, artist, 74