1809 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1809 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

 * Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget
 * 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 Stuart, 1st 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 – John Randolph (until 9 August); Henry Majendie (from 5 October)
 * Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Watson
 * Bishop of St Asaph – William Cleaver
 * Bishop of St Davids – Thomas Burgess

Events

 * 9 February - South Stack Lighthouse off Anglesey first illuminated.
 * 10 May - Stapleton Cotton plays a prominent role in the Battle of Grijó.
 * date unknown
 * David Hughes, Principal of Jesus College, Oxford, donates £105 towards scholarships to give South Wales the same level of support as North Wales.
 * Hawarden Castle is enlarged.
 * Restoration of Brecon Castle as a hotel begins.
 * John Rice Jones begins lead mining across the Mississippi in the future state of Missouri.
 * Jeremiah Homfray opens a level at Richard Griffiths' lease in Trehafod in the Rhondda; the first full scale attempt to mine coal in the area.

New books

 * Edward Davies - The Mythology and Rites of the British Druids
 * Zaccheus Davies - Cân am y Farn
 * Thomas Evans (Tomos Glyn Cothi) - An English-Welsh Dictionary neu Eir-Lyfr Saesneg a Chymraeg
 * Theophilus Jones - History of the County of Brecknock, vol. 2
 * Henry Parry (editor) Grammatica Britannica, 2nd edition (1st edition by John Davies of Mallwyd)

Music

 * George Thomson - A Selected Collection of Original Welsh Airs (1st edition)

Births

 * 18 January - John Gwyn Jeffreys, conchologist (died 1885)
 * 15 February - Owen Jones, architect (died 1874)
 * 17 April - Thomas Brigstocke, painter (died 1881)
 * 24 May - William Chambers, politician (died 1882)
 * 26 May - G. T. Clark, engineer (died 1885)
 * 12 July - David Williams (Alaw Goch), coal owner (died 1863)
 * 11 August - Robert Thomas (Ap Vychan), writer (died 1880)
 * 20 August - Morris Williams (Nicander), writer (died 1874)
 * 27 October - Lewis Edwards, Nonconformist minister and educator (died 1887)
 * 22 December - John Hanmer, 1st Baron Hanmer, politician (died 1882)
 * 18 January - Evan James, weaver and mill-owner, lyricist of the Welsh national anthem (died 1878)
 * unknown date - David Price, Independent minister (died 1887)

Deaths

 * 23 January - Hugh Barlow, politician, 79/80
 * 10 February - Hugh Bold, lawyer, 77/78
 * April - Charles Francis Greville, founder of Milford Haven, 59
 * October 28 - Hugh Pugh, Independent minister, 29