1826 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1826 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 (until 24 April); Charles Sumner (from 21 May)
 * Bishop of St Asaph – John Luxmoore
 * Bishop of St Davids – John Jenkinson

Events

 * 30 January - Opening of the Menai Suspension Bridge, designed by Thomas Telford.
 * 1 July - Opening of Telford's Conwy Suspension Bridge.
 * Wrexham Maelor Hospital's predecessor founded.
 * The Calvinistic Methodist "connexion" produces its Constitutional Deed. It incorporates all property (such as chapels) as the property of the connexion as a whole.

New books

 * Daniel Evans (Daniel Ddu o Geredigion) - Golwg ar Gyflwr yr Iddewon, Cerdd
 * James Humphreys - Observations on the Actual State of the English Laws of Real Property, with the outlines of a Code

Music

 * 24 May - John Parry (Bardd Alaw) is given a benefit concert by the Society of Cymmrodorion.

Births

 * 13 January (in Ceylon) - Henry Matthews, 1st Viscount Llandaff (d. 1913)
 * 10 February - Edward Williams, iron-master (d. 1886)
 * 26 February - John Llewelyn Davies, English theologian of Welsh parentage (d. 1916)
 * 1 March - John Thomas, harpist (d. 1913)
 * 22 March - Lewys Glyn Dyfi (Lewis Meredith), poet and preacher (d. 1891)
 * 27 April - Owen Phillips, Dean of St Davids (d. 1897)
 * 8 May - George Osborne Morgan, lawyer (d. 1897)
 * 11 May - David Charles Davies, Nonconformist leader (d. 1891)
 * 26 June - Evan Davies, educationalist and lawyer (died 1872)
 * 18 December - Henry Parry, Anglican bishop of Welsh parentage (d. 1893 in Australia)

Deaths

 * April - Ned Turner, prize-fighter, 34
 * 21 April - Thomas Johnes, clergyman, chancellor and canon of Exeter, about 76
 * May (approximate) - Richard Griffiths, industrial pioneer who opened up transport links into the Rhondda, 70
 * October - John Williams, clergyman, teacher and collector of manuscripts, about 76
 * 7 December - John Vivian, industrialist, 76
 * 18 December - Iolo Morganwg, poet and antiquary, 79
 * 28 December - Nathaniel Williams, theologian and hymn-writer, 84