1827 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1827 to Wales and its people.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - vacant
- Princess of Wales - vacant
[edit] Events
- March 1 - Official opening of St David's College, Lampeter. Llewelyn Lewellin becomes its first principal, with Alfred Ollivant as vice-principal.
- The nephew of the last Viscount Bulkeley obtains permission to take the name Sir Richard Bulkeley Williams-Bulkeley.
- Sir Stapleton Cotton is created Viscount Combermere.
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] New books
- Robert Davies (Bardd Nantglyn) - Diliau Barddas
- John Jones - An Explanation of the Greek Article
[edit] Music
Peroriaeth Hyfryd (collection of hymns including Caersalem by Robert Edwards)
[edit] Births
- June 6 - Hugh Robert Hughes, genealogist (d. 1911)
- October 27 - Joseph Tudor Hughes (Blegwryd), harp prodigy (d. 1841)
[edit] Deaths
- January 10 - John Jones, Unitarian minister and writer
- May 12 - David Richards (Dafydd Ionawr), poet, 76
- May 27 - Maria Bailey, wife of Sir Joseph Bailey
- July 3 - David Davis (Castellhywel), minister and poet, 82
- July 22 - William Aubrey, supervisor of Cyfarthfa ironworks, 68
- August 11 - Anthony Bacon II, industrialist
- date unknown - Helen Maria Williams, novelist and poet (b. c. 1761)
