This article is about the particular significance of the year 1817 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey â Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire â Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire â Thomas Bulkeley, 7th Viscount Bulkeley
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire â William Edward Powell (from 22 November)
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire â George Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire â Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire â Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan â John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire â Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire â Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire â Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire â George Rodney, 3rd Baron Rodney
Events
Arts and literature
New books
Music
Births
Deaths
- 16 January - General Vaughan Lloyd, commander of the Woolwich Arsenal, 80
- 27 March - Josiah Boydell, artist, 65
- 17 July - William Williams (antiquary), author, 79
- 31 July - Benjamin Hall, industrialist, 36
- date unknown - David Hughes, Principal of Jesus College, Oxford
See also
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