1828 in Wales

• 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 (until 12 May); Peter Drummond-Burrell, 22nd Baron Willoughby de Eresby (from 25 November) • Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – William Edward Powell • 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 – Edward Copleston ==Events==

• 1 June - The Saundersfoot Railway and Harbour Company is formed. • 19 June - The Llanelly Dock is established by Act of Parliament. • September - Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, visits the eisteddfod at Denbigh, making it the first to receive a royal visit. • unknown dates • An iron suspension bridge is built to link South Stack with Holy Island, Anglesey. • David Owen (Brutus) becomes editor of the periodical Lleuad yr Oes at Aberystwyth. ==Arts and literature==

New books • Ellis Evans - Unoliaeth a Gweledigaeth yr Eglwys, sef, Llythyr Cymanfa Cefn Mawr • T. J. Llewelyn Prichard - The Adventures and Vagaries of Twm Shon Catti, descriptive of life in Wales; interspersed with poems • David Saunders (Dafydd Glan Teifi) - Awdl ar Fordaith yr Apostol Paul • John Thomas - Telyn y Cantorion • John Walters - An English and Welsh Dictionary • Thomas Wiliam - Cwyn yr Unig Music • William Owen (Gwilym Ddu Glan Hafren) - Y Caniedydd Crefyddol (collection of hymn tunes) ==Births==

• 30 January - John David Jenkins, philanthropist (d. 1876) • 4 March - Owen Wynne Jones (Glasynys), clergyman and writer (d. 1870) • 13 March - Thomas Morgan Thomas, missionary (d. 1884) • 6 May - Sir Hugh Rowlands, soldier (d. 1909) • 4 June - David Thomas (Dewi Hefin), poet (d. 1909) • 23 September - Charles James Watkin Williams, politician (d. 1884) • 30 October - Henry James, 1st Baron James of Hereford, lawyer and statesman (d. 1911) • 13 December - David Lewis Wooding, genealogist (d. 1891) • date unknown • John Richard Hughes, evangelist (d. 1893) • John Pryce, clergyman and writer (d. 1903) ==Deaths==

• 19 February - Thomas Jones (Y Bardd Cloff), 59 • 29 March - Griffith Rowlands, surgeon, 65 • 12 May - Thomas Assheton Smith I, industrialist, 75 • 4 October - Sir Thomas Hanmer, 2nd Baronet, politician, 46/47 • 29 December - Priscilla Bertie, 21st Baroness Willoughby de Eresby, 67 • date unknown - Edward Charles (Siamas Gwynedd), writer, 70? ==See also==