1821 in the United Kingdom

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Events from the year 1821 in the United Kingdom.

Contents 1 Incumbents 2 Events 2.1 Undated 3 Publications 4 Births 5 Deaths 6 References

[edit] Incumbents

• Monarch - George IV of the United Kingdom
• Prime Minister - Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Tory

[edit] Events

• 16 January - The Tories under Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool win the general election which had begun in 1820.

• 19 July - George IV is crowned king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; Caroline of Brunswick is excluded from the coronation.

[edit] Undated

• John Constable completes his painting The Hay Wain.^[1]
• The Guardian newspaper founded (originally as The Manchester Guardian).^[1]

[edit] Publications

• Walter Scott's novel Kenilworth.

[edit] Births

• 3 February - Elizabeth Blackwell, abolitionist and women's rights activist (d. 1910)
• 17 February - Lola Montez, dancer and mistress of Ludwig I of Bavaria (d. 1861 (United States))
• 15 March - William Milligan, theologian (d. 1892)
• 19 March - Richard Francis Burton, explorer (d. 1890)
• 3 April - T. Pelham Dale mystic (d. 1892)
• 30 November - Frederick Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1902)
• 11 December - George Granville Bradley, divine and scholar (d. 1903)

[edit] Deaths

• 23 February - John Keats, poet (b. 1795)
• 4 March - Princess Elizabeth of Clarence daughter of William, Duke of Clarence (later King William IV) (b. 1820)
• 7 August - Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort of King George IV (b. 1768)

[edit] References