1802 in Wales

• Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget{{cite book|author=Edward Breese|title=Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth|year=1873|page=24}}{{cite book | author=J.C. Sainty | author-link=John Sainty (civil servant) | title=List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974 | publisher=Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd | location=London | year=1979}}{{cite book | last = Nicholas | first = Thomas | title = Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales | publisher = Genealogical Pub. Co | location = Baltimore | year = 1991 | isbn = 9780806313146 | page=695}}{{cite book|title=Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru|publisher=University of Wales Press|year=1992|page=169}}
• Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire – Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort{{cite book| author=Edwin Poole|title=The Illustrated History and Biography of Brecknockshire from the Earliest Times to the Present Day: Containing the General History, Antiquities, Sepulchral Monuments and Inscriptions|publisher=Edwin Poole|year=1886|page=378}}
• Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Thomas Bulkeley, 7th Viscount Bulkeley{{cite book|author=Edward Breese|title=Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth|year=1873|page=26}}
• Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Thomas Johnes
• Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John Vaughan
• Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet
• Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster{{cite journal|journal=Old Wales: Monthly Magazine of Antiquities for Wales and the Borders|title=not known|author-link=William Retlaw Williams|publisher="Old Wales" Office|year=1907|volume=3|page=106}}
• Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute{{cite book | last = Nicholas | first = Thomas | title = Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales | publisher = Genealogical Pub. Co | location = Baltimore | year = 1991 | isbn = 9780806313146 | page=612}}
• Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire - Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet{{cite book|author=Edward Breese|title=Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth|year=1873|page=29}}
• Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – vacant until 1804
• Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford{{cite DWB|id=s-PHIL-PIC-1491|title=Philipps family, of Picton|author=Bertie George Charles|date=1959|access-date=19 October 2021}}
• Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Thomas Harley{{cite book|author=Jonathan Williams|title=The History of Radnorshire|publisher=R. Mason|year=1859|page=115}}

• Bishop of Bangor – William Cleaver{{cite book|author=Thomas Duffus Hardy|title=Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales...|publisher=University Press|year=1854|page=305}}{{cite book|title=The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged|publisher=Porter|year=1780|page=95}}{{cite book | last = Fryde | first = E. B. | title = Handbook of British chronology | publisher = New York Cambridge University Press | location = Cambridge England | year = 1996 | isbn = 9780521563505 |page=292}}
• Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Watson{{cite book|author=John Henry James|title=A History and Survey of the Cathedral Church of SS. Peter, Paul, Dubritius, Teilo, and Oudoceus, Llandaff|publisher=Western Mail|year=1898|page=16}}
• Bishop of St Asaph – Lewis Bagot (until 4 June); Samuel Horsley{{cite book|title=The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England|publisher=James Parkes and Company|year=1866|page=15}}
• Bishop of St Davids – Lord George Murray{{cite book|title=The Later Correspondence of George III, Volume 3|author=George III (King of Great Britain)|publisher=University Press|year=1967|page=434}}

• August - Sir William and Lady Hamilton visit Milford Haven, along with Admiral Horatio Nelson.{{cite book|author=Maxwell Fraser|title=Wales|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W1sKAQAAMAAJ|year=1952|publisher=Hale|page=312}} Nelson subsequently visits Monmouth{{cite book|author=Leonard W. Cowie|title=Lord Nelson, 1758-1805: A Bibliography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WJ32Ss6Hqb8C&pg=PA137|date=September 1990|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-28082-5|pages=137}} and the Naval Temple on The Kymin. Also on his Welsh expedition he visits Cyfarthfa Ironworks, in recognition of its contribution to the war effort.
• 8 October - A Unitarian Association is formed in South Wales, with Josiah Rees and Iolo Morganwg among its leaders.{{cite book|author=William Llewelyn Davies|title=Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales|year=1975|page=438}}
• unknown dates
• North Wales Baptist Association is launched by Christmas Evans.
• Sir John Nicholl is elected to Parliament for the first time.
• Sir Robert Williames Vaughan marries Anna Maria Mostyn, daughter of Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet.

• Thomas Charles - The Welsh Methodists Vindicated
• Abraham Rees - The New Cyclopaedia, vol. 1

• Edward Jones (Bardd y Brenin) - The Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards, vol. 2{{cite book|author=Edward Jones|title=Musical, Poetical, and Historical Relicks of The Welsh Bards and Druids: Drawn from Authentic Documents of Remote Antiquity ... ; to these national melodies are added new basses, with variations for the harp, or harpsichord, violin or flute|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rWY_AAAAcAAJ|year=1802|publisher=Strahan}}

• Royal Anglesey Yacht Club founded at Beaumaris.{{cite web |title=The National Archives |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F215637 |website=discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk |access-date=16 January 2021}}

• 15 July - James Allen, Bishop of St David's (d. 1897)THE LATE DEAN OF ST. DAVID'S. Liverpool Mercury (Liverpool, England), Tuesday, June 29, 1897; Issue 15443.
• August - Ebenezer Thomas, poet (d. 1863)
• 24 August - William Rowlands (Gwilym Lleyn) (d. 1865)
• 26 August - George Wightwick, architect working in south west England and pioneer architectural journalist (d. 1872)
• 8 November
• Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover (d. 1867){{cite DWB|id=s11-HALL-BEN-1802|title=Hall, Benjamin, Lord Llanover (1802-1867), politician and reformer|author=Marion Löffler|access-date=30 December 2019}}
• William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog), poet and author (d. 1883){{cite book|author=Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England)|title=The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FlwJAAAAIAAJ|year=1914|publisher=The Society|page=186}}
• 4 December - Calvert Jones, pioneer photographer (d. 1877){{cite DWB|id=s3-JONE-RIC-1802|title=Jones, Calvert Richard (1802-1877), pioneer photographer, artist and priest|author=Iwan Meical Jones|access-date=15 December 2019}}
• 12 December
• John Ryland Harris, printer (d. 1823){{cite DWB|id=s-HARR-RYL-1802|title=Harris, John Ryland|author=William Joseph Rhys|access-date=1 April 2019}}
• Isaac Williams, poet (d. 1865)
• date unknown - Thomas Robert Jones, founder of The Philanthropic Order of True Ivorites (d. 1856){{cite DWB|id=s3-JONE-ROB-1802|title=Jones, Thomas Robert|author=Huw Walters|access-date=1 April 2019}}

• 3 April - John Williams, evangelical clergyman, about 40{{cite DWB|id=s-WILL-JOH-1762|title=Williams, John (1762–1802), Evangelical cleric|year=1959|last=Jenkins|first=Robert Thomas|authorlink=Robert Thomas Jenkins|accessdate=3 April 2009}}
• 4 April - Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon, politician and barrister, 69{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron |volume=15 |pages=748–749}}
• 26 May - Joseph Hoare, academic (b. 1709){{cite book|author=James Peller Malcolm|title=Londinium Redivivum Or an Antient History and Modern Description of London: Compiled from Parochial Records, Archives of Various Foundations, the Harleian Mss. and Other Authentic Sources|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-sg_AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA438|year=1802|publisher=Nichols and Son|pages=438}}
• 4 June - Lewis Bagot, Bishop of St Asaph, 62{{cite DNB|wstitle=Bagot, Lewis|volume=2}}
• 6 July - Daniel Morgan, American pioneer, soldier, and politician of Welsh parentage, 66Higginbotham, Don. Daniel Morgan: Revolutionary Rifleman. University of North Carolina Press, 1961. {{ISBN|0-8078-1386-9}}
• 28 November - Robert Roberts, preacher, 40{{cite DWB|id=s-ROBE-ROB-1762|title=Roberts, Robert (1762-1802), Calvinistic Methodist preacher|author=Richard Thomas|access-date=5 February 2020}}
• 30 November - Thomas Williams of Llanidan, industrialist, 65{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/williams-thomas-1737-1802|title= WILLIAMS, Thomas (1737-1802), of Llanidan, Anglesey and Temple House, Berks.|publisher= History of Parliament Online|accessdate= 19 May 2016}}
• 6 December - Roger Kemble, travelling theatre manager, father of Sarah Siddons, 81Philip H. Highfill, Kalman A. Burnim, Edward A. Langhans, A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, v. 8, Hough to Keyse: Actresses ..., 1982, p. 387
• 31 December - Francis Lewis, signatory of the Declaration of American Independence, 80
• date unknown - Abraham Elliot Griffiths, co-founder of Sierra Leone, age unknown{{cite book|last1=Pybus|first1=Cassandra|title=Epic Journeys of Freedom: Runaway Slaves of the American Revolution and Their Global Quest for Liberty|date=2006|publisher=Beacon Press|location=Boston}}

• 1802 in Ireland

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