9th Earl of Dalhousie, colonial Governor (born 1770) 24 March – Thomas Attwood, composer (born 1765) 19 May – Richard Colt Hoare, antiquarian, artist, traveller and archaeologist (born 1758) 20 May – William Stephenson, Geordie printer, publisher, auctioneer, poet and songwriter (born 1797) 19 July – Christmas Evans, Welsh Nonconformist minister (born 1766) 25 August – William Annesley, 3rd Earl Annesley, noble and Member of Parliament (born 1772) 18 September – Robert Smith, 1st Baron Carrington, Member of Parliament (born 1752) 15 October – Letitia Elizabeth Landon, poet and novelist (born 1802) 7 November – Anne Grant, Scottish poet and author (born 1755) 16 November – Robert Cutlar Fergusson, lawyer and politician (born 1768) 10 December – Augustus Earle, painter (born 1793) 22 December – John Villiers, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, Member of Parliament (born 1757) See also 1838 in Scotland References Years of the 19th century in the United Kingdom