1861 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1861 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – John Lloyd Vaughan Watkins[5][6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Sir Richard Williams-Bulkeley, 10th Baronet[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Edward Pryse[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor (from 26 April)
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Robert Myddelton Biddulph[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Sir Stephen Glynne, 9th Baronet[10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot[11]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Robert Davies Pryce[12]
- Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Capel Hanbury Leigh (until 28 September);[13]Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover (from 9 November)[14]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Thomas Hanbury-Tracy, 2nd Baron Sudeley
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir John Owen, 1st Baronet (until 6 February);[15] William Edwardes, 3rd Baron Kensington[16] (from 28 April)
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite[17][2]
- Bishop of Bangor – James Colquhoun Campbell[18][19]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Alfred Ollivant[20][21]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Thomas Vowler Short[22][23][21]
- Bishop of St Davids – Connop Thirlwall[24][21][25]
Events
- 30 May - In a by-election caused by the death of the sitting MP, Richard Grosvenorbecomes MP for Flintshire, holding it on behalf of the Liberals.
- 10 June - The Oswestry and Newtown Railway is completed throughout by opening of the section between Abermule and Newtown, giving through rail communication from England to Llanidloes.[26]
- July - Baner ac Amserau Cymru begins twice-weekly publication.
- date unknown
- Japanese knotweed is recorded at Maesteg- the first record of it growing wild in the UK.
- Excavation of Long Hole Cave in Glamorgan reveals prehistoric flint artefacts.[27]
- Newtown, Montgomeryshire.
- John Dillwyn-Llewelyn marries Caroline, daughter of Sir Michael Hicks Beach, 8th Baronet.
- Griffith John becomes the first Christian missionary to penetrate into central China.
Arts and literature
Awards
- 20–22 August - The first National Eisteddfod of Wales is held at Aberdare. The chair is won by Lewis William Lewis.[28]
New books
- Autobiography and Correspondence of Mrs. Delaney, ed. Augusta Hall, Lady Llanover
- Griffith Jones (Glan Menai) - Hywel Wyn
- John Jones (Vulcan) - Athrawiaeth yr Iawn
- David Owen (Brutus) - Cofiant y Diweddar Barch. Thomas Williams
- Thomas Rees - History of Protestant Nonconformity in Wales: From Its Rise to the Present Time
- William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog) - Emmanuel
- Jane Williams (Ysgafell) - The Literary Women of England
- Robert Williams (Trebor Mai) - Fy Noswyl
Music
- Hugh Jerman - Deus Misereatur
Sport
- Cricket
- 18 July- South Wales Cricket Club defeat MCC at Lord's.
Births
- 1 January - John Owen Jones (Ap Ffarmwr), journalist (died 1899)
- William Henry Griffith Thomas, clergyman and academic (died 1924)
- 22 March - Dick Kedzlie, Wales international rugby player (died 1920)
- 5 May - John Edward Lloyd, historian (died 1947)[31]
- Alfred W. Hughes, surgeon and founder of the Welsh Hospital in South Africa
- 27 August - Reginald Brooks-King, archer (died 1936)
- Evan Roberts, Wales international rugby player (died 1927)
- 26 October - Richard Griffith (Carneddog), writer (died 1947)[33]
- 28 December - David Gwynn, Wales international rugby player (died 1897)
- date unknown
- William Stadden, rugby player (died 1906)
- John Williams, politician (died 1922)
Deaths
- 6 February - Sir John Owen, 1st Baronet, 84[34]
- 20 April - David Pugh, merchant, landowner and politician, [35]
- 8 May - Thomas Lloyd-Mostyn, politician, 31[36]
- 17 May - Ellis Owen Ellis, artist, 48?
- 2 August - Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea, statesman, 50[37]
- 5 September - William Addams Williams, lawyer, landowner and politician, 74[38]
- 26 September - Morris Davies(Meurig Ebrill), poet, 71
- 25 October - Sir James Graham, 2nd Baronet, former MP for Pembroke, 69[39]
See also
References
- ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 24.
- ^ J.C. Sainty(1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.
- ISBN 9780806313146.
- ^ Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1992. p. 169.
- ^ "Editorial". Welshman. 6 October 1865. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ Edwin Poole (1886). The Illustrated History and Biography of Brecknockshire from the Earliest Times to the Present Day: Containing the General History, Antiquities, Sepulchral Monuments and Inscriptions. Edwin Poole. p. 378.
- ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 26.
- ^ Thomas John Hughes (1887). The Welsh magistracy, by Adfyfr. South Wales and Monmouthshire Liberal Federation Offices. p. 5.
- ^ "Myddelton Biddulph, Robert (1805-1872), of Chirk Castle, Denb. and 35 Grosvenor Place, Mdx". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
- ^ "Glynne, Sir Stephen Richard, 9th bt. (1807-1874), of Hawarden Castle, Flint". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
- ^ "TALBOT, Christopher Rice Mansel (1803-1890), of Penrice Castle and Margam Park, Glam". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 29.
- ^ Amy Audrey Locke (1916). The Hanbury Family. Arthur L. Humphreys. p. 147.
- ^ "Past Lord Lieutenants". Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ Thorne, R.G. "John Owen (1776-1861) of Orielton, Pembrokeshire". History of Parliament. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- ^ O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). . . John Murray – via Wikisource.
- ^ Jonathan Williams (1859). The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. p. 115.
- ISBN 9780521563505.
- ^ Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 305.
- ^ Frederick Arthur Crisp; Joseph Jackson Howard (1898). Visitation of England and Wales. p. 15.
- ^ a b c Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 307.
- ^ Nicholas Harris Nicolas (1857). The historic peerage of England: Revised, corrected, and continued ... by William Courthope. John Murray. p. 533.
- ^ The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
- ^ Old Yorkshire, volume 3. 1882. p. 90.
- ^ The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged. Porter. 1780. p. 95.
- ISBN 0-7153-5236-9.
- ISBN 978-0-11-700588-4.
- ^ Transactions of the National Eisteddfod of Wales, Aberdare, 1885. National Eisteddfod Association. 1887. p. 1.
- ^ Baker-Johnson, Sharon (30 April 2012). "The Life and Influence of Jessie Penn-Lewis". CBE International. Christians for Biblical Equality. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ James Duff Brown; Stephen Samuel Stratton (1897). British Musical Biography: A Dictionary of Musical Artists, Authors, and Composers Born in Britain and Its Colonies. S.S. Stratton. p. 117ad.
- ^ Leopold George Wickham Legg; Edgar Trevor Williams (1959). The Dictionary of National Biography, 1941-1950. Oxford University Press. p. 514.
- ^ Arthur Rocyn Jones. "Lynn-Thomas, Sir John (1861-1939), surgeon". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ Robert (Bob) Owen. "Griffith, Richard ('Carneddog'; 1861-1947), poet, writer, and journalist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1868. p. 856.
- ^ Richard Williams (1894). Montgomeryshire Worthies. Phillips & Son. pp. 264–5.
- ^ Richard Parry (1861). Llandudno: its history and natural history. p. 23.
- ^ Walter Bagehot (1986). The Collected Works of Walter Bagehot: Miscellany. Harvard University Press. p. 90.
- ISBN 9780521193146. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
- ^ Samuel Maunder (1868). The Biographical Treasury a Dictionary of Universal Biography by Samuel Maunder, Author of The Treasury of Knowledge . Longman, Green, Reader, and Dyer. p. 406.