1855 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1855 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey[1][2][3][4]
- 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 – Thomas Lloyd, Coedmore
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John Campbell, 1st Earl Cawdor
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Robert Myddelton Biddulph[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Sir Stephen Glynne, 9th Baronet[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot[10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Robert Davies Pryce[11]
- Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Capel Hanbury Leigh[12]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 1st Baron Sudeley[13]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir John Owen, 1st Baronet[14]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite[15][2]
- Bishop of Bangor – Christopher Bethell[16][17]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Alfred Ollivant[18][19]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Thomas Vowler Short[20][21][19]
- Bishop of St Davids – Connop Thirlwall[22][19][23]
Events
- 25 February – The steamship Morna is wrecked off North Bishop Rock, with the loss of 21 lives.[24]
- 30 March – The Severn ferry from Chepstow sinks, and seven people drown.
- Construction of the first section of the Llanidloes and Newtown Railway begins.
Arts and literature
New books
- John Jones (Talhaiarn) – Gwaith Talhaiarn, vol. 1[25]
- William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog) – Gweithiau Barddonol Gwilym Hiraethog
- William Williams (Creuddynfab) – Y Barddoniadur
Music
Births
- 11 February – Samuel Goldsworthy, Wales international rugby player (died 1889)
- 9 April – Jeremiah Jones, poet (died 1902)[27]
- 16 August – William David Phillips, Wales international rugby player (died 1918)
- 11 December – David Thomas Ffrangcon Davies, singer (died 1918)[28]
Deaths
- 21 January – Evan Evans (Ieuan Glan Geirionydd), poet, 59[29]
- 22 January – Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis, politician, 74[30]
- 9 February – William Chambers, industrialist, 81
- 28 June – FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, 66[31]
- probable
- Richard Jones, printer and publisher, ?68
- William Edwards (Gwilym Callestr), poet[32]
References
- ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 24.
- ^ a b J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.
- ^ Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 695. 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Hanbury Tracy, Charles (1778–1858), of Toddington, Glos. and Gregynog, Mont". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- ^ Thorne, R.G. "John Owen (1776-1861) of Orielton, Pembrokeshire". History of Parliament. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- ^ Jonathan Williams (1859). The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. p. 115.
- ^ Fryde, E. B. (1996). Handbook of British chronology. Cambridge England: New York Cambridge University Press. p. 292. 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.
- ^ Jay Robert Nash (18 May 1976). Darkest Hours. M. Evans. p. 683. ISBN 978-1-59077-526-4.
- ^ Brooks, Simon (2017). Why Wales never was: the failure of Welsh nationalism. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 161. ISBN 9781786830135.
- ^ Budkavlen. F. W. Unggrens bok tryckeri. 1952. p. 10.
- ^ Gerallt Jones (1959). "Jones (family), Cilie, Cardiganshire. A family of smiths, poets, musicians and preachers". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ^ Robert David Griffith (1959). "Davies, David Thomas Ffrangcon (1855-1918), singer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ^ David Gwenallt Jones (1959). "Evans, Evan (Ieuan Glan Geirionydd; 1795-1855), cleric and poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ^ Mandler, Peter. "Lewis, Sir Thomas Frankland". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/16605. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- ^ "Edwards, William (1790-1855)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales.