1877 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1877 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – William Owen Stanley[1][2][3][4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Joseph Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk[5]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Edward Douglas-Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn[6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Edward Pryse[7][2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – William Cornwallis-West
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Hugh Robert Hughes
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort[10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Sudeley Hanbury-Tracy, 3rd Baron Sudeley[11]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Arthur Walsh, 2nd Baron Ormathwaite
- Bishop of Bangor – James Colquhoun Campbell[12][13]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Alfred Ollivant[14]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Joshua Hughes[15][14]
- Bishop of St Davids – Basil Jones[14][16]
Events
- 8 March – In a mining accident at Worcester Colliery, Swansea, seventeen men are killed.[18]
- 11 April – In a mining accident at Tynewydd Colliery, Rhondda, five men are killed by flooding.[19] Twenty-five of the rescue team are awarded the Albert Medal for bravery.
- 10 July – Consecration of new Merthyr Synagogue, the oldest surviving synagogue building in Wales.
- 1 August – Opening of new Llandudno Pier.[20]
- 15 August – Opening to passengers of the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways from Dinas to Tryfan Junction and Bryngwyn.[21]
- 30 November – Opening of the new market hall at Builth Wells by Sir Joseph Bailey M.P.
- unknown dates
- Opening of Stepaside, Pembrokeshire village school (part of modern-day Stepaside Heritage Park).
- Closure of lead mine at Loggerheads, Denbighshire.
Arts and literature
- Islwyn wins a bardic chair at Treherbert.
New books
- Richard Davies (Mynyddog) – Y Trydydd Cynnig[22]
- William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog) – Helyntion Bywyd Hen Deiliwr
Music
- Joseph Parry resigns from his position as Professor of Music at University of Wales, Aberystwyth.[23]
Sport
- Football
- The Racecourse Ground at Wrexham hosts Wales' first ever home international match, making it the world's oldest international football stadium still to host international matches.[24]
- The Welsh Cup is inaugurated.
- Rugby union
- 8 November – Blaenavon RFC play their first game, against Abergavenny.
Births
- 2 May – Sid Bevan, Welsh international rugby union player (died 1933)
- 6 June (in Guernsey) – Herbert John Fleure, zoologist and geographer (died 1969)[25]
- 9 June – George Travers, Wales international rugby union player (died 1945)
- 21 June – Elizabeth Mary Jones (Moelona), Welsh-language children's novelist (died 1953)[26]
- 1 July – Llewellyn Lloyd, Wales international rugby union player (died 1957)
- 19 August – John Evans, supercentenarian (died 1990)
- 17 September – Henry Seymour Berry, 1st Baron Buckland, industrialist (died 1928)[27]
- 26 September (in Wandsworth) – Edmund Gwenn, actor (died 1959) (long believed to have been born in Wales)
- 5 October – Lily Gower, croquet player (died 1959)[28]
- 27 October – David Harris Davies, Wales international rugby union player (died 1944)
- 7 November – Maurice Parry, footballer (died 1935)
- 27 November – Leigh Richmond Roose, football goalkeeper (killed in battle 1916)
- 2 December – John Strand-Jones, Wales international rugby union player (died 1958)
Deaths
- 9 January – Thomas Thomas, clergyman, 72
- 24 June – Robert Dale Owen, Welsh-American politician, 75[29]
- 14 July – Richard Davies (Mynyddog), poet, 44[30]
- 18 July – Thomas Richards, "father of Tasmanian journalism", 77
- 27 July – John Frost, Chartist leader, 93[31]
- 5 August – Robert Williams (Trebor Mai), poet, 47[32]
- 17 October – Charles Williams, academic, 73?
- 7 November – Calvert Jones, painter and pioneer photographer, 72[33]
- 13 December – John Griffith (journalist), journalist who wrote under the pseudonym Y Gohebydd, 56[34]
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 c 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Death of Colonel Pryse". Cambrian News. 1 June 1888. p. 4. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- ^ Campbell, Thomas Methuen (2000). "C.R.M. Talbot 1803–1890". Morgannwg. 44: 66–104. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
- ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 29.
- ^ James Henry Clark (1869). History of Monmouthshire. County Observer. p. 375.
- ^ Amy Audrey Locke (1916). The Hanbury Family. Arthur L. Humphreys. p. 170.
- ^ 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. 266.
- ^ 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.
- ^ The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
- ^ "Jones, William Basil (Tickell) (1822–1897)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
- ^ Daniel Williams. "GRIFFITH, DAVID (Clwydfardd; 1800–1894)". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ^ United States Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1897. p. 593.
- ^ Ceri Thompson. "The Tynewydd Mining Disaster". Museum of Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ^ Frank Crossley Thornley (1952). Steamers of North Wales, past and present. T. Stephenson. p. 66.
- ^ Donald J. Grant (31 October 2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain. Troubador Publishing Ltd. p. 419. ISBN 978-1-78803-768-6.
- ^ Meic Stephens (April 1986). The Oxford companion to the literature of Wales. Oxford University Press. p. 136.
- ^ Williams, Gareth (1998). Valleys of song: music and society in Wales 1840-1914. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 80. ISBN 9780708314807.
- ^ "Guinness cheers Racecourse with official record". Daily Post North Wales. 18 June 2008. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2008.
- ^ Garnett, A. (1970). "Herbert John Fleure. 1877-1969". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 16: 253–278. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1970.0009. S2CID 73303585.
- ^ Jenkins, David (2001). "JONES, ELIZABETH MARY ('Moelona'; 1877-1953), teacher and novelist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
- ^ Mary Auronwy James (2001). "Berry (family), (Lords Buckland, Camrose and Kemsley,) industrialists and newspaper proprietors". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ^ Frederick Arthur Crisp; Joseph Jackson Howard, eds. (1893). Visitation of England and Wales, volume 19. Priv. printed. p. 51.
- ^ "Owen, Robert Dale (1801–1877)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. U.S. Congress. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
- ^ Montgomery-shire Collections. Powys-land Club. 1877. p. 2.
- ^ The Annual summary, by J. Mason. 1877. p. 276.
- ^ Iwan Meical Jones. "Williams, Robert (Trebor Mai; 1830–1877), poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ^ Iwan Meical Jones. "Jones, Calvert Richard (1802–1877), pioneer photographer, artist and priest". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ^ Davies, John; Jenkins, Nigel; Menna, Baines; Lynch, Peredur I.; et al., eds. (2008). The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6.