1873 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1873 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
[edit]- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – William Owen Stanley[1][2][3][4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Charles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar[5][6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Edward Douglas-Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Edward Pryse[8][2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – William Cornwallis-West
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Sir Stephen Glynne, 9th Baronet[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot[10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn[11]
- Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort[12]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Sudeley Hanbury-Tracy, 3rd Baron Sudeley[13]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite[14][2]
- Bishop of Bangor – James Colquhoun Campbell[15][16]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Alfred Ollivant[17]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Joshua Hughes[18][17]
- Bishop of St Davids – Connop Thirlwall[17][19]
Events
[edit]- 1 March – The sailing ship Chacabuco sinks off the Great Orme with the loss of 24 lives.[20]
- 18 March – Work begins on construction of the Severn Tunnel.[21]
- 30 March – The Glyn Valley Tramway opens as a horse-worked line to carry slate and other minerals from Glyn Ceiriog to Chirk.[22]
- 19 August – The Holyhead Breakwater (the longest in the world) is officially opened by Albert Edward, Prince of Wales.[23] having taken 28 years to construct.
- 9 October – The first recorded sheepdog trial in the UK takes place at Bala.[24]
- 2 December – In a mining accident at Hafod Colliery, Rhiwabon, five men are killed.
- date unknown – Construction of:
- Tŵr Mawr Lighthouse on Ynys Llanddwyn.
- Buckley Arms hotel, Dinas Mawddwy, in reinforced concrete.[25]
Arts and literature
[edit]New books
[edit]- Rhoda Broughton – Nancy
- Robert Elis (Cynddelw) – Manion Hynafiaethol
- Ebenezer Thomas – Gweithiau Barddonol Eben Fardd (posthumously published)[26]
Music
[edit]- Henry Brinley Richards – Songs of Wales
- Richard Davies (Mynyddog) writes the song "Rheolau yr Aelwyd", the basis of "Sosban Fach".
Sport
[edit]- December – Major Walter Wingfield of Nantclwyd Hall at Llanelidan designs a game for the amusement of his visitors. Wingfield soon patents nets for the game of lawn tennis, which he calls "sphairistike".[27]
Births
[edit]- 7 January – Christopher Williams, artist (died 1934)
- 16 January – Ivor Guest, 1st Viscount Wimborne, politician (died 1939)
- 7 April
- John Dyfnallt Owen, poet and Archdruid (died 1956)
- Charles Butt Stanton, politician (died 1946)[28]
- 23 April – Sir Robert Thomas, 1st Baronet, politician (died 1951)[29]
- 1 May – Harry Evans, musician (died 1914)[30]
- 22 May – J. Brynach Davies (Brynach) (died 1923)
- 5 June – Ben Davies, Wales international rugby player (died 1930)
- 14 October – Sam Livesey, actor (died 1936)
- date unknown – Arthur Tysilio Johnson, plantsman and author of The Perfidious Welshman (died 1956)
Deaths
[edit]- January – John Emlyn Jones, poet, 54[31]
- 27 January – Josiah Thomas Jones, publisher, 73[32]
- 20 February – (at Launceston, Tasmania) William Jones, Chartist leader, 64
- 29 March – David Jones, merchant in Australia, 80
- 17 May – Lord William Paget, soldier and politician, 70
- 9 October – John Evan Thomas, sculptor, 63[33]
- 31 October – William Ambrose (Emrys), poet, 60[34]
- 10 November – Maria Jane Williams, musician, 78[35]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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 d 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.
- ^ "Morgan, Charles Morgan Robinson (1792–1875), of Ruperra, Glam. and Tredegar, Mon". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Glynne, Sir Stephen Richard, 9th bt. (1807-1874), of Hawarden Castle, Flint". Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1899). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 59. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Annual Report Presented by the Council to the Court of Governors. National Library of Wales. 1962. p. 59.
- ^ "Chacabuco (271443)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ "Severn Tunnel." engineering-timelines.com, Retrieved: 2 July 2018.
- ^ Milner, John (1984). The Glyn Valley Tramway. Oxford Publishing Co.
- ^ Denton, A.; Leach, N. (2008). Lighthouses of Wales. Landmark Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-84306-459-6.
- ^ Janet Larson (1999). The Versatile Border Collie. Alpine Publications. ISBN 978-0931866920.
- ^ "The Buckley Arms". 14 March 2012. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2022 – via Wayback Machine.
- ^ Thomas Parry (1959). "Thomas, Ebenezer (Eben Fardd; 1802-1863), schoolmaster and poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
- ^ "Annals of Lawn Tennis". Baily's Magazine of Sports & Pastimes. 44: 312. 1885.
- ^ Huw Morris-Jones. "Stanton, Charles Butt (1873–1946), M.P. for the Merthyr and Aberdare constituency, 1915–1922". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ John Graham Jones. "Thomas, Sir Robert (1873–1951), politician and shipowner". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ Robert David Griffith. "Evans, Harry (1873–1914), musician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins (1959). "Jones, John (Ioan Emlyn; 1818–1873), Baptist minister, poet, and man of letters". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins (1959). "Jones, Josiah Thomas (1799-1873), publisher and Independent minister". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins (1959). "John Evan Thomas, sculptor". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ Richard Griffith Owen (1959). "Ambrose, William (Emrys; 1813-1873), Independent minister, poet, and littérateur". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
- ^ Marion Löffler (2019). "Williams, Maria Jane ('Llinos') (1795-1873), folklore collector and musician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 February 2022.