1875 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1875 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] (until 16 April); Joseph Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk (from 11 June)[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 – Hugh Robert Hughes
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn[10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort[11]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Sudeley Hanbury-Tracy, 3rd Baron Sudeley[12]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite (until 21 April);[13][2] Arthur Walsh, 2nd Baron Ormathwaite (from 21 April)
- Bishop of Bangor – James Colquhoun Campbell[14][15]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Alfred Ollivant[16]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Joshua Hughes[17][16]
- Bishop of St Davids – Basil Jones[16][18]
Events
[edit]- August - First publication of The Usk Gleaner and Monmouthshire Record.
- December - South Wales miners, led by William Abraham, come to agreement on a sliding scale of wages in relation to prices and profits.
- 4 December - In a mining accident at Old Pit, New Tredegar, 22 men are killed.
- 5 December - In a mining accident at Llan Colliery, Pentyrch, twelve men are killed.
- unknown dates
- The first imports of North American wheat come through Cardiff.
- The United States Immigration and Naturalization Service recognises Welsh as a distinct nationality - the first official body ever to do so.
- Ordnance Survey publishes the first complete maps of Wales.
- David Davies Llandinam is elected treasurer of the University of Wales.
- Major eisteddfod held at Pwllheli. Future archdruid Rowland Williams (Hwfa Môn) is a leading adjudicator.
- Francis Wallace Grenfell takes part in the expedition which claims Griqualand West (site of the Kimberley diamond fields) for the UK.
- Bodnant Garden is begun by Baron Aberconway.[19]
Arts and literature
[edit]- Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot buys James Milo Griffith's Summer Flowers for Margam Castle.
New books
[edit]English language
[edit]- Hugh Owen Thomas - Diseases of the Hip, Knee, and Ankle Joints
Welsh language
[edit]- William Ambrose - Gweithiau y Parch. W. Ambrose (posthumously published)
- David Stephen Davies - Adroddiad
- Isaac Foulkes - Y Ddau Efell, neu Llanllonydd[20]
- Owen Jones (Meudwy Môn) (ed.) - Cymru, yn Hanesyddol, Parthedegol, a Bywgraphyddol[21]
- John Goronwy Mathias - Y Dywysen Aeddfed[22]
- Evan Rees (Dyfed) - Caniadau Dyfedfab
Music
[edit]- Robert Griffiths becomes the first secretary of the tonic solfa college.
- Joseph Parry composes the music to Myfanwy.
- Sarah Edith Wynne marries and retires from her singing career.
Sport
[edit]- Rugby union - Llanelli RFC and Risca RFC are formed.
- Yachting - Bristol Channel Yacht Club is formed in Swansea.
Births
[edit]- 3 January - Cliff Bowen, Wales international rugby player and county cricketer (died 1929)
- 4 January – William Williams (Crwys), poet and Archdruid (died 1968)[23]
- 19 January – Thomas Owen Jones, dramatist, actor and producer (died 1941)[24]
- 23 February – David Brazell, singer (died 1959)[25]
- 4 March – John Kelt Edwards, cartoonist (died 1934)[26]
- 23 May – Nathaniel Walters, Wales international rugby player (died 1956)
- 26 May – Jack Evans Wales international rugby player (died 1947)
- 31 May – Dan Jones, Wales international rugby player (died 1959)
- 11 June – Will Osborne, Wales international rugby player (died 1942)
- 16 June – Henry Paget, Lord Paget, eccentric, born in Paris (died 1905)[27]
- 10 September
- John Evans, politician (died 1961)
- Harry Vaughan Watkins, Wales international rugby player (died 1945)
- 26 October – Sir Lewis Casson, English-born artist (died 1969)[28]
- 20 December (in Shirley, Derbyshire) – T. F. Powys, Anglo-Welsh writer (died 1953)[29]
- 25 December – George Davies, international rugby player (died 1959)
Deaths
[edit]- 4 January – Thomas Stephens, historian, literary critic and social reformer (born 1821)[30]
- 4 March – John Evans (I. D. Ffraid), minister and author, 60[31]
- April – Frances Bunsen, painter, 85[32]
- 16 April – Charles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar, Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire, 83[5]
- 19 July – Benjamin Davies, Hebraist, 60/61[33]
- 27 July – Connop Thirlwall, former Bishop of St Davids, 78[34]
- 19 August – Robert Elis (Cynddelw), writer, 63[35]
- 28 August – Sir Richard Williams-Bulkeley, 10th Baronet, politician, 73[36]
- 7 September – John Prichard, minister, author and teacher, 79[37]
- 16 September (in Shropshire) – Lucy Herbert, Countess of Powis, Scottish-born aristocrat, 81[38]
- 29 November – Thomas Jones, librarian, 65[39]
- date unknown
- David Davies, composer, about 65[40]
- (in London) – Fanny Parkes, travel writer, 81[41]
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.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Jones, William Basil (Tickell) (1822–1897)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
- ^ Pat Neisser (January 1985). "Wales and Chester". Orange Coast Magazine. 11 (1): 70.
- ^ Rhiannon Ifans (9 January 2019). Red Hearts and Roses?: Welsh Valentine Songs and Poems. University of Wales Press. p. 228. ISBN 978-1-78683-372-3.
- ^ Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan; Erich Poppe (15 January 2019). Arthur in the Celtic Languages: The Arthurian Legend in Celtic Literatures and Traditions. University of Wales Press. p. 380. ISBN 978-1-78683-344-0.
- ^ Benjamin George Owens. "Mathias, James Goronwy (Goronwy Ddu; 1842-1895), Baptist minister and littérateur". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ^ William Rhys Nicholas (2001). "Williams, William ('Crwys'; 1875–1968), poet, preacher, archdruid". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
- ^ Thomas Elwyn Griffiths. "Jones, Thomas Owen ('Gwynfor', 1875-1941), librarian, dramatist, actor and producer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ^ Huw Williams (2001). "Brazell, David (1875-1959), singer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ^ Jones, John William. "Edwards, John Kelt (1875-1934), artist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
- ^ Cokayne, G. E.; Gibbs, Vicary, eds. (1910). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct or dormant. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). London: St Catherine Press. p. 141.
- ^ Mary Auronwy James (2001). "Casson, Lewis (1875-1969), actor and theatrical producer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
- ^ "Powys, Theodore Francis" in Christine L. Krueger, Encyclopedia of British Writers, 19th and 20th Centuries Infobase Publishing, 2009 ISBN 1-4381-0870-2 (p. 303)
- ^ Williams, B. T. (1876). The Life of Thomas Stephens. pp. xix–xlviii, in Stephens, Thomas (1876). Evans, Sylvan (ed.). The Literature of the Kymry (2nd ed.). London: Longmans, Green, & Co.
- ^
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Ffraid, I. D. (1814-1875)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ Appletons' Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events: Embracing Political, Military, and Ecclesiastical Affairs; Public Documents; Biography, Statistics, Commerce, Finance, Literature, Science, Agriculture, and Mechanical Industry. Appleton. 1877. p. 630.
- ^ Nicoll, William Robertson (1888). . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 14. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Thirlwall, Connop (1797-1875), bishop of S. Davids". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ^ John Thomas Jones. "Ellis, Robert (Cynddelw; 1812-1875), Baptist minister, preacher, poet, antiquary, and commentator". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ^ "Death of Sir Richard Williams-Bulkeley". The Times. No. 28407. 30 August 1875. p. 10.
- ^ Tom Ellis Jones. "Prichard, John (1796-1875), Baptist minister and tutor". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ^ The Montgomeryshire Collections: 1882. Powys-Land Club. 1882. p. 295.
- ^ Sutton, C. W.; Crosby, Alan G. (2004). "Jones, Thomas (1810–1875)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 27 January 2009.
- ^ Griffith, Robert David. "David Davies". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ Margot Finn; Kate Smith (15 February 2018). East India Company at Home, 1757-1857. UCL Press. p. 137. ISBN 978-1-78735-027-4.
