1835 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1835 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents[edit]
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey[1][2][3][4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort (until 23 November);[5] Penry Williams (from 24 December)[6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Peter Drummond-Burrell, 22nd Baron Willoughby de Eresby[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – William Edward Powell[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – George Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet[10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort (until 23 November); Capel Hanbury Leigh (from 24 December[11]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Edward Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis[12]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir John Owen, 1st Baronet[13]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – George Rodney, 3rd Baron Rodney[14][2][15]
- Bishop of Bangor – Christopher Bethell[16][17]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Edward Copleston[18]
- Bishop of St Asaph – William Carey[19][20][18]
- Bishop of St Davids – John Jenkinson[18][21][22][23]
Events[edit]
- 8 January - Sir Joseph Bailey is elected MP for Worcester.
- 19 February - In the United Kingdom general election, newly elected MPs in Wales include Wilson Jones at Denbigh Boroughs.[24]
- March - At a public meeting in the King's Head Inn, Newport, plans for a floating dock are agreed.
- July - The Newport Dock Act receives the royal assent.[25]
- September - John Frost is one of the first councillors elected in Newport under the terms of the Municipal Reform Act.
- 1 December - John Owen, mayor of Newport, cuts the first sod as construction begins on Newport Docks.
- date unknown
- The steam whistle, invented by Adrian Stephens two years earlier, is seen in operation at Dowlais ironworks and is adopted by the Liverpool and Manchester Railway shortly afterwards.[26]
- Adam Sedgwick names the Cambrian period in geology.[27]
Arts and literature[edit]
- The Royal Institution of South Wales is established as the Swansea Philosophical and Literary Society.
New books[edit]
- Y Fwyalchen (poetry anthology)
- Edward Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis - The Lyvys of the Seyntys
Music[edit]
- Anglesey Musical Society holds its first festival.
- John Roberts (Alaw Elwy) plays the harp for Queen Adelaide at Winchester.
Births[edit]
- 5 April (in Trowbridge) – Solomon Andrews, entrepreneur (d. 1908)
- 10 May – John Jenkins, 1st Baron Glantawe, industrialist (d. 1913)[28]
- 14 July – John Roberts, politician (d. 1894)
- 7 August – Griffith Evans, bacteriologist (d. 1935)
- 29 August – Ivor Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne (d. 1914)[29]
Deaths[edit]
- 3 March – Daniel Evans, Independent minister and author, 61[30]
- 1 May – Edward Jones, architect, 39[31]
- 13 May – John Nash, architect, 83
- 16 May – Felicia Hemans, poet, 41
- 4 June – William Owen Pughe, grammarian and lexicographer, 75[32]
- 23 November – Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort, Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire, 68[33]
- 1 December – Robert Davies (Robin Ddu o'r Glyn), poet, 66
- 16 December – David Price, East India Company officer, 73[34]
- 29 December – Richard Llwyd, poet, 83
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 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "not known". Old Wales: Monthly Magazine of Antiquities for Wales and the Borders. 3. "Old Wales" Office: 106. 1907.
- ^ Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 612. ISBN 9780806313146.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Evan David Jones (1959). "Herbert family (earls of Powis)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ William Stockdale (1833). Stockdale's Peerage of the United Kingdom. p. 86.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Carey, William (1769-1846)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
- ^ The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged. Porter. 1780. p. 95.
- ^ George III (King of Great Britain) (1967). The Later Correspondence of George III, Volume 3. University Press. p. 434.
- ^ "Records of Past Fellows: Burgess, Thomas". The Royal Society. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ Richard Bartholomew Mosse (1837). The parliamentary guide, a concise biography of the members of both houses of parliament. pp. 184.
- ^ Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons. Ordered to be printed. 1846. p. 318.
- ^ Henry Evers (1878). Steam and the Steam Engine: Land, Marine, and Locomotive. W. Collins. pp. 256.
- ^ Murchison, R. I.; Sedgwick, A. (1835). "On the Silurian and Cambrian Systems". Report of the meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science: 59–61.
- ^ "John Jones Jenkins". Graces Guide. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ "Guest, Ivor Bertie (GST852IB)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ John Dyfnallt Owen (1959). "Evans, Daniel(1774-1835), Congregational minister". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ Palmer A.N. 1888, op cit.; Piece 4131: Wrexham, Chester Street Chapel (Presbyterian), 1814-1837
- ^ Griffith John Williams (1959). "Pughe, William Owen (1759–1835), lexicographer, grammarian, editor, antiquary, and poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ Richard B. Mosse (1837). The Parliamentary Guide: a concise history of the Members of both Houses. A. H. Baily & Co. p. 9.
- ^ "Price, David". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/22746. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
