1848 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1848 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 – John Lloyd Vaughan Watkins[5][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 – Robert Myddelton Biddulph[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Sir Stephen Glynne, 9th Baronet[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute (until 18 March);[10] Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot (from 4 May)[11]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn[12]
- Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Capel Hanbury Leigh[13]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Edward Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis (until 17 January);[14] Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 1st Baron Sudeley (from 26 February)[15]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir John Owen, 1st Baronet[16]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite[17][2]
- Bishop of Bangor – Christopher Bethell[18][19]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Edward Copleston[20]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Thomas Vowler Short[21][22][20]
- Bishop of St Davids – Connop Thirlwall[23][20][24]
Events[edit]
- 1 March – Llandovery College opens in the building known as the "Depot".[25]
- 1 May – Opening for Chester and Holyhead Railway traffic of the first tube of Robert Stephenson's Conwy Railway Bridge.[26]
- 1 August – Opening of an isolated section of the Chester and Holyhead Railway across Anglesey from Llanfair to Holyhead.[26]
- 24 August – The American barque Ocean Monarch, loaded with would-be immigrants, catches fire off Colwyn Bay, with the loss of 178 lives.[27]
- 24 October – Trinity College, Carmarthen is established (as the South Wales and Monmouthshire Training College), to train teachers for Church of England schools.[28]
- 14 November – Opening of the North Wales County Pauper Lunatic Asylum (North Wales Hospital), Denbigh.[29]
- The new Llandeilo Bridge is completed, with a span of 145 feet (44 m) over the River Towy.[30]
- Merthyr Tydfil Hebrew Congregation formed.
- Butchers' Market in Wrexham opened.
- Michael D. Jones becomes a minister in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Arts and literature[edit]
New books[edit]
- John Hughes - The Self-Searcher
- John Jenkins - National Education
- Richard Williams Morgan - Maynooth and St. Asaph
- Edward Parry - Railway Companion from Chester to Holyhead
Music[edit]
- Robert Herbert Williams - Alawydd Trefriw[31]
Visual arts[edit]
- John Evan Thomas - Death of Tewdric Mawr, King of Gwent (sculpture)
Births[edit]
- 23 January – Daniel James, bardic poet and lyricist of Calon Lân (died 1920)[32]
- 12 February – Beriah Gwynfe Evans, journalist and dramatist (died 1927)[33]
- 18 September – Robert Harris, painter (died 1919)
- 5 October – Sir John Purser Griffiths, civil engineer (died 1938)
- 2 November – A. G. Edwards, first Archbishop of Wales (died 1917)
- 30 December – David Jenkins, composer (died 1915)
- Charles Ashton police officer, literary historian and bibliophile (suicide 1899)
Deaths[edit]
- 17 January – Edward Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis, 63 (accidentally shot by his son)[14]
- 23 February – Lord Granville Somerset, MP for Monmouthshire, 55
- 18 March – John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute, creator of modern Cardiff, 54[10]
- 27 March – William Ellis Jones, poet, 52
- 2 April – Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick, antiquary, 64
- 7 November – Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc), poet and historian, 61[34]
- 15 November – David Hiram Williams, geologist and surveyor, 36[35]
- 23 December – James Cowles Prichard, physician and ethnologist of Welsh parentage, 62
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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b Davies, John (1981). Cardiff and the Marquesses of Bute. Cardiff, UK: University of Wales Press. ISBN 9780708324639.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b Evan David Jones. "Herbert family (earls of Powis)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ David Trevor William Price (1977). A History of Saint David's University College Lampeter: to 1898. University of Wales Press. p. 71. ISBN 978-0-7083-0606-2.
- ^ a b Baughan, Peter E. (1972). The Chester & Holyhead Railway. Vol. 1. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5617-8.
- ^ The London Journal: and Weekly Record of Literature, Science, and Art. G. Vickers. 1848. p. 1.
- ^ National Library of Wales (1993). Cylchgrawn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru: The National Library of Wales Journal. Council of the National Library of Wales. p. 326.
- ^ Kathryn Burtinshaw; John R F Burt (30 April 2017). Lunatics, Imbeciles and Idiots: A History of Insanity in Nineteenth-Century Britain and Ireland. Pen and Sword. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-4738-7906-5.
- ^ Roger Cragg (1997). Wales and West Central England. Thomas Telford. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-7277-2576-9.
- ^ Robert David Griffith (1959). "Williams, Robert Herbert (Corfanydd; (1805-1876), musician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- ^ Gwilym Prichard Ambrose (1959). "James, Daniel (Gwyrosydd; 1847-1920), poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ Edward Morgan Humphreys (1959). "Evans, Beriah Gwynfe (1848-1927), journalist and dramatist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- ^ Brinley Rees. "Price, Thomas (Carnhuanawc; 1787-1848), historian and antiquary". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ^ Allen's Indian Mail Vol VII No 117 London Monday, 22 January 1849 p41