1852 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1852 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 – Sir Richard Williams-Bulkeley, 10th Baronet[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – William Edward Powell[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – George Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor (until 9 April);[8] John Campbell, 1st Earl Cawdor (from 4 May)
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Robert Myddelton Biddulph[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Sir Stephen Glynne, 9th Baronet[10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – 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 – Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 1st Baron Sudeley[14]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir John Owen, 1st Baronet[15]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite[16][2]
- Bishop of Bangor – Christopher Bethell[17][18]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Alfred Ollivant[19][20]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Thomas Vowler Short[21][22][20]
- Bishop of St Davids – Connop Thirlwall[23][20][24]
Events[edit]
- 24 February – The Times reports that Robert Stephenson has approved Isambard Kingdom Brunel's design for a railway bridge at Chepstow.
- 10 May – 27 men are killed by quicksand at Gwendraeth Colliery, Pontyberem.[25]
- 14 May – 64 men are killed by underground explosion at Middle Duffryn Colliery, Aberdare.[26]
- August – Halkyn-born Mormon missionary Dan Jones begins his second (4-year) mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Wales.[27] He also oversees translation of the Book of Mormon into the Welsh language.
- 14 September – Three-decker sailing first-rate ship of the line HMS Duke of Wellington, converted on the stocks to screw propulsion, is launched at Pembroke Dock.
- 4 November – In the United Kingdom general election:
- Walter Coffin becomes the first Nonconformist MP elected in Wales.[28]
- Henry Vivian becomes MP for Truro.
- Crawshay Bailey becomes MP for Monmouth Boroughs.
- December – In the by-election caused by the death of John Josiah Guest, Henry Austin Bruce is elected MP for Merthyr Tydfil.
- date unknown
- St David's College, Lampeter, becomes the first institution in Wales to award degrees.[29]
- Construction of the first Merthyr Synagogue begins.
- Richard Muspratt sets up an alkali manufacturing factory in Flint.[30]
- The Alliance Insurance Company is set up in Wrexham, advertising itself as the only Welsh insurance company.
Arts and literature[edit]
New books[edit]
- Aneurin Jones – Tafol y Beirdd
- William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog) – Aelwyd F'Ewythr Robert
- John Williams (Glanmor) – Awstralia a'r Cloddfeydd Aur
- Robert Williams – Enwogion Cymru: A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Welshmen, from the Earliest Times
Music[edit]
- J. Ambrose Lloyd – Teyrnasoedd y Ddaear
- Edward Stephen (Tanymarian) – Ystorm Tiberias (oratorio)
- Thomas Williams (Hafrenydd) – Ceinion Cerddoriaeth
Births[edit]
- 20 March – John Gwenogvryn Evans, palaeographer (died 1930)[31]
- 26 April – William Eilir Evans, journalist (died 1910)[32]
- 28 April – Sir Francis Edwards, 1st Baronet, Liberal politician (died 1927)
- 25 November – Sir Evan Vincent Evans, Eisteddfod supporter (died 1934)[33]
- December – Alice Gray Jones (Ceridwen Peris), writer (died 1943)[34]
- date unknown
- Ann Harriet Hughes (Gwyneth Vaughan), novelist (died 1910)[35]
- David Brynmor Jones, barrister, historian and Liberal MP (died 1921)[36]
Deaths[edit]
- 23 February – Evan Jones (Ieuan Gwynedd), minister and journalist, 31
- 9 April – George Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor, Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire, 86[8]
- 2 May – John Jones (Ioan Tegid), poet, 60[37]
- 20 May – Robert Williamson ("Bardd Du Môn"), poet, 45?[38]
- 17 June – John Page (Ioan Glan Dyfrdwy), poet, 21/22[39]
- 26 November – John Josiah Guest, engineer, entrepreneur and politician, 77[40]
- 18 December – Evan Owen Allen, writer, 47[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 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.
- ^ a b "Hon. George Talbot Rice (1765–1852), of Newton House, Dynevor Castle, Carmarthenshire". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Frederick Arthur Crisp; Joseph Jackson Howard (1898). Visitation of England and Wales. p. 15.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Reference Wales. University of Wales Press. 1994. p. 238. ISBN 978-0-7083-1234-6.
- ^ "Middle Duffryn Colliery - Aberdare - 1852". Northern Mine Research Society. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- ^ Williams, David (1959). "Jones, Daniel". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins (1959). "Coffin, Walter (1784-1867), colliery pioneer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ^ David Trevor William Price (1987). Bishop Burgess and Lampeter College. University of Wales Press. p. 71. ISBN 978-0-7083-0965-0.
- ^ Peter John Turnbull Morris; Colin Archibald Russell; John Graham Smith (1988). Archives of the British chemical industry, 1750-1914: a handlist. British Society for the History of Science. p. 219. ISBN 978-0-906450-06-2.
- ^ Alexander Hopkins McDonnald (1951). The Encyclopedia Americana. Americana Corporation. p. 592.
- ^ David Gwenallt Jones. "Evans, William Eilir; 1852-1910), cleric, poet, and journalist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ^ Thomas Jones. "Evans, Evan (later Sir Evan Vincent Evans); 1852 (or 1851)-1934), eisteddfodwr, and secretary of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ^ Margaret Beatrice Davies (2001). "Jones, Alice Gray (Ceridwen Peris); 1852-1943), author (1852-1921)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ^ Williams, Richard Bryn (1959). "Hughes, Annie Harriet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Jones (later Brynmor-Jones), Sir David Brynmor (1852-1921), lawyer and historian". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ^ Y Cylchgrawn: at wasanaeth crefydd, llenyddiaeth, gwleidiadaeth, ac hanesiaeth (in Welsh). 1869. p. 33.
- ^ William Llewelyn Davies (1959). "Williamson, Robert (Mona) Bardd Du Môn (1807-1852), teacher and poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins (1959). "Page, John (Ioan Glan Dyfrdwy; 1830?-1852), poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ^ Madeleine Elsas (1960). Iron in the making: Dowlais Iron Company letters, 1782-1860. County Records Committee of the Glamorgan Quarter Sessions & County Council. p. viii.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins (1959). "Allen, Evan Owen (1805-1852), writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 January 2022.