1851 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1851 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 (until 7 March); Sir Richard Williams-Bulkeley, 10th Baronet (from 7 March)[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 – Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot (from 4 May)[10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn[11]
- Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Capel Hanbury Leigh[12]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 1st Baron Sudeley[13]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir John Owen, 1st Baronet[14]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite[15][2]
- Bishop of Bangor – Christopher Bethell[16][17]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Alfred Ollivant[18][19]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Thomas Vowler Short[20][21][19]
- Bishop of St Davids – Connop Thirlwall[22][19][23]
Events
[edit]- May
- David Davies (Llandinam) marries Margaret Jones of Llanfair Caereinion.[24]
- 24 September – Vale of Neath Railway opens from Neath to Aberdare.[25]
- 27 August – William Bulkeley Hughes hosts a banquet at Bangor for Robert Stephenson.[26]
- Richard Fothergill III is prosecuted for running a "truck shop" at Aberdare.[27]
Arts and literature
[edit]New books
[edit]- John Blackwell (Alun) – Ceinion Alun (posthumously published)
- Richard Williams Morgan – A Tragedy of Powys Castle[28]
Music
[edit]- Thomas Jones (Gogrynwr) – Gweddi Habacuc (cantata)[29]
- John Ambrose Lloyd – Teyrnasoedd y Ddaear (anthem)
- John Owen (Owain Alaw)
- Deborah a Barac (anthem)
- Gweddi Habacuc (cantata)
Births
[edit]- 8 February – Sir Marteine Lloyd, 2nd Baronet (d. 1933)[30]
- 10 March – William Haggar, pioneer of the film industry (d. 1925)
- 24 March – Robert Ambrose Jones (Emrys ap Iwan) (d. 1906)[31]
- 15 June – Ernest Howard Griffiths, physicist (d. 1932)
- 8 July – Sir Arthur Evans, archaeologist (d. 1941)
- 12 July – Elizabeth Phillips Hughes, promoter of women's education (died 1925)[32]
- 27 December – Percy Gilchrist, industrialist[33]
Deaths
[edit]- 1 January – George Insole, English-born coal shipper, 60
- 6 April – William Morgan Kinsey, travel writer, 62?[34]
- 8 April – John Parry (Bardd Alaw), harpist and composer, 75[35]
- 30 June
- Thomas Phillips, founder of Llandovery College, 80
- William Saunders, Welsh-language poet, 45[36]
- 17 July – Aneurin Owen, historian, 58[37]
- 13 August – Benjamin Gibson, classical scholar, younger brother of John Gibson, 40[38]
- 22 November – Thomas Morgan, navy chaplain, 81[39]
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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Thomas, Ivor (1988). Top Sawyer: a biography of David Davies of Llandinam. Carmarthen, Dyfed: Golden Grove. p. 25. ISBN 9781870876100.
- ^ C. R. Clinker; Edward Terence MacDermot; Oswald Stevens Nock (1964). History of the Great Western Railway. I. Allan. p. 5.
- ^ The Annals of Our Time. A Diurnal of Events, Social and Political, which Have Happened In, Or Had Relation To, the Kingdom of Great Britain, from the Accession of Queen Victoria to the Opening of the Present Parliament. [1837–1868.]. 1869. p. 211.
- ^ Reports from commissioners, inspectors and others. House of Commons. 1851. p. 45.
- ^ Cave, Edward; Nichols, John (November 1851). "Notes of the month". The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle. Vol. XXXVI. p. 524.
- ^ Robert David Griffith. "Jones, Thomas ('Gogrynwr'; 1822–1854), doctor and musician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "The" Illustrated London News. Elm House. 1877. p. 1877.
- ^ Catholic University of America (2003). New Catholic Encyclopedia: Ead-Fre. Thomson/Gale. p. 199. ISBN 978-0-7876-4004-0.
- ^ Megan Lewis. "Hughes, Elizabeth Phillips (18–1925), educationalist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ^ Carpenter, H. C. H. (1936). "Percy Carlyle Gilchrist. 1851–1935". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 2 (5): 19–99. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1936.0002.
- ^ Leslie Stephen; Sir Sidney Lee (1892). DNB. Smith, Elder, & Company. p. 193.
- ^ Robert David Griffith. "Parry, John ('Bardd Alaw'; 1776–1851), musician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ^ William Roger Hughes. "Saunders, William (1806–1851), poet and writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ^ robert dunlop (1895). Dictionary of National Biography. p. 399.
- ^ Megan Ellis. "Gibson, John (1790–1866), sculptor". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Morgan, Thomas (1769–1851), navy chaplain". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 November 2019.