1853 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1853 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 – John Campbell, 1st Earl Cawdor
- 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]- 23 January — Six members of the Rhyl lifeboat crew are drowned when the boat overturns.[24]
- 11 November — Approval is given for the opening of the Vale of Neath Railway line from Gelli Tarw to Merthyr Tydfil, which had been postponed on safety grounds.[25]
- date unknown
- David Williams (Alaw Goch) opens a new colliery at Cwmdare.
- Blaenavon Ironworks adopts the hot blast process.
- John Williams (Ab Ithel) quarrels with his friend and co-editor Harry Longueville Jones and resigns the editorship of Archaeologia Cambrensis.[26]
- Two Welsh translations of Uncle Tom's Cabin are published: Caban F'Ewyrth Twm by Hugh Williams (Cadfan) and (an abridged version) Crynodeb o Gaban ‘Newyrth Tom by (probably) Thomas Levi (or William Williams) under the pen-name Y Lefiad.[27]
- William Roberts (Nefydd) is appointed South Wales agent for the British and Foreign Schools Society.
- Hugh Owen becomes Chief Clerk of the Poor Law Commission.[28]
- Robert Fulke Greville the younger returns to his family estate at Milford Haven.
Arts and literature
[edit]Awards
[edit]- William Thomas (Islwyn) wins his first major eisteddfod prize at Cefn-Coed-y-Cymer.
New books
[edit]- B. B. Woodward — The History of Wales [29]
- W. Downing Evans — The Gwyddonwyson Wreath
- John Mills (Ieuan Glan Alarch) — British Jews
- Richard Williams Morgan — Raymonde de Monthault, The Lord Marcher
- Thomas Rowland — Welsh Grammar
- William Spurrell — English-Welsh Dictionary
- Isaac Williams — Sermons on the Epistles and Gospels for the Sundays and Holy Days
- Benjamin Thomas Williams — Desirableness of a University for Wales
Music
[edit]- Robert James (Jeduthyn) marries the sister of fellow musician Joseph Parry.
Visual arts
[edit]- John Evan Thomas — John, Marquis of Bute (bronze casting, Cardiff)
Births
[edit]- 31 March — John Roberts, missionary (d. 1949 in Wales)[30]
- 20 May — John Owen Williams, Congregational minister, poet and Archdruid (died 1932)[31]
- 20 August — Charles Lewis, rugby player (d. 1923)[32]
- 26 September — Godfrey Darbishire, Wales rugby international player (d. 1889)
- 5 October — Garrod Thomas, physician, philanthropist, magistrate, politician (d. 1889)
Deaths
[edit]- 23 January — Sir Love Jones-Parry, army officer and politician, 71[33]
- 27 January — John Iltyd Nicholl, MP and judge, 55[34]
- 18 February — Richard Jones, preacher, 72/73[35]
- 6 April — John Jones, Anglican priest, scholar and literary patron, 70[36]
- 24 April — Thomas Prothero, coal-owner, 73
- 17 November — Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort, 61[37]
- 18 November — David Bowen, Felinfoel, Baptist minister, 78[38]
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.
- ^ British Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting (1858). Report of the Annual Meeting. Office of the British Association. p. 323.
- ^ Reports from Commissioners, Vol. XXXVIII, Railways, Woods and Forests, Local Acts. 1854. p. 68.
- ^ Evans, Neil (2016). Writing a Small Nation's Past : Wales in Comparative Perspective, 1850-1950. London: Taylor and Francis. p. 149. ISBN 9781134786619.
- ^ Journal of the Welsh Bibliographical Society 2:3 (December 1918) p. 115.
- ^ Bwletin Y Bwrdd Gwybodau Celtaidd. University of Wales Press. 1966. p. 166.
- ^ Hathi Trust book record
- ^ The Reverend John Roberts, Missionary to the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes, WyoHistory,org, retrieved 01-06-2014.
- ^ Idwal Lewis. "Williams, John Owen (Pedrog; 1853-1932)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ^ Williams, Moelwyn Idwal. "Lewis, Charles Prytherch (1853–1923), Welsh Rugby footballer and Oxford 'triple Blue'". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 16 May 2008.
- ^ Chichester, H.M. (2004). "Oxford DNB article: Parry, Sir Love Parry Jones". Oxford University Press. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
- ^ Henry John Randall. "Nicholl, John (1797-1853)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
- ^ Richard Griffith Owen (1959). "Jones, Richard (1780-1853), itinerant Independent preacher". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ^ Lloyd, David Tecwyn (2007). "Jones, John (1773–1853), cleric". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
- ^ Doyle, James E. (1886). The Official Baronage of England. Vol. I. Longmans, Green and Co. p. 136. Retrieved 7 March 2009.
- ^ "David Bowen". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 5 July 2016.