1872 in Wales

none September 2019 September 2019 1872 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1872 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1872 in the United Kingdom#Incumbents Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – William Owen StanleyEdward Breese Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth 1873 24J.C. Sainty John Sainty (civil servant) List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974 Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd London 1979 Nicholas Thomas Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales Genealogical Pub. Co Baltimore 1991 9780806313146 695Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru University of Wales Press 1992 169 Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Charles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/morgan-charles-1792-1875 Morgan, Charles Morgan Robinson (1792–1875), of Ruperra, Glam. and Tredegar, Mon. History of Parliament Online 3 July 2013June 2026 InternetArchiveBot Edwin Poole 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 1886 378 Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Edward Douglas-Pennant, 1st Baron PenrhynEdward Breese Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth 1873 26 Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Edward PryseDeath of Colonel Pryse http://newspapers.library.wales/view/3344911/3344915/21 27 February 2018 Cambrian News 1 June 1888 4 Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Robert Myddelton Biddulph (until 21 March);http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/myddelton-biddulph-robert-1805-1872 Myddelton Biddulph, Robert (1805-1872), of Chirk Castle, Denb. and 35 Grosvenor Place, Mdx. History of Parliament Online 3 December 2021 29 October 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201029224834/https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/myddelton-biddulph-robert-1805-1872 dead William Cornwallis-West (from 5 June) Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Sir Stephen Glynne, 9th Baronethttp://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/glynne-sir-stephen-1807-1874 Glynne, Sir Stephen Richard, 9th bt. (1807-1874), of Hawarden Castle, Flint. 3 December 2021 21 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150921215928/http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/glynne-sir-stephen-1807-1874 dead Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Christopher Rice Mansel TalbotCampbell Thomas Methuen C.R.M. Talbot 1803–1890 Morgannwg 2000 44 66–104 http://welshjournals.llgc.org.uk/browse/viewobject/llgc-id:1174908/article/000041850 17 May 2014 Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron MostynEdward Breese Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth 1873 29 Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of BeaufortJames Henry Clark History of Monmouthshire County Observer 1869 375 Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Sudeley Hanbury-Tracy, 3rd Baron SudeleyAmy Audrey Locke The Hanbury Family Arthur L. Humphreys 1916 170 Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – William Edwardes, 3rd Baron Kensington (until 1 January); William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington (from 6 February) Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – John Walsh, 1st Baron OrmathwaiteWalsh, John Benn 59 Bishop of Bangor – James Colquhoun Campbell Fryde E. B. Handbook of British chronology New York Cambridge University Press Cambridge England 1996 9780521563505 292 Thomas Duffus Hardy Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press 1854 266 Bishop of Llandaff – Alfred Ollivant Bishop of St Asaph – Joshua HughesThe Apostolical Succession in the Church of England James Parkes and Company 1866 15 Bishop of St Davids – Connop Thirlwall Thomas Duffus Hardy Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press 1854 307Annual Report Presented by the Council to the Court of Governors National Library of Wales 1962 59 Events 5 January — In a mining accident at Blackwood Colliery, five men are killed. 2 March — In a mining accident at Victoria Colliery, Ebbw Vale, nineteen men are killed. 18 June — A derailment occurs in the Pencader Tunnel on the Carmarthen & Cardigan Railway. 12 July — Cardiff Tramways Company begins operation of horse trams. 15 July — The Colwyn Bay Hotel is opened.Sharon M. Varey Graeme J. White Landscapes Past and Present: Cheshire and Beyond https://books.google.com/books?id=jqCmDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA201 2016 University of Chester 978-1-908258-28-1 201 1 August — Minffordd railway station is opened. 9 October — University College Wales, Aberystwyth, opens with 26 students; Thomas Charles Edwards is its first principal. unknown dates Stocks are used on the last recorded occasion in the UK, at Adpar in Cardiganshire, when a man is imprisoned in them for drunkenness.George Eyre Evans Lampeter ... https://books.google.com/books?id=fOMvAAAAMAAJ 1905 Jones 208 Nitrocellulose manufacture at Penrhyndeudraeth begins. Arts and literature New books R. D. Blackmore — The Maid of Sker Thomas Thomas — Hynodion Hen Bregethwyr Cymru Music The South Wales "Cor Mawr", conducted by Griffith R. Jones (Caradog) wins a national choral competition at Crystal Palace.Rupert Hughes The Musical Guide https://books.google.com/books?id=yqhhAAAAIAAJ 1903 McClure, Phillips & Company 577 Sport Cricket — First game played at Elwy Grove Park, St Asaph. Football — 28 September: Wrexham Football Club is founded. They play at the Racecourse Ground. Births 21 February — Evan Lorimer Thomas, clergyman and academic (died 1953)s2-THOM-LOR-1872 Thomas, Evan Lorimer (1872-1953), priest and scholar David Trevor William Price 17 June 2019 16 March — Vernon Hartshorn, politician (died 1931) 6 May — William Llewellyn Thomas, Wales international rugby player (died 1943) 10 May — Tom Pearson, Wales international rugby player (died 1957) 18 May — Bertrand Russell, philosopher (died 1970)Amita Singh The Political Philosophy of Bertrand Russell https://books.google.com/books?id=pY9dPY7cwPAC&pg=PA4 1987 Mittal Publications 978-81-7099-039-0 4 14 July — David Morgan, Wales international rugby player (died 1933) 14 September — Albert Jenkin, Wales international rugby player (died 1961) 8 October — John Cowper Powys, Anglo-Welsh writer (died 1963)Herbert Williams John Cowper Powys https://books.google.com/books?id=QThbAAAAMAAJ 1997 Seren 978-1-85411-196-8 156 date unknown — Thomas Jeremiah Williams, lawyer and politician (died 1919)Raymond Grant The Parliamentary History of Glamorgan, 1542-1976 https://books.google.com/books?id=T-IgAAAAMAAJ 1978 C. Davies 978-0-7154-0381-5 Deaths 1 January — William Edwardes, 3rd Baron Kensington, Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire, 70 Smith Jenny Portraits for a King : the British military paintings of A-J Dubois Drahonet (1791-1834 National Army Museum London 1990 9780901721211 15 9 January — Crawshay Bailey, industrialists-BAIL-NAN-1789 BAILEY family, of Nant-y-glo, Aberaman, etc. Watkin William Price yes 17 June 2019 21 March — Robert Myddelton Biddulph, landowner and politician, 66 24 March — James Williams, clergyman and philanthropist, 81s-WILL-JAM-1790 Williams, James (1790–1872), cleric Jenkins Robert Thomas Robert Thomas Jenkins yes 2008-04-29 13 April — Thomas Vowler Short, Bishop of St Asaphs-SHOR-VOW-1790 Short, Thomas Vowler William Thomas Havard yes 17 June 2019 3 August — William Davies Evans, chess player, 82s3-EVAN-DAV-1790 Evans, William Davies David James Morgan yes 15 December 2019 18 August — Evan Jones, missionary, 84Jerry L. Faught, Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. "Evan Jones (1788-1872)." Retrieved July 19, 2013. 22 August — Evan Davies, educator, 84http://newspapers.library.wales/view/3331532/3331536/19/thomas%20davies The Late Evan Davies, LL.D. Welsh Newspapers Online 6 September 1872 30 June 2017 26 September — William Williams (Carw Coch), poets-WILL-WIL-1808 Williams, William (Carw Coch; 1808-1872), eisteddfodwr and man of letters Robert Thomas Jenkins yes 17 June 2019 28 September — Lleyson Hopkin Davy, government representative, brewer and industrialist, 89/90Spink Numismatic Circular https://books.google.com/books?id=WldmAAAAMAAJ 1992 Spink & Son 123 16 October — David Lewis, MP for Carmarthen, 75 11 November — Mary Anne Disraeli, wife of British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli, 80Mollie Hardwick Mrs. Dizzy: the life of Mary Anne Disraeli, Viscountess Beaconsfield https://books.google.com/books?id=j0sjAAAAMAAJ 1972 Cassell 1 See also 1872 in Ireland References Wales Wales Category:1872 in Europe Category:1870s in Wales