1862 in Wales

none September 2019 May 2020 1862 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1862 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1862 in the United Kingdom#Incumbents Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of AngleseyEdward 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 – John Lloyd Vaughan WatkinsEditorial http://welshnewspapers.llgc.org.uk/en/page/view/4353246/ART15 17 January 2022 Welshman 6 October 1865 29 November 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141129125341/http://welshnewspapers.llgc.org.uk/en/page/view/4353246/ART15 deadEdwin 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 – Sir Richard Williams-Bulkeley, 10th BaronetEdward 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 PryseThomas John Hughes The Welsh magistracy, by Adfyfr South Wales and Monmouthshire Liberal Federation Offices 1887 5 Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Robert Myddelton Biddulphhttps://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 5 December 2021 Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Sir Stephen Glynne, 9th Baronethttps://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/glynne-sir-stephen-1807-1874 Glynne, Sir Stephen Richard, 9th bt. (1807-1874), of Hawarden Castle, Flint History of Parliament Online 16 January 2022 Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Christopher Rice Mansel Talbothttp://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/talbot-christopher-1803-1890 TALBOT, Christopher Rice Mansel (1803-1890), of Penrice Castle and Margam Park, Glam. History of Parliament Online 18 January 2022 7 May 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240507032042/https://historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/talbot-christopher-1803-1890 dead 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 – Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanoverhttps://www.lordlieutenantofgwent.co.uk/history-duties/past-lord-lieutenants/ Past Lord Lieutenants Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire 28 January 2022 Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Thomas Hanbury-Tracy, 2nd Baron Sudeley Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – William Edwardes, 3rd Baron Kensington Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – John Walsh, 1st Baron OrmathwaiteJonathan Williams The History of Radnorshire R. Mason 1859 115 Bishop of Bangor – James Colquhoun Campbell Fryde E. B. Handbook of British chronology New York Cambridge University Press Cambridge England 1996 9780521563505 292Thomas Duffus Hardy Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press 1854 305 Bishop of Llandaff – Alfred OllivantJoseph Jackson Howard Joseph Jackson Howard Frederick Arthur Crisp Visitation of England and Wales 6 https://archive.org/details/visitationofengl06howa/page/n28/mode/1up 1898 15 Bishop of St Asaph – Thomas Vowler ShortNicholas Harris Nicolas The historic peerage of England: Revised, corrected, and continued ... by William Courthope John Murray 1857 533The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England James Parkes and Company 1866 15 Bishop of St Davids – Connop ThirlwallOld Yorkshire, volume 3 1882 90Thomas Duffus Hardy Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press 1854 307The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged Porter 1780 95 Events 150px|thumb|Plaque at Llandudno Lighthouse, erected 1862 1 January – South Wales Railway leased to Great Western Railway prior to merger. 19 February – Gethin Pit disaster, Abercanaid: the first of two firedamp explosions at this colliery near Merthyr Tydfil kills 47 men and boys.Gethin Pit Disaster 1862 https://web.archive.org/web/20111005081434/http://www.cmhrc.co.uk/cms/document/1860_62.pdf 2011-10-05 pp. 22–23. 5 May – Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare, makes an important speech on the subject of education in Wales. He is later appointed vice-president of the Committee of Council on Education. 2 June – Llangollen is linked to the rail network for the first time. 4 July – Sarah Edith Wynne, noted soprano, makes her London début. c. August – First train through the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway's Torpantau Tunnel.Brecon & Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway Welsh Railways Research Circle http://www.wrrc.org.uk/b&mrc.php 2018-10-31 7 August – Ferry from Porthmadog to Talsarnau sinks with the loss of 8 lives.Sinking of the Ferry http://www.talsarnau.com/index.php/en/history/sinking-of-the-ferry gwefan gymundedol Talsarnau 2018-10-31 28 October – The incomplete Moel Famau Jubilee Tower collapses in a storm. 1 December – Great Orme's Head lighthouse at Llandudno, erected by the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, is first illuminated.34158 Great Orme's Head Lighthouse 30 September 2021 Guillermo Rawson, Interior Minister of Argentina, meets Love Jones-Parry and Lewis Jones to discuss the Welsh colonisation of Patagonia. The Clogau mine begins producing gold. Snowdon Mill, a steam-powered flour mill, is opened at Porthmadog. Arts and literature "Religion", by Joseph Edwards, and "The Tinted Venus" by John Gibson are among sculptures shown at the Great Exhibition. Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales is held at Caernarfon. The chair is won by Rowland Williams (Hwfa Môn). New books English language George Borrow – Wild WalesPrys Morgan, "Early Victorian Wales and its crisis of identity" in Brockliss L. W. B. A union of multiple identities: the British Isles, c. 1750-c. 1850 Manchester University Press Manchester, UK 1997 9780719050466 93 Rees Howell Gronow – Reminiscences of Captain Gronows-GRON-HOW-1794 Gronow, Rees Howell (1794-1865), writer of memoirs Robert Thomas Jenkins 2 June 2019 Jane Williams (Ysgafell) – Celtic Fables, Fairy Tales and Legends versified Welsh language John Ceiriog Hughes – Oriau'r Bores-HUGH-CEI-1832 Hughes, John (Ceiriog; 1832-1887), poet David Gwenallt Jones D. Gwenallt Jones 1959 2 November 2021The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion The Society 1986 100 cy Music Henry Brinley Richards – "God Bless the Prince of Wales" Stephens Meic The new companion to the literature of Wales University of Wales Press Cardiff 1998 9780708313831 266 Ebenezer Thomas (Eben Fardd) – Hymnau Sport Cricket 21 July – South Wales Cricket Club defeat Surrey at The Oval. 24 July – South Wales Cricket Club defeat MCC at Lord's. Births 5 January – John Fisher, Celtic scholar (d. 1930) 16 January – Leifchild Jones, 1st Baron Rhayader, politician (d. 1939)s3-JONE-LEI-1862 Jones, Leifchild Stratten (1862-1939), Liberal politician and temperance advocate Llewelyn Gwyn Chambers yes 2 June 2019 17 January – Buckley Roderick, Wales international rugby player (d. 1908) 23 January – Evan Richards, Wales international rugby player (d. 1931) 1 February – Thomas Pryce-Jenkins, Wales international rugby player (d. 1922) 16 February Llewellyn John Montfort Bebb, academic (d. 1915)s3-BEBB-MON-1862 Bebb, Llewellyn John Montfort (1862-1915), cleric Thomas Iorwerth Ellis yes 2 June 2019 Philip Tanner, folk singer (d. 1950)s2-TANN-PHI-1862 Tanner, Philip (1862-1950), folk singer Robert Thomas Jenkins yes 2 June 2019 22 March – Edward Treharne, Wales international rugby player (d. 1904) 11 April – Charles Evans Hughes, American politician of Welsh parentage (d. 1948) 27 April – Sir Hugh Vincent, solicitor and Wales international rugby player (d. 1931)s-VINC-ENT-1650 Vincent family Robert Thomas Jenkins 1959 13 February 2022 28 April – William Norton, Wales international rugby player (d. 1898) 17 May – Sir William Rice Edwards, surgeon (d. 1923)s-EDWA-RIC-1862 Edwards, Sir William Rice (1862-1923), surgeon, director-general, Indian Medical Service Idwal Lewis 1959 13 February 2022 5 August - Robert Mills-Roberts, footballer (d. 1935) 16 September – Thomas Baker Jones, Wales international rugby player (d. 1959) 27 October – Sir Hugh Evan-Thomas, admiral (d. 1928)s-EVAN-HUG-1862 Evan-Thomas, Sir Hugh (1862-1928), admiral Idwal Lewis 1959 13 February 2022 16 November – Sir David Rocyn-Jones, medical practitioner and President of the WRU (d. 1953)s2-ROCY-THO-1862 Rocyn-Jones, Sir David Thomas (1862-1953), medical officer of health and a public figure Emyr Wyn Jones 2001 13 February 2022 7 December – Humphrey Jones, footballer (d. 1946) 9 December – John John Evans, journalist (d. 1942) date unknown John Daniel Evans, Patagonia settler (died 1943)s2-EVAN-DAN-1862 2001 Evans, John Daniel (1862-1943), early colonist in Patagonia Richard Bryn Williams 12 December 2025 Seth Powell, footballer (d. 1945) Deaths 3 January – Dan Jones, Mormon missionary, 51s-JONE-DAN-1811 Jones, Daniel (1811-1861) David Williams 12 December 2025 8 February - Hans Busk, poet, 89Sir Alfred Edward Pease Edmund Loder, Naturalist, Horticulturist, Traveller and Sportsman https://books.google.com/books?id=89krAQAAMAAJ 1923 J. Murray 37 25 March – Timothy Davies, clergymans-DAVI-TIM-1802 Davies, Timothy (1802-1862), cleric John Williams James yes 2 June 2019 1 May – Frederick Richard West, politician, 62/63Frederic Boase Modern English Biography: Containing Many Thousand Concise Memoirs of Persons who Have Died Between the Years 1851-1900 https://books.google.com/books?id=_Fw4AQAAMAAJ 1965 Frank Cass 829 28 May – James Henry Cotton, Dean of Bangor, 82William HUGHES (Vicar of Llanuwchllyn, Bala.) The Life and Speeches of the Very Rev. J. H. Cotton ... Edited by the Rev. William Hughes https://books.google.com/books?id=_CmJ1WLibU4C&pg=PA144 1874 Nixon & Jarvis; London: Simpkin Marshall & Company 144 2 August – Anthony Hill, industrialist, 78s-HILL-PLY-1786 HILL family, of the Plymouth iron-works, Merthyr Tydfil Watkin William Price yes 2 June 2019 27 August – John Williams (Ab Ithel), antiquary, 51s-WILL-JOH-1811 Williams, John (Ab Ithel; (1811-1862) Robert Thomas Jenkins 12 December 2025 9 December – Edward Hughes (Eos Maldwyn), harpist, age unknown (tuberculosis)s3-HUGH-EDW-1862 Hughes, Edward ('Eos Maldwyn'; died 1862), harpist yes 2 June 2019 31 December – Daniel Jones, Baptist minister, 74s-JONE-DAN-1788 Jones, Daniel (1788-1862), Baptist minister Robert Thomas Jenkins yes 2 June 2019 date unknown – Robert Edwards, hymn writer, 66?s-EDWA-ROB-1796 Edwards, Robert (1796-1862), musician Robert David Griffith yes 30 November 2021 See also 1862 in Ireland References Wales Wales Category:1862 in Europe Category:1860s in Wales