1856 in Wales

none thumb | right | The quarterly Welsh language general periodical of the Wrexham Union of the True Ivorites Society September 2019 May 2020 1856 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1856 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1856 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 – Thomas Lloyd, Coedmore Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John Campbell, 1st 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 – Capel Hanbury LeighAmy Audrey Locke The Hanbury Family Arthur L. Humphreys 1916 147 Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 1st Baron Sudeley http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/hanbury-tracy-charles-1778-1858 Hanbury Tracy, Charles (1778–1858), of Toddington, Glos. and Gregynog, Mont. History of Parliament Online 2 July 2013 Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir John Owen, 1st BaronetThorne R.G. John Owen (1776-1861) of Orielton, Pembrokeshire https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/owen-john-1776-861 History of Parliament 27 March 2020 Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – John Walsh, 1st Baron OrmathwaiteJonathan Williams The History of Radnorshire R. Mason 1859 115 Bishop of Bangor – Christopher Bethell 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 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 90 Thomas 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 6 February – The sailing ship Grand Duke is wrecked off St Govan's Head, with the loss of 29 lives. 10 March – John Jones (Shoni Sguborfawr) is sentenced to three months hard labour for drunkenness. May – John Frost is given an unconditional pardon for his role in the Newport Chartist demonstrations of 1839. 3 July – 11 men are killed in a mining accident at Coalbrookdale, Nantyglo. 15 July – 114 men and boys are killed in a mining accident at Cymmer Old Pit, Porth, Rhondda. 16 September – The Festiniog Railway publishes its first printed timetable. 8 September – At the Siege of Sevastopol in the Crimean War, Corporal Robert Shields of the 23rd Regiment of Foot recovers a fatally wounded officer from an exposed position, an action for which he will receive the Victoria Cross.21971 24 February 1857 659 unknown dates Troops are sent into Talargoch in Flintshire to deal with an industrial dispute involving lead miners. Fishguard becomes the first county court in Wales to close. Halkyn-born Mormon missionary Dan Jones returns to the United States on conclusion of his second (4-year) mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with between 550 and 700 Welsh saints bound for Salt Lake City.David Williams David Williams (historian) Jones, Daniel s-JONE-DAN-1811 1959 10 June 2014 Richard Cory sells his provision business and begins to trade as "Richard Cory and Sons" in the coal and shipping business.s-CORY-BRO-1828 Cory (Cory Brothers and Company Limited) Watkin William Price 1959 23 January 2022 Pryce Pryce-Jones takes over a drapery business in Newtown and begins to trade as the "Royal Welsh Warehouse", a mail order business. The estate around Dinas Mawddwy is purchased by Lancashire industrialist Edmund Buckley.The Manor of Mawddwy Cambrian News July 1869 Jane Williams (Ysgafell) returns to her native London, where she remains until her death nearly thirty years later. Arts and literature Summer – Marian Evans (who has not yet adopted the pseudonym George Eliot) drafts "The Sad Fortunes of the Reverend Amos Barton", the first of her Scenes of Clerical Life (1857) and her first work of fiction, while holidaying at Tenby. New books English language Erasmus Jones – The Higher Law Triumphant: The Captive Youths of Judah Samuel Prideaux Tregelles – An Introduction to the Textual Criticism of the New Testament Jane Williams (Ysgafell) – The Origin, Rise, and Progress of the Paper People Welsh language John Ceiriog Hughes – Gohebiaethau Syr Meurig Crynswth (vol. 1) John Jones (Ioan Emlyn) – Tiriad y Ffrancodym Mhencaers-JONE-EML-1818 Jones, John (Emlyn)(Ioan Emlyn; 1818-1873), Baptist minister, poet, and man of letters Robert Thomas Jenkins 1959 23 January 2022 John Williams (Ab Ithel) – Dosparth Edeyrn Davod AurJohn Williams Dosparth Edeyrn Davod Aur, or, The Ancient Welsh Grammar https://books.google.com/books?id=rTqYyAEACAAJ 1856 William Rees Music January – The Welsh national anthem, Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau, is composed by James James with lyrics by his father Evan James. Births 2 January – John Viriamu Jones, academic (died 1901)s-JONE-VIR-1856 Jones, John Viriamu (1856-1901), first principal of the University College, Cardiff Edgar William Jones National Library of Wales 15 November 2019 26 March – David Alfred Thomas, 1st Viscount Rhondda, politician (died 1918)s-THOM-ALF-1856 Thomas, David Alfred (1856-1918), first viscount RHONDDA. businessman and politician, Liberal Member of Parliament Brinley Thomas 15 November 2019 1 April – Walter Jenkin Evans, academic (died 1927) 15 April – James Bevan, first Wales rugby union captain (died 1938) 15 June – Richard Garnons Williams, soldier and Wales international rugby union player (died 1915) 11 October – Sir Harry Reichel, academic (died 1931) 20 December – Egerton Phillimore, scholar (died 1937) Deaths 3 January – Thomas Richard, minister, 72 18 February – James Morgan, engineer, 80? 28 March – Henry Watkins Williams-Wynn, politician, 73Wynn, Henry Watkin Williams 63 May – Thomas Robert Jones, founder of the Philanthropic Order of True Ivorites, 54 28 May – John Bryan, minister, 79/80John Bryan s-BRYA-JOH-1770 16 August 2016 29 June – Peter Jones, Welsh-descended missionary, 54 14 August – Rev William Buckland, palaeontologist and discoverer of the "Red Lady of Paviland", 72Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art Report and Transactions - The Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art https://books.google.com/books?id=iEsDAAAAMAAJ 1933 409 See also 1856 in Ireland References Wales Wales Category:1856 in Europe Category:1850s in Wales