1855 in Wales

none September 2019 September 2019 1855 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1855 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1855 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 – Robert Davies PryceEdward 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 25 February – The steamship Morna is wrecked off North Bishop Rock, with the loss of 21 lives.Jay Robert Nash Darkest Hours https://books.google.com/books?id=3KglCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA683 18 May 1976 M. Evans 978-1-59077-526-4 683 30 March – The Severn ferry from Chepstow sinks, and seven people drown. Construction of the first section of the Llanidloes and Newtown Railway begins. Arts and literature New books John Jones (Talhaiarn) – Gwaith Talhaiarn, vol. 1 Brooks Simon Why Wales never was: the failure of Welsh nationalism University of Wales Press Cardiff 2017 9781786830135 161 William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog) – Gweithiau Barddonol Gwilym Hiraethog William Williams (Creuddynfab) – Y Barddoniadur Music Death of James Green of Bron y Garth, last of the traditional crwth players.Budkavlen https://books.google.com/books?id=_GgjAQAAMAAJ 1952 F. W. Unggrens bok tryckeri 10 Births 11 February – Samuel Goldsworthy, Wales international rugby player (died 1889) 9 April – Jeremiah Jones, poet (died 1902)s2-JONE-CIL-1855 Jones (family), Cilie, Cardiganshire. A family of smiths, poets, musicians and preachers Gerallt Jones 1959 22 January 2022 16 August – William David Phillips, Wales international rugby player (died 1918) 11 December – David Thomas Ffrangcon Davies, singer (died 1918)s-DAVI-FFR-1855 Davies, David Thomas Ffrangcon (1855-1918), singer Robert David Griffith 1959 22 January 2022 Deaths 21 January – Evan Evans (Ieuan Glan Geirionydd), poet, 59s-EVAN-EVA-1795 Evans, Evan (Ieuan Glan Geirionydd; 1795-1855), cleric and poet David Gwenallt Jones 1959 22 January 2022 22 January – Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis, politician, 7416605 Lewis, Sir Thomas Frankland Peter Mandler 9 February – William Chambers, industrialist, 81 10 February – John Henry Vivian, industrialist, 69Joseph Polsue A Complete Parochial History of the County of Cornwall: Compiled from the Best Authorities & Corrected and Improved from Actual Survey W. Lake 1872 257 28 June – FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, 66Raglan, Fitzroy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron probable Richard Jones, printer and publisher, ?68 William Edwards (Gwilym Callestr), poets-EDWA-WIL-1790 Edwards, William (1790-1855) See also 1855 in Ireland References Wales Wales Category:1855 in Europe Category:1850s in Wales