1854 in Wales

none September 2019 September 2019 1854 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1854 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1854 in the United Kingdom#Incumbents Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (until 29 April);Cates William Leist Readwin Henry William Paget, First Marquis of Anglesey 2 Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey (from 17 May)Edward 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 – William Edward Powell (until 10 April);Cardiganshire. Death of Colonel Powell. http://newspapers.library.wales/view/4348130/4348133/23 4 October 2017 Welshman 14 April 1854 3 Thomas Lloyd, Coedmore (from 16 September) 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 Mostyn (until 3 April);Edward Breese Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth 1873 29 Robert Davies Pryce (from 7 May) 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 Late August — Third cholera pandemic in Cardiff. 31 October — David Davies (Dai'r Cantwr) receives a conditional pardon for his role in the Rebecca Riots. 5 November — At the Battle of Inkerman, Hugh Rowlands carries out the actions that lead to his becoming the first Welshman to win the Victoria Cross.Philip A. Wilkins The History of the Victoria Cross: Being an account of the 520 acts of bravery for which the decoration has been awarded and portraits of 392 recipients https://books.google.com/books?id=VIK-BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT34 22 May 2012 Andrews UK Limited 978-1-78151-673-7 34 11 November — In Australia, Welsh-born John Basson Humffray is elected the first president of the Ballarat Reform League. unknown dates Thorne Island fortification completed. Betsi Cadwaladr volunteers to serve as a nurse in the Crimean War.Williams, Jane Jane Williams (Ysgafell) The Autobiography of Elizabeth Davis, a Balaclava Nurse, Daughter of Dafydd Cadwaladr London Hurst & Blackett 1857 http://dbooks.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/books/PDFs/600015971.pdf 2014-06-10Elizabeth Cadwaladyr http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/womeninuniform/crimea_profile.htm Eirionedd A Baskerville Women in Uniform The National Archives (United Kingdom) 2014-06-10 Love Jones-Parry is High Sheriff of Caernarvonshire. The Telegraphic Despatch is published in Swansea, the first newspaper in Wales to come out more than once a week. A penny newspaper, the Herald Cymraeg, is founded at Caernarfon, with James Evans as editor.Eisteddfod genedlaethol Cymru Transactions (Cofnodion a chyfansoddiadau). https://books.google.com/books?id=71IFAAAAQAAJ 1884 229 John Williams (Ab Ithel) becomes editor of the Cambrian Journal.s-WILL-JOH-1811 Williams, John(Ab Ithel; 1811-1862), cleric and antiquary Robert Thomas Jenkins 1959 21 January 2022 Arts and literature New books English language Thomas Prichard — The Heroines of Welsh HistoryNeil Evans Writing a Small Nation's Past: Wales in Comparative Perspective, 1850–1950 https://books.google.com/books?id=VrmXCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA84 17 February 2016 Routledge 978-1-134-78661-9 84 Samuel Prideaux Tregelles — Account of the Printed Text of the New Testament Welsh language John Edwards (Eos Glan Twrch) — Llais o'r Llwyn: sef Barddoniaeth, ar Amryfal Destynau Samuel Evans (Gomerydd) — Y GomeryddWalter Davies English works of the Rev. Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain) https://books.google.com/books?id=C38NAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA210 1868 Spurrell 210 Owen Wynne Jones — Fy Oriau Hamddenol William Thomas (Islwyn) — Barddoniaeth Music David Richards — Y Blwch Cerddorol (collection of hymns and anthems)Robert Evans Maggie Humphreys Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland https://books.google.com/books?id=xZCvAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA282 1 January 1997 Bloomsbury Publishing 978-1-4411-3796-8 282 Births 1 January — Peter Morris, baseball player (died 1884 in the United States) 8 April — Robert Arthur Williams (Berw), clergyman and poet (died 1926)s-WILL-ART-1854 Williams, Robert Arthur (Berw; 1854-1926), cleric and poet Thomas Iorwerth Ellis 1959 21 January 2022 17 April — Sir John Eldon Bankes, judge (died 1946)s2-BANK-ELD-1854 Bankes, Sir John Eldon (1854-1946), judge 17 June 2014 30 April — William Critchlow Harris, Welsh-Canadian architect (died 1913) 10 July — John Lloyd Williams, botanist and composer (died 1945) 16 December — J. D. Rees, colonial administrator (died 1922) Deaths 14 January — Charles Rodney Morgan, politician, 25s-MORG-TRE-1384 Morgan family, of Tredegar Park Walter Thomas Morgan National Library of Wales 28 March 2019 3 April — Edward Lloyd, 1st Baron Mostyn, politician, 85s-MOST-MOS-1301 Mostyn family of Mostyn Hall, Flintshire William Llewelyn Davies National Library of Wales 28 March 2019 10 April — William Edward Powell, politician, 66 29 April — Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, soldier and politician, 85s-PAGE-PLA-1737 Paget family (later marquesses of Anglesey), Plas Newydd, Llanedwen, Anglesey Emyr Gwynne Jones National Library of Wales 28 March 2019 24 May — John Rowlands of Y Llys, alleged father of Sir Henry Morton Stanley, 39 12 November — Charles Kemble, actor, 79s-KEMB-CHA-1775 Kemble, Charles (1775-1854), actor Cecil John Layton Price National Library of Wales 28 March 2019 28 December — Rowland Williams, clergyman and writer, 75s-WILL-ROW-1779 Williams, Rowland (1779-1854), cleric Thomas Iorwerth Ellis National Library of Wales 28 March 2019 29 December — Joseph Tregelles Price, industrialist, 70s-PRIC-TRE-1784 Price, Joseph Tregelles (1784-1854), Quaker and ironmaster Watkin William Price 1959 21 January 2022 See also 1854 in Ireland References Wales Wales Category:1854 in Europe Category:1850s in Wales