1859 in Wales

none September 2019 September 2019 1859 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1859 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1859 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, 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 – Thomas Hanbury-Tracy, 2nd Baron Sudeley 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 (until 9 April); James Colquhoun Campbell (from 14 June) 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 Privately printed London 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 200px|thumb|The clipper Royal Charter, wrecked off Anglesey on 26 October January - Y Brython changes from weekly to monthly publication. February - First race at Bangor-on-Dee racecourse. 1 April - Opening of the Corris Railway. 5 April - 27 men are killed by flooding at Neath Chain Colliery. 31 May - U.K. general election. This is the last general election in which the Conservative Party's vote share in Wales exceeds that in England. 29 June - Benjamin Hall is raised to the peerage as 1st Baron Llanover. 15 October–17 October - Queen Victoria stays at Penrhyn Castle.https://www.rct.uk/collection/980033-cv/from-bedroom-window-at-penrhyn-castle From Bedroom window at Penrhyn Castle dated 17 Oct 1859 Royal Collection 11 May 2026 25 October–26 October - 'Royal Charter Storm': Steam clipper Royal Charter is wrecked off the north-east Anglesey coast, with the estimated loss of around 459 lives, the greatest loss of life in any maritime accident in Welsh waters.Carradice Phil The great storm of 1859 https://www.bbc.co.uk/webarchive/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fblogs%2Fwales%2Fentries%2Fd1d897e9-d2b2-3e31-82bd-16c023ce44d5 BBC Wales 10 April 2019 St Brynach's Church, Cwm-yr-Eglwys, is destroyed.https://www.peoplescollection.wales/items/4719 ST BRYNACH'S CHURCH, CWM-YR-EGLWYS People's Collection Wales 31 May 2026 Peak year for copper production in Wales. The final stage of the East Bute Dock, Cardiff, is completed and opened.34242 Bute East Dock, Cardiff 10 April 2019 Merger of Yr Amserau and Baner Cymru. Religious revival led by Humphrey Jones. The Cymanfa Ganu movement is launched in Aberdare.Gareth Williams Valleys of Song: Music and Society in Wales 1840-1914 https://books.google.com/books?id=9kwUAQAAIAAJ 1998 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-1480-7 38–39 Sir Charles Morgan, 3rd Baronet, is created Baron Tredegar.Thomas Nicholas Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales: Containing a Record of All Ranks of the Gentry ... with Many Ancient Pedigrees and Memorials of Old and Extinct Families https://books.google.com/books?id=qjIwAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA785 1872 Longmans, Green, Reader 785 Arts and literature Awards Lewis William Lewis (Llew Llwyfo) wins the chair at the Merthyr Tydfil eisteddfod.s-LEWI-WIL-1831 Lewis, Lewis William (Llew Llwyfo; 1831-1901), poet, novelist, and journalist David Gwenallt Jones 1959 26 January 2022 New books Hugh Hughes (Tegai) - Y Drydedd OruchwyliaethHughes, Hugh (1805-1864) 28 Nathaniel Jones - Fy Awenydd Richard Parry (Gwalchmai) - Adgofion am John EliasHarvard University Library Celtic literatures: classification schedule, classified listing by call number, chronological listing, author and title listing https://books.google.com/books?id=yC3jAAAAMAAJ 1970 Distributed by the Harvard University Press 78 Thomas Stephens & Gweirydd ap Rhys - Orgraff yr Iaith Gymraegarc_s-STEP-THO-1821 Stephens, Thomas (1821-1875), antiquary and literary critic David Jacob Davies 1959 26 January 2022 William Thomas (Gwilym Marles) - Prydyddiaeth Music John Roberts (Ieuan Gwyllt) - Llyfr Tonau CynulleidfaolGeraint H. Jenkins A Concise History of Wales https://books.google.com/books?id=sriBkaHhpREC&pg=PA209 2007 Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-82367-8 209 Births 11 January - Sir Joseph Alfred Bradney, historian (died 1933)Arthur Charles Fox-Davies Armorial Families: A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-armour https://books.google.com/books?id=M2VHAQAAMAAJ 1910 T.C. & E.C. Jack 178 29 January - Sir George Lockwood Morris, industrialist and Welsh international rugby player (died 1947)Who was who: a companion to Who's who : containing the biographies of those who died during the period https://archive.org/details/whowaswho191619200lond registration 1967 A. & C. Black 816 7 February - Frank Hancock, Wales international rugby union international (died 1943) 16 February - T. E. Ellis, politician (died 1899)s-ELLI-EDW-1859 Ellis, Thomas Edward (1859-1899), M.P. for Merioneth (1886-99) and chief Liberal whip (1894-5) Thomas Iorwerth Ellis Thomas Iorwerth Ellis National Library of Wales 13 March 2019 18 April - Sir Evan Davies Jones, 1st Baronet, civil engineer (died 1949) 4 May - Sir Samuel Thomas Evans, politician and judge (died 1918) 22 May - Jonathan Ceredig Davies, travel writer (died 1932) 17 July - Ernest Rhys, writer (died 1946)s-ELLI-EDW-1859 Rhys, Ernest (Percival) (1859-1946), poet, author, and editor William Llewelyn Davies National Library of Wales 26 January 2022 11 Oct – Aneurin Williams, politician (died 1924) 5 December - Edward John Lewis, Wales international rugby union player (died 1925) 7 December - Leonard Watkins, Wales international rugby union player (died 1901) 25 December - John Goulstone Lewis Wales international rugby union player (died 1935) November - Richard Bell, politician (died 1930) Deaths 19 January - Charles Vachell, alderman and former mayor of Cardiff, 75Births, Marriages, and Deaths https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3091572/3091577 The Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian (Glamorgan, Monmouthshire and Breconshire) 5 22 January 1859 Welsh Newspapers Online 19 April – Christopher Bethell, Bishop of Bangor, 85Joseph Haydn Haydn's Dictionary of Dates Relating to All Ages and Nations: For Universal Reference https://archive.org/details/haydnsdictionary10hayd 1866 E. Moxon and Company 76 20 May - Thomas Penson the younger, county surveyor of Denbighshire, 69Colvin H. A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600–1840. Yale University Press 3rd ed 1995, pages 748-49 21 June - John Bowen, Bishop of Sierra Leone, 43 (yellow fever)Bowen John Memorials of John Bowen, late Bishop of Sierra Leone; 1862 James Nisbet London https://archive.org/details/memorialsofjohnb00bowe 1 April 2017 8 July - John Thomas (Siôn Wyn o Eifion), poet, 78 10 September - Sir John Hay Williams, landowner, 65Joseph Jackson Howard Frederick Arthur Crisp Visitation of England and Wales https://books.google.com/books?id=dVBFAAAAYAAJ 1905 Privately printed 12 24 September – Joseph Murray Ince, painter, 53 October - Evan Jones (Ifan y Gorlan), harpist See also 1859 in Ireland References Wales Wales Category:1859 in Europe Category:1850s in Wales