1849 in Wales

none September 2019 September 2019 1849 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1849 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1849 in the United Kingdom#Incumbents Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget, 1st 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 – Peter Drummond-Burrell, 22nd Baron Willoughby de EresbyEdward 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 Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – George Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor 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 Talbot (from 4 May)http://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 – Edward Copleston (until 14 October); Alfred Ollivant (from 2 December)Joseph 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 2 January – Completion of both tubes of Robert Stephenson's Conwy Railway Bridge. 26 February – Halkyn-born Mormon missionary Dan Jones embarks with 249 Welsh converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bound for Salt Lake City from Liverpool.David Williams David Williams (historian) Jones, Daniel s-JONE-DAN-1811 1959 2014-06-10 13 May – A case of cholera is recorded in Cardiff, the beginning of an outbreak that spreads to Merthyr, Dowlais and Aberdare, and kills 800 people. 20 June – First tube of Robert Stephenson's Britannia Bridge is floated into position on the Menai Strait.Britannia Bridge http://www.engineering-timelines.com/scripts/engineeringItem.asp?id=42 Engineering Timelines 2014-06-10 10 August – Underground explosion at Lletty Shenkin colliery, Cwmbach, kills 52.Death Roll – Lletty Shenkin Colliery http://www.welshcoalmines.co.uk/deathrolls/Lletty%20Shenkin.htm Welsh Coal Mines 2021-05-21 1 November – Alfred Ollivant becomes Bishop of Llandaff. 13 December – Foundation stone of Llandovery College is laid. A temperance festival is held at Carmarthen. Arts and literature Awards David Griffith (Clwydfardd) is appointed official bard of the Aberffraw eisteddfod. Rowland Williams (Hwfa Môn) is also invested as a bard. New books English language Anne Beale – Traits and Stories of the Welsh Peasantrys-BEAL-ANN-1816 Beale, Anne (1816-1900), writer William Williams 10 December 2025 Lady Charlotte Guest concludes publication of her translation into English of the Mabinogions-HUGH-DER-1816 Hughes, Hugh Derfel (1816-1890), poet Ifor Williams 1959 18 January 2022 John Lloyd – The English Country Gentleman Samuel Lewis – Topographical Dictionary of Wales Lewis Samuel A Topographical Dictionary of Wales vol. I & II 4th British History Online 1849 https://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-dict/wales 23 September 2024 Thomas Stephens – The Literature of the KymryStephens Thomas https://archive.org/details/literatureofkymr00steprich/page/n9/mode/2up The Literature of the Kymry Longmans, Green, & Co. 1876 Evans Sylvan 2nd London Welsh language Robert Elis (Cynddelw) – Yr Adgyfodiad Hugh Derfel Hughes – Y Gweithiwr Caniadgars-GUES-ELI-1812 Guest (Schreiber), Lady Charlotte Elizabeth (1812-1895), translator, businesswoman and collector Angela V. John Thomas Herbert Parry-Williams 1959 18 January 2022 Rowland Hughes – Cyfarchiad Caredig i rai newydd ddychwelyd John Jones (Talhaiarn) – Awdl y Greadigaeth Music Haleliwia (hymns) Births 2 May – Charles James Jackson, businessman and collector (died 1923) 17 September – Robert Harris, painter (died 1919)The World-wide Encyclopedia and Gazetteer Christian Herald 1899 1531 Deaths 14 March – Old Bill Williams, Welsh-born mountain man, 62Williams, William Sherley https://www.encyclopedia.com/reference/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/williams-william-sherley encyclopedia.com The Columbia Encyclopedia 3 December 2023 16 November 2023 14 August – Edward Copleston, Bishop of Llandaff, 73John Henry Newman Gerard Tracey Ian Turnbull Ker Letters and Diaries: Birmingham and London, Jan. 1849-June 1850 T. Nelson 1961 399 16 September – Thomas Jones, missionary, 39Jones, Thomas (1810-1849), the first Calvinistic Methodist missionary on the Khasia Hills (Assam) s-JONE-THO-1810 Robert Thomas Jenkins 18 January 2022 2 October – James Davies, schoolmaster, 83Davies, James (1765-1849) s-DAVI-JAM-1765 Robert Thomas Jenkins yes 18 September 2019 2 November – Jacob Davies, missionary, 33Jacob Davies s-DAVI-JAC-1816 Williams Griffith John yes 23 May 2017 5 December – Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain), poet, 88 See also 1849 in Ireland References Wales Wales Category:1849 in Europe Category:1840s in Wales