1861 in Wales

none thumb | right | Front page of the earliest surviving copy of the Welsh newspaper Aberdare Times, published April 6, 1861 September 2019 September 2019 1861 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1861 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1861 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, 2nd Earl Cawdor (from 26 April) 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 Leigh (until 28 September);Amy Audrey Locke The Hanbury Family Arthur L. Humphreys 1916 147Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover (from 9 November)https://www.lordlieutenantofgwent.co.uk/history-duties/past-lord-lieutenants/ Past Lord Lieutenants Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire 28 January 2022 Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Thomas Hanbury-Tracy, 2nd Baron Sudeley Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir John Owen, 1st Baronet (until 6 February);Thorne 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 William Edwardes, 3rd Baron KensingtonWilliam Richard O'Byrne Edwardes, William A Naval Biographical Dictionary 1849 John Murray (from 28 April) Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – John Walsh, 1st Baron OrmathwaiteJonathan Williams The History of Radnorshire R. Mason 1859 115 Bishop of Bangor – James Colquhoun Campbell 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 30 May - In a by-election caused by the death of the sitting MP, Richard Grosvenor becomes MP for Flintshire, holding it on behalf of the Liberals. 10 June - The Oswestry and Newtown Railway is completed throughout by opening of the section between Abermule and Newtown, giving through rail communication from England to Llanidloes.Rex Christiansen R. W. Miller The Cambrian Railways 1 new 1971 Newton Abbot David & Charles 0-7153-5236-9 July - Baner ac Amserau Cymru begins twice-weekly publication. date unknown Excavation of Long Hole Cave in Glamorgan reveals prehistoric flint artefacts.Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Glamorgan https://books.google.com/books?id=RCV29bFIi3YC&pg=PA17 1976 Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales 978-0-11-700588-4 17 Pryce Pryce-Jones starts his mail order company in Newtown, Montgomeryshire. John Dillwyn-Llewelyn marries Caroline, daughter of Sir Michael Hicks Beach, 8th Baronet. Griffith John becomes the first Christian missionary to penetrate into central China. Arts and literature Awards 20–22 August - The first National Eisteddfod of Wales is held at Aberdare. The chair is won by Lewis William Lewis.Transactions of the National Eisteddfod of Wales, Aberdare, 1885 National Eisteddfod Association 1887 1 New books Autobiography and Correspondence of Mrs. Delaney, ed. Augusta Hall, Lady Llanover Griffith Jones (Glan Menai) - Hywel Wyn John Jones (Vulcan) - Athrawiaeth yr Iawn David Owen (Brutus) - Cofiant y Diweddar Barch. Thomas Williams Thomas Rees - History of Protestant Nonconformity in Wales: From Its Rise to the Present Time William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog) - Emmanuel Jane Williams (Ysgafell) - The Literary Women of England Robert Williams (Trebor Mai) - Fy Noswyl Music Hugh Jerman - Deus Misereatur Sport Cricket 18 July - South Wales Cricket Club defeat MCC at Lord's. Births 1 January - John Owen Jones (Ap Ffarmwr), journalist (died 1899) 2 January (in Oswestry) - William Henry Griffith Thomas, clergyman and academic (died 1924) 28 February - Jessie Penn-Lewis, evangelist (died 1927)https://www.cbeinternational.org/resource/article/priscilla-papers-academic-journal/life-and-influence-jessie-penn-lewis The Life and Influence of Jessie Penn-Lewis Baker-Johnson Sharon April 30, 2012 CBE International Christians for Biblical Equality 20 March 2021 22 March - Dick Kedzlie, Wales international rugby player (died 1920) 7 April - Clara Novello Davies, singer (died 1943)James Duff Brown Stephen Samuel Stratton British Musical Biography: A Dictionary of Musical Artists, Authors, and Composers Born in Britain and Its Colonies https://books.google.com/books?id=SR8KAQAAMAAJ 1897 S.S. Stratton 117ad 5 May - John Edward Lloyd, historian (died 1947)Leopold George Wickham Legg Edgar Trevor Williams The Dictionary of National Biography, 1941-1950 https://books.google.com/books?id=0BMTAQAAIAAJ 1959 Oxford University Press 514 31 July at Garneddwen - Alfred W. Hughes, surgeon and founder of the Welsh Hospital in South Africa 27 August - Reginald Brooks-King, archer (died 1936) 10 September - Sir John Lynn-Thomas, surgeon (died 1939)https://biography.wales/article/s-LYNN-JOH-1861 Lynn-Thomas, Sir John (1861-1939), surgeon Arthur Rocyn Jones Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 3 April 2021 19 September - Evan Roberts, Wales international rugby player (died 1927) 26 October - Richard Griffith (Carneddog), writer (died 1947)s2-GRIF-RIC-1861 Griffith, Richard ('Carneddog'; 1861-1947), poet, writer, and journalist Robert (Bob) Owen National Library of Wales 3 April 2021 28 December - David Gwynn, Wales international rugby player (died 1897) date unknown William Stadden, rugby player (died 1906) John Williams, politician (died 1922) Deaths 6 February - Sir John Owen, 1st Baronet, 84Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage https://books.google.com/books?id=NiVNAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA856 1868 Burke's Peerage Limited. 856 20 April - David Pugh, merchant, landowner and politician,Richard Williams Montgomeryshire Worthies 264–5 1894 Phillips & Son 8 May - Thomas Lloyd-Mostyn, politician, 31Richard Parry Llandudno: its history and natural history https://books.google.com/books?id=i7kHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA23 1861 23 17 May - Ellis Owen Ellis, artist, 48? 2 August - Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea, statesman, 50Walter Bagehot The Collected Works of Walter Bagehot: Miscellany https://books.google.com/books?id=clkrAQAAIAAJ 1986 Harvard University Press 90 5 September - William Addams Williams, lawyer, landowner and politician, 74Fisher D.R. The House of Commons, 1820–1832: Addams Williams, William (1787–1861), of Llangibby Castle, Mon. 2009 Cambridge University Press Series: History of Parliament Cambridge; New York 9780521193146 http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/addams-williams-william-1787-1861 21 May 2012 6 September 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140906064328/http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/addams-williams-william-1787-1861 dead 26 September - Morris Davies (Meurig Ebrill), poet, 71 25 October - Sir James Graham, 2nd Baronet, former MP for Pembroke, 69Samuel Maunder The Biographical Treasury a Dictionary of Universal Biography by Samuel Maunder, Author of The Treasury of Knowledge .. https://books.google.com/books?id=krEVxelkYx0C&pg=PA406 1868 Longman, Green, Reader, and Dyer 406 See also 1861 in Ireland References 1861 Wales Wales Category:1861 in Europe Category:1860s in Wales