1858 in Wales

none thumb | right | A view of the building at Bangor Normal College. September 2019 September 2019 1858 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1858 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1858 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 – Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 1st Baron Sudeley (until 10 February); 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 Thomas Hanbury-Tracy, 2nd Baron Sudeley (from 4 March) 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 January Teaching begins at Bangor Normal College, founded by Hugh Owen. End of Aberdare Strike 1857-8 in the coal mining industry. 20 April – John Jones (Shoni Sguborfawr) is given a conditional pardon for his role in the Rebecca Riots.https://biography.wales/article/s-JONE-JOH-1811 Jones, John (fl. 1811-1858; 'Shoni Sguborfawr'), Rebecca rioter David Williams Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 23 September 2019 June – Erection of the Town Clock at Tredegar.The Tredegar Workmen's Hall, 1861-1951: Ninety Years of Endeavor. With Some General Observations on the Life of the Period https://books.google.com/books?id=uZ0uAQAAIAAJ 1952 Tredegar Workmen's Institute Society 20 20 June – End of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, which Major General Charles Hinde plays a major role in suppressing. 29 August – Musician Robert Davies (Asaph Llechid) is killed by a rockfall while at work in Cae-braich-y-cafn quarry.National Library of Wales Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales https://books.google.com/books?id=neKr-xBNU5YC 1950 Printed at the private Press of the National library of Wales 20 5 October – The Vale of Clwyd Railway, built by David Davies Llandinam, is opened.Railscot - A History of Britain's Railways. Accessed 9 Dec 2014 13 October – 20 men are killed in a mining accident at Lower Duffryn Colliery, Mountain Ash. date unknown The schooner Mary Catherine, launched at Amlwch, is the first iron ship built in Wales.A Commodious Yard: The Story of William Thomas and Sons Shipbuilders of Amlwch Bryan D. Hope 9781845270216 2005 Llygad Gwalch Cyf Llanrwst Richard Kyrke Penson exhibits a plan of his design for the Cilyrychen lime kilns at the Royal Academy.Thomas Lloyd Julian Orbach Robert Scourfield Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion https://books.google.com/books?id=wEkcJb2lHx8C&pg=PA266 2006 Yale University Press 0-300-10179-1 266 Arts and literature Awards "Great Eisteddfod" at Llangollen; early appearance of Gorsedd ceremony. Ebenezer Thomas (Eben Fardd) wins first prize for his poem Maes Bosworth. New books English language William Davies (Gwilym Teilo) — Llandilo-Vawr and its Neighbourhoods-DAVI-WIL-1831 Davies, William (Gwilym Teilo; 1831-1892); man of letters, poet, and historian Gomer Morgan Roberts 31 May 2024 Robert Owen — An Introduction to the Study of Dogmatic Theology Louisa M. Spooner (anonymously) — Gladys of HarlechL. M. Spooner Gladys of Harlech https://books.google.com/books?id=Q4RSvgAACAAJ 16 February 2017 Honno Welsh Women's Press 978-1-909983-54-0 Alfred Russel Wallace — On the Tendency of Varieties to Depart Indefinitely From the Original TypeWallace Alfred On the Tendency of Varieties to Depart Indefinitely From the Original Type http://www.wku.edu/~smithch/wallace/S043.htm The Alfred Russel Wallace Page hosted by Western Kentucky University 22 April 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070429183411/http://www.wku.edu/~smithch/wallace/S043.htm 29 April 2007 live Welsh language Morgan Howells — Gweithiau Morgan Howells ... pregethau a thraethodau (posthumously published)s-HOWE-MOR-1794 Howells, Morgan (1794-1852), Calvinistic Methodist minister Gomer Morgan Roberts 31 May 2024 Owen Wynne Jones — Lleucu LlwydMeic Stephens The Oxford companion to the literature of Wales https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00meic registration April 1986 Oxford University Press 317 978-0-19-211586-7 Music Thomas Gruffydd Jones (Tafalaw Bencerdd) — Y Drysorfa Gorawl Edward Stephen (Tanymarian) — Requiem Births 6 January — Ben Davies, singer (died 1943)https://biography.wales/article/s2-DAVI-BEN-1858 Davies, Benjamin ('Ben'; 1858-1943), singer Robert David Griffith Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 15 March 2019 28 January — Edgeworth David, explorer (died 1934)David F. Branagan T.W. Edgeworth David: A Life : Geologist, Adventurer, Soldier and 'Knight in the Old Brown Hat' https://books.google.com/books?id=tx29vLNyVVkC 2005 National Library of Australia 978-0-642-10791-6 9 April — Aneurin Rees, Wales rugby union international (died 1932) 15 May — B. B. Mann, Wales rugby union international (died 1948) 8 October — Robert Owen Hughes (Elfyn), journalist and poet (died 1919)Hughes, Robert Owen (Elfyn; 1858-1919), journalist and poet John William Jones s-HUGH-OWE-1858 1 March 2024 25 October — Tom Clapp, Wales rugby union captain (died 1933) 30 October - Alfred Onions, politician (died 1921)Who was who: A Companion to Who's Who, Containing the Biographies of Those who Died During the Period ... https://books.google.com/books?id=sVsJAQAAIAAJ 1929 A. & C. Black. 797 18 December — Sir Owen Thomas, soldier and politician (died 1923)Thomas, Sir Owen (1858-1923), agriculturist, soldier, and Member of Parliament Richards Thomas Thomas Richards (historian) 1959 Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion s1-THOM-OWE-1858 25 December — Frederick Margrave, rugby player (died 1946) 26 December — Sir Owen Morgan Edwards, academic and author (died 1920)https://biography.wales/article/s-EDWA-MOR-1858 Edwards, Sir Owen Morgan (1858-1920), man of letters Robert Thomas Jenkins Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 23 September 2019 27 December — Sir John Herbert Lewis, lawyer and politician (died 1933)s-LEWI-HER-1858 Lewis, Sir John Herbert (1858-1933), lawyer and politician Idwal Jones 1 March 2024 28 December — Josiah Towyn Jones, politician (died 1925)Jones, JOSIAH TOWYN (1858-1925), Congregational minister, and Member of Parliament s-JONE-TOW-1858 David Thomas Jones 1 March 2024 Deaths 10 February — Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 1st Baron Sudeley, Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire, 79 22 March — Mary Anne Edmunds, educator and feminist, 41Roberts Thomas Edmunds, Mary Anne https://biography.wales/article/s-EDMU-ANN-1813?query=Mary+Anne+Edmunds&field=name Dictionary of Welsh Biography 6 May 2016 26 March — William Morgan, evangelical clergyman, friend of the Bronte family, 75/6 19 April — John Davies, Unitarian minister and teacher, 62/63John Davies s-DAVI-JHN-1795 Williams Thomas Oswald 20 June 2017 13 May — Lewis Loyd, banker, 91 30 May — Thomas ap Catesby Jones, Welsh-descended US naval officer, 68Smith Gene A. Gene A. Smith Thomas ap Catesby Jones 2000 Naval Institute Press Annapolis, Maryland 978-1-55750-848-5 https://archive.org/details/thomasapcatesbyj00smit/page/161 161 4 June — Thomas Edwards (Caerfallwch), lexicographer, 78Henry Lewis Edwards, Thomas (Caerfallwch; 1779?-1858), lexicographer https://biography.wales/article/s-EDWA-THO-1779 Dictionary of Welsh Biography 23 September 2019 16 October — Charles Norris, artist, 79Norris Ursula Charles Norris, Tenby Artist, and his Family Cylchgrawn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru (The National Library of Wales Journal) 1966 14 4 489–496 http://welshjournals.llgc.org.uk/browse/viewpage/llgc-id:1277425/llgc-id:1282883/llgc-id:1282998/get650 17 November — Robert Owen, founder of the Co-operative Society, 87Leopold, Richard William Robert Dale Owen, A Biography Harvard University Press Harvard Historical Studies 45 1940 Cambridge, Massachusetts 774894 327 20 November — Sir Joseph Bailey, 1st Baronet, ironmaster, 75s-BAIL-GLA-1700 BAILEY family, of Glanusk Park, Brecknock Watkin William Price 10 December 2025 18 December — John Salusbury Piozzi Salusbury, nephew of Hester Thrale, 65Joseph Foster Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886 : Their Parentage, Birthplace, and Year of Birth, with a Record of Their Degrees Joseph Foster 1888 1247 27 December — John Williams, Archdeacon of Cardigan and warden of Llandovery College, 66Williams, John (1792-1858) 61 See also 1858 in Ireland References Wales Wales Category:1858 in Europe Category:1860s in Wales