1882 in Wales

none thumb | right | First article of the Denbigh, Ruthin and Vale of Clwyd Free Press, released in 1882. September 2019 May 2020 1882 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1882 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1882 in the United Kingdom#Incumbents Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – ClwydfarddGRIFFITH, DAVID (Clwydfardd; 1800–1894) s-GRIF-DAV-1800 Daniel Williams 15 December 2019 Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – William Owen StanleyEdward 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 – Joseph Bailey, 1st Baron GlanuskEdwin 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 – Edward Douglas-Pennant, 1st Baron PenrhynEdward 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 PryseDeath of Colonel Pryse http://newspapers.library.wales/view/3344911/3344915/21 27 February 2018 Cambrian News 1 June 1888 4 Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – William Cornwallis-West Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Hugh Robert Hughes Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Christopher Rice Mansel TalbotCampbell Thomas Methuen C.R.M. Talbot 1803–1890 Morgannwg 2000 44 66–104 http://welshjournals.llgc.org.uk/browse/viewobject/llgc-id:1174908/article/000041850 17 May 2014 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 – Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of BeaufortJames Henry Clark History of Monmouthshire County Observer 1869 375 Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Edward Herbert, 3rd Earl of Powiss-POWY-HER-1674 Herbert family (earls of Powis) Evan David Jones 1959 27 February 2022 Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Arthur Walsh, 2nd Baron Ormathwaite Bishop of Bangor – James Colquhoun Campbell Fryde E. B. Handbook of British chronology New York Cambridge University Press Cambridge England 1996 9780521563505 292Thomas Duffus Hardy Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press 1854 266 Bishop of Llandaff – Alfred Ollivant (until 16 December); Bishop of St Asaph – Joshua HughesThe Apostolical Succession in the Church of England James Parkes and Company 1866 15 Bishop of St Davids – Basil JonesThomas Duffus Hardy Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press 1854 307s-JONE-BAS-1822 Jones, William Basil (Tickell) (1822–1897) 21 April 2011 Events 10 January – The vessels Constancia and Primus attempt to pass through a lock at Newport Docks at the same time and a collision results. The lock is blocked and the vessels already in the dock are trapped for nearly two weeks. The resulting losses eventually culminate in the demise of the Newport Dock Company a year later. February – Charles Wilkins launches the English-language periodical The Red Dragon in Cardiff. 11 February – Six miners are killed in an accident at the Lewis Merthyr Colliery. 3 March – Five miners are killed in an accident at the Henwaen Colliery, Blaina. 20 October The steamer Clan MacDuff sinks off Holyhead, resulting in 32 deaths. The Victory, a Bideford schooner carrying coal from Cardiff to Waterford, sinks near Ballyteique with the loss of all crew.Suspense The Cornishman 225 2 November 1882 1 November – An Austrian barque, the Petroslava, is wrecked on Skokholm with the loss of 10 of its 11 crew members. 16 November – The new Fishguard Lifeboat Station boat Sir Edward Perrott is launched 5 times and rescues 46 lives from 15 different vessels.Fishguard lifeboat station http://historypoints.org/index.php?page=fishguard-lifeboat-station History Points 2016-04-27 Anti-Irish riots break out at Tredegar. Lager is brewed at Wrexham, for the first time in the UK. Brains Brewery opens in Cardiff. St Catharine's Church, Baglan, is consecrated. The Welsh Charity School in Ashford, Surrey, becomes girls-only and changes its name to the Welsh Girls' School. Plymouth Ironworks at Merthyr Tydfil is closed.Plymouth Ironworks http://www.alangeorge.co.uk/plymouthironworks.htm Old Merthyr Tydfil 2021-05-05 Slate workings in Cwm Llan on Snowdon are closed because of the expense of transporting the slate to a port. Arts and literature The Cambrian Academy of Art becomes the 'Royal Cambrian Academy of Art' after gaining patronage from Queen Victoria. Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales – held at Denbigh Chair – No WinnerWinners of the Chair National Eisteddfod https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/winners-chair 2021-02-27 eisteddfod.wales 13 February 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210213204407/https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/winners-chair dead Crown – Dafydd Rees Williams New books Richard Davies (Mynyddog) – Pedwerydd Llyfr Mynyddog Frances Hoggan – Education for Girls in Wales Music Sport Football 25 February - John Price becomes the first Welsh footballer to score a hat-trick in an international match, when he produces four of the goals in a 7–1 win against Ireland.Wales 7-1 Ireland http://www.wfda.co.uk/international_details.php?id=10 Welsh football data archive 25 February 1882 23 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20110927030740/http://www.wfda.co.uk/international_details.php?id=10 27 September 2011 dead Druids win the Welsh Cup for the third time in its five-year history. Rugby Union Bargoed RFC, Loughor RFC, Pentyrch RFC and Pontardawe RFC are formed. First Wales national game against Ireland. Result sees first Welsh victory and first points scored, by Newport's Thomas Baker Jones. Births 3 January – Johnnie Williams, Wales international rugby player (died 1916) 3 February – Arthur Jenkins, politician (died 1946) 3 February – Harry Wetter, Wales international rugby union player (died 1934) 11 February – Gwendoline Davies, patron of the arts (died 1951)s2-DAVI-ELI-1882 Davies, Gwendoline Elizabeth (1882-1951), art collector and benefactress Glyn Tegai Hughes 2001 2 March 2022 5 April – Howell Jones, Wales international rugby player (died 1908) 7 May – Reggie Gibbs, Wales international rugby player (died 1938) 24 July – Reginald Clarry, politician (died 1945)The Chemical Age https://books.google.com/books?id=TNUmAQAAIAAJ 1945 106 6 September – Tommy Vile, Wales international rugby player (died 1958) 14 September – Jack Powell, Wales international rugby player (died 1941) 30 September – Charlie Pritchard, Wales international rugby player (died 1916) 13 October – Trevor Preece, cricketer (died 1965) 6 November – David Rees Griffiths, poet (died 1953The Carmarthenshire Antiquary: The Transactions of the Carmarthenshire Antiquarian Society and Field Club https://books.google.com/books?id=m9YVNmvn6F8C 1999 Carmarthenshire Antiquarian Society and Field Club 90) 8 November – Jack Williams, Wales international rugby player (died 1911) 21 November – Harold Lowe, officer on board RMS Titanic (died 1944) 16 December – Cyril Fox, archaeologist (died 1967)The Antiquaries Journal https://books.google.com/books?id=hRNnAAAAMAAJ 1967 Oxford University Press 337 31 December – Tom Evans, Wales international rugby player (died 1955) date unknown – Ivor Lewis, artist (died 1958) McMann FirstName Biographical index of artists in Canada University of Toronto Press Toronto, Ont 2003 9780802027900 136 Deaths 9 January – Joseph Edwards, sculptor, 69s-EDWA-JOS-1814 Edwards, Joseph (1814-1882), sculptor Megan Ellis yes 21 October 2020 8 March – William Bulkeley Hughes, politician, 84s-HUGH-BUL-1797 Hughes, William Bulkeley (1797-1882), Member of Parliament Emyr Gwynne Jones 1959 2 March 2022 30 March – William Menelaus, ironworks manager, 64Sir Norman Lockyer Nature https://books.google.com/books?id=Zbk0AQAAMAAJ 1922 Macmillan Journals Limited 429 21 April – George Grant Francis, antiquary, 68s-FRAN-GRA-1814 Francis, George Grant (1814-1882), business man and antiquary Henry John Randall yes 7 February 2021 20 June – David Thomas, industrialist, 87s-THOM-DAV-1794 Thomas, David (1794-1882), pioneer of the iron industry in U.S.A. Robert (Bob) Owen yes 7 February 2021 24 June – Thomas Jones, poet-preacher, 6215098 Mari A. Williams Jones, Thomas 15 July – John Petherick, engineer and traveller, 69Great Britain. Foreign Office The Foreign Office List and Diplomatic and Consular Year Book https://books.google.com/books?id=jA97ii5rCpIC 1906 Harrison and Sons 432 24 August – John Dillwyn Llewelyn, botanist and photographer, 72s-DILL-DIL-1650 Dillwyn Dillwyn-Llewelyn, (Dillwyn) Venables-Llywelyn Robert Thomas Jenkins yes 7 February 2021 8 October – Mary Davies (Mair Eifion), poet, 35s-DAVI-MAR-1846 Davies, Mary Idwal Lewis yes 21 October 2020 21 November – Banastyre Pryce Lloyd, linguist and civil servant, 58 16 December – Alfred Ollivant, Bishop of Llandaff, 84OLVT816A Ollivant, Alfred See also 1882 in Ireland References Wales Category:1882 in Europe Category:1880s in Wales