1885 in Wales

none September 2019 February 2020 1885 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1885 to Wales and its people. Incumbents Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Richard Daviess-DAVI-RIC-1818 Davies, Richard (1818-1896), M.P. Robert Thomas Jenkins 1959 24 November 2021 Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Joseph Bailey, 1st Baron GlanuskDod's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland, Including All the Titled Classes Dod 1921 356 Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Edward Douglas-Pennant, 1st Baron PenrhynNational Museum of Wales Adroddiad Blynyddol The Museum 1935 3 Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Edward Pryse Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John Campbell, 2nd Earl CawdorEdward Arthur Copleston Where's where? Pt. 1. A concise gazetteer of Somerset. Pt. 2. Statistical, educational, parliamentary and practical information 1878 80 Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – William Cornwallis-West Potter Matthew The concept of the 'master' in art education in Britain and Ireland, 1770 to the present Routledge Abingdon, Oxon 2016 9781351545471 149 Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Hugh Robert HughesJournal of the Architectural, Archaeological, and Historic Society for the County and the City of Chester and North Wales Popish recusants in Flintshire in 1625 Henry Taylor Architectural, Archaeological, and Historic Society for the County and the City of Chester and North Wales 1895 304 Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Christopher Rice Mansel Talbots-TALB-MAR-1700 William Llewelyn Davies Talbot family, of Margam Abbey and Penrice Castle Glamorganshire yes 1959 24 November 2021 Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Robert Davies Pryce The Annual Register Rivingtons 1892 179 Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort Reese M. M. The royal office of Master of the Horse Threshold Books Ltd London 1976 9780901366900 348 Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Edward Herbert, 3rd Earl of PowisWeyman Henry T. Shropshire M.P.s - Memoirs T.S.A.S., Series 4, Volume XII 1929 28 Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington Lodge Edmund Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire... Salzwasser-Verlag GMBH 2020 9783752502664 318 Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Arthur Walsh, 2nd Baron OrmathwaiteBurke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage Burke's Peerage Limited 1885 1027 Bishop of Bangor – James Colquhoun CampbellCMBL831JC Campbell, John Colquhoun Bishop of Llandaff – Richard LewisDeath Of The Bishop Of Llandaff, The Times, 25 January 1905; page 4; Issue 37613; col A Bishop of St Asaph – Joshua Hughess-HUGH-JOS-1807 Hughes, Joshua (1807-1889), bishop 1959 William Thomas Havard William Havard yes 26 October 2021 Bishop of St Davids – Basil Joneshttp://www.llangynfelyn.org/dogfennau/william_basil_DNB.html William Basil Jones, Bishop of St Davids Dictionary of National Biography 21 April 2011 Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Clwydfardds-GRIF-DAV-1800 Griffith, David (Clwydfardd; 1800-1894), eisteddfodic bard and arch-druid Daniel Williams 1959 yes 24 November 2021 Events October – Keswick House, predecessor of Aberdare Hall, in Cardiff opens, allowing women to study for degrees through the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire. 24 November – The United Kingdom general election is the first in which the Liberal Party has a candidate in every Welsh constituency. The Liberals win 30 of the 34 available seats. 23 December – 81 miners are killed in an accident at the Maerdy Colliery, Rhondda. The world's first passenger-carrying ropeway comes into use over the River Aeron at Aberaeron. Opening of steelworks at Brymbo. By order of the Admiralty, only Welsh coal is to be used on ships of the Royal Navy. Three people are killed when fire breaks out at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. Frances Hoggan is the first woman doctor registered in Wales. Opening of the first local authority secondary school in Cardiff. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the constituencies of Denbighshire, Glamorganshire, North and South Monmouthshire are among those disestablished. Arts and literature Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales – held at Aberdare Chair – Watkin Hezekiah Williams, "Y Gwir yn Erbyn y Byd"Winners 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 – Griffith Tecwyn Parry New books Daniel James (Gwyrosydd) – Caneuon Gwyrosydd Daniel Owen – Hunangofiant Rhys Lewis, Gweinidog Bethel, the first long novel written in Welsh Music 5 August – Queen Victoria's harpist John Thomas (Pencerdd Gwalia) marries a former student, Joan Francis Denny.http://hellohistoria.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/john-thomas-pencerdd-gwalia.html John Thomas: Pencerdd Gwalia Louvain Rees Historia 2013-03-17 2019-10-04 Sport Football – Druids win the Welsh Cup for the fourth time in its eight-year history. Golf – Course at Borth opens. Rugby union Cross Keys RFC, London Welsh RFC, Neyland RFC and Risca RFC are founded. Arthur Gould plays his first international match for Wales. Births 21 May – William Dowell, Welsh dual-code rugby player (died 1949) 26 June – David John Williams, writer and politician (died 1970) 2 August – Clarence Bruce, 3rd Baron Aberdare (died 1957) 5 September – Jenkin Alban Davies, Welsh international rugby captain (died 1976) 21 November – Robert Evans, footballer (died 1965) date unknown Ernest Evans, politician (died 1965) James Grey West, architect (died 1951, in Beer, Devon) Deaths 21 January – John Gwyn Jeffreys, conchologist, 76https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31571707 Obituary-John Gwyn Jeffreys, LL.D., F.R.S. & c Journal of Conchology Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1885 283–284 10 April 2016 15 March – Jane Williams (Ysgafell), writer, 79s-WILL-JAN-1806 Williams, Jane (Ysgafell; 1806-1885), Welsh historian and miscellaneous writer Brinley Rees Brinley Rees 1959 14 December 2021 1 May – Henry Brinley Richards, composer, 67s-RICH-BRI-1819 Richards, Henry Brinley (1819-1885), musician Robert David Griffith 1959 21 November 2021 10 May – Edward Stephen, composer, 62s-STEP-JON-1822 Stephen, Edward (Jones) (Tanymarian; 1822-1885), musician Robert David Griffith 1959 14 December 2021 27 July – Penry Williams, artist, 82s-WILL-PEN-1800 Williams, Penry (1800-1885), painter Megan Ellis 1959 14 December 2021 1 August – Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, metallurgist and inventor, 34s-THOM-GIL-1850 Thomas, Sidney Gilchrist (1850-1885), metallurgist and inventor William Llewelyn Davies 1959 14 December 2021 24 September – Samuel Roberts, political and economic writer, 85s-ROBE-SAM-1800 Roberts, Samuel ('S.R.'; 1800-1885), Independent minister, editor, Radical reformer Robert Ivor Parry 1959 10 November 2021 See also 1885 in Ireland References Wales Category:1885 in Europe Category:1880s in Wales