1852 in Wales

none September 2019 May 2020 1852 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1852 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1852 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 – 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 – William Edward Powell Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – George Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor (until 9 April); John Campbell, 1st Earl Cawdor (from 4 May) 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 292Thomas 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 90Thomas 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 24 February – The Times reports that Robert Stephenson has approved Isambard Kingdom Brunel's design for a railway bridge at Chepstow. 10 May – 27 men are killed by quicksand at Gwendraeth Colliery, Pontyberem.Reference Wales https://books.google.com/books?id=-j0ro22GZU8C 1994 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-1234-6 238 14 May – 64 men are killed by underground explosion at Middle Duffryn Colliery, Aberdare.Middle Duffryn Colliery - Aberdare - 1852 https://www.nmrs.org.uk/mines-map/accidents-disasters/glamorganshire/middle-duffryn-colliery-explosion-aberdare-1852/ Northern Mine Research Society 2021-05-21 August – Halkyn-born Mormon missionary Dan Jones begins his second (4-year) mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Wales.David Williams David Williams (historian) Jones, Daniel s-JONE-DAN-1811 1959 2014-06-10 He also oversees translation of the Book of Mormon into the Welsh language. 14 September – Three-decker sailing first-rate ship of the line HMS Duke of Wellington, converted on the stocks to screw propulsion, is launched at Pembroke Dock. 4 November – In the United Kingdom general election: Walter Coffin becomes the first Nonconformist MP elected in Wales.s-COFF-WAL-1784 Coffin, Walter (1784-1867), colliery pioneer Robert Thomas Jenkins 1959 20 January 2022 Henry Vivian becomes MP for Truro. Crawshay Bailey becomes MP for Monmouth Boroughs. December – In the by-election caused by the death of John Josiah Guest, Henry Austin Bruce is elected MP for Merthyr Tydfil. date unknown St David's College, Lampeter, becomes the first institution in Wales to award degrees.David Trevor William Price Bishop Burgess and Lampeter College https://books.google.com/books?id=qHIcAAAAMAAJ 1987 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-0965-0 71 Construction of the first Merthyr Synagogue begins. Richard Muspratt sets up an alkali manufacturing factory in Flint.Peter John Turnbull Morris Colin Archibald Russell John Graham Smith Archives of the British chemical industry, 1750-1914: a handlist https://books.google.com/books?id=21e1AAAAIAAJ 1988 British Society for the History of Science 978-0-906450-06-2 219 The Alliance Insurance Company is set up in Wrexham, advertising itself as the only Welsh insurance company. Arts and literature New books Aneurin Jones – Tafol y Beirdd William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog) – Aelwyd F'Ewythr Robert John Williams (Glanmor) – Awstralia a'r Cloddfeydd Aur Robert Williams – Enwogion Cymru: A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Welshmen, from the Earliest Times Music J. Ambrose Lloyd – Teyrnasoedd y Ddaear Edward Stephen (Tanymarian) – Ystorm Tiberias (oratorio) Thomas Williams (Hafrenydd) – Ceinion Cerddoriaeth Births 20 March – John Gwenogvryn Evans, palaeographer (died 1930)Alexander Hopkins McDonnald The Encyclopedia Americana https://books.google.com/books?id=xifVAAAAMAAJ 1951 Americana Corporation 592 26 April – William Eilir Evans, journalist (died 1910)s-EVAN-EIL-1852 Evans, William Eilir; 1852-1910), cleric, poet, and journalist David Gwenallt Jones yes 18 September 2019 28 April – Sir Francis Edwards, 1st Baronet, Liberal politician (died 1927)s-EDWA-FRA-1852 Edwards, Sir Francis (1852-1927), baronet and M.P. Griffith Milwyn Griffiths 10 December 2025 11 May — Sir David Saunders Davies, MP (died 1934)s-DAVI-SAU-1852 Davies, Sir David Saunders (1852-1934), M.P. Robert Thomas Jenkins 10 December 2025 25 November – Sir Vincent Evans, Eisteddfod supporter (died 1934)s-EVAN-VIN-1851 Evans, Evan (later Sir Evan Vincent Evans); 1852 (or 1851)-1934), eisteddfodwr, and secretary of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion) Thomas Jones yes 18 September 2019 December – Alice Gray Jones (Ceridwen Peris), writer (died 1943)s2-JONE-GRA-1852 Jones, Alice Gray (Ceridwen Peris); 1852-1943), author (1852-1921) Margaret Beatrice Davies 2001 yes 18 September 2019 date unknown Ann Harriet Hughes (Gwyneth Vaughan), novelist (died 1910)Richard Bryn Williams 1959 Hughes, Annie Harriet s-HUGH-HAR-1852 yes 6 July 2020 David Brynmor Jones, barrister, historian and Liberal MP (died 1921)s-JONE-BRY-1852 Jones (later Brynmor-Jones), Sir David Brynmor (1852-1921), lawyer and historian Robert Thomas Jenkins yes 18 September 2019 Deaths 23 February – Evan Jones (Ieuan Gwynedd), minister and journalist, 31s-JONE-EVA-1820 Jones, Evan (Ieuan Gwynedd; 1820-1852), Independent minister and journalist Frank Price Jones 10 December 2025 9 April – George Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor, Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire, 86http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/rice-hon-george-talbot-1765-1852 Hon. George Talbot Rice (1765–1852), of Newton House, Dynevor Castle, Carmarthenshire History of Parliament Online 20 January 2022 2 May – John Jones (Ioan Tegid), poet, 60Y Cylchgrawn: at wasanaeth crefydd, llenyddiaeth, gwleidiadaeth, ac hanesiaeth https://books.google.com/books?id=9UUFAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA33 1869 33 cy 20 May – Robert Williamson ("Bardd Du Môn"), poet, 45?s-WILL-ROB-1807 Williamson, Robert (Mona) Bardd Du Môn (1807-1852), teacher and poet William Llewelyn Davies 1959 20 January 2022 17 June – John Page (Ioan Glan Dyfrdwy), poet, 21/22s-PAGE-JOH-1830 Page, John (Ioan Glan Dyfrdwy; 1830?-1852), poet Robert Thomas Jenkins 1959 20 January 2022 26 November – John Josiah Guest, engineer, entrepreneur and politician, 77Madeleine Elsas Iron in the making: Dowlais Iron Company letters, 1782-1860 https://books.google.com/books?id=_h_RAAAAMAAJ 1960 County Records Committee of the Glamorgan Quarter Sessions & County Council viii 18 December – Evan Owen Allen, writer, 47s3-ALLE-OWE-1805 Allen, Evan Owen (1805-1852), writer Robert Thomas Jenkins 1959 20 January 2022 See also 1852 in Ireland References Wales Wales Category:1852 in Europe Category:1850s in Wales