1874 in Wales

none September 2019 November 2020 1874 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1874 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1874 in the United Kingdom#Incumbents 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 – Charles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/morgan-charles-1792-1875 Morgan, Charles Morgan Robinson (1792–1875), of Ruperra, Glam. and Tredegar, Mon. History of Parliament Online 3 July 2013June 2026 InternetArchiveBot Edwin 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 – Sir Stephen Glynne, 9th Baronet (until 17 June)http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/glynne-sir-stephen-1807-1874 Glynne, Sir Stephen Richard, 9th bt. (1807-1874), of Hawarden Castle, Flint. 3 December 2021 21 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150921215928/http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/glynne-sir-stephen-1807-1874 dead Hugh Robert Hughes (from 4 August) 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 – Sudeley Hanbury-Tracy, 3rd Baron SudeleyAmy Audrey Locke The Hanbury Family Arthur L. Humphreys 1916 170 Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – John Walsh, 1st Baron OrmathwaiteWalsh, John Benn 59 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 Bishop of St Asaph – Joshua HughesThe Apostolical Succession in the Church of England James Parkes and Company 1866 15 Bishop of St Davids – Connop Thirlwall (until May); Basil Jones (from 24 August)Thomas 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 24 January – Four pilots and two apprentices are drowned in an accident off Llanddwyn on Anglesey. 17 February – In the 1874 United Kingdom general election, newly elected MPs include David Davies (Llandinam) at Cardigan (returned unopposed).British Electoral Facts 1832–1999 Colin Rallings Colin Rallings Michael Thrasher Michael Thrasher Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2000 1 April – Frances Morgan marries Dr George Hoggan.https://biography.wales/article/s11-HOGG-ELI-1843 Hoggan [née Morgan], Frances Elizabeth (1843–1927), physician and social reformer Beth Jenkins Dictionary of Welsh Biography 9 December 2018 They later open the first husband-and-wife general medical practice in the UK. 1 May – Coal-owner Sir George Elliot is raised to the baronetcy by the new prime minister, Disraeli.The London Gazette, 1 May 1874 15 July – Laying of the foundation stone of the clock tower at Machynlleth,32925 Town Clock, Machynlleth 9 December 2018 built to mark the coming of age in 1873 of Viscount Castlereagh, the eldest son of the 5th Marquess of Londonderry of Plas Machynlleth. 20 July – In a mining accident at Charles Colliery, Llansamlet, nineteen men are killed. October – The Western Mail reports a deathbed confession made to a minister in the US by a man who claimed he carried out the assault for which Dic Penderyn was executed in 1831. 24 August – William Basil Jones is consecrated Bishop of St David's. 5 October – The Powysland Club holds its annual meeting at the new Powysland Museum in Welshpool.Collections Historical & Archaeological Relating to Montgomeryshire https://books.google.com/books?id=cZgxAQAAIAAJ&pg=PR23 1874 The Club 23 16 October – The first issue of Yr Ymwelydd is published in Australia under the editorship of William Meirion Evans. unknown dates Strike at Dinorwig slate quarry. The Welsh Flannel Company is established at Holywell. Richmond Lesley Company archives : the survey of the records of 1000 of the first registered companies in England and Wales Gower Aldershot, Hants, England Brookfield, Vt., U.S.A 1986 9780566035470 150 Henry Davis Pochin begins laying out Bodnant Garden. John Mathias Berry and his wife Mary move to Merthyr Tydfil. The three sons born to them here go on to achieve success in business and be raised to the peerage: Henry Seymour Berry, 1st Baron Buckland, William Ewart Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose and Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley. Rev. Richard Williams Morgan is consecrated First Patriarch of a restored Ancient British Church by Jules Ferrette, the founder of the British Orthodox Church, taking the religious name of 'Mar Pelagius I' and undertaking to revive Celtic Christianity as practised prior to the Synod of Whitby while continuing duties as an Anglican clergyman. Arts and literature William Goscombe John begins assisting his father, a wood-carver, in his work at Cardiff Castle. Awards Evan Jones (Gurnos) wins the bardic chair at the Bangor eisteddfod. William Thomas (Islwyn) wins a bardic chair at Rhyl. New books Sir William Boyd Dawkins – Cave Hunting Gwaith Thomas Edwards (ed. Isaac Foulkes) Isaac Foulkes – Rheinallt ab Gruffydd Music Joseph Parry becomes head of the new music department at University of Wales, Aberystwyth. The London Welsh Choral Union presents Sarah Edith Wynne with a bust of herself by Joseph Edwards. Sport Rugby union The first match is played at Cardiff Arms Park, between the Wanderers Club and Glamorgan 2nd XV. Newport RFC and Swansea RFC are founded. Births 4 February – Thomas Fagan Wallace, agricultural scientist (died 1951)s2-FAGA-WAL-1874 Fagan, Thomas Wallace (1874-1951), agricultural chemist Llywelyn Phillips 2001 23 February 2022 6 February – David Evans, composer (died 1948)s2-EVAN-DAV-1874 Evans, David (1874-1948), musician John William Jones National Library of Wales 19 October 2018 6 May – Miriam Kate Williams ("Vulcana"), strongwoman (died 1946) 20 May (in India) – Sir George Lewis Barstow, civil servant (died 1966) 2 July – George Boots, international rugby player (died 1928) 15 July – Gwyn Nicholls, Wales rugby captain (died 1939)Parry-Jones David Prince Gwyn, Gwyn Nicholls and the First Golden Era of Welsh Rugby 1999 Seren Bridgend 1-85411-262-7 16 July – William Alexander, Wales international rugby player (died 1937) 20 July – David Bowen (Myfyr Hefin), minister and author (died 1955) 30 July – Billy Meredith, footballer (died 1958) 31 October – James Henry Thomas, politician (died 1949)Thomas, James Henry [Jim, Jimmy] (1874–1949) Williamson Philip 36477 2004 Oxford University Press 12 November – Rachel Barrett, editor and suffragette (died 1953) 1 December – Dick Hellings, Wales international rugby player (died 1938) 30 December – Nantlais Williams, poet and religious leader (died 1959)s2-WILL-NAN-1874 WILLIAMS, WILLIAM NANTLAIS (1874-1959), minister (Presb.), editor, poet and hymn writer Gomer Morgan Roberts National Library of Wales 10 September 2018 date unknown William Eames, journalist (died 1958) (in USA) Thomas David Edwards, composer (died 1930)18191885), musician Deaths 3 January – Morris Williams (Nicander), author, 64s-WILL-MOR-1809 Williams, Morris (Nicander; 1809-1874), cleric and man of letters Thomas Iorwerth Ellis 1959 23 February 2022 19 January – John Parry, editor, 61 19 April – Owen Jones, architect, 65s-JONE-OWE-1809 Jones, Owen (1809?-1874), architect and ornamental designer William Llewelyn Davies 13 December 2025 8 May (in Launceston, Tasmania) – Zephaniah Williams, Chartist leader, 78s-WILL-ZEP-1795 Williams, Zephania (1795-1874), Chartist David Williams 20 August 2025 17 June – Sir Stephen Glynne, 9th Baronet, 66A. Geoffrey Veysey Sir Stephen Glynne, 1807–74 Flintshire Historical Society Journal 30 1981–82 151–70 10 August – David Davies (Dai'r Cantwr), Rebecca rioter (born about 1812)s-DAVI-DAV-1812 Davies, David ('Dai'r Cantwr'; 1812?-1874), Rebecca rioter David Williams 20 August 2025 19 August – Joseph Kenny Meadows, illustrator, 83 3 October – Owen Williams (Owen Gwyrfai), poet, 84 14 November – John Ambrose Lloyd, musician, 59 19 November – Mary Pendrill Llewelyn, writer and translator, 63s-LLEW-PEN-1811 LLEWELYN, MARY PENDRILL (née Mary Catherine Rhys, 1811-1874), translator and writer Ray Looker 20 August 2025 See also 1874 in Ireland References Wales Wales Category:1874 in Europe Category:1870s in Wales