1850 in Wales

none thumb | right September 2019 February 2020 1850 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1850 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1850 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 – Peter Drummond-Burrell, 22nd Baron Willoughby de EresbyEdward 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 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 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 18 March – Opening of the Britannia Bridge.Steve Skinner Hydraulic Fluid Power – A Historical Timeline https://books.google.com/books?id=ENUEBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA42 19 July 2014 978-1-291-67689-1 42 3 April – G. T. Clark marries Ann Price Lewis, a descendant of one of the original partners in the Dowlais Ironworks.Brian Ll James G. T. Clark: Scholar Ironmaster in the Victorian Age https://books.google.com/books?id=v2ApAAAAYAAJ 1998 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-1500-2 14 18 June – Opening of the South Wales Railway between Chepstow and Swansea.Opening of the South Wales Railway The Morning Post 19 June 1850 3 October – The Merthyr Board of Health is founded, with John Josiah Guest as its first chairman. Goodman David The European cities and technology reader : industrial to post-industrial city Routledge, in association with the Open University London New York 1999 9780415200820 13 November – The first issue of the periodical Y Drych is printed, though not in circulation for another two monthsJerry Hunter Jerry Hunter Sons of Arthur, Children of Lincoln: Welsh Writing from the American Civil War https://books.google.com/books?id=xmEfAQAAIAAJ 2007 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-2020-4 43 14 December – 13 men are killed in a mining accident at New Duffryn Colliery, Mountain Ash.Robert Lindsay Galloway Annuals of Coal Mining and the Coal Trade: Second series. 1836-1850. David and Charles 1971 123 unknown dates The Llanelli Board of Health is founded, with William Chambers as its first chairman.The Carmarthenshire Antiquary: The Transactions of the Carmarthenshire Antiquarian Society and Field Club Carmarthenshire Antiquarian Society and Field Club 1988 86 Vaendre Hall in the village of St Mellons is completed, the home of the industrialist John Cory.https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?id=13945 Cof Cymru – National Historic Assets of Wales – Full Report for Listed Buildings – Faendre Hall Cadw – Cof Cymru https://web.archive.org/web/20201228214421/https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?id=13945 28 December 2020https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/welsh-homes/st-mellons-manor-cardiff-sale-18202227 Inside the grand manor house for sale that was once used as the backdrop for a Doctor Who Christmas day special 5 May 2020 Bronte Howard Wales Online 28 December 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201228214642if_/https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/welsh-homes/st-mellons-manor-cardiff-sale-18202227 28 December 2020 dead Arts and literature New books Thomas Edwards (Caerfallwch) – Geirlyfr Saesoneg a Chymraeg, An English and Welsh Dictionary 'Elen Egryn' (Elin Evans) – Telyn Egryn (poems) Stephens Meic The new companion to the literature of Wales University of Wales Press Cardiff 1998 9780708313831 230 Elijah Waring – Recollections and Anecdotes of Edward WilliamsHobsbawm, E. J. Hobsbawm Eric Hobsbawm Terence Ranger The Invention of Tradition https://books.google.com/books?id=sfvnNdVY3KIC&pg=PA64 31 July 1992 Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-43773-8 64 Morris Williams (Nicander) – Y Psalmwyr Music September – North Wales Musical Festival is held at Rhuddlan Castle.Gareth Williams Valleys of Song: Music and Society in Wales 1840–1914 https://books.google.com/books?id=9kwUAQAAIAAJ 1998 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-1480-7 32 Births 1 January – Evan Rees (Dyfed), minister, poet and archdruid (died 1923)Rhys James Ednyfed Rees, Evan (Dyfed; 1850–1923), Calvinistic Methodist minister, poet, and archdruid of Wales s-REES-EVA-1850 National Library of Wales 2 August 2018 1959 4 January – Griffith J. Griffith, industrialist (died 1919)BBC – south east Wales historical figures – Griffith J Griffith http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southeast/halloffame/historical_figures/colonel_griffith.shtml https://web.archive.org/web/20040504071021/http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southeast/halloffame/historical_figures/colonel_griffith.shtml dead 4 May 2004 14 May 2010 BBC 14 May 2010 BBC website 16 April – Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, inventor (died 1885)s-THOM-GIL-1850 Thomas, Sidney Gilchrist (1850–1885), metallurgist and inventor William Llewelyn Davies National Library of Wales 18 September 2019 24 November – John Aeron Thomas, politician (died 1935) date unknown Alfred Davies, footballer (died 1891)Who's Who of Welsh International Soccer Players Davies Gareth Garland Ian 1991 Bridge Books 1-872424-11-2 33 John Evan Davies, minister and author (died 1929)John Evan Davies https://biography.wales/article/s-DAVI-EVA-1850 Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales Williams Griffith John 12 July 2017 Owen Owen, teacher and schools inspector (died 1920)Owen, Owen (1850–1920), first chief inspector of the Central Welsh Board for Intermediate Education in Wales s-OWEN-OWE-1850 National Library of Wales Edgar William Jones 18 September 2019 Deaths 11 April David Hughes, clergyman and writer, 64? Edward Hughes (Y Dryw), poet, 77s-HUGH-EDW-1772 Hughes, Edward ('Y Dryw'; 1772-1850), eisteddfodic poet Robert William Hughes National Library of Wales 3 September 2020 18 April – John Richards, Welsh-born US politician, 85 19 April – Sir John Edwards of Garth, politician, 80Bernard Burke The Heraldic Register, 1849-1850: With an Introductory Essay on Heraldry, and an Annotated Obituary https://books.google.com/books?id=GKCdybYFXeoC&pg=RA3-PA53 1850 E. Churton 3 11 July – Robert Williams (Robert ap Gwilym Ddu), poet and hymn-writer, 83s-WILL-ROB-1766 Williams, Robert (Robert ap Gwilym Ddu; 1766-1850), poet Stephen Joseph Williams National Library of Wales 3 September 2020 28 July – David Lewis, Carmarthenshire priest and writer, 90? 2 September – Charles Williams-Wynn, politician, 74The Illustrated London News https://books.google.com/books?id=Y6VUAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA207 1850 Leighton 207 19 December – George Williams, politician, 85William Duncombe Pink Alfred Beaven The Parliamentary Representation of Lancashire, (county and Borough), 1258-1885: With Biographical and Genealogical Notices of the Members H. Gray 1889 340 See also 1850 in Ireland References Wales Wales Category:1850 in Europe Category:1850s in Wales