1847 in Wales

none September 2019 September 2019 1847 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1847 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1847 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 – Penry Williams (until 16 January);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 John Lloyd Vaughan Watkins (from 17 February)Editorial 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 dead 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 – John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute Nicholas Thomas Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales Genealogical Pub. Co Baltimore 1991 9780806313146 612 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 – Edward Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powiss-POWY-HER-1674 Herbert family (earls of Powis) Evan David Jones 1959 30 November 2021 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 – Edward Copleston 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 14 January - All thirteen members of the Point of Ayr lifeboat crew are drowned when it capsizes off Rhyl.Reference Wales https://books.google.com/books?id=-j0ro22GZU8C 1994 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-1234-6 245 8 April - John Jones (Shoni Sguborfawr) is transferred from Norfolk Island to Tasmania. In the UK general election: Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis becomes MP for Radnor Boroughs. Sir Stephen Glynne, 9th Baronet, loses his Flintshire seat to Edward Lloyd-Mostyn for the second time. 24 May - Five people are killed in the Dee bridge disaster, when Robert Stephenson's railway bridge on the Chester and Holyhead Railway at Chester collapses.Michael R. Bailey Robert Stephenson – The Eminent Engineer https://books.google.com/books?id=BzErDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA311 5 July 2017 Taylor & Francis 978-1-351-90272-4 311 1 July - "Treachery of the Blue Books": Publication of a government report ("blue book") on education in Wales containing opinions hostile to Welsh culture. Prince Albert is unsuccessfully challenged for the chancellorship of the University of Cambridge by The Earl of Powis. The winning margin is less than 120 votes. Sir William Robert Grove is awarded the medal of the Royal Society. Arts and literature New books Reports of the Commissioners of Inquiry into the state of education in Wales John Lloyd - Poems Morris Williams (Nicander) - Llyfr yr Homiliaus-WILL-MOR-1809 Williams, Morris (Nicander; 1809-1874), cleric and man of letters Thomas Iorwerth Ellis 1959 17 January 2022 Music John Mills (Ieuan Glan Alarch) - Y Salmydd Eglwysigs-MILL-JOH-1812 Mills, John (Ieuan Glan Alarch; 1812-1873), Calvinistic Methodist minister, writer and musician Gwilym Prichard Ambrose 1959 17 January 2022 Births 13 January - Daniel James, hymn-writer (died 1920)s-JAME-DAN-1847 James, Daniel (Gwyrosydd; 1847-1920), poet David Myrddin Lloyd 10 December 2025 27 January - Owen Owens Roberts, choirmaster and conductor (died 1926)s-ROBE-OWE-1847 Roberts, Owen Owens (1847-1926), schoolmaster and choral conductor John Hughes 1959 18 January 2022 9 February - Hugh Price Hughes, Methodist social reformer (died 1902)s-HUGH-PRI-1847 Hughes, Hugh Price (1847-1902), Wesleyan Methodist minister Thomas Iorwerth Ellis 1959 18 January 2022 22 April - Charles Henry Wynn, landowner (died 1911)s-WYNN-RUG-1775 Wynn family, of Rûg, Meironnydd, and Boduan (or Bodfean), Caernarvonshire William Llewelyn Davies 1959 18 January 2022 20 June - Evan Thomas Davies (Dyfrig), clergyman and author (died 1927)s-DAVI-THO-1847 Davies, Evan Thomas (Dyfrig; 1847-1927), cleric Thomas Iorwerth Ellis 1959 18 January 2022 10 July - Alfred Neobard Palmer, historian and ancient monuments inspector (died 1915)s-PALM-NEO-1847 Palmer, Alfred Neobard (1847-1915), historian Arthur Herbert Dodd 1959 18 January 2022 12 September - John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute, Cardiff landowner (died 1900) Hannah Rosemary The Grand Designer : Third Marquess of Bute Birlinn Edinburgh 2012 9780857902276 1506 13 October - Owen Owen, draper (died 1910)https://owenowentrust.org.uk/history/ Owen Owen Victorian Draper Owen Owen Trust 18 January 2022 14 November - Roland Rogers, musician (died 1927)s-ROGE-ROL-1847 Rogers, Roland (1847-1927), musician Robert David Griffith 1959 18 January 2022 date unknown - Llewelyn Kenrick, footballer (died 1933)s-KENR-ICK-1741 Kenrick family of Wynn Hall, Denbighshire, and Bron Clydwr, Merionethshire 1959 18 January 2022 Deaths 13 February - Sharon Turner, historian, 78 16 February - Taliesin Williams, poet and author, son of Iolo Morganwg, 59https://biography.wales/article/s-WILL-TAL-1787 Williams, Taliesin (Taliesin ab Iolo; 1787-1847), poet and author Griffith John Williams Welsh Biography Online National Library of Wales 18 September 2019 17 March - Sir Harford Jones Brydges, diplomat and author, 83George Fisher Russell Barker Milverton Godfrey Dauglish Historical and Political Handbook https://books.google.com/books?id=Fw0QAAAAYAAJ 1886 Chapman 339 29 March - Humphrey Gwalchmai, Calvinistic Methodist leader, 59 7 June - David Mushet, Scottish metallurgist (in Monmouth), 74Fred Marmaduke Osborn The story of the Mushets https://books.google.com/books?id=9o5IAAAAMAAJ 1952 T. Nelson 27 27 September - Lucy Thomas, colliery owner ('The Mother of the Welsh Steam Coal Trade')Cylchgrawn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru: The National Library of Wales Journal https://books.google.com/books?id=LWcaAAAAMAAJ 1958 Council of the National Library of Wales 416 6 October - John Evans (Methodist), 68Evans, John (1779-1847) See also 1847 in Ireland References Wales Wales Category:1847 in Europe Category:1840s in Wales