1875 in Wales

none September 2019 September 2019 1875 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1875 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1875 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 (until 16 April); Joseph Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk (from 11 June)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 – Hugh Robert Hughes 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 Ormathwaite (until 21 April);Walsh, John Benn 59 Arthur Walsh, 2nd Baron Ormathwaite (from 21 April) Bishop of Bangor – James Colquhoun Campbell 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 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 – Basil Jones 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 August - First publication of The Usk Gleaner and Monmouthshire Record. December - South Wales miners, led by William Abraham, come to agreement on a sliding scale of wages in relation to prices and profits. 4 December - In a mining accident at Old Pit, New Tredegar, 22 men are killed. 5 December - In a mining accident at Llan Colliery, Pentyrch, twelve men are killed. unknown dates The first imports of North American wheat come through Cardiff. The United States Immigration and Naturalization Service recognises Welsh as a distinct nationality - the first official body ever to do so. Ordnance Survey publishes the first complete maps of Wales. David Davies Llandinam is elected treasurer of the University of Wales. Major eisteddfod held at Pwllheli. Future archdruid Rowland Williams (Hwfa Môn) is a leading adjudicator. Francis Wallace Grenfell takes part in the expedition which claims Griqualand West (site of the Kimberley diamond fields) for the UK. Bodnant Garden is begun by Baron Aberconway.Orange Coast Magazine Wales and Chester Pat Neisser January 1985 11 1 70 Arts and literature Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot buys James Milo Griffith's Summer Flowers for Margam Castle. New books English language Hugh Owen Thomas - Diseases of the Hip, Knee, and Ankle Joints Welsh language William Ambrose - Gweithiau y Parch. W. Ambrose (posthumously published) David Stephen Davies - Adroddiad Isaac Foulkes - Y Ddau Efell, neu LlanllonyddRhiannon Ifans Red Hearts and Roses?: Welsh Valentine Songs and Poems https://books.google.com/books?id=2eyVDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA228 9 January 2019 University of Wales Press 978-1-78683-372-3 228 Owen Jones (Meudwy Môn) (ed.) - Cymru, yn Hanesyddol, Parthedegol, a BywgraphyddolCeridwen Lloyd-Morgan Erich Poppe Arthur in the Celtic Languages: The Arthurian Legend in Celtic Literatures and Traditions https://books.google.com/books?id=w-yVDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA380 15 January 2019 University of Wales Press 978-1-78683-344-0 380 John Goronwy Mathias - Y Dywysen Aeddfeds-MATH-GOR-1842 Mathias, James Goronwy (Goronwy Ddu; 1842-1895), Baptist minister and littérateur Benjamin George Owens 15 December 2019 Evan Rees (Dyfed) - Caniadau Dyfedfab Music Robert Griffiths becomes the first secretary of the tonic solfa college. Joseph Parry composes the music to Myfanwy. Sarah Edith Wynne marries and retires from her singing career. Sport Rugby union - Llanelli RFC and Risca RFC are formed. Yachting - Bristol Channel Yacht Club is formed in Swansea. Births 3 January - Cliff Bowen, Wales international rugby player and county cricketer (died 1929) 4 January – William Williams (Crwys), poet and Archdruid (died 1968)s2-WILL-WIL-1875 Williams, William ('Crwys'; 1875–1968), poet, preacher, archdruid William Rhys Nicholas 2001 5 May 2022 19 January – Thomas Owen Jones, dramatist, actor and producer (died 1941)s2-JONE-OWE-1875 Jones, Thomas Owen (‘Gwynfor’, 1875-1941), librarian, dramatist, actor and producer Thomas Elwyn Griffiths 15 December 2019 23 February – David Brazell, singer (died 1959)s2-BRAZ-DAV-1875 Brazell, David (1875-1959), singer Huw Williams 2001 9 January 2024 4 March – John Kelt Edwards, cartoonist (died 1934)s-EDWA-KEL-1875 Edwards, John Kelt (1875-1934), artist John William Jones 15 February 2020 23 May – Nathaniel Walters, Wales international rugby player (died 1956) 26 May – Jack Evans, Wales international rugby player (died 1947) 31 May – Daniel Jones, Wales international rugby player (died 1959) 11 June – Will Osborne, Wales international rugby player (died 1942) 16 June – Henry Paget, Lord Paget, eccentric, born in Paris (died 1905)Cokayne G. E. George Edward Cokayne Gibbs Vicary Vicary Gibbs (St Albans MP) 1910 The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct or dormant 1 2nd London St Catherine Press 141 https://archive.org/details/completepeerageo01coka 10 September John Evans, politician (died 1961)British Political Yearbook British Yearbooks 1947 78 Harry Vaughan Watkins, Wales international rugby player (died 1945) 26 October – Sir Lewis Casson, English-born artist (died 1969)s2-CASS-LEW-1875 Casson, Lewis (1875-1969), actor and theatrical producer Mary Auronwy James 2001 24 February 2022 20 December (in Shirley, Derbyshire) – T. F. Powys, Anglo-Welsh writer (died 1953)"Powys, Theodore Francis" in Christine L. Krueger, Encyclopedia of British Writers, 19th and 20th Centuries Infobase Publishing, 2009 1-4381-0870-2 (p. 303) 25 December – George Davies, international rugby player (died 1959) Deaths 4 January – Thomas Stephens, historian, literary critic and social reformer (born 1821)Williams B. T. https://archive.org/details/literatureofkymr00steprich/page/n25/mode/2up The Life of Thomas Stephens 1876 xix–xlviii, in Stephens, Thomas (1876). Evans, Sylvan (ed.). The Literature of the Kymry (2nd ed.). London: Longmans, Green, & Co 4 March – John Evans (I. D. Ffraid), minister and author, 60Ffraid, I. D. (1814-1875) April – Frances Bunsen, painter, 85Appletons' Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events: Embracing Political, Military, and Ecclesiastical Affairs; Public Documents; Biography, Statistics, Commerce, Finance, Literature, Science, Agriculture, and Mechanical Industry https://books.google.com/books?id=JvpasaLw4yYC&pg=PA630 1877 Appleton 630 16 April – Charles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar, Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire, 83 19 July – Benjamin Davies, Hebraist, 60/61Davies, Benjamin Nicoll William Robertson 14 27 July – Connop Thirlwall, former Bishop of St Davids, 78s-THIR-CON-1797 Thirlwall, Connop (1797-1875), bishop of S. Davids Robert Thomas Jenkins 15 December 2019 19 August – Robert Elis (Cynddelw), writer, 63s-ELLI-ROB-1812 Ellis, Robert (Cynddelw; 1812-1875), Baptist minister, preacher, poet, antiquary, and commentator John Thomas Jones 15 December 2019 28 August – Sir Richard Williams-Bulkeley, 10th Baronet, politician, 7330 August 1875 Death of Sir Richard Williams-Bulkeley 10 The Times 28407 7 September – John Prichard, minister, author and teacher, 79s-PRIC-JOH-1796 Prichard, John (1796-1875), Baptist minister and tutor Tom Ellis Jones 15 December 2019 16 September (in Shropshire) – Lucy Herbert, Countess of Powis, Scottish-born aristocrat, 81The Montgomeryshire Collections: 1882 Powys-Land Club 1882 295 29 November – Thomas Jones, librarian, 65http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/15097 Jones, Thomas (1810–1875) Sutton C. W. Crosby, Alan G. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press 2004 2009-01-27 date unknown David Davies, composer, about 65David Davies s-DAVI-DAV-1810 Griffith Robert David 18 February 2017 (in London) – Fanny Parkes, travel writer, 81Margot Finn Kate Smith East India Company at Home, 1757-1857 https://books.google.com/books?id=bThMDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA137 15 February 2018 UCL Press 978-1-78735-027-4 137 See also 1875 in Ireland References 1875 Wales Wales Category:1875 in Europe Category:1870s in Wales