This article is about the particular significance of the year 1859 to Wales and its people.
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Incumbents
edit- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey[1][2][3][4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – John Lloyd Vaughan Watkins[5][6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Sir Richard Williams-Bulkeley, 10th Baronet[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Edward Pryse[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John Campbell, 1st Earl Cawdor
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Robert Myddelton Biddulph[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Sir Stephen Glynne, 9th Baronet[10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot[11]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Robert Davies Pryce[12]
- Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Capel Hanbury Leigh[13]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Thomas Hanbury-Tracy, 2nd Baron Sudeley
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir John Owen, 1st Baronet[14]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite[15][2]
Events
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- January - Y Brython changes from weekly to monthly publication.
- February - First race at Bangor-on-Dee racecourse.
- 1 April - Opening of the Corris Railway.
- 5 April - 27 men are killed by flooding at Neath Chain Colliery.
- 31 May - U.K. general election. This is the last general election in which the Conservative Party's vote share in Wales exceeds that in England.
- 29 June - Benjamin Hall is raised to the peerage as 1st Baron Llanover.
- 15 October–17 October - Queen Victoria stays at Penrhyn Castle.
- 25 October–26 October - 'Royal Charter Storm':
- Steam clipper Royal Charter is wrecked off the north-east Anglesey coast, with the estimated loss of around 459 lives, the greatest loss of life in any maritime accident in Welsh waters.[25]
- St Brynach's Church, Cwm-yr-Eglwys, is destroyed.
- Peak year for copper production in Wales.
- The final stage of the East Bute Dock, Cardiff, is completed and opened.[26]
- Merger of Yr Amserau and Baner Cymru.
- Religious revival led by Humphrey Jones.
- The Cymanfa Ganu movement is launched in Aberdare.[27]
- Sir Charles Morgan, 3rd Baronet, is created Baron Tredegar.[28]
Arts and literature
editAwards
edit- Lewis William Lewis (Llew Llwyfo) wins the chair at the Merthyr Tydfil eisteddfod.[29]
New books
edit- Hugh Hughes (Tegai) - Y Drydedd Oruchwyliaeth[30]
- Nathaniel Jones - Fy Awenydd
- Richard Parry (Gwalchmai) - Adgofion am John Elias[31]
- Thomas Stephens & Gweirydd ap Rhys - Orgraff yr Iaith Gymraeg[32]
- William Thomas (Gwilym Marles) - Prydyddiaeth
Music
edit- John Roberts (Ieuan Gwyllt) - Llyfr Tonau Cynulleidfaol[33]
Births
edit- 11 January - Sir Joseph Alfred Bradney, historian (died 1933)[34]
- 29 January - Sir George Lockwood Morris, industrialist and Welsh international rugby player (died 1947)[35]
- 7 February - Frank Hancock, Wales international rugby union international (died 1943)
- 16 February - T. E. Ellis, politician (died 1899)[36]
- 18 April - Sir Evan Davies Jones, 1st Baronet, civil engineer (died 1949)
- 4 May - Sir Samuel Thomas Evans, politician and judge (died 1918)
- 22 May - Jonathan Ceredig Davies, travel writer (died 1932)
- 17 July - Ernest Rhys, writer (died 1946)[37]
- 11 Oct – Aneurin Williams, politician (died 1924)
- 5 December - Edward John Lewis, Wales international rugby union player (died 1925)
- 7 December - Leonard Watkins, Wales international rugby union player (died 1901)
- 25 December - John Goulstone Lewis Wales international rugby union player (died 1935)
- November - Richard Bell, politician (died 1930)
Deaths
edit- 19 January - Charles Vachell, alderman and former mayor of Cardiff, 75[38]
- 19 April – Christopher Bethell, Bishop of Bangor, 85[16]
- 20 May - Thomas Penson the younger, county surveyor of Denbighshire, 69[39]
- 21 June - John Bowen, Bishop of Sierra Leone, 43 (yellow fever)[40]
- 8 July - John Thomas (Siôn Wyn o Eifion), poet, 78
- 10 September - Sir John Hay Williams, landowner, 65[41]
- 24 September – Joseph Murray Ince, painter, 53
- October - Evan Jones (Ifan y Gorlan), harpist
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 24.
- ^ a b J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.
- ^ Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 695. ISBN 9780806313146.
- ^ Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1992. p. 169.
- ^ "Editorial". Welshman. 6 October 1865. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ Edwin Poole (1886). 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. p. 378.
- ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 26.
- ^ Thomas John Hughes (1887). The Welsh magistracy, by Adfyfr. South Wales and Monmouthshire Liberal Federation Offices. p. 5.
- ^ "Myddelton Biddulph, Robert (1805-1872), of Chirk Castle, Denb. and 35 Grosvenor Place, Mdx". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
- ^ "Glynne, Sir Stephen Richard, 9th bt. (1807-1874), of Hawarden Castle, Flint". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
- ^ "TALBOT, Christopher Rice Mansel (1803-1890), of Penrice Castle and Margam Park, Glam". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 29.
- ^ Amy Audrey Locke (1916). The Hanbury Family. Arthur L. Humphreys. p. 147.
- ^ Thorne, R.G. "John Owen (1776-1861) of Orielton, Pembrokeshire". History of Parliament. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- ^ Jonathan Williams (1859). The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. p. 115.
- ^ a b Joseph Haydn (1866). Haydn's Dictionary of Dates Relating to All Ages and Nations: For Universal Reference. E. Moxon and Company. pp. 76.
- ^ Fryde, E. B. (1996). Handbook of British chronology. Cambridge England: New York Cambridge University Press. p. 292. ISBN 9780521563505.
- ^ Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 305.
- ^ Frederick Arthur Crisp; Joseph Jackson Howard (1898). Visitation of England and Wales. p. 15.
- ^ a b c Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 307.
- ^ Nicholas Harris Nicolas (1857). The historic peerage of England: Revised, corrected, and continued ... by William Courthope. John Murray. p. 533.
- ^ The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
- ^ Old Yorkshire, volume 3. 1882. p. 90.
- ^ The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged. Porter. 1780. p. 95.
- ^ Carradice, Phil. "The great storm of 1859". BBC Wales. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
- ^ "Bute East Dock, Cardiff (34242)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
- ^ Gareth Williams (1998). Valleys of Song: Music and Society in Wales 1840-1914. University of Wales Press. pp. 38–39. ISBN 978-0-7083-1480-7.
- ^ Thomas Nicholas (1872). Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales: Containing a Record of All Ranks of the Gentry ... with Many Ancient Pedigrees and Memorials of Old and Extinct Families. Longmans, Green, Reader. p. 785.
- ^ David Gwenallt Jones (1959). "Lewis, Lewis William (Llew Llwyfo; 1831-1901), poet, novelist, and journalist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1891). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 28. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Harvard University Library (1970). Celtic literatures: classification schedule, classified listing by call number, chronological listing, author and title listing. Distributed by the Harvard University Press. p. 78.
- ^ David Jacob Davies (1959). "Stephens, Thomas (1821-1875), antiquary and literary critic". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ Geraint H. Jenkins (2007). A Concise History of Wales. Cambridge University Press. p. 209. ISBN 978-0-521-82367-8.
- ^ Arthur Charles Fox-Davies (1910). Armorial Families: A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-armour. T.C. & E.C. Jack. p. 178.
- ^ Who was who: a companion to Who's who : containing the biographies of those who died during the period. A. & C. Black. 1967. p. 816.
- ^ Thomas Iorwerth Ellis. "Ellis, Thomas Edward (1859-1899), M.P. for Merioneth (1886-99) and chief Liberal whip (1894-5)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- ^ William Llewelyn Davies. "Rhys, Ernest (Percival) (1859-1946), poet, author, and editor". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ "Births, Marriages, and Deaths". The Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian. (Glamorgan, Monmouthshire and Breconshire). 22 January 1859. p. 5 – via Welsh Newspapers Online.
- ^ Colvin H. A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600–1840. Yale University Press 3rd ed 1995, pages 748-49
- ^ Bowen, John (1862). Memorials of John Bowen, late Bishop of Sierra Leone;. London: James Nisbet. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ^ Joseph Jackson Howard; Frederick Arthur Crisp (1905). Visitation of England and Wales. Privately printed. p. 12.