This article is about the particular significance of the year 1863 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, 2nd 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 – Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn[12]
- Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover[13]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Thomas Hanbury-Tracy, 2nd Baron Sudeley (until 19 February); Sudeley Hanbury-Tracy, 3rd Baron Sudeley (from 21 April)[14]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – William Edwardes, 3rd Baron Kensington
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite[15][2]
- Bishop of Bangor – James Colquhoun Campbell[16][17]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Alfred Ollivant[18][19]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Thomas Vowler Short[20][21][19]
- Bishop of St Davids – Connop Thirlwall[22][19][23]
Events
edit- 10 March – Marriage of Edward Albert, Prince of Wales, to Alexandra of Denmark. Alexandra becomes the first Princess of Wales since 1820.
- 28 July – The Anglesey Central Railway Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict. c.cxxviii) brings about the foundation of the Anglesey Central Railway.[24]
- 23 October – Festiniog Railway introduces steam locomotives into general service, the first time this has been done anywhere in the world on a public railway of such a narrow gauge (2 ft (60 cm)).[25]
- English church services are introduced for English-speaking minorities in Welsh-speaking areas.
- Sir Hugh Owen becomes an honorary secretary of the London committee formed to set up the University of Wales.
- Mesac Thomas becomes the first Bishop of Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia.
- Publication of The Bards of Wales, first written in 1857 by Hungarian poet János Arany, using the story of Edward I's conquest of Wales to disguise criticism of the Austro-Hungarian empire.
- Machynlleth born John Evans arrives in British Columbia, Canada, with a group of other Welsh miners. He subsequently becomes a major political figure in the province.
- Spa pump room built at Trefriw.
- Guest Memorial Library at Dowlais opened.
Arts and literature
editAwards
edit- National Eisteddfod of Wales is held at Swansea.
- The Newdigate Prize is awarded to Thomas Llewellyn Thomas.
New books
edit- John Ceiriog Hughes – Cant o Ganeuon
- John Jones (Ioan Emlyn) – Golud yr Oes
- David William Nash – The Pharaoh of the Exodus
- Ebenezer Thomas – Cyff Beuno
Music
edit- John Ceiriog Hughes – Cant O Ganeuon
- John Thomas (Pencerdd Gwalia) – Llewelyn (cantata)[26]
Sport
editBirths
edit- 15 January – James Webb, Wales rugby international (died 1913)
- 17 January – David Lloyd George, politician (died 1945)[27]
- 3 March – Arthur Machen, writer (died 1947)[28]
- 16 March – Dan Beddoe, operatic tenor (died 1937)
- 25 March – Owen Philipps, 1st Baron Kylsant (died 1937)[29]
- 13 April – Walter E. Rees, Secretary of the Welsh Rugby Union (died 1949)
- May – William Rees-Davies (judge), politician and lawyer (died 1939)
- 8 May – Charles Taylor Wales rugby international (died 1915)
- 18 May – Lewis Davies (writer), novelist and historian (died 1951)
- 21 May – William Jones Williams, civil servant (died 1949)
- 11 June – Llewellyn Henry Gwynne, first suffragan Bishop of Khartoum (died 1957)[30]
- 18 June – George Essex Evans, Australian poet of Welsh parentage (died 1909)[31]
- 2 July – Billy Douglas, Wales international rugby player (died 1943)
- 7 August – Edward Perkins Alexander, Wales international rugby player (died 1931)
- 8 August – John Herbert Roberts, Baron Clwyd of Abergele, politician (died 1955)[32]
- 17 August – Joseph Harry, minister, writer and teacher (died 1950)[33]
- 29 August – Sir Daniel Lleufer Thomas, magistrate (died 1940)[34]
- 10 September – Walter Rice Evans, Wales international rugby player (died 1909)
- 7 November – Rowley Thomas, Wales international rugby player (died 1949)
- probable – William Retlaw Williams, Welsh writer (died 1944)[35]
Deaths
edit- 17 February – Ebenezer Thomas (Eben Fardd), poet, 60[36]
- 19 February – Thomas Hanbury-Tracy, 2nd Baron Sudeley, Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire, 62
- 28 February – David Williams (Alaw Goch), industrialist, 53[37]
- 21 March – David Griffiths, missionary, 71[38]
- 24 March – Thomas Powell, industrialist, 84[39]
- 13 April – George Cornewall Lewis, statesman, 56[40]
- May/June – David Bevan Jones (Dewi Elfed), Mormon leader, 55[41]
- 15 July – Edward Pryce Owen, artist, 75[42]
- 8 November – Joseph Hughes (Carn Ingli), poet, 60
- 13 December – Robert Saunderson, printer, 83[43]
- 28 December – Thomas Bevan, Archdeacon of St David's, 63[44]
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.
- ^ "Past Lord Lieutenants". Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ Herbert Arthur Doubleday; George Cokayne (1953). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom: Extant, Extinct, Or Dormant. St. Catherine Press, Limited. p. 423.
- ^ Jonathan Williams (1859). The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. p. 115.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Local Acts - 1863". Office of Public Sector Information. Archived from the original on 26 June 2008. Retrieved 23 May 2008.
- ^ Ransom, P. J. G. (1996). Narrow Gauge Steam: its origins and world-wide development. Sparkford: Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN 0-86093-533-7.
- ^ E. Wyn James. "'Watching the white wheat' and 'That hole below the nose': English ballads of a late-nineteenth-century Welsh jobbing-printer (2000). First published in Sigrid Rieuwerts & Helga Stein (eds), Bridging the Cultural Divide: Our Common Ballad Heritage (Hildersheim, Germany: Georg Olms Verlag, 2000), pp. 178-94. ISBN 3-487-11016-4". Cardiff University. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ Travis L. Crosby (30 January 2014). The Unknown David Lloyd George: A Statesman in Conflict. I.B.Tauris. p. 2. ISBN 978-1-78076-485-6.
- ^ Arthur Machen (17 November 2013). Delphi Collected Works of Arthur Machen (Illustrated). Delphi Classics. p. 4903. ISBN 978-1-909496-67-5.
- ^ Dillwyn Miles (1976). Sheriffs of the County of Pembroke, 1541-1974. p. 71.
- ^ H̤̊asan Makkī Muh̤̊ammad Ah̤̊mad (1989). Sudan, the Christian design: a study of the missionary factor in Sudan's cultural and political integration, 1843-1986. Islamic Foundation. p. 49. ISBN 978-0-86037-193-9.
- ^ Edmund Morris Miller (1975). Australian Literature from Its Beginnings to 1935: A Descriptive and Bibliographical Survey of Books by Australian Authors. Sydney University Press. p. 178. ISBN 978-0-424-06700-1.
- ^ Evan David Jones. "Roberts, John Herbert, Baron Clwyd of Abergele (1863-1955), politician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ^ Evan David Jones (2001). "Harry, Joseph (1863-1950), schoolmaster and Independent minister". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- ^ Who was who. A. & C. Black. 1920. p. 1338.
- ^ Evan David Jones (2001). "Williams, William Retlaw Jefferson (c.1863-1944), solicitor, genealogist, and historian". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- ^ Thomas Parry. "Thomas, Ebenezer (Eben Fardd; 1802-1863), schoolmaster and poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ^ Watkin William Price. "Williams, David (Alaw Goch; 1809-1863), coal-owner and eisteddfodwr". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ^ Ebenezer Curig Davies. "Griffiths, David (1792-1863), missionary". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ^ Walter Thomas Morgan. "Powell, Thomas (1779-1863), coal-owner". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ^ David Williams. "Lewis, Sir George Cornewall (1806-1863), statesman". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ^ David Leslie Davies. "Jones, David Bevan (1807-1863), minister (B, and Church of Christ and Latter Day Saints – Mormons)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ^ William Llewelyn Davies. "Owen, Edward Pryce (1788-1863), cleric and artist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins (1959). "Saunderson, Robert (1780-1863), printer and publisher". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- ^ "The Gentleman's Magazine (January–June 1864: obituaries, p261