This article is about the particular significance of the year 1870 to Wales and its people.
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Incumbents
edit- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – William Owen Stanley[1][2][3][4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Charles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar[5][6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Edward Douglas-Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Edward Pryse[8][2]
- 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 – Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort[13]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Sudeley Hanbury-Tracy, 3rd Baron Sudeley[14]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – William Edwardes, 3rd Baron Kensington[15]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite[16][2]
Events
edit- January — Francis Kilvert begins his famous diary.[24]
- 14 February — In a mining accident at Morfa Colliery, Port Talbot, 30 men are killed.[25]
- April — George Osborne Morgan introduces the Burials Bill and the Places of Worship (Acquisition of Land) Bill to Parliament.
- unknown dates
- Sir George Gilbert Scott completes the restoration of Bangor Cathedral.
- In India, Timothy Richards Lewis discovers a nematoid worm, which he calls Filaria sanguinis hominis (later "Wuchereria bancrofti").[26]
- William Thomas Lewis, 1st Baron Merthyr of Senghenydd, begins acquiring the collieries later known as the Lewis Merthyr collieries in Rhondda.
- Jacob Lloyd is created a Knight of the Order of St. Gregory the Great by Pope Pius IX.[27]
- Thomas William Rhys Davids begins a series of articles for the Ceylon branch of the Royal Asiatic Society Journal.
Arts and literature
editNew books
edit- John Ceiriog Hughes — Oriau'r Haf
- David Lloyd Davies — Ceinwen Morgan neu y Rian Ddiwylliedig
- Richard Davies (Mynyddog) — Yr Ail Gynnig
Music
editSport
edit- Billiards — John Roberts, Sr. loses the English billiards championship after 21 years.
- Association football — Druids of Rhiwabon formed.
Births
edit- 13 January — Conway Rees, rugby player (died 1932)
- 10 March — George "Honey Boy" Evans, Welsh-born US entertainer (died 1915)[28]
- 20 March — Eluned Morgan, author (died 1938)[29]
- 25 March — Wallace Watts, Wales international rugby union player (died 1950)
- 19 June — Charles Nicholl, Wales international rugby union player (died 1939)
- 29 June
- Arthur Boucher, Wales international rugby union player (died 1948)
- Sir Charles Dillwyn-Venables-Llewellyn, 2nd Baronet, politician (died 1951)[30]
- 14 July — Helena Jones, doctor and suffragette (died 1946)[31]
- 16 July — William Henry Prosser, teacher and cricketer (died 1952)[32]
- 27 July — Herbert Millingchamp Vaughan, historian (died 1948)[33]
- 18 August — William Cope, 1st Baron Cope, politician and Wales international rugby player (died 1946)[34]
- 27 September — Thomas Jones (T. J.), civil servant (died 1955)[35]
- 22 October — J. Glyn Davies, scholar, poet and songwriter (died 1953)[36]
- 3 November — Norman Biggs, Wales international rugby player (died 1908)
- 15 November — William Elsey, Wales international rugby player (died 1936)
- 20 December — Sir David Davies, politician (died 1958)[37]
- 29 December — Robert Dewi Williams, teacher, minister and writer (died 1955)[38]
- 31 December — David John Jones, Dean of Llandaff (died 1949)
- December — Ernest William Jones, steamship agent and cricketer (died 1941)
- date unknown
- John William Evans, politician (died 1906)[39]
- John Hughes Morris, missionary (died 1953)
Deaths
edit- 16 March — Thomas Parry, Bishop of Barbados, 74
- 4 April — Owen Wynne Jones, writer, 42[40]
- 15 May — Charles Hinde (army officer), soldier, 49[41]
- 27 May — John Etherington Welch Rolls, Monmouthshire landowner and father of 1st Baron Llangattock, 63[42]
- 23 June — Isaac Hughes, Calvinist missionary and preacher, 71/72[43]
- 1 August — Levi Gibbon, balladeer, 92[44]
- 17 September — Joseph David Jones, composer, 43[45]
- 27 October — Owen Jones Ellis Nanney, politician, 80[46]
- 29 October — Jacob Owen, architect and civil engineer, 92[47]
- 16 November — Harry Longueville Jones, antiquary, 64[48]
See also
editReferences
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- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ "Morgan, Charles Morgan Robinson (1792–1875), of Ruperra, Glam. and Tredegar, Mon". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Death of Colonel Pryse". Cambrian News. 1 June 1888. p. 4. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- ^ "Myddelton Biddulph, Robert (1805-1872), of Chirk Castle, Denb. and 35 Grosvenor Place, Mdx". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ "Glynne, Sir Stephen Richard, 9th bt. (1807-1874), of Hawarden Castle, Flint". Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ Campbell, Thomas Methuen (2000). "C.R.M. Talbot 1803–1890". Morgannwg. 44: 66–104. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
- ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 29.
- ^ James Henry Clark (1869). History of Monmouthshire. County Observer. p. 375.
- ^ Amy Audrey Locke (1916). The Hanbury Family. Arthur L. Humphreys. p. 170.
- ^ Smith, Jenny (1990). Portraits for a King : the British military paintings of A-J Dubois Drahonet (1791-1834. London: National Army Museum. p. 15. ISBN 9780901721211.
- ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1899). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 59. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ 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. 266.
- ^ 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.
- ^ William Thomas Havard (1959). "Short, Thomas Vowler (1790-1872), bishop of St Asaph". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
- ^ Havard, William Thomas (1959). "Hughes, Joshua (1807-1889), bishop". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ^ Annual Report Presented by the Council to the Court of Governors. National Library of Wales. 1962. p. 59.
- ^ "Kilvert's Diary". The Kilvert Society. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ "Morfa Colliery Explosion". Northern Mine Research Society. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ Evan David Jones. "Lewis, Timothy Richards". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1893). "Lloyd, Jacob Youde William". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 33. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Frank Cullen; Florence Hackman; Donald McNeilly (2007). Vaudeville old & new: an encyclopedia of variety performances in America. Psychology Press. pp. 365–. ISBN 978-0-415-93853-2.
- ^ "Morgan, Eluned (1870-1938), writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
- ^ Arthur Charles Fox-Davies (1910). Armorial Families: A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-armour. T.C. & E.C. Jack. p. 457.
- ^ Cowman, Krista (2007). Women of the Right Spirit: Paid Organisers of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), 1904-18. Manchester University Press. p. 225. ISBN 9780719070020.
- ^ J. Venn and J. A. Venn. "Alumni Cantabrigienses: William Prosser". p. 208. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
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- ^ Steven John (2015). Welsh Yeomanry at War: A History of the 24th (Pembroke & Glamorgan Yeomanry) Battalion, The Welsh Regiment. Pen & Sword Books. ISBN 9781473865808.
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- ^ Gruffydd, Robert Geraint (2001). "Davies, John Glyn (1870–1953), scholar, songwriter and poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ "Death of Sir David Davies". Western Mail. 28 April 1958. p. 5.
- ^ Roberts, Gomer Morgan (2001). "Williams, Robert Dewi (1870–1955), minister (Presb.), headmaster of Clynnog School and writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- ^ "Death of Alderman J.W. Evans, Hirwaun". Aberdare Leader. 9 June 1906. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
- ^ Thomas Mardy Rees (1908). Notable Welshmen (1700-1900): ... with Brief Notes, in Chronological Order, and Authorities. Also a Complete Alphabetical Index. Herald Office.
- ^ Elwyn Evans (1959). "Hinde, Charles Thomas Edward (1820-1870), major general". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- ^ Greater London Council (1971). The survey of London. AMS Press. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-404-51650-5.
- ^ Morris, John Hughes (1910). The History of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodists' Foreign Mission: To the End of the Year 1904. Indus Publishing. p. 311. ISBN 978-81-7387-049-1.
- ^ Robert Griffiths (July 1983). S.O. Davies--a socialist faith. Gomer Press. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-85088-887-4.
- ^ Robert David Griffith (1959). "Davies, Joseph David (1827-1870), schoolmaster and musician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- ^ Bernard Burke (1886). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. Harrison. p. 1332.
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