1871 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1871 to Wales and its people.
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]
- Bishop of Bangor – James Colquhoun Campbell[17][18]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Alfred Ollivant[19]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Joshua Hughes[20]
- Bishop of St Davids – Connop Thirlwall[19][21]
Events
[edit]- 24 February – In a mining accident at Pentre Colliery, Rhondda, 38 men are killed.[22]
- 21 March – Welsh-born journalist Henry Morton Stanley sets out for Africa to seek missing Scottish explorer and missionary Dr. David Livingstone.
- June – Miners' strike in South Wales culminates in defeat for the union.
- 14 August – The Van Railway, built by David Davies Llandinam, opens to carry traffic from the Van lead mines to Caersws.
- 10 November – Stanley locates Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika,[23] and allegedly greets him saying "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"
- date unknown
- Lewis Jones is appointed governor of Chubut Province by the government of Argentina.[24]
- Operations at the White Rock smelting works in Swansea are extended by Henry Hussey Vivian to include the treatment of silver and lead ore.[25]
Arts and literature
[edit]Awards
[edit]- Evan Jones (Gurnos) wins a bardic chair at Ystradyfodwg.
New books
[edit]- W. R. Ambrose – Hynafiaethau, Cofiannau a Hanes Presennol Nant Nantlle, y Traethawd Buddugol yn Eisteddfod Gadeiriol Pen-y-groes
- Robert Fowler, MD – A Complete History of the Case of the Welsh Fasting-Girl
- James Kenward – Ab Ithel
- Thomas Purnell[26]
- Dramatists of the Present Day
- Correspondence and Works of Charles Lamb
Music
[edit]- John Thomas (Pencerdd Gwalia) is appointed harpist to Queen Victoria.
Sport
[edit]- Rugby union – Neath RFC is founded.
Births
[edit]- 5 January – Percy Lloyd, Wales national rugby player (died 1959)
- 23 February – Jack Evans, Wales national rugby player (died 1924)
- 2 March – Billy Bancroft, sportsman (died 1959)
- 28 March – R. Silyn Roberts, Socialist and pacifist writer (died 1930)[27]
- 1 April - Dai St. John, heavyweight boxer (died 1899)
- 6 April – Prince Alexander John of Wales, youngest son of the Prince and Princess of Wales (died 1871)
- 12 April – Ellis William Davies, politician (died 1939)
- 15 April – John Humphreys Davies, writer (died 1926)
- 11 May – George Howells, academic and writer (died 1955)[28]
- 6 June – Evan Lloyd, Wales international rugby player (died 1951)
- 14 June – David Nicholl, rugby player (died 1918)
- July - Owen Jones, footballer (died 1955)
- 2 July – Sir Evan Williams, 1st Baronet, industrialist (died 1959)
- 3 July – W. H. Davies, poet (died 1940)
- 13 August – Jack Elliott, Wales international rugby player (died 1938)
- 21 September – Alfred Brice, Wales international rugby player (died 1938)
- 1 October – Sir Lewis Lougher, industrialist and politician (died 1955)[29]
- 10 October – Thomas Gwynn Jones, poet (died 1949)[30]
- 3 November – Owen Badger, Wales national rugby player (died 1939)
- 27 November – Robert Evans (Cybi), writer (died 1956)
- 29 November (in England) – Ruth Herbert Lewis, social reformer and collector of Welsh folk songs (died 1946)[31]
- 1 December – Bert Dauncey, Wales international rugby player (died 1955)
- 3 December – Sir Percy Emerson Watkins, civil servant (died 1946)
- date unknown
- William Jenkins, politician (died 1944)
- Howard Passadoro, footballer (died 1921)
- Thomas Mardy Rees, historian and author (died 1953)[32]
Deaths
[edit]- 12 January – Richard Hughes, printer and publisher, 76/7[33]
- 19 January – Thomas Jeremy Griffiths, minister, hymn-writer and teacher, about 75[34]
- 30 January – Edward Howell, US politician of Welsh descent, 78
- February – Robert Roberts, musician, 30[35]
- 9 May – Edward Morgan, minister and writer, 53[36]
- 23 July – Arthur James Johnes, judge, 62[37]
- 2 August – David James (Dewi o Ddyfed), writer (born 1803)
- 3 October – David Marks, musician and composer, about 83[38]
- 6 October – Edwin Wyndham-Quin, 3rd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl, 59[39]
- 2 December – Joseph Jones, Catholic priest and bard, 72[40]
See also
[edit]References
[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 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 Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 307.
- ^ The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
- ^ Annual Report Presented by the Council to the Court of Governors. National Library of Wales. 1962. p. 59.
- ^ Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1897. p. 593.
- ^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
- ^ Reference Wales. University of Wales Press. 1994. p. 278. ISBN 978-0-7083-1234-6.
- ^ Stephen J. Lavender (1981). New Land for Old: The Environmental Renaissance of the Lower Swansea Valley. A. Hilger. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-85274-386-7.
- ^ William Llewelyn Davies (1959). "Purnell, Thomas (1834-1889), author". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
- ^ David Thomas (1959). "Roberts, Robert (Silyn) (Rhosyr; 1871-1930), Calvinistic Methodist minister, poet, social reformer, tutor". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
- ^ Emlyn Davies (2001). "Howells, George (1871-1955), principal of Serampore College, India". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
- ^ Prys Morgan (2001). "Lougher, Sir Lewis (1871-1955), industrialist and politician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
- ^ Arthur ap Gwynn; Francis Wynn Jones (2001). "Jones, Thomas Gwynn (1871-1949), poet, writer, translator and scholar". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
- ^ Evan David Jones (2001). "Lewis, Lady Ruth (1871-1946), a pioneering collector of Welsh folk-songs, and advocate of educational, religious, temperance and philanthropic bodies". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ Evan David Jones (2001). "Ress, Thomas Mardy (1871-1953), Independent minister, historian and author". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
- ^ Eric Edwards (2001). "Hughes, Richard (1794-1871), printer and publisher". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- ^ Thomas Oswald Williams (1959). "Griffiths, Thomas (Jeremy) (Tau Gimel, 1797?-1871), Unitarian minister and schoolmaster". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
- ^ Robert David Griffith. "Roberts, Robert (1840-1871), musician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ^ Edward Morgan Humphreys. "Morgan, Edward (1817-1871), musician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- ^
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Thomas, Daniel Lleufer (1892). "Johnes, Arthur James". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 30. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Robert David Griffith. "Marks, David (1788-1871), musician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- ^ Edmund Burke (1872). The Annual Register of World Events: A Review of the Year. Longmans, Green. p. 161.
- ^ Eric Edwards (2001). "Jones, Joseph (1799-1871), Catholic priest". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
