1847 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1847 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

• Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}
• Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Penry Williams (until 16 January);^[5] John Lloyd Vaughan Watkins (from 17 February)^[6]
• Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Peter Drummond-Burrell, 22nd Baron Willoughby de Eresby^[7]
• Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – William Edward Powell^[2]
  • Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – George Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Robert Myddelton Biddulph^[8]
• Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Sir Stephen Glynne, 9th Baronet^[9]
• Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute^[10]
• Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn^[11]
• Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Capel Hanbury Leigh^[12]
• Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Edward Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis^[13]
• Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir John Owen, 1st Baronet^[14]
• Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite^{[15] [2]}
• Bishop of Bangor – Christopher Bethell^{[16] [17]}
  • Bishop of Llandaff – Edward Copleston Bishop of St Asaph – Thomas Vowler Short^{[18] [19]}
• Bishop of St Davids – Connop Thirlwall^{[20] [21] [22]}

Events

• 14 January - All thirteen members of the Point of Ayr lifeboat crew are drowned when it capsizes off Rhyl.^[23]
• 8 April - John Jones (Shoni Sguborfawr) is transferred from Norfolk Island to Tasmania.
• In the UK general election:
  • Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis becomes MP for Radnor Boroughs.
  • Sir Stephen Glynne, 9th Baronet, loses his Flintshire seat to Edward Lloyd-Mostyn for the second time.
• 24 May - Five people are killed in the Dee bridge disaster, when Robert Stephenson's railway bridge on the Chester and Holyhead Railway at Chester collapses.^[24]
• 1 July - "Treachery of the Blue Books": Publication of a government report ("blue book") on education in Wales containing opinions hostile to Welsh culture.
• Prince Albert is unsuccessfully challenged for the chancellorship of the University of Cambridge by The Earl of Powis. The winning margin is less than 120 votes.
• Sir William Robert Grove is awarded the medal of the Royal Society.

Arts and literature

New books

• Reports of the Commissioners of Inquiry into the state of education in Wales
• John Lloyd - Poems
• Morris Williams (Nicander) - Llyfr yr Homiliau^[25]

Music

• John Mills (Ieuan Glan Alarch) - Y Salmydd Eglwysig^[26]

Births

• 27 January - Owen Owens Roberts, choirmaster and conductor (died 1926)^[27]
• 9 February - Hugh Price Hughes, Methodist social reformer (died 1902)^[28]
• 22 April - Charles Henry Wynn, landowner (died 1911)^[29]
• 20 June - Evan Thomas Davies (Dyfrig), clergyman and author (died 1927)^[30]
• 10 July - Alfred Neobard Palmer, historian and ancient monuments inspector (died 1915)^[31]
• 12 September - John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute, Cardiff landowner (died 1900)^[32]
• 13 October - Owen Owen, draper (died 1910)^[33]
• 14 November - Roland Rogers, musician (died 1927)^[34]
• date unknown - Llewelyn Kenrick, footballer (died 1933)^[35]

Deaths

• 13 February - Sharon Turner, historian, 78
• 16 February - Taliesin Williams, poet and author, son of Iolo Morganwg, 59^[36]
• 17 March - Sir Harford Jones Brydges, diplomat and author, 83^[37]
• 29 March - Humphrey Gwalchmai, Calvinistic Methodist leader, 59
• 7 June - David Mushet, Scottish metallurgist (in Monmouth), 74^[38]
• 27 September - Lucy Thomas, colliery owner ('The Mother of the Welsh Steam Coal Trade')^[39]
• 6 October - John Evans (Methodist), 68

See also

• 1847 in Ireland

Notes and References

1. Book: Edward Breese. Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. 1873. 24.
2. Book: J.C. Sainty . John Sainty (civil servant) . List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974 . Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd . London . 1979.
3. Book: Nicholas, Thomas . Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales . Genealogical Pub. Co . Baltimore . 1991 . 9780806313146 . 695.
4. Book: Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1992. 169.
5. Book: 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.
6. News: Editorial. 17 January 2022. Welshman. 6 October 1865.
7. Book: Edward Breese. Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. 1873. 26.
8. Web site: Myddelton Biddulph, Robert (1805-1872), of Chirk Castle, Denb. and 35 Grosvenor Place, Mdx.. History of Parliament Online. 5 December 2021.
9. Web site: Glynne, Sir Stephen Richard, 9th bt. (1807-1874), of Hawarden Castle, Flint. History of Parliament Online. 16 January 2022.
10. Book: Nicholas, Thomas . Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales . Genealogical Pub. Co . Baltimore . 1991 . 9780806313146 . 612.
11. Book: Edward Breese. Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. 1873. 29.
12. Book: Amy Audrey Locke. The Hanbury Family. Arthur L. Humphreys. 1916. 147.
13. s-POWY-HER-1674. Herbert family (earls of Powis). Evan David Jones. 1959. 30 November 2021.
14. Web site: Thorne . R.G. . John Owen (1776-1861) of Orielton, Pembrokeshire . History of Parliament . 27 March 2020.
15. Book: Jonathan Williams. The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. 1859. 115.
16. Book: Fryde, E. B. . Handbook of British chronology . New York Cambridge University Press . Cambridge England . 1996 . 9780521563505 . 292.
17. Book: Thomas Duffus Hardy. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales.... University Press. 1854. 305.
18. Book: Nicholas Harris Nicolas. The historic peerage of England: Revised, corrected, and continued ... by William Courthope. John Murray. 1857. 533.
19. Book: The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. 15.
20. Book: Old Yorkshire, volume 3. 1882. 90.
21. Book: Thomas Duffus Hardy. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales.... University Press. 1854. 307.
22. Book: The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged. Porter. 1780. 95.
23. Book: Reference Wales. 1994. University of Wales Press. 978-0-7083-1234-6. 245.
24. Book: Michael R. Bailey. Robert Stephenson – The Eminent Engineer. 5 July 2017. Taylor & Francis. 978-1-351-90272-4. 311.
25. s-WILL-MOR-1809 . Williams, Morris (Nicander; 1809-1874), cleric and man of letters . Thomas Iorwerth Ellis . 1959 . 17 January 2022.
26. s-MILL-JOH-1812. Mills, John (Ieuan Glan Alarch; 1812-1873), Calvinistic Methodist minister, writer and musician. Gwilym Prichard Ambrose. 1959. 17 January 2022.
27. s-ROBE-OWE-1847. Roberts, Owen Owens (1847-1926), schoolmaster and choral conductor. John Hughes. 1959. 18 January 2022.
28. s-HUGH-PRI-1847. Hughes, Hugh Price (1847-1902), Wesleyan Methodist minister. Thomas Iorwerth Ellis. 1959. 18 January 2022.
29. s-WYNN-RUG-1775. Wynn family, of Rûg, Meironnydd, and Boduan (or Bodfean), Caernarvonshire. William Llewelyn Davies. 1959. 18 January 2022.
30. s-DAVI-THO-1847. Davies, Evan Thomas (Dyfrig; 1847-1927), cleric. Thomas Iorwerth Ellis. 1959. 18 January 2022.
31. s-PALM-NEO-1847. Palmer, Alfred Neobard (1847-1915), historian. Arthur Herbert Dodd. 1959. 18 January 2022.
32. Book: Hannah, Rosemary . The Grand Designer : Third Marquess of Bute . Birlinn . Edinburgh . 2012 . 9780857902276 . 1506.
33. Web site: Owen Owen Victorian Draper . Owen Owen Trust. 18 January 2022.
34. s-ROGE-ROL-1847. Rogers, Roland (1847-1927), musician. Robert David Griffith. 1959. 18 January 2022.
35. s-KENR-ICK-1741. Kenrick family of Wynn Hall, Denbighshire, and Bron Clydwr, Merionethshire. 1959. 18 January 2022.
36. Web site: Williams, Taliesin (Taliesin ab Iolo; 1787-1847), poet and author. Griffith John Williams. Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. 18 September 2019.
37. Book: George Fisher Russell Barker. Milverton Godfrey Dauglish. Historical and Political Handbook. 1886. Chapman. 339.
38. Book: Fred Marmaduke Osborn. The story of the Mushets. 1952. T. Nelson. 27.
39. Book: Cylchgrawn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru: The National Library of Wales Journal. 1958. Council of the National Library of Wales. 416.