1849 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1849 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

• Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}
• Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – John Lloyd Vaughan Watkins^{[5] [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 – Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot (from 4 May)^[10]
• Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn^[11]
• Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Capel Hanbury Leigh^[12]
• Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 1st Baron Sudeley^[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 (until 14 October); Alfred Ollivant (from 2 December)^[18]
• Bishop of St Asaph – Thomas Vowler Short^{[19] [20]}
• Bishop of St Davids – Connop Thirlwall^{[21] [22] [23]}

Events

• 2 January – Completion of both tubes of Robert Stephenson's Conwy Railway Bridge.
• 26 February – Halkyn-born Mormon missionary Dan Jones embarks with 249 Welsh converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bound for Salt Lake City from Liverpool.^[24]
• 13 May – A case of cholera is recorded in Cardiff, the beginning of an outbreak that spreads to Merthyr, Dowlais and Aberdare, and kills 800 people.
• 20 June – First tube of Robert Stephenson's Britannia Bridge is floated into position on the Menai Strait.^[25]
• 10 August – Underground explosion at Lletty Shenkin colliery, Cwmbach, kills 52.^[26]
• 1 November – Alfred Ollivant becomes Bishop of Llandaff.
• 13 December – Foundation stone of Llandovery College is laid.
• A temperance festival is held at Carmarthen.

Arts and literature

Awards

• David Griffith (Clwydfardd) is appointed official bard of the Aberffraw eisteddfod. Rowland Williams (Hwfa Môn) is also invested as a bard.

New books

English language

• Anne Beale – Traits and Stories of the Welsh Peasantry
• Lady Charlotte Guest concludes publication of her translation into English of the Mabinogion^[27]
• John Lloyd – The English Country Gentleman
• Samuel Lewis – Topographical Dictionary of Wales
• Thomas Stephens – The Literature of the Kymry

Welsh language

• Robert Elis (Cynddelw) – Yr Adgyfodiad
• Hugh Derfel Hughes – Y Gweithiwr Caniadgar^[28]
• Rowland Hughes – Cyfarchiad Caredig i rai newydd ddychwelyd
• John Jones (Talhaiarn) – Awdl y Greadigaeth

Music

• Haleliwia (hymns)

Births

• 2 May – Charles James Jackson, businessman and collector (d. 1923)

Deaths

• 14 August – Edward Copleston, Bishop of Llandaff, 73^[29]
• 16 September – Thomas Jones, missionary, 39^[30]
• 2 October – James Davies, schoolmaster, 83^[31]
• 2 November – Jacob Davies, missionary, 33^[32]
• 5 December – Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain), poet, 88

See also

• 1849 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. News: Editorial. 17 January 2022. Welshman. 6 October 1865.
6. 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.
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. Web site: TALBOT, Christopher Rice Mansel (1803-1890), of Penrice Castle and Margam Park, Glam.. History of Parliament Online. 18 January 2022.
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. Web site: Hanbury Tracy, Charles (1778–1858), of Toddington, Glos. and Gregynog, Mont.. History of Parliament Online. 2 July 2013.
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: Frederick Arthur Crisp. Joseph Jackson Howard. Visitation of England and Wales. 1898. 15.
19. Book: Nicholas Harris Nicolas. The historic peerage of England: Revised, corrected, and continued ... by William Courthope. John Murray. 1857. 533.
20. Book: The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. 15.
21. Book: Old Yorkshire, volume 3. 1882. 90.
22. Book: Thomas Duffus Hardy. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales.... University Press. 1854. 307.
23. Book: The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged. Porter. 1780. 95.
24. David. Williams. David Williams (historian). Jones, Daniel. s-JONE-DAN-1811. 1959. 2014-06-10.
25. Web site: Britannia Bridge. Engineering Timelines. 2014-06-10.
26. Web site: Death Roll – Lletty Shenkin Colliery. Welsh Coal Mines. 2021-05-21.
27. s-HUGH-DER-1816. Hughes, Hugh Derfel (1816-1890), poet. Ifor Williams. 1959. 18 January 2022.
28. s-GUES-ELI-1812. Guest (Schreiber), Lady Charlotte Elizabeth (1812-1895), translator, businesswoman and collector. Angela V. John. Thomas Herbert Parry-Williams. 1959. 18 January 2022.
29. Book: John Henry Newman. Gerard Tracey. Ian Turnbull Ker. Letters and Diaries: Birmingham and London, Jan. 1849-June 1850. T. Nelson. 1961. 399.
30. Jones, Thomas (1810-1849), the first Calvinistic Methodist missionary on the Khasia Hills (Assam). s-JONE-THO-1810. Robert Thomas Jenkins. 18 January 2022.
31. Davies, James (1765-1849). s-DAVI-JAM-1765. Robert Thomas Jenkins. yes. 18 September 2019.
32. Jacob Davies. s-DAVI-JAC-1816. Williams. Griffith John. yes. 23 May 2017.