1852 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1852 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 – Sir Richard Williams-Bulkeley, 10th Baronet^[7]
• Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – William Edward Powell^[2]
• Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – George Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor (until 9 April); John Campbell, 1st Earl Cawdor (from 4 May)
• 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 – Alfred Ollivant^[18]
• Bishop of St Asaph – Thomas Vowler Short^{[19] [20]}
• Bishop of St Davids – Connop Thirlwall^{[21] [22] [23]}

Events

• 24 February – The Times reports that Robert Stephenson has approved Isambard Kingdom Brunel's design for a railway bridge at Chepstow.
• 10 May – 27 men are killed by quicksand at Gwendraeth Colliery, Pontyberem.^[24]
• 14 May – 64 men are killed by underground explosion at Middle Duffryn Colliery, Aberdare.^[25]
• August – Halkyn-born Mormon missionary Dan Jones begins his second (4-year) mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Wales.^[26] He also oversees translation of the Book of Mormon into the Welsh language.
• 14 September – Three-decker sailing first-rate ship of the line HMS Duke of Wellington, converted on the stocks to screw propulsion, is launched at Pembroke Dock.
• 4 November – In the United Kingdom general election:
  • Walter Coffin becomes the first Nonconformist MP elected in Wales.^[27]
  • Henry Vivian becomes MP for Truro.
  • Crawshay Bailey becomes MP for Monmouth Boroughs.
• December – In the by-election caused by the death of John Josiah Guest, Henry Austin Bruce is elected MP for Merthyr Tydfil.
• date unknown
  • St David's College, Lampeter, becomes the first institution in Wales to award degrees.^[28]
  • Construction of the first Merthyr Synagogue begins.
  • Richard Muspratt sets up an alkali manufacturing factory in Flint.^[29]
  • The Alliance Insurance Company is set up in Wrexham, advertising itself as the only Welsh insurance company.

Arts and literature

New books

• Aneurin Jones – Tafol y Beirdd
• William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog) – Aelwyd F'Ewythr Robert
• John Williams (Glanmor) – Awstralia a'r Cloddfeydd Aur
• Robert Williams – Enwogion Cymru: A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Welshmen, from the Earliest Times

Music

• J. Ambrose Lloyd – Teyrnasoedd y Ddaear
• Edward Stephen (Tanymarian) – Ystorm Tiberias (oratorio)
• Thomas Williams (Hafrenydd) – Ceinion Cerddoriaeth

Births

• 20 March – John Gwenogvryn Evans, palaeographer (died 1930)^[30]
• 26 April – William Eilir Evans, journalist (died 1910)^[31]
• 28 April – Sir Francis Edwards, 1st Baronet, Liberal politician (died 1927)
• 25 November – Sir Evan Vincent Evans, Eisteddfod supporter (died 1934)^[32]
• December – Alice Gray Jones (Ceridwen Peris), writer (died 1943)^[33]
• date unknown
  • Ann Harriet Hughes (Gwyneth Vaughan), novelist (died 1910)^[34]
  • David Brynmor Jones, barrister, historian and Liberal MP (died 1921)^[35]

Deaths

• 23 February – Evan Jones (Ieuan Gwynedd), minister and journalist, 31
• 9 April – George Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor, Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire, 86^[36]
• 2 May – John Jones (Ioan Tegid), poet, 60^[37]
• 20 May – Robert Williamson ("Bardd Du Môn"), poet, 45?^[38]
• 17 June – John Page (Ioan Glan Dyfrdwy), poet, 21/22^[39]
• 26 November – John Josiah Guest, engineer, entrepreneur and politician, 77^[40]
• 18 December – Evan Owen Allen, writer, 47^[41]

See also

• 1852 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. Book: Reference Wales. 1994. University of Wales Press. 978-0-7083-1234-6. 238.
25. Web site: Middle Duffryn Colliery - Aberdare - 1852. Northern Mine Research Society. 2021-05-21.
26. David. Williams. David Williams (historian). Jones, Daniel. s-JONE-DAN-1811. 1959. 2014-06-10.
27. s-COFF-WAL-1784. Coffin, Walter (1784-1867), colliery pioneer. Robert Thomas Jenkins. 1959. 20 January 2022.
28. Book: David Trevor William Price. Bishop Burgess and Lampeter College. 1987. University of Wales Press. 978-0-7083-0965-0. 71.
29. Book: Peter John Turnbull Morris. Colin Archibald Russell. John Graham Smith. Archives of the British chemical industry, 1750-1914: a handlist. 1988. British Society for the History of Science. 978-0-906450-06-2. 219.
30. Book: Alexander Hopkins McDonnald. The Encyclopedia Americana. 1951. Americana Corporation. 592.
31. s-EVAN-EIL-1852. Evans, William Eilir; 1852-1910), cleric, poet, and journalist. David Gwenallt Jones. yes. 18 September 2019.
32. s-EVAN-VIN-1851. Evans, Evan (later Sir Evan Vincent Evans); 1852 (or 1851)-1934), eisteddfodwr, and secretary of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion). Thomas Jones. yes. 18 September 2019.
33. s2-JONE-GRA-1852. Jones, Alice Gray (Ceridwen Peris); 1852-1943), author (1852-1921). Margaret Beatrice Davies. 2001. yes. 18 September 2019.
34. Richard Bryn . Williams. 1959. Hughes, Annie Harriet. s-HUGH-HAR-1852. yes. 6 July 2020.
35. s-JONE-BRY-1852. Jones (later Brynmor-Jones), Sir David Brynmor (1852-1921), lawyer and historian. Robert Thomas Jenkins. yes. 18 September 2019.
36. Web site: Hon. George Talbot Rice (1765–1852), of Newton House, Dynevor Castle, Carmarthenshire. History of Parliament Online. 20 January 2022.
37. Book: Y Cylchgrawn: at wasanaeth crefydd, llenyddiaeth, gwleidiadaeth, ac hanesiaeth. 1869. 33. cy.
38. s-WILL-ROB-1807. Williamson, Robert (Mona) Bardd Du Môn (1807-1852), teacher and poet. William Llewelyn Davies. 1959. 20 January 2022.
39. s-PAGE-JOH-1830. Page, John (Ioan Glan Dyfrdwy; 1830?-1852), poet. Robert Thomas Jenkins. 1959. 20 January 2022.
40. Book: Madeleine Elsas. Iron in the making: Dowlais Iron Company letters, 1782-1860. 1960. County Records Committee of the Glamorgan Quarter Sessions & County Council. viii.
41. s3-ALLE-OWE-1805. Allen, Evan Owen (1805-1852), writer. Robert Thomas Jenkins. 1959. 20 January 2022.