1855 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1855 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

• Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget, 2nd 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 – Thomas Lloyd, Coedmore Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John Campbell, 1st Earl Cawdor 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^[10]
• Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Robert Davies Pryce^[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

• 25 February – The steamship Morna is wrecked off North Bishop Rock, with the loss of 21 lives.^[24]
• 30 March – The Severn ferry from Chepstow sinks, and seven people drown.
• Construction of the first section of the Llanidloes and Newtown Railway begins.

Arts and literature

New books

• John Jones (Talhaiarn) – Gwaith Talhaiarn, vol. 1^[25]
• William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog) – Gweithiau Barddonol Gwilym Hiraethog
• William Williams (Creuddynfab) – Y Barddoniadur

Music

• Death of James Green of Bron y Garth, last of the traditional crwth players.^[26]

Births

• 11 February – Samuel Goldsworthy, Wales international rugby player (died 1889)
• 9 April – Jeremiah Jones, poet (died 1902)^[27]
• 16 August – William David Phillips, Wales international rugby player (died 1918)
• 11 December – David Thomas Ffrangcon Davies, singer (died 1918)^[28]

Deaths

• 21 January – Evan Evans (Ieuan Glan Geirionydd), poet, 59^[29]
• 22 January – Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis, politician, 74^[30]
• 9 February – William Chambers, industrialist, 81
• 28 June – FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, 66^[31]
• probable
  • Richard Jones, printer and publisher, ?68
  • William Edwards (Gwilym Callestr), poet^[32]

See also

• 1855 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: Jay Robert Nash. Darkest Hours. 18 May 1976. M. Evans. 978-1-59077-526-4. 683.
25. Book: Brooks, Simon . Why Wales never was: the failure of Welsh nationalism . University of Wales Press . Cardiff . 2017 . 9781786830135 . 161.
26. Book: Budkavlen. 1952. F. W. Unggrens bok tryckeri. 10.
27. s2-JONE-CIL-1855. Jones (family), Cilie, Cardiganshire. A family of smiths, poets, musicians and preachers. Gerallt Jones. 1959. 22 January 2022.
28. s-DAVI-FFR-1855. Davies, David Thomas Ffrangcon (1855-1918), singer. Robert David Griffith. 1959. 22 January 2022.
29. s-EVAN-EVA-1795. Evans, Evan (Ieuan Glan Geirionydd; 1795-1855), cleric and poet. David Gwenallt Jones. 1959. 22 January 2022.
30. 16605. Lewis, Sir Thomas Frankland. Peter. Mandler.
31. Raglan, Fitzroy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron.
32. s-EDWA-WIL-1790. Edwards, William (1790-1855).