1858 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1858 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 – Edward Pryse^[8]
  • Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John Campbell, 1st 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 – Robert Davies Pryce^[12]
• Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Capel Hanbury Leigh^[13]
• Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 1st Baron Sudeley (until 10 February);^[14] Thomas Hanbury-Tracy, 2nd Baron Sudeley (from 4 March)
• Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir John Owen, 1st Baronet^[15]
• Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite^{[16] [2]}
• Bishop of Bangor – Christopher Bethell^{[17] [18]}
• Bishop of Llandaff – Alfred Ollivant^[19]
• Bishop of St Asaph – Thomas Vowler Short^{[20] [21]}
• Bishop of St Davids – Connop Thirlwall^{[22] [23] [24]}

Events

• January
  • Teaching begins at Bangor Normal College, founded by Hugh Owen.
  • End of Aberdare Strike 1857-8 in the coal mining industry.
• 20 April – John Jones (Shoni Sguborfawr) is given a conditional pardon for his role in the Rebecca Riots.^[25]
• June – Erection of the Town Clock at Tredegar.^[26]
• 20 June – End of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, which Major General Charles Hinde plays a major role in suppressing.
• 29 August – Musician Robert Davies (Asaph Llechid) is killed by a rockfall while at work in Cae-braich-y-cafn quarry.^[27]
• 5 October – The Vale of Clwyd Railway, built by David Davies Llandinam, is opened.^[28]
• 13 October – 20 men are killed in a mining accident at Lower Duffryn Colliery, Mountain Ash.
• date unknown
  • The schooner Mary Catherine, launched at Amlwch, is the first iron ship built in Wales.^[29]
  • Richard Kyrke Penson exhibits a plan of his design for the Cilyrychen lime kilns at the Royal Academy.^[30]

Arts and literature

Awards

• "Great Eisteddfod" at Llangollen; early appearance of Gorsedd ceremony. Ebenezer Thomas (Eben Fardd) wins first prize for his poem Maes Bosworth.

New books

English language

• William Davies (Gwilym Teilo) — Llandilo-Vawr and its Neighbourhood^[31]
• Robert Owen — An Introduction to the Study of Dogmatic Theology
• Louisa M. Spooner (anonymously) — Gladys of Harlech^[32]
• Alfred Russel Wallace — On the Tendency of Varieties to Depart Indefinitely From the Original Type^[33]

Welsh language

• Morgan Howells — Gweithiau Morgan Howells … pregethau a thraethodau (posthumously published)^[34]
• Owen Wynne Jones — Lleucu Llwyd^[35]

Music

• Thomas Gruffydd Jones (Tafalaw Bencerdd) — Y Drysorfa Gorawl
• Edward Stephen (Tanymarian) — Requiem

Births

• 6 January — Ben Davies, singer (died 1943)^[36]
• 28 January — Edgeworth David, explorer (died 1934)^[37]
• 9 April — Aneurin Rees, Wales rugby union international (died 1932)
• 15 May — B. B. Mann, Wales rugby union international (died 1948)
• 8 October — Robert Owen Hughes (Elfyn), journalist and poet (died 1919)^[38]
• 25 October — Tom Clapp, Wales rugby union captain (died 1933)
• 30 October - Alfred Onions, politician (died 1921)^[39]
• 18 December — Sir Owen Thomas, soldier and politician (died 1923)^[40]
• 25 December — Frederick Margrave, rugby player (died 1946)
• 26 December — Sir Owen Morgan Edwards, academic and author (died 1920)^[41]
• 27 December — Sir John Herbert Lewis, lawyer and politician (died 1933)^[42]
• 28 December — Josiah Towyn Jones, politician (died 1925)^[43]

Deaths

• 10 February — Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 1st Baron Sudeley, Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire, 79^[14]
• 22 March — Mary Anne Edmunds, educator and feminist, 41^[44]
• 26 March — William Morgan, evangelical clergyman, friend of the Bronte family, 75/6
• 19 April — John Davies, Unitarian minister and teacher, 62/63^[45]
• 13 May — Lewis Loyd, banker, 91
• 30 May — Thomas ap Catesby Jones, Welsh-descended US naval officer, 68^[46]
• 4 June — Thomas Edwards (Caerfallwch), lexicographer, 78^[47]
• 16 October — Charles Norris, artist, 79^[48]
• 17 November — Robert Owen, founder of the Co-operative Society, 87^[49]
• 20 November — Sir Joseph Bailey, 1st Baronet, ironmaster, 75
• 18 December — John Salusbury Piozzi Salusbury, nephew of Hester Thrale, 65
• 27 December — John Williams, Archdeacon of Cardigan and warden of Llandovery College, 66

See also

• 1858 in Ireland

Notes and References

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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. Book: Thomas John Hughes. The Welsh magistracy, by Adfyfr. South Wales and Monmouthshire Liberal Federation Offices. 1887. 5.
9. Web site: Myddelton Biddulph, Robert (1805-1872), of Chirk Castle, Denb. and 35 Grosvenor Place, Mdx.. History of Parliament Online. 5 December 2021.
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11. Web site: TALBOT, Christopher Rice Mansel (1803-1890), of Penrice Castle and Margam Park, Glam.. History of Parliament Online. 18 January 2022.
12. Book: Edward Breese. Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. 1873. 29.
13. Book: Amy Audrey Locke. The Hanbury Family. Arthur L. Humphreys. 1916. 147.
14. Web site: Hanbury Tracy, Charles (1778–1858), of Toddington, Glos. and Gregynog, Mont.. History of Parliament Online. 2 July 2013.
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26. Book: The Tredegar Workmen's Hall, 1861-1951: Ninety Years of Endeavor. With Some General Observations on the Life of the Period. 1952. Tredegar Workmen's Institute Society. 20.
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