1861 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1861 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, 2nd Earl Cawdor (from 26 April)
• 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 (until 28 September);^[13] Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover (from 9 November)^[14]
  • Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Thomas Hanbury-Tracy, 2nd Baron Sudeley Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir John Owen, 1st Baronet (until 6 February);^[15] William Edwardes, 3rd Baron Kensington^[16] (from 28 April)
• Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite^{[17] [2]}
• Bishop of Bangor – James Colquhoun Campbell^{[18] [19]}
• Bishop of Llandaff – Alfred Ollivant^[20]
• Bishop of St Asaph – Thomas Vowler Short^{[21] [22]}
• Bishop of St Davids – Connop Thirlwall^{[23] [24] [25]}

Events

• 30 May - In a by-election caused by the death of the sitting MP, Richard Grosvenor becomes MP for Flintshire, holding it on behalf of the Liberals.
• 10 June - The Oswestry and Newtown Railway is completed throughout by opening of the section between Abermule and Newtown, giving through rail communication from England to Llanidloes.^[26]
• July - Baner ac Amserau Cymru begins twice-weekly publication.
• date unknown
  • Japanese knotweed is recorded at Maesteg - the first record of it growing wild in the UK.
  • Excavation of Long Hole Cave in Glamorgan reveals prehistoric flint artefacts.^[27]
  • Pryce Pryce-Jones starts his mail order company in Newtown, Montgomeryshire.
  • John Dillwyn-Llewelyn marries Caroline, daughter of Sir Michael Hicks Beach, 8th Baronet.
  • Griffith John becomes the first Christian missionary to penetrate into central China.

Arts and literature

Awards

• 20 - 22 August - The first National Eisteddfod of Wales is held at Aberdare. The chair is won by Lewis William Lewis.^[28]

New books

• Autobiography and Correspondence of Mrs. Delaney, ed. Augusta Hall, Lady Llanover
• Griffith Jones (Glan Menai) - Hywel Wyn
• John Jones (Vulcan) - Athrawiaeth yr Iawn
• David Owen (Brutus) - Cofiant y Diweddar Barch. Thomas Williams
• Thomas Rees - History of Protestant Nonconformity in Wales: From Its Rise to the Present Time
• William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog) - Emmanuel
• Jane Williams (Ysgafell) - The Literary Women of England
• Robert Williams (Trebor Mai) - Fy Noswyl

Music

• Hugh Jerman - Deus Misereatur

Sport

• Cricket
  • 18 July - South Wales Cricket Club defeat MCC at Lord's.

Births

• 1 January - John Owen Jones (Ap Ffarmwr), journalist (died 1899)
• 2 January (in Oswestry) - William Henry Griffith Thomas, clergyman and academic (died 1924)
• 28 February - Jessie Penn-Lewis, evangelist (died 1927)^[29]
• 22 March - Dick Kedzlie, Wales international rugby player (died 1920)
• 7 April - Clara Novello Davies, singer (died 1943)^[30]
• 5 May - John Edward Lloyd, historian (died 1947)^[31]
• 31 July at Garneddwen - Alfred W. Hughes, surgeon and founder of the Welsh Hospital in South Africa
• 27 August - Reginald Brooks-King, archer (died 1936)
• 10 September - Sir John Lynn-Thomas, surgeon (died 1939)^[32]
• 19 September - Evan Roberts, Wales international rugby player (died 1927)
• 26 October - Richard Griffith (Carneddog), writer (died 1947)^[33]
• 28 December - David Gwynn, Wales international rugby player (died 1897)
• date unknown
  • William Stadden, rugby player (died 1906)
  • John Williams, politician (died 1922)

Deaths

• 6 February - Sir John Owen, 1st Baronet, 84^[34]
• 20 April - David Pugh, merchant, landowner and politician, ^[35]
• 8 May - Thomas Lloyd-Mostyn, politician, 31^[36]
• 17 May - Ellis Owen Ellis, artist, 48?
• 2 August - Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea, statesman, 50^[37]
• 5 September - William Addams Williams, lawyer, landowner and politician, 74^[38]
• 26 September - Morris Davies (Meurig Ebrill), poet, 71
• 25 October - Sir James Graham, 2nd Baronet, former MP for Pembroke, 69^[39]

See also

• 1861 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. 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.
10. Web site: Glynne, Sir Stephen Richard, 9th bt. (1807-1874), of Hawarden Castle, Flint. History of Parliament Online. 16 January 2022.
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: Past Lord Lieutenants. Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire. 28 January 2022.
15. Web site: Thorne . R.G. . John Owen (1776-1861) of Orielton, Pembrokeshire . History of Parliament . 27 March 2020.
16. William Richard . O'Byrne . Edwardes, William . A Naval Biographical Dictionary . 1849 . John Murray.
17. Book: Jonathan Williams. The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. 1859. 115.
18. Book: Fryde, E. B. . Handbook of British chronology . New York Cambridge University Press . Cambridge England . 1996 . 9780521563505 . 292.
19. Book: Thomas Duffus Hardy. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales.... University Press. 1854. 305.
20. Book: Frederick Arthur Crisp. Joseph Jackson Howard. Visitation of England and Wales. 1898. 15.
21. Book: Nicholas Harris Nicolas. The historic peerage of England: Revised, corrected, and continued ... by William Courthope. John Murray. 1857. 533.
22. Book: The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. 15.
23. Book: Old Yorkshire, volume 3. 1882. 90.
24. Book: Thomas Duffus Hardy. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales.... University Press. 1854. 307.
25. Book: The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged. Porter. 1780. 95.
26. Book: Rex. Christiansen. R. W.. Miller. The Cambrian Railways. 1. new. 1971. Newton Abbot. David & Charles. 0-7153-5236-9.
27. Book: Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales. An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Glamorgan. 1976. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales. 978-0-11-700588-4. 17.
28. Book: Transactions of the National Eisteddfod of Wales, Aberdare, 1885. National Eisteddfod Association. 1887. 1.
29. Web site: The Life and Influence of Jessie Penn-Lewis . Baker-Johnson . Sharon . April 30, 2012 . CBE International . Christians for Biblical Equality. 20 March 2021.
30. Book: James Duff Brown. Stephen Samuel Stratton. British Musical Biography: A Dictionary of Musical Artists, Authors, and Composers Born in Britain and Its Colonies. 1897. S.S. Stratton. 117ad.
31. Book: Leopold George Wickham Legg. Edgar Trevor Williams. The Dictionary of National Biography, 1941-1950. 1959. Oxford University Press. 514.
32. Web site: Lynn-Thomas, Sir John (1861-1939), surgeon. Arthur Rocyn Jones. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. 3 April 2021.
33. s2-GRIF-RIC-1861. Griffith, Richard ('Carneddog'; 1861-1947), poet, writer, and journalist. Robert (Bob) Owen. National Library of Wales. 3 April 2021.
34. Book: Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. 1868. Burke's Peerage Limited.. 856.
35. Book: Richard Williams. Montgomeryshire Worthies. 264-5. 1894. Phillips & Son.
36. Book: Richard Parry. Llandudno: its history and natural history. 1861. 23.
37. Book: Walter Bagehot. The Collected Works of Walter Bagehot: Miscellany. 1986. Harvard University Press. 90.
38. Book: Fisher, D.R.. The House of Commons, 1820–1832: Addams Williams, William (1787–1861), of Llangibby Castle, Mon.. 2009. Cambridge University Press Series: History of Parliament. Cambridge ; New York. 9780521193146. 21 May 2012.
39. Book: Samuel Maunder. The Biographical Treasury a Dictionary of Universal Biography by Samuel Maunder, Author of The Treasury of Knowledge ... 1868. Longman, Green, Reader, and Dyer. 406.