1870 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1870 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

• Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – William Owen Stanley^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}
• Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Charles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar^{[5] [6]}
• Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Edward Douglas-Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn^[7]
• Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Edward Pryse^{[8] [2]}
  • Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John Campbell, 2nd 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 – Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn^[12]
• Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort^[13]
• Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Sudeley Hanbury-Tracy, 3rd Baron Sudeley^[14]
• Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – William Edwardes, 3rd Baron Kensington^[15]
• Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite^{[16] [2]}
• Bishop of Bangor – James Colquhoun Campbell^{[17] [18]}
  • Bishop of Llandaff – Alfred Ollivant Bishop of St Asaph – Thomas Vowler Short (retired);^{[19] [20]} Joshua Hughes (from 9 May)^[21]
• Bishop of St Davids – Connop Thirlwall^{[22] [23]}

Events

• January — Francis Kilvert begins his famous diary.^[24]
• 14 February — In a mining accident at Morfa Colliery, Port Talbot, 30 men are killed.^[25]
• April — George Osborne Morgan introduces the Burials Bill and the Places of Worship (Acquisition of Land) Bill to Parliament.
• unknown dates
  • Sir George Gilbert Scott completes the restoration of Bangor Cathedral.
  • In India, Timothy Richards Lewis discovers a nematoid worm, which he calls Filaria sanguinis hominis (later "Wuchereria bancrofti").^[26]
  • William Thomas Lewis, 1st Baron Merthyr of Senghenydd, begins acquiring the collieries later known as the Lewis Merthyr collieries in Rhondda.
  • Jacob Lloyd is created a Knight of the Order of St. Gregory the Great by Pope Pius IX.
  • Thomas William Rhys Davids begins a series of articles for the Ceylon branch of the Royal Asiatic Society Journal.

Arts and literature

New books

• John Ceiriog Hughes — Oriau'r Haf
• David Lloyd Davies — Ceinwen Morgan neu y Rian Ddiwylliedig
• Richard Davies (Mynyddog) — Yr Ail Gynnig

Music

Sport

• Billiards — John Roberts, Sr. loses the English billiards championship after 21 years.
• Association football — Druids of Rhiwabon formed.

Births

• 13 January — Conway Rees, rugby player (died 1932)
• 10 March — George "Honey Boy" Evans, Welsh-born US entertainer (died 1915)^[27]
• 20 March — Eluned Morgan, author (died 1938)^[28]
• 25 March — Wallace Watts, Wales international rugby union player (died 1950)
• 19 June — Charles Nicholl, Wales international rugby union player (died 1939)
• 29 June
  • Arthur Boucher, Wales international rugby union player (died 1948)
  • Sir Charles Dillwyn-Venables-Llewellyn, 2nd Baronet, politician (died 1951)^[29]
• 14 July — Helena Jones, doctor and suffragette (died 1946)^[30]
• 16 July — William Henry Prosser, teacher and cricketer (died 1952)^[31]
• 27 July — Herbert Millingchamp Vaughan, historian (died 1948)^[32]
• 18 August — William Cope, 1st Baron Cope, politician and Wales international rugby player (died 1946)^[33]
• 27 September — Thomas Jones (T. J.), civil servant (died 1955)^[34]
• 22 October — J. Glyn Davies, scholar, poet and songwriter (died 1953)^[35]
• 3 November — Norman Biggs, Wales international rugby player (died 1908)
• 15 November — William Elsey, Wales international rugby player (died 1936)
• 20 December — Sir David Davies, politician (died 1958)^[36]
• 29 December — Robert Dewi Williams, teacher, minister and writer (died 1955)^[37]
• 31 December — David John Jones, Dean of Llandaff (died 1949)
• December — Ernest William Jones, steamship agent and cricketer (died 1941)
• date unknown
  • John William Evans, politician (died 1906)^[38]
  • John Hughes Morris, missionary (died 1953)

Deaths

• 16 March — Thomas Parry, Bishop of Barbados, 74
• 4 April — Owen Wynne Jones, writer, 42^[39]
• 15 May — Charles Hinde (army officer), soldier, 49^[40]
• 27 May — John Etherington Welch Rolls, Monmouthshire landowner and father of 1st Baron Llangattock, 63^[41]
• 23 June — Isaac Hughes, Calvinist missionary and preacher, 71/72^[42]
• 1 August — Levi Gibbon, balladeer, 92^[43]
• 17 September — Joseph David Jones, composer, 43^[44]
• 27 October — Owen Jones Ellis Nanney, politician, 80^[45]
• 29 October — Jacob Owen, architect and civil engineer, 92^[46]
• 16 November — Harry Longueville Jones, antiquary, 64^[47]

See also

• 1870 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. Web site: Morgan, Charles Morgan Robinson (1792–1875), of Ruperra, Glam. and Tredegar, Mon.. History of Parliament Online. 3 July 2013.
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. News: Death of Colonel Pryse. 27 February 2018. Cambrian News. 1 June 1888. 4.
9. Web site: Myddelton Biddulph, Robert (1805-1872), of Chirk Castle, Denb. and 35 Grosvenor Place, Mdx.. History of Parliament Online. 3 December 2021.
10. Web site: Glynne, Sir Stephen Richard, 9th bt. (1807-1874), of Hawarden Castle, Flint.. 3 December 2021.
11. Campbell. Thomas Methuen. C.R.M. Talbot 1803–1890. Morgannwg. 2000. 44. 66–104. 17 May 2014.
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: James Henry Clark. History of Monmouthshire. County Observer. 1869. 375.
14. Book: Amy Audrey Locke. The Hanbury Family. Arthur L. Humphreys. 1916. 170.
15. Book: Smith, Jenny . Portraits for a King : the British military paintings of A-J Dubois Drahonet (1791-1834 . National Army Museum . London . 1990 . 9780901721211 . 15.
16. Walsh, John Benn. 59.
17. Book: Fryde, E. B. . Handbook of British chronology . New York Cambridge University Press . Cambridge England . 1996 . 9780521563505 . 292.
18. Book: Thomas Duffus Hardy. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales.... University Press. 1854. 266.
19. s-SHOR-VOW-1790. Short, Thomas Vowler (1790-1872), bishop of St Asaph. William Thomas Havard. 1959. 3 December 2021.
20. Book: The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. 15.
21. s-HUGH-JOS-1807 . Hughes, Joshua (1807-1889), bishop . 1959 . William Thomas . Havard . William Havard . 26 October 2021 .
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: Annual Report Presented by the Council to the Court of Governors. National Library of Wales. 1962. 59.
24. Web site: Kilvert's Diary . The Kilvert Society . 4 March 2024 .
25. Web site: Morfa Colliery Explosion. Northern Mine Research Society. 4 March 2024.
26. s-LEWI-RIC-1841. Lewis, Timothy Richards. Evan David Jones. 4 March 2024.
27. Book: Frank Cullen. Florence Hackman. Donald McNeilly. Vaudeville old & new: an encyclopedia of variety performances in America. 2007. Psychology Press. 978-0-415-93853-2. 365–.
28. s-MORG-ELU-1870. Morgan, Eluned (1870-1938), writer. 18 March 2021.
29. Book: Arthur Charles Fox-Davies. Armorial Families: A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-armour. T.C. & E.C. Jack. 1910. 457.
30. Book: Cowman, Krista. Women of the Right Spirit: Paid Organisers of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), 1904-18. 225. Manchester University Press. 2007. 9780719070020.
31. Web site: Alumni Cantabrigienses: William Prosser . J. Venn and J. A. Venn . Part 5. 208. 26 January 2015.
32. Davies, Sir William Llewelyn. Vaughan, Herbert Millingchamp (1870–1948). 2001. s2-VAUG-MIL-1870.
33. Book: Steven John. Welsh Yeomanry at War: A History of the 24th (Pembroke & Glamorgan Yeomanry) Battalion, The Welsh Regiment. Pen & Sword Books. 2015. 9781473865808.
34. s2-JONE-THO-1870. Benjamin Bowen Thomas. Jones, Thomas (1870-1955), university professor, civil servant, administrator, author. 2001. 22 February 2022.
35. s2-DAVI-GLY-1870 . Davies, John Glyn (1870–1953), scholar, songwriter and poet . Gruffydd . Robert Geraint . R. Geraint Gruffydd . 2001. 5 March 2024 .
36. News: 28 April 1958. Death of Sir David Davies. Western Mail. 5.
37. s2-WILL-DEW-1870. Williams, Robert Dewi (1870 - 1955), minister (Presb.), headmaster of Clynnog School and writer. Roberts. Gomer Morgan. 2001. 17 February 2022.
38. News: Death of Alderman J.W. Evans, Hirwaun. 4 May 2014. Aberdare Leader. 9 June 1906.
39. Book: Thomas Mardy Rees. Notable Welshmen (1700-1900): ... with Brief Notes, in Chronological Order, and Authorities. Also a Complete Alphabetical Index. 1908. Herald Office.
40. s-HIND-EDW-1820. Hinde, Charles Thomas Edward (1820-1870), major general. Elwyn Evans. 1959. 17 February 2022.
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42. Book: Morris, John Hughes. The History of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodists' Foreign Mission: To the End of the Year 1904. 1910. Indus Publishing. 978-81-7387-049-1. 311.
43. Book: Robert Griffiths. S.O. Davies--a socialist faith. July 1983. Gomer Press. 978-0-85088-887-4. 21.
44. s-JONE-DAV-1827. Davies, Joseph David (1827-1870), schoolmaster and musician. Robert David Griffith. 1959. 17 February 2022.
45. Book: Bernard Burke. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. Harrison. 1886. 1332.
46. Web site: OWEN, JACOB - Dictionary of Irish Architects. www.dia.ie. 20 December 2022.
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