1871 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1871 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 – Joshua Hughes^[19]
• Bishop of St Davids – Connop Thirlwall^{[20] [21]}

Events

• 24 February – In a mining accident at Pentre Colliery, Rhondda, 38 men are killed.^[22]
• 21 March – Welsh-born journalist Henry Morton Stanley sets out for Africa to seek missing Scottish explorer and missionary Dr. David Livingstone.
• June – Miners' strike in South Wales culminates in defeat for the union.
• 14 August – The Van Railway, built by David Davies Llandinam, opens to carry traffic from the Van lead mines to Caersws.
• 10 November – Stanley locates Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika,^[23] and allegedly greets him saying "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"
• date unknown
  • Lewis Jones is appointed governor of Chubut Province by the government of Argentina.^[24]
  • Operations at the White Rock smelting works in Swansea are extended by Henry Hussey Vivian to include the treatment of silver and lead ore.^[25]

Arts and literature

Awards

• Evan Jones (Gurnos) wins a bardic chair at Ystradyfodwg.

New books

• W. R. Ambrose – Hynafiaethau, Cofiannau a Hanes Presennol Nant Nantlle, y Traethawd Buddugol yn Eisteddfod Gadeiriol Pen-y-groes
• Robert Fowler, MD – A Complete History of the Case of the Welsh Fasting-Girl
• James Kenward – Ab Ithel
• Thomas Purnell^[26]
  • Dramatists of the Present Day
  • Correspondence and Works of Charles Lamb

Music

• John Thomas (Pencerdd Gwalia) is appointed harpist to Queen Victoria.

Sport

• Rugby union – Neath RFC is founded.

Births

• 5 January – Percy Lloyd, Wales national rugby player (died 1959)
• 23 February – Jack Evans, Wales national rugby player (died 1924)
• 2 March – Billy Bancroft, sportsman (died 1959)
• 28 March – R. Silyn Roberts, Socialist and pacifist writer (died 1930)^[27]
• 1 April - Dai St. John, heavyweight boxer (died 1899)
• 6 April – Prince Alexander John of Wales, youngest son of the Prince and Princess of Wales (died 1871)
• 12 April – Ellis William Davies, politician (died 1939)
• 15 April – John Humphreys Davies, writer (died 1926)
• 11 May – George Howells, academic and writer (died 1955)^[28]
• 6 June – Evan Lloyd, Wales international rugby player (died 1951)
• 14 June – David Nicholl, rugby player (died 1918)
• July - Owen Jones, footballer (died 1955)
• 2 July – Sir Evan Williams, 1st Baronet, industrialist (died 1959)
• 3 July – W. H. Davies, poet (died 1940)
• 13 August – Jack Elliott, Wales international rugby player (died 1938)
• 21 September – Alfred Brice, Wales international rugby player (died 1938)
• 1 October – Sir Lewis Lougher, industrialist and politician (died 1955)^[29]
• 10 October – Thomas Gwynn Jones, poet (died 1949)^[30]
• 3 November – Owen Badger, Wales national rugby player (died 1939)
• 27 November – Robert Evans (Cybi), writer (died 1956)
• 29 November (in England) – Ruth Herbert Lewis, social reformer and collector of Welsh folk songs (died 1946)^[31]
• 1 December – Bert Dauncey, Wales international rugby player (died 1955)
• 3 December – Sir Percy Emerson Watkins, civil servant (died 1946)
• date unknown
  • William Jenkins, politician (died 1944)
  • Howard Passadoro, footballer (died 1921)
  • Thomas Mardy Rees, historian and author (died 1953)^[32]

Deaths

• 12 January – Richard Hughes, printer and publisher, 76/7^[33]
• 19 January – Thomas Jeremy Griffiths, minister, hymn-writer and teacher, about 75^[34]
• 30 January – Edward Howell, US politician of Welsh descent, 78
• February – Robert Roberts, musician, 30^[35]
• 9 May – Edward Morgan, minister and writer, 53^[36]
• 23 July – Arthur James Johnes, judge, 62
• 2 August – David James (Dewi o Ddyfed), writer (born 1803)
• 3 October – David Marks, musician and composer, about 83^[37]
• 6 October – Edwin Wyndham-Quin, 3rd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl, 59^[38]
• 2 December – Joseph Jones, Catholic priest and bard, 72^[39]

See also

• 1871 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. Book: The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. 15.
20. Book: Thomas Duffus Hardy. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales.... University Press. 1854. 307.
21. Book: Annual Report Presented by the Council to the Court of Governors. National Library of Wales. 1962. 59.
22. Book: Congressional Serial Set. 1897. U.S. Government Printing Office. 593.
23. Book: Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 0-14-102715-0. 2006.
24. Book: Reference Wales. 1994. University of Wales Press. 978-0-7083-1234-6. 278.
25. Book: Stephen J. Lavender. New Land for Old: The Environmental Renaissance of the Lower Swansea Valley. 1981. A. Hilger. 978-0-85274-386-7. 11.
26. s-PURN-THO-1834. Purnell, Thomas (1834-1889), author. William Llewelyn Davies. 1959. 22 February 2022.
27. s-ROBE-ROB-1871. Roberts, Robert (Silyn) (Rhosyr; 1871-1930), Calvinistic Methodist minister, poet, social reformer, tutor. David Thomas. 1959. 22 February 2022.
28. s2-HOWE-GEO-1871. Howells, George (1871-1955), principal of Serampore College, India. Emlyn Davies. 2001. 22 February 2022.
29. s2-LOUG-LEW-1871. Lougher, Sir Lewis (1871-1955), industrialist and politician. Prys Morgan. 2001. 22 February 2022.
30. s2-JONE-GWY-187. Jones, Thomas Gwynn (1871-1949), poet, writer, translator and scholar. Arthur ap Gwynn. Francis Wynn Jones. 2001. 22 February 2022.
31. s2-LEWI-RUT-1871. Lewis, Lady Ruth (1871-1946), a pioneering collector of Welsh folk-songs, and advocate of educational, religious, temperance and philanthropic bodies. Evan David Jones. 2001. National Library of Wales. 5 November 2020.
32. s2-REES-MAR-1871. Ress, Thomas Mardy (1871-1953), Independent minister, historian and author. Evan David Jones. 2001. 22 February 2022.
33. s-HUGH-RIC-1794. Hughes, Richard (1794-1871), printer and publisher. Eric Edwards. 2001. 6 March 2024.
34. s-GRIF-THO-1797. Griffiths, Thomas (Jeremy) (Tau Gimel, 1797?-1871), Unitarian minister and schoolmaster. Thomas Oswald Williams. 1959. 22 February 2022.
35. s-ROBE-ROB-1840. Roberts, Robert (1840-1871), musician. Robert David Griffith. National Library of Wales. 14 March 2019.
36. s-MORG-EDW-1817. Morgan, Edward (1817-1871), musician. Edward Morgan Humphreys. 6 March 2024.
37. s-MARK-DAV-1788. Marks, David (1788-1871), musician. Robert David Griffith. 6 March 2024.
38. Book: Edmund Burke. The Annual Register of World Events: A Review of the Year. 1872. Longmans, Green. 161.
39. s3-JONE-JOS-1799. Jones, Joseph (1799-1871), Catholic priest. Eric Edwards. 2001. 6 March 2024.