1872 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1872 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 (until 21 March);^[9] William Cornwallis-West (from 5 June)
• 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 (until 1 January); William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington (from 6 February)^[2]
• Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite^{[15] [2]}
• Bishop of Bangor – James Colquhoun Campbell^{[16] [17]}
  • Bishop of Llandaff – Alfred Ollivant Bishop of St Asaph – Joshua Hughes^[18]
• Bishop of St Davids – Connop Thirlwall^{[19] [20]}

Events

• 5 January — In a mining accident at Blackwood Colliery, five men are killed.
• 2 March — In a mining accident at Victoria Colliery, Ebbw Vale, nineteen men are killed.
• 18 June — A derailment occurs in the Pencader Tunnel on the Carmarthen & Cardigan Railway.
• 12 July — Cardiff Tramways Company begins operation of horse trams.
• 15 July — The Colwyn Bay Hotel is opened.^[21]
• 1 August — Minffordd railway station is opened.
• 9 October — University College Wales, Aberystwyth, opens with 26 students; Thomas Charles Edwards is its first principal.
• unknown dates
  • Stocks are used on the last recorded occasion in the UK, at Adpar in Cardiganshire, when a man is imprisoned in them for drunkenness.^[22]
  • Nitrocellulose manufacture at Penrhyndeudraeth begins.

Arts and literature

New books

• R. D. Blackmore — The Maid of Sker
• Thomas Thomas — Hynodion Hen Bregethwyr Cymru

Music

• The South Wales "Cor Mawr", conducted by Griffith R. Jones (Caradog) wins a national choral competition at Crystal Palace.^[23]

Sport

• Cricket — First game played at Elwy Grove Park, St Asaph.
• Football — 28 September: Wrexham Football Club is founded. They play at the Racecourse Ground.

Births

• 21 February — Evan Lorimer Thomas, clergyman and academic (died 1953)^[24]
• 16 March — Vernon Hartshorn, politician (died 1931)
• 6 May — William Llewellyn Thomas, Wales international rugby player (died 1943)
• 10 May — Tom Pearson, Wales international rugby player (died 1957)
• 18 May — Bertrand Russell, philosopher (died 1970)^[25]
• 14 July — David Morgan, Wales international rugby player (died 1933)
• 14 September — Albert Jenkin, Wales international rugby player (died 1961)
• 8 October — John Cowper Powys, Anglo-Welsh writer (died 1963)^[26]
• date unknown — Thomas Jeremiah Williams, lawyer and politician (died 1919)^[27]

Deaths

• 1 January — William Edwardes, 3rd Baron Kensington, Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire, 70^[28]
• 9 January — Crawshay Bailey, industrialist^[29]
• 21 March — Robert Myddelton Biddulph, landowner and politician, 66^[9]
• 24 March — James Williams, clergyman and philanthropist, 81^[30]
• 13 April — Thomas Vowler Short, Bishop of St Asaph^[31]
• 3 August — William Davies Evans, chess player, 82^[32]
• 18 August — Evan Jones, missionary, 84^[33]
• 22 August — Evan Davies, educator, 84^[34]
• 26 September — William Williams (Carw Coch), poet^[35]
• 28 September — Lleyson Hopkin Davy, government representative, brewer and industrialist, 89/90^[36]
• 16 October — David Lewis, MP for Carmarthen, 75
• 11 November — Mary Anne Disraeli, wife of British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli, 80^[37]

See also

• 1872 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. Walsh, John Benn. 59.
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. 266.
18. Book: The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. 15.
19. Book: Thomas Duffus Hardy. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales.... University Press. 1854. 307.
20. Book: Annual Report Presented by the Council to the Court of Governors. National Library of Wales. 1962. 59.
21. Book: Sharon M. Varey. Graeme J. White. Landscapes Past and Present: Cheshire and Beyond. 2016. University of Chester. 978-1-908258-28-1. 201.
22. Book: George Eyre Evans. Lampeter .... 1905. Jones. 208.
23. Book: Rupert Hughes. The Musical Guide. 1903. McClure, Phillips & Company. 577.
24. s2-THOM-LOR-1872. Thomas, Evan Lorimer (1872-1953), priest and scholar. David Trevor William Price. 17 June 2019.
25. Book: Amita Singh. The Political Philosophy of Bertrand Russell. 1987. Mittal Publications. 978-81-7099-039-0. 4.
26. Book: Herbert Williams. John Cowper Powys. 1997. Seren. 978-1-85411-196-8. 156.
27. Book: Raymond Grant. The Parliamentary History of Glamorgan, 1542-1976. 1978. C. Davies. 978-0-7154-0381-5.
28. 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.
29. s-BAIL-NAN-1789. BAILEY family, of Nant-y-glo, Aberaman, etc.. Watkin William Price. yes. 17 June 2019.
30. s-WILL-JAM-1790 . Williams, James (1790–1872), cleric. Jenkins. Robert Thomas. Robert Thomas Jenkins. yes. 2008-04-29.
31. s-SHOR-VOW-1790. Short, Thomas Vowler. William Thomas Havard. yes. 17 June 2019.
32. s3-EVAN-DAV-1790. Evans, William Davies. David James Morgan. yes. 15 December 2019.
33. http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=JO019 Jerry L. Faught, Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. "Evan Jones (1788-1872)."
34. Web site: The Late Evan Davies, LL.D.. Welsh Newspapers Online. 6 September 1872. 30 June 2017.
35. s-WILL-WIL-1808. Williams, William (Carw Coch; 1808-1872), eisteddfodwr and man of letters. Robert Thomas Jenkins. yes. 17 June 2019.
36. Book: Spink Numismatic Circular. 1992. Spink & Son. 123.
37. Book: Mollie Hardwick. Mrs. Dizzy: the life of Mary Anne Disraeli, Viscountess Beaconsfield. 1972. Cassell. 1.