1873 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1873 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 – William Cornwallis-West Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Sir Stephen Glynne, 9th Baronet^[9]
• Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot^[10]
• Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn^[11]
• Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort^[12]
• Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Sudeley Hanbury-Tracy, 3rd Baron Sudeley^[13]
• Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington^[2]
• Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite^{[14] [2]}
• Bishop of Bangor – James Colquhoun Campbell^{[15] [16]}
  • Bishop of Llandaff – Alfred Ollivant Bishop of St Asaph – Joshua Hughes^[17]
• Bishop of St Davids – Connop Thirlwall^{[18] [19]}

Events

• 1 March – The sailing ship Chacabuco sinks off the Great Orme with the loss of 24 lives.
• 18 March – Work begins on construction of the Severn Tunnel.^[20]
• 30 March – The Glyn Valley Tramway opens as a horse-worked line to carry slate and other minerals from Glyn Ceiriog to Chirk.^[21]
• 19 August – The Holyhead Breakwater (the longest in the world) is officially opened by Albert Edward, Prince of Wales.^[22] having taken 28 years to construct.
• 9 October – The first recorded sheepdog trial in the UK takes place at Bala.^[23]
• 2 December – In a mining accident at Hafod Colliery, Rhiwabon, five men are killed.
• date unknown – Construction of:
  • Tŵr Mawr Lighthouse on Ynys Llanddwyn.
  • Buckley Arms hotel, Dinas Mawddwy, in reinforced concrete.^[24]

Arts and literature

New books

• Rhoda Broughton – Nancy
• Robert Elis (Cynddelw) – Manion Hynafiaethol
• Ebenezer Thomas – Gweithiau Barddonol Eben Fardd (posthumously published)^[25]

Music

• Henry Brinley Richards – Songs of Wales
• Richard Davies (Mynyddog) writes the song "Rheolau yr Aelwyd", the basis of "Sosban Fach".

Sport

• December – Major Walter Wingfield of Nantclwyd Hall at Llanelidan designs a game for the amusement of his visitors. Wingfield soon patents nets for the game of lawn tennis, which he calls "sphairistike".^[26]

Births

• 7 January – Christopher Williams, artist (died 1934)
• 16 January – Ivor Guest, 1st Viscount Wimborne, politician (died 1939)
• 7 April
  • John Dyfnallt Owen, poet and Archdruid (died 1956)
  • Charles Butt Stanton, politician (died 1946)^[27]
• 23 April – Sir Robert Thomas, 1st Baronet, politician (died 1951)^[28]
• 1 May – Harry Evans, musician (died 1914)^[29]
• 22 May – (Brynach) (died 1923)
• 5 June – Ben Davies, Wales international rugby player (died 1930)
• 14 October – Sam Livesey, actor (died 1936)
• date unknown – Arthur Tysilio Johnson, plantsman and author of The Perfidious Welshman (died 1956)

Deaths

• January – John Emlyn Jones, poet, 54^[30]
• 27 January – Josiah Thomas Jones, publisher, 73^[31]
• 20 February – (at Launceston, Tasmania) William Jones, Chartist leader, 64
• 29 March – David Jones, merchant in Australia, 80
• 17 May – Lord William Paget, soldier and politician, 70
• 9 October – John Evan Thomas, sculptor, 63^[32]
• 31 October – William Ambrose (Emrys), poet, 60^[33]
• 10 November – Maria Jane Williams, musician, 78^[34]

See also

• 1873 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: Glynne, Sir Stephen Richard, 9th bt. (1807-1874), of Hawarden Castle, Flint.. 3 December 2021.
10. Campbell. Thomas Methuen. C.R.M. Talbot 1803–1890. Morgannwg. 2000. 44. 66–104. 17 May 2014.
11. Book: Edward Breese. Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. 1873. 29.
12. Book: James Henry Clark. History of Monmouthshire. County Observer. 1869. 375.
13. Book: Amy Audrey Locke. The Hanbury Family. Arthur L. Humphreys. 1916. 170.
14. Walsh, John Benn. 59.
15. Book: Fryde, E. B. . Handbook of British chronology . New York Cambridge University Press . Cambridge England . 1996 . 9780521563505 . 292.
16. Book: Thomas Duffus Hardy. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales.... University Press. 1854. 266.
17. Book: The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. 15.
18. Book: Thomas Duffus Hardy. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales.... University Press. 1854. 307.
19. Book: Annual Report Presented by the Council to the Court of Governors. National Library of Wales. 1962. 59.
20. http://www.engineering-timelines.com/scripts/engineeringItem.asp?id=116 "Severn Tunnel."
21. Milner, John (1984). The Glyn Valley Tramway. Oxford Publishing Co.
22. Book: Denton. A.. Leach. N.. Lighthouses of Wales. Landmark Publishing Ltd. 2008. 978-1-84306-459-6.
23. Book: Janet Larson. The Versatile Border Collie. 1999. Alpine Publications. 978-0931866920. registration.
24. Web site: The Buckley Arms. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120314041710/http://www.thebuckleyarms.co.uk/Hotel_Snowdonia_Wales.asp?ID=6&level1ID=0&Level2ID=0. 2012-03-14. 2012-03-14. 2022-03-02. Wayback Machine.
25. s-THOM-EBE-1802. Thomas, Ebenezer (Eben Fardd; 1802-1863), schoolmaster and poet. Thomas Parry. 1959. 22 February 2022.
26. Annals of Lawn Tennis. Baily's Magazine of Sports & Pastimes. 44. 1885. 312.
27. s2-STAN-BUT-1873. Stanton, Charles Butt (1873–1946), M.P. for the Merthyr and Aberdare constituency, 1915–1922. Huw Morris-Jones. 17 April 2019. yes.
28. s2-THOM-JOH-1873. Thomas, Sir Robert (1873–1951), politician and shipowner. John Graham Jones. 17 April 2019. yes.
29. s-EVAN-HAR-1873. Evans, Harry (1873–1914), musician. Robert David Griffith. 28 March 2019. yes.
30. s-JONE-EML-1818. Jones, John (Ioan Emlyn; 1818–1873), Baptist minister, poet, and man of letters. Robert Thomas Jenkins. 1959. 28 March 2019. yes.
31. s-JONE-THO-1799. Jones, Josiah Thomas (1799-1873), publisher and Independent minister. Robert Thomas Jenkins. 1959. 22 August 2021. yes.
32. s-THOM-EVA-1810. John Evan Thomas, sculptor. Robert Thomas Jenkins. 1959. 22 August 2021. yes.
33. s-AMBR-WIL-1813. Ambrose, William (Emrys; 1813-1873), Independent minister, poet, and littérateur. Richard Griffith Owen. 1959. 22 February 2022. yes.
34. s12-WILL-JAN-1795. Williams, Maria Jane ('Llinos') (1795-1873), folklore collector and musician. Marion Löffler. 2019. 22 February 2022. yes.