1875 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1875 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] (until 16 April); Joseph Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk (from 11 June)^[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 – Hugh Robert Hughes
• Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot^[9]
• Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn^[10]
• Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort^[11]
• Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Sudeley Hanbury-Tracy, 3rd Baron Sudeley^[12]
• Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington^[2]
• Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite (until 21 April);^{[13] [2]} Arthur Walsh, 2nd Baron Ormathwaite (from 21 April)
• Bishop of Bangor – James Colquhoun Campbell^{[14] [15]}
  • Bishop of Llandaff – Alfred Ollivant Bishop of St Asaph – Joshua Hughes^[16]
• Bishop of St Davids – Basil Jones^{[17] [18]}

Events

• August - First publication of The Usk Gleaner and Monmouthshire Record.
• December - South Wales miners, led by William Abraham, come to agreement on a sliding scale of wages in relation to prices and profits.
• 4 December - In a mining accident at Old Pit, New Tredegar, 22 men are killed.
• 5 December - In a mining accident at Llan Colliery, Pentyrch, twelve men are killed.
• unknown dates
  • The first imports of North American wheat come through Cardiff.
  • The United States Immigration and Naturalization Service recognises Welsh as a distinct nationality - the first official body ever to do so.
  • Ordnance Survey publishes the first complete maps of Wales.
  • David Davies Llandinam is elected treasurer of the University of Wales.
  • Major eisteddfod held at Pwllheli. Future archdruid Rowland Williams (Hwfa Môn) is a leading adjudicator.
  • Francis Wallace Grenfell takes part in the expedition which claims Griqualand West (site of the Kimberley diamond fields) for the UK.
  • Bodnant Garden is begun by Baron Aberconway.^[19]

Arts and literature

• Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot buys James Milo Griffith's Summer Flowers for Margam Castle.

New books

English language

• Hugh Owen Thomas - Diseases of the Hip, Knee, and Ankle Joints

Welsh language

• William Ambrose - Gweithiau y Parch. W. Ambrose (posthumously published)
• David Stephen Davies - Adroddiad
• Isaac Foulkes - Y Ddau Efell, neu Llanllonydd^[20]
• Owen Jones (Meudwy Môn) (ed.) - Cymru, yn Hanesyddol, Parthedegol, a Bywgraphyddol^[21]
• John Goronwy Mathias - Y Dywysen Aeddfed^[22]
• Evan Rees (Dyfed) - Caniadau Dyfedfab

Music

• Robert Griffiths becomes the first secretary of the tonic solfa college.
• Joseph Parry composes the music to Myfanwy.
• Sarah Edith Wynne marries and retires from her singing career.

Sport

• Rugby union - Llanelli RFC and Risca RFC are formed.
• Yachting - Bristol Channel Yacht Club is formed in Swansea.

Births

• 3 January - Cliff Bowen, Wales international rugby player and county cricketer (died 1929)
• 4 January – William Williams (Crwys), poet and Archdruid (died 1968)^[23]
• 19 January – Thomas Owen Jones, dramatist, actor and producer (died 1941)^[24]
• 23 February – David Brazell, singer (died 1959)^[25]
• 4 March – John Kelt Edwards, cartoonist (died 1934)^[26]
• 23 May – Nathaniel Walters, Wales international rugby player (died 1956)
• 26 May – Jack Evans Wales international rugby player (died 1947)
• 31 May – Dan Jones, Wales international rugby player (died 1959)
• 11 June – Will Osborne, Wales international rugby player (died 1942)
• 16 June – Henry Paget, Lord Paget, eccentric, born in Paris (died 1905)^[27]
• 10 September
  • John Evans, politician (died 1961)
  • Harry Vaughan Watkins, Wales international rugby player (died 1945)
• 26 October – Sir Lewis Casson, English-born artist (died 1969)^[28]
• 20 December (in Shirley, Derbyshire) – T. F. Powys, Anglo-Welsh writer (died 1953)^[29]
• 25 December – George Davies, international rugby player (died 1959)

Deaths

• 4 January – Thomas Stephens, historian, literary critic and social reformer (born 1821)^[30]
• 4 March – John Evans (I. D. Ffraid), minister and author, 60
• April – Frances Bunsen, painter, 85^[31]
• 16 April – Charles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar, Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire, 83^[5]
• 19 July – Benjamin Davies, Hebraist, 60/61^[32]
• 27 July – Connop Thirlwall, former Bishop of St Davids, 78^[33]
• 19 August – Robert Elis (Cynddelw), writer, 63^[34]
• 28 August – Sir Richard Williams-Bulkeley, 10th Baronet, politician, 73^[35]
• 7 September – John Prichard, minister, author and teacher, 79^[36]
• 16 September (in Shropshire) – Lucy Herbert, Countess of Powis, Scottish-born aristocrat, 81^[37]
• 29 November – Thomas Jones, librarian, 65^[38]
• date unknown
  • David Davies, composer, about 65^[39]
  • (in London) – Fanny Parkes, travel writer, 81^[40]

See also

• 1875 in Ireland

Notes and References

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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. Campbell. Thomas Methuen. C.R.M. Talbot 1803–1890. Morgannwg. 2000. 44. 66–104. 17 May 2014.
10. Book: Edward Breese. Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. 1873. 29.
11. Book: James Henry Clark. History of Monmouthshire. County Observer. 1869. 375.
12. Book: Amy Audrey Locke. The Hanbury Family. Arthur L. Humphreys. 1916. 170.
13. Walsh, John Benn. 59.
14. Book: Fryde, E. B. . Handbook of British chronology . New York Cambridge University Press . Cambridge England . 1996 . 9780521563505 . 292.
15. Book: Thomas Duffus Hardy. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales.... University Press. 1854. 266.
16. Book: The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. 15.
17. Book: Thomas Duffus Hardy. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales.... University Press. 1854. 307.
18. s-JONE-BAS-1822 . Jones, William Basil (Tickell) (1822–1897) . 21 April 2011.
19. Orange Coast Magazine. Wales and Chester. Pat Neisser. January 1985. 11. 1. 70.
20. Book: Rhiannon Ifans. Red Hearts and Roses?: Welsh Valentine Songs and Poems. 9 January 2019. University of Wales Press. 978-1-78683-372-3. 228.
21. Book: Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan. Erich Poppe. Arthur in the Celtic Languages: The Arthurian Legend in Celtic Literatures and Traditions. 15 January 2019. University of Wales Press. 978-1-78683-344-0. 380.
22. s-MATH-GOR-1842. Mathias, James Goronwy (Goronwy Ddu; 1842-1895), Baptist minister and littérateur. Benjamin George Owens. 15 December 2019.
23. s2-WILL-WIL-1875. Williams, William ('Crwys'; 1875–1968), poet, preacher, archdruid. William Rhys Nicholas. 2001. 5 May 2022.
24. s2-JONE-OWE-1875. Jones, Thomas Owen (‘Gwynfor’, 1875-1941), librarian, dramatist, actor and producer. Thomas Elwyn Griffiths. 15 December 2019.
25. s2-BRAZ-DAV-1875. Brazell, David (1875-1959), singer. Huw Williams. 2001. 9 January 2024.
26. s-EDWA-KEL-1875. Edwards, John Kelt (1875-1934), artist. John William. Jones. 15 February 2020.
27. Book: Cokayne . G. E. . George Edward Cokayne . Gibbs . Vicary . Vicary Gibbs (St Albans MP) . 1910 . The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct or dormant . 1 . 2nd . London . St Catherine Press . 141 .
28. s2-CASS-LEW-1875. Casson, Lewis (1875-1969), actor and theatrical producer. Mary Auronwy James. 2001. 24 February 2022.
29. "Powys, Theodore Francis" in Christine L. Krueger, Encyclopedia of British Writers, 19th and 20th Centuries Infobase Publishing, 2009 (p. 303)
30. Book: Williams, B. T.. The Life of Thomas Stephens. 1876. xix–xlviii, in Stephens, Thomas (1876). Evans, Sylvan (ed.). The Literature of the Kymry (2nd ed.). London: Longmans, Green, & Co.
31. Book: Appletons' Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events: Embracing Political, Military, and Ecclesiastical Affairs; Public Documents; Biography, Statistics, Commerce, Finance, Literature, Science, Agriculture, and Mechanical Industry. 1877. Appleton. 630.
32. Davies, Benjamin. Nicoll. William Robertson. 14.
33. s-THIR-CON-1797. Thirlwall, Connop (1797-1875), bishop of S. Davids. Robert Thomas Jenkins. 15 December 2019.
34. s-ELLI-ROB-1812. Ellis, Robert (Cynddelw; 1812-1875), Baptist minister, preacher, poet, antiquary, and commentator. John Thomas Jones. 15 December 2019.
35. News: 30 August 1875. Death of Sir Richard Williams-Bulkeley. 10. The Times. 28407.
36. s-PRIC-JOH-1796. Prichard, John (1796-1875), Baptist minister and tutor. Tom Ellis Jones. 15 December 2019.
37. Book: The Montgomeryshire Collections: 1882. Powys-Land Club. 1882. 295.
38. Web site: Jones, Thomas (1810 - 1875). Sutton. C. W.. Crosby, Alan G. . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. 2004. 2009-01-27.
39. David Davies. s-DAVI-DAV-1810. Griffith. Robert David. 18 February 2017.
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