1876 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1876 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

• Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – William Owen Stanley^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}
• Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Joseph Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk^[5]
• Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Edward Douglas-Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn^[6]
• Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Edward Pryse^{[7] [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^[8]
• Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn^[9]
• Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort^[10]
• Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Sudeley Hanbury-Tracy, 3rd Baron Sudeley^[11]
• Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington^[2]
• Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Arthur Walsh, 2nd Baron Ormathwaite
• Bishop of Bangor – James Colquhoun Campbell^{[12] [13]}
  • Bishop of Llandaff – Alfred Ollivant Bishop of St Asaph – Joshua Hughes^[14]
• Bishop of St Davids – Basil Jones^{[15] [16]}
• Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Clwydfardd (first official holder of the position^[17]

Events

• January – The Argentine government appoints Antonio Oneto as civil authority over the Welsh colony in Patagonia, the population of which numbers 690.
• 9 January – The death of John Russell, Viscount Amberley, leaves Bertrand Russell an orphan.^[18]
• 19 May – Sir Edmund Buckley, 1st Baronet, files for bankruptcy in Manchester with debts exceeding £500,000, causing his Dinas Mawddwy estate to be put up for sale.^[19]
• June – Francis Kilvert becomes vicar of Saint Harmon, Radnorshire.^[20]
• 13 July – Act of Parliament allows the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways Company to abandon plans for a line between Croesor Junction and Betws-y-Coed.
• 22 July – Art Treasures & Industrial Exhibition of North Wales & the Border Counties in Wrexham is opened.
• 19 August – Judge John Johnes is murdered at his home on Dolaucothi Estate by his butler.
• 2 December – Cardiff RFC plays its first match, against Newport.
• 18 December – In a mining accident at South Wales Pit, Abertillery, twenty men are killed.

Arts and literature

New books

• George Thomas Orlando Bridgeman – History of the Princes of South Wales

Music

• Eos Bradwen – Bugeiles yr Wyddfa
• Joseph Parry composes the hymn tune Aberystwyth (published 1879) which becomes the basis of the pan-African anthem Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika

Sport

• Football
  • 2 February – Llewelyn Kenrick sets up the Football Association of Wales in a meeting at the Wynnstay Arms hotel in Wrexham, in response to a challenge issued by The Field magazine, to organize an international match between Wales and Scotland or Ireland.
  • 25 March – Wales play first international football match, against Scotland in Glasgow, losing 4–0.
  • Formation of Caernarfon athletics club, later Caernarfon Town.
• Rugby union – Aberavon RFC, Cardiff RFC, Cardigan RFC, Llandaff RFC, Merthyr RFC and Pontypridd RFC are established.

Births

• 7 March – Edgar Evans, naval petty officer and Antarctic explorer (died 1912)^[21]
• 19 June – Joe Pullman, Wales international rugby union player (died 1955)
• 22 June – Gwen John, artist (died 1939)^[22]
• 15 July
  • Jehoida Hodges, Welsh international rugby union player (died 1930)
  • Jack Rhapps, Dual-code rugby international (died 1950)
• 24 July – Viv Huzzey, Welsh international rugby union player (died 1929)
• 18 September – Charles Kemeys-Tynte, 8th Baron Wharton (died 1934)
• 17 November – Dicky Owen, Welsh international rugby union player (died 1932)

Deaths

• 3 January – Rosser Beynon, musician, 64^[23]
• 19 February – Daniel Davies, Baptist preacher, 78^[24]
• 24 February – Joseph Jenkins Roberts, President of Liberia, son of a Welsh planter, 66^[25]
• 23 April (at Karlsruhe) – Frances Bunsen, painter, 85^[26]
• 2 May – Daniel Thomas Williams (Tydfylyn), poet and musician (born 1820)^[27]
• 15 June – John Ormsby-Gore, 1st Baron Harlech, politician, 60^[28]
• 19 July (in the United States) – George E. Pugh, Welsh-American politician, 53
• 8 August – Lady Sarah Elizabeth Hay-Williams, English-born artist and illustrator, 75^[29]
• 21 August – C. W. Evan, Congregationalist minister in colonial South Australia, age unknown
• 9 November – John David Jenkins, philanthropist, 58^[30]
• 17 November – Thomas Rees (Twm Carnabwth), leader of Rebecca Riots^[31]
• 20 November – Robert Herbert Williams (Corfanydd), musician (born 1805)^[32]
• 25 December – Adrian Stephens, inventor of the steam whistle, 81^[33]

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. 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.
6. Book: Edward Breese. Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. 1873. 26.
7. News: Death of Colonel Pryse. 27 February 2018. Cambrian News. 1 June 1888. 4.
8. Campbell. Thomas Methuen. C.R.M. Talbot 1803–1890. Morgannwg. 2000. 44. 66–104. 17 May 2014.
9. Book: Edward Breese. Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. 1873. 29.
10. Book: James Henry Clark. History of Monmouthshire. County Observer. 1869. 375.
11. Book: Amy Audrey Locke. The Hanbury Family. Arthur L. Humphreys. 1916. 170.
12. Book: Fryde, E. B. . Handbook of British chronology . New York Cambridge University Press . Cambridge England . 1996 . 9780521563505 . 292.
13. Book: Thomas Duffus Hardy. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales.... University Press. 1854. 266.
14. Book: The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. 15.
15. Book: Thomas Duffus Hardy. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales.... University Press. 1854. 307.
16. s-JONE-BAS-1822 . Jones, William Basil (Tickell) (1822–1897) . 21 April 2011.
17. s-GRIF-DAV-1800. Griffiths, David (Clwydfardd; 1800-1894), eisteddfodic bard and arch-druid. Daniel Williams. 1959. 25 February 2022.
18. Book: Bertrand Russell. The Life of Bertrand Russell in Pictures and in His Own Words. 2004. Spokesman. 10. 9780851246802 .
19. Book: Quine, Dan. Dan Quine

    . Dan Quine. The Hendre Ddu Tramway. Lydney. Lightmoor Press. 2022. 978-1-915069-15-3. 29.

20. Book: Lockwood, David. Francis Kilvert. 1990. Seren. 978-1-85411-032-9. 130–134.
21. Book: Isobel Williams. Captain Scott's Invaluable Assistant: Edgar Evans. 30 November 2011. History Press. 978-0-7524-7760-2. 8.
22. Book: National museum (Cardiff, GB).. Gwen John. Tate Britain (Gallery). Gwen John and Augustus John. 7 December 2004. Harry N. Abrams. 978-1-85437-543-8. 11.
23. Beynon, Rosser (Asaph Glan Tâf; 1811-1876), musician. s-BEYN-ROS-1811. Robert David Griffith. 3 May 2016.
24. Davies, Daniel (1797-1876), Baptist minister. s-DAVI-DAN-1797. Morris Brynllwyn Owen. yes. 10 October 2019.
25. Book: Calvert Walke Tazewell. Virginia's ninth president, Joseph Jenkins Roberts. January 1992. W.S. Dawson Co. 40. 9781878515230 .
26. Book: Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events. 1878. D. Appleton & Company. 630.
27. s-WILL-THO-1820. WILLIAMS, DANIEL THOMAS (Tydfylyn; 1820–1876), Congregational minister, poet, and musician. David James Bowen. yes. 5 March 2019.
28. Book: Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological Society. The Society. 1929. 30.
29. Lindley. John. 1846. Trichosanthes colubrina. Edwards's Botanical Register. 32. 18. Biodiversity Heritage Library.
30. Jenkins, John David (1828-1876), cleric, philanthropist. s-JENK-DAV-1828. Watkin William Price. yes. 10 October 2019.
31. Book: Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig hyd 1940. Paratowyd dan nawdd Anrhydeddus Gymdeithas y Cymmrodorion. 1953. Anrhydeddus Gymdeithas y Cymmrodorion. 1063. cy.
32. s-WILL-HER-1805. Williams, Robert Herbert (Corfanydd; (1805-1876), musician. Robert David Griffith. 1959. 14 January 2024.
33. Book: Engineering. January 1951. Office for Advertisements and Publication. 299.