1880 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1880 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

• Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Clwydfardd^[1]
• Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – William Owen Stanley^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}
• Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Joseph Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk^[6]
• Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Edward Douglas-Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn^[7]
• Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Edward Pryse^{[8] [3]}
  • • 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 – Edward Herbert, 3rd Earl of Powis^[12]
• Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington^[3]
  • Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Arthur Walsh, 2nd Baron Ormathwaite Bishop of Bangor – James Colquhoun Campbell^{[13] [14]}
  • Bishop of Llandaff – Alfred Ollivant Bishop of St Asaph – Joshua Hughes^[15]
• Bishop of St Davids – Basil Jones^{[16] [17]}

Events

• 25 February – The Resurgam, an early mechanically-powered submarine, sinks off Rhyl.^[18]
• 10 March – Six miners are killed in an accident at the Bedwellty Colliery, Tredegar.
• 29 April – At the United Kingdom general election, Wales elects 28 Liberal MPs. David Davies, Llandinam, is returned unopposed as member for Cardigan.
• 17 June – The rebuilt Holyhead railway station and inner harbour are officially opened by the Prince of Wales.^[19]
• 15 July – 120 miners are killed in an accident at the Risca Colliery.
• 3 August – Nine miners are killed in an accident at the Bersham Colliery in Wrexham.
• 10 December – 101 miners are killed in an accident at the Penygraig Colliery, Rhondda.^[20]

Arts and literature

• Beriah Gwynfe Evans – Owain Glyndwr, one of the first full-length plays in the Welsh language, is first performed at Llanberis.^[21]

Awards

National Eisteddfod of Wales held at Caernarfon (first "official" National Eisteddfod)

• Chair – W. B. Joseph, "Athrilyth"^[22]
• Crown – Ellis Roberts (Elis Wyn o Wyrfai)

New books

• Sir William Boyd Dawkins – Early Man in Britain and his place in the Tertiary Period
• Amy Dillwyn – The Rebecca Rioter

Music

• Joseph Parry – Emmanuel (cantata)

Sport

• Football – The Druids of Rhiwabon win the Welsh Cup for the first time.
• Rugby union – Cwmbran RFC and Crumlin RFC are founded.
• Yachting – Penarth Yacht Club is founded as Penarth Boat Club.

Births

• 31 January – Phil Hopkins, Wales international rugby player (died 1966)
• 12 February – William Joseph Rhys, writer (died 1967)^[23]
• 17 March – Harry Grindell Matthews, inventor (died 1941)
• 8 April – Thomas Thomas, boxing champion (died 1911)^[24]
• 19 April – Jack Jenkins, Wales international rugby player (died 1971)
• 30 April – George Maitland Lloyd Davies, pacifist (died 1949)^[25]
• 9 May – Thomas Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de Walden, patron of the arts (died 1946)^[26]
• 11 May – David Davies, 1st Baron Davies, politician (died 1944)
• 22 May
  • Dr Teddy Morgan, Wales international rugby player (died 1947)
  • Robert John Rowlands ('Meuryn'), journalist and poet (died 1967)
• 31 May – Edward Tegla Davies, author (died 1967)^[27]
• 22 June – Rhys Gabe, rugby player (died 1967)
• 27 July – Percy Baker, gymnast (died 1957)^[28]
• 2 September – Isaac Daniel Hooson, poet (died 1948)^[29]
• 15 September – William Charles Williams, VC recipient (died 1915)
• 20 September – Ernie Jenkins, Wales international rugby player (died 1958)

Deaths

• 6 January – John Thomas ('Minimus'), minister and author, 71^[30]
• 12 February – John Whitehead Greaves, slate mine proprietor, 72^[31]
• 2 March – Charles Meredith, Tasmanian politician, 68^[32]
• 12 April – Thomas Joseph Brown, Roman Catholic bishop, 81^[33]
• 23 April – Robert Thomas ('Ap Vychan'), minister and writer, 70^[34]
• 10 May – David Charles II, hymn-writer, 76?^[35]
• 21 August – Evan Mathew Richards, politician, 68^[36]
• 30 August – Mordecai Jones, industrialist, 67^[37]
• 9 September – William Watkin Edward Wynne, politician and antiquarian, 78^[38]

See also

• 1880 in Ireland

Notes and References

1. GRIFFITH, DAVID (Clwydfardd; 1800–1894). s-GRIF-DAV-1800. Daniel Williams. National Library of Wales. 15 December 2019.
2. Book: Edward Breese. Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. 1873. 24.
3. 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.
4. Book: Nicholas, Thomas . Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales . Genealogical Pub. Co . Baltimore . 1991 . 9780806313146 . 695.
5. Book: Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1992. 169.
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. s-POWY-HER-1674. Herbert family (earls of Powis). Evan David Jones. 1959. 27 February 2022.
13. Book: Fryde, E. B. . Handbook of British chronology . New York Cambridge University Press . Cambridge England . 1996 . 9780521563505 . 292.
14. Book: Thomas Duffus Hardy. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales.... University Press. 1854. 266.
15. Book: The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. 15.
16. Book: Thomas Duffus Hardy. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales.... University Press. 1854. 307.
17. s-JONE-BAS-1822 . Jones, William Basil (Tickell) (1822–1897) . 21 April 2011.
18. Book: Richard Compton-Hall. The Submarine Pioneers: The Beginnings of Underwater Warfare. 2003. Periscope Publishing Ltd.. 978-1-904381-19-8. 53.
19. Book: Roger Cragg. Wales and West Central England. 1997. Thomas Telford. 978-0-7277-2576-9. 25.
20. Book: Parliament proc, Vict. Précis of official papers, session 1880-1881. W. H. Allen and Co.. London. 1881. 3–4.
21. Llên Cymru. Beriah Evans. Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru. 2004. 27-30page=157. cy.
22. Web site: Winners of the Chair National Eisteddfod. 2021-02-27. eisteddfod.wales.
23. s2-RHYS-JOS-1880. Rhys, William Joseph (1880-1967). Mary Auronwy James. 4 February 2024.
24. s-THOM-THO-1880. Thomas, Thomas (1880-1911). Moelwyn Idwal Williams. 4 February 2024.
25. s2-DAVI-LLO-1880. Davies, George Maitland Lloyd (1880-1949), Calvinistic Methodist minister and apostle of peace. John Ellis Meredith. 2001. 28 February 2022.
26. s2-SCOT-EVE-1880. Scott-Ellis, Thomas Evelyn (1880-1946), 8th Baron Howard de Walden, landowner and sportsman, writer, and patron of the arts. William Llewelyn Davies. 4 February 2024.
27. s2-DAVI-TEG-1880. Davies, Edward Tegla (1880-1967), minister (Meth.) and writer. 2001. Islwyn Ffowc Elis. 4 February 2024.
28. Web site: Percy Baker . Olympedia . 29 June 2021.
29. s2-HOOS-DAN-1880. Hooson, Isaac Daniel (1880–1948), solicitor and poet. Thomas Parry, Arwyn Lloyd Hughes. National Library of Wales. 7 March 2019.
30. Web site: Roberts, John (Minimus; 1808–1880), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and author. Derwyn Jones. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. 7 March 2019.
31. Web site: JW Greaves, Slate and the Festiniog Railway. Lillington Parish Church. 26 September 2019.
32. Book: Meredith, Charles (1811–1880). Sally O'Neill. Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University . 7 March 2019.
33. Book: Robert O'Neil. Cardinal Herbert Vaughan: Archbishop of Westminster, Bishop of Salford, founder of the Mill Hill Missionaries. 25 October 1997. Burns & Oates. 978-0-8245-1717-5. 49.
34. Web site: Thomas, Robert Ap Vychan (1809-1880), Independent minister and tutor, poet and man of letters. Richard Griffith Owen. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. 7 March 2019.
35. Web site: Charles, David, II (1803–1880), Calvinistic Methodist minister and hymnist. Thomas Iorwerth Ellis. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. 7 March 2019.
36. Web site: Sudden Death of Mr Evan Mathew Richards. The Cambrian. 27 August 1880. 26 September 2019.
37. Web site: Jones, Mordecai (1813–1880), promoter of British Schools, colliery proprietor, etc.. Watkin William Price. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. 7 March 2019.
38. Wynne, William Watkin Edward (1801–1880). Thomas. D. L. . Jones, Beti . 2004 . 10.1093/ref:odnb/30162 . 10 March 2009.