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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1846 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey[1][2][3][4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Penry Williams[5][6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Peter Drummond-Burrell, 22nd Baron Willoughby de Eresby[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – William Edward Powell[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – George Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Robert Myddelton Biddulph[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Sir Stephen Glynne, 9th Baronet[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute[10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn[11]
- Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Capel Hanbury Leigh[12]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Edward Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis[13]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir John Owen, 1st Baronet[14]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite[15][2]
- Bishop of Bangor – Christopher Bethell[16][17]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Edward Copleston[18]
- Bishop of St Asaph – William Carey (until 13 September);[19] Thomas Vowler Short (from 27 October)[20][21][18]
- Bishop of St Davids – Connop Thirlwall (from 9 August)[22][18][23]
Events
- 14 January - 35 men are killed in a mining accident at Risca.[24]
- March - A speech by William Williams, MP for Coventry, on the subject of education and the Welsh language leads to the commissioning of a report.
- 27 June - Thomas Frankland Lewis is created a baronet.[25]
- 1 August - Opening of the Aberdare railway.
- 3 August - Mary Cornelia Edwards of Plas Machynlleth marries George Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of Londonderry.[26]
- October - New bridge over the River Towy at Llandeilo collapses under construction.
- date unknown
- The new cast-iron Llandinam Bridge in Montgomeryshire is opened.[27]
- The rebuilt Beaumaris Pier is partially opened.[28]
- Halkyn-born Mormon missionary Dan Jones becomes mission president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Wales, concentrating the church's efforts around Merthyr Tydfil, publishing (from July) the Welsh language monthly Prophwyd y Jubili and also the tract Hanes Saint y Dyddiau Diweddaf.
- The Cambrian Archaeological Association is founded by Harry Longueville Jones and John Williams (Ab Ithel) and launches its journal Archaeologia Cambrensis.[29]
Arts and literature
New books
- Griffith Edwards (Gutyn Padarn) - Gwaith Prydyddawl
- Daniel Silvan Evans - Telynegion
- Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick - Heraldic Visitations of Wales and Part of the Marches between the years 1586 and 1613...
- William Morgan (Gwilym Gelli-deg) - Cerbyd Awen
Music
- Y Salmydd Cenedlaethol (collection of hymns)
Births
- 8 January - Henry Bracy, tenor (d. 1917)
- 1 October - John Cadvan Davies, minister and poet (d. 1823)[30]
- 17 October - Mary Davies (Mair Eifion), poet (d. 1882)
- 24 November - Tom Hurry Riches, steam locomotive engineer (d. 1911)[31]
- 6 December - James Charles, theologian (d. 1920)
- 28 December - William Frost, harpist (d. 1891)
- 3 August - Samuel M. Jones, mayor of Toledo, Ohio (d. 1904)
Deaths
- 9 March - William Hughes, composer, 88
- 28 March - Daniel Evans (Daniel Ddu o Geredigion), poet, 53[32]
- 26 June - Honoratus Leigh Thomas, surgeon, 77[33]
- 29 July - John Owens, educational benefactor, 55[34]
- 13 September – William Carey, Bishop of St Asaph, 76[19]
- October - John Evans, surgeon and cartographer, 90[35]
- 3 December - Daniel Jones, missionary, 33[36]
- 5 December - Sir Charles Morgan, 2nd Baronet, politician, 86[37]
See also
References
- ↑ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 24.
- 1 2 3 J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.
- ↑ Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 695. ISBN 9780806313146.
- ↑ Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1992. p. 169.
- ↑ "Penpont including attached conservatory and rear service ranges". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ↑ Edwin Poole (1886). 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. p. 378.
- ↑ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 26.
- ↑ "Myddelton Biddulph, Robert (1805-1872), of Chirk Castle, Denb. and 35 Grosvenor Place, Mdx". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
- ↑ "Glynne, Sir Stephen Richard, 9th bt. (1807-1874), of Hawarden Castle, Flint". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
- ↑ Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 612. ISBN 9780806313146.
- ↑ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 29.
- ↑ Amy Audrey Locke (1916). The Hanbury Family. Arthur L. Humphreys. p. 147.
- ↑ Evan David Jones (1959). "Herbert family (earls of Powis)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ↑ Thorne, R.G. "John Owen (1776-1861) of Orielton, Pembrokeshire". History of Parliament. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- ↑ Jonathan Williams (1859). The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. p. 115.
- ↑ Fryde, E. B. (1996). Handbook of British chronology. Cambridge England: New York Cambridge University Press. p. 292. ISBN 9780521563505.
- ↑ Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 305.
- 1 2 3 Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 307.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Carey, William (1769-1846)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. - ↑ Nicholas Harris Nicolas (1857). The historic peerage of England: Revised, corrected, and continued ... by William Courthope. John Murray. p. 533.
- ↑ The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
- ↑ Old Yorkshire, volume 3. 1882. p. 90.
- ↑ The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged. Porter. 1780. p. 95.
- ↑ "The late Fatal Explosion at Risca". Monmouthshire Merlin. Edward Dowling. 7 February 1846. hdl:10107/3425253.
- ↑ David Williams. "Lewis, Sir Thomas Frankland (1780-1855), politician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
- ↑ David Barnes (2005). The Companion Guide to Wales. Companion Guides. p. 57. ISBN 978-1-900639-43-9.
- ↑ David Morgan Rees (1975). The Industrial Archaeology of Wales. David & Charles. p. 270.
- ↑ Martin Easdown; Darlah Thomas (15 July 2010). Piers of Wales. Amberley Publishing Limited. p. 117. ISBN 978-1-4456-2385-6.
- ↑ Abraham Hume (1847). The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom: Being an Account of Their Respective Origin, History, Objects, and Constitution: with Full Details Respecting Membership, Fees, Their Published Works and Transactions, Notices of Their Periods and Places of Meeting, &c. and a General Introduction and a Classified Index. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. p. 164.
- ↑ Edward Tegla Davies. "Davies, John Cadvan (Cadvan; 1846 - 1923), Wesleyan minister". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
- ↑ "Tom Hurry Riches (1911 obituary)". Grace's Guide. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
- ↑ Jones, David Gwenallt. "Evans, Daniel (Daniel Ddu o Geredigion; 1792–1846)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 5 September 2008.
- ↑ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1898). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 56. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ↑ Clapp, Brian W. (2004). "Owens, John (1790–1846), merchant and philanthropist". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 11 October 2017. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
- ↑ North, Frederick John. "Evans, John (1756–1846), surgeon". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 9 October 2008.
- ↑ Evan Lewis Evans (1959). "Jones, Daniel (1813-1846), Calvinistic Methodist missionary in the Khasi Hills, India". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
- ↑ The Gentleman's Magazine (London, England). F. Jefferies. 1847. p. 306.
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