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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1858 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey[1][2][3][4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – John Lloyd Vaughan Watkins[5][6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Sir Richard Williams-Bulkeley, 10th Baronet[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Edward Pryse[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John Campbell, 1st Earl Cawdor
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Robert Myddelton Biddulph[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Sir Stephen Glynne, 9th Baronet[10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot[11]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Robert Davies Pryce[12]
- Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Capel Hanbury Leigh[13]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 1st Baron Sudeley (until 10 February);[14] Thomas Hanbury-Tracy, 2nd Baron Sudeley (from 4 March)
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir John Owen, 1st Baronet[15]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite[16][2]
Events
- January
- Teaching begins at Bangor Normal College, founded by Hugh Owen.
- End of Aberdare Strike 1857-8 in the coal mining industry.
- 20 April – John Jones (Shoni Sguborfawr) is given a conditional pardon for his role in the Rebecca Riots.[25]
- June – Erection of the Town Clock at Tredegar.[26]
- 20 June – End of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, which Major General Charles Hinde plays a major role in suppressing.
- 29 August – Musician Robert Davies (Asaph Llechid) is killed by a rockfall while at work in Cae-braich-y-cafn quarry.[27]
- 5 October – The Vale of Clwyd Railway, built by David Davies Llandinam, is opened.[28]
- 13 October – 20 men are killed in a mining accident at Lower Duffryn Colliery, Mountain Ash.
- date unknown
- The schooner Mary Catherine, launched at Amlwch, is the first iron ship built in Wales.[29]
- Richard Kyrke Penson exhibits a plan of his design for the Cilyrychen lime kilns at the Royal Academy.[30]
Arts and literature
Awards
- "Great Eisteddfod" at Llangollen; early appearance of Gorsedd ceremony. Ebenezer Thomas (Eben Fardd) wins first prize for his poem Maes Bosworth.
New books
- William Davies (Gwilym Teilo) — Llandilo-Vawr and its Neighbourhood
- Owen Wynne Jones — Lleucu Llwyd[31]
- Robert Owen — An Introduction to the Study of Dogmatic Theology
- L. M. Spooner (anonymously) — Gladys of Harlech[32]
- Alfred Russel Wallace — On the Tendency of Varieties to Depart Indefinitely From the Original Type
Music
- Thomas Gruffydd Jones (Tafalaw Bencerdd) — Y Drysorfa Gorawl
- Edward Stephen (Tanymarian) — Requiem
Births
- 6 January — Ben Davies, singer (died 1943)[33]
- 28 January — Edgeworth David, explorer (died 1934)[34]
- 9 April — Aneurin Rees, Wales rugby union international (died 1932)
- 15 May — B. B. Mann, Wales rugby union international (died 1948)
- 8 October — Robert Owen Hughes (Elfyn), journalist and poet (died 1919)
- 25 October — Tom Clapp, Wales rugby union captain
- 30 October - Alfred Onions, politician (died 1921)[35]
- 18 December — Sir Owen Thomas, soldier and politician
- 25 December — Frederick Margrave, rugby player (died 1946)
- 26 December — Sir Owen Morgan Edwards, academic and author (died 1920)[36]
- 27 December — Sir John Herbert Lewis, lawyer and politician (died 1933)
- 28 December — Josiah Towyn Jones, politician (died 1925)
Deaths
- 10 February — Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 1st Baron Sudeley, Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire, 79[14]
- 22 March — Mary Anne Edmunds, educator and feminist, 41[37]
- 19 April — John Davies, Unitarian minister and teacher, 62/63[38]
- 13 May — Lewis Loyd, banker, 91
- 30 May — Thomas ap Catesby Jones, Welsh-descended US naval officer, 68[39]
- 4 June — Thomas Edwards (Caerfallwch), lexicographer, 78[40]
- 16 October — Charles Norris, artist, 79[41]
- 17 November — Robert Owen, founder of the Co-operative Society, 87[42]
- 20 November — Sir Joseph Bailey, 1st Baronet, ironmaster, 75
- 18 December — John Salusbury Piozzi Salusbury, nephew of Hester Thrale, 65
- 27 December — John Williams, Archdeacon of Cardigan and warden of Llandovery College, 66[43]
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 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.
- ↑ "Editorial". Welshman. 6 October 1865. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Thomas John Hughes (1887). The Welsh magistracy, by Adfyfr. South Wales and Monmouthshire Liberal Federation Offices. p. 5.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "TALBOT, Christopher Rice Mansel (1803-1890), of Penrice Castle and Margam Park, Glam". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 "Hanbury Tracy, Charles (1778–1858), of Toddington, Glos. and Gregynog, Mont". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Frederick Arthur Crisp; Joseph Jackson Howard (1898). Visitation of England and Wales. p. 15.
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- ↑ 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.
- ↑ David Williams. "Jones, John (fl. 1811-1858; 'Shoni Sguborfawr'), Rebecca rioter". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
- ↑ The Tredegar Workmen's Hall, 1861-1951: Ninety Years of Endeavor. With Some General Observations on the Life of the Period. Tredegar Workmen's Institute Society. 1952. p. 20.
- ↑ National Library of Wales (1950). Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales. Printed at the private Press of the National library of Wales. p. 20.
- ↑ Railscot - A History of Britain's Railways. Accessed 9 Dec 2014
- ↑ Hope, Bryan D. (2005). A Commodious Yard: The Story of William Thomas and Sons Shipbuilders of Amlwch. Llanrwst: Llygad Gwalch Cyf. ISBN 9781845270216.
- ↑ Thomas Lloyd; Julian Orbach; Robert Scourfield (2006). Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion. Yale University Press. p. 266. ISBN 0-300-10179-1.
- ↑ Meic Stephens (April 1986). The Oxford companion to the literature of Wales. Oxford University Press. p. 317.
- ↑ L. M. Spooner (16 February 2017). Gladys of Harlech. Honno Welsh Women's Press. ISBN 978-1-909983-54-0.
- ↑ Robert David Griffith. "Davies, Benjamin ('Ben'; 1858-1943), singer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ↑ David F. Branagan (2005). T.W. Edgeworth David: A Life : Geologist, Adventurer, Soldier and 'Knight in the Old Brown Hat'. National Library of Australia. ISBN 978-0-642-10791-6.
- ↑ Who was who: A Companion to Who's Who, Containing the Biographies of Those who Died During the Period ... A. & C. Black. 1929. p. 797.
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- ↑ Roberts, Thomas. "Edmunds, Mary Anne". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ↑ Williams, Thomas Oswald. "John Davies". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ↑ Smith, Gene A. (2000). Thomas ap Catesby Jones. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. p. 161. ISBN 978-1-55750-848-5.
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