This article is about the particular significance of the year 1849 to Wales and its people.
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Incumbents edit
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey[1][2][3][4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – John Lloyd Vaughan Watkins[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 – Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot (from 4 May)[10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn[11]
- Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Capel Hanbury Leigh[12]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 1st Baron Sudeley[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 (until 14 October); Alfred Ollivant (from 2 December)[18][19]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Thomas Vowler Short[20][21][19]
- Bishop of St Davids – Connop Thirlwall[22][19][23]
Events edit
- 2 January – Completion of both tubes of Robert Stephenson's Conwy Railway Bridge.
- 26 February – Halkyn-born Mormon missionary Dan Jones embarks with 249 Welsh converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bound for Salt Lake City from Liverpool.[24]
- 13 May – A case of cholera is recorded in Cardiff, the beginning of an outbreak that spreads to Merthyr, Dowlais and Aberdare, and kills 800 people.
- 20 June – First tube of Robert Stephenson's Britannia Bridge is floated into position on the Menai Strait.[25]
- 10 August – Underground explosion at Lletty Shenkin colliery, Cwmbach, kills 52.[26]
- 1 November – Alfred Ollivant becomes Bishop of Llandaff.
- 13 December – Foundation stone of Llandovery College is laid.
- A temperance festival is held at Carmarthen.
Arts and literature edit
Awards edit
- David Griffith (Clwydfardd) is appointed official bard of the Aberffraw eisteddfod. Rowland Williams (Hwfa Môn) is also invested as a bard.
New books edit
English language edit
- Anne Beale – Traits and Stories of the Welsh Peasantry
- Lady Charlotte Guest concludes publication of her translation into English of the Mabinogion[27]
- John Lloyd – The English Country Gentleman
- Samuel Lewis – Topographical Dictionary of Wales
- Thomas Stephens – The Literature of the Kymry
Welsh language edit
- Robert Elis (Cynddelw) – Yr Adgyfodiad
- Hugh Derfel Hughes – Y Gweithiwr Caniadgar[28]
- Rowland Hughes – Cyfarchiad Caredig i rai newydd ddychwelyd
- John Jones (Talhaiarn) – Awdl y Greadigaeth
Music edit
- Haleliwia (hymns)
Births edit
- 2 May – Charles James Jackson, businessman and collector (d. 1923)
Deaths edit
- 14 August – Edward Copleston, Bishop of Llandaff, 73[29]
- 16 September – Thomas Jones, missionary, 39[30]
- 2 October – James Davies, schoolmaster, 83[31]
- 2 November – Jacob Davies, missionary, 33[32]
- 5 December – Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain), poet, 88
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 24.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 307.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Williams, David (1959). "Jones, Daniel". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- ^ "Britannia Bridge". Engineering Timelines. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- ^ "Death Roll – Lletty Shenkin Colliery". Welsh Coal Mines. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- ^ Ifor Williams (1959). "Hughes, Hugh Derfel (1816-1890), poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- ^ Angela V. John; Thomas Herbert Parry-Williams (1959). "Guest (Schreiber), Lady Charlotte Elizabeth (1812-1895), translator, businesswoman and collector". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- ^ John Henry Newman; Gerard Tracey; Ian Turnbull Ker (1961). Letters and Diaries: Birmingham and London, Jan. 1849-June 1850. T. Nelson. p. 399.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Jones, Thomas (1810-1849), the first Calvinistic Methodist missionary on the Khasia Hills (Assam)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Davies, James (1765-1849)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ^ Williams, Griffith John. "Jacob Davies". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 May 2017.