1864 in Wales

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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1864 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

For United Kingdom incumbents, see 1864 in the United Kingdom § 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, 2nd 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 – Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn[12]
• Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover[13]
• Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Sudeley Hanbury-Tracy, 3rd Baron Sudeley[14]
• Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – William Edwardes, 3rd Baron Kensington
• Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite[15][2]
• Bishop of Bangor – James Colquhoun Campbell[16][17]
• Bishop of Llandaff – Alfred Ollivant[18][19]
• Bishop of St Asaph – Thomas Vowler Short[20][21][19]
• Bishop of St Davids – Connop Thirlwall[22][19][23]

Events

• June - David Lloyd George's father dies and his family move from Pembrokeshire to Llanystumdwy to be cared for by his maternal uncle, Richard Lloyd, when he is aged 18 months.
• June 23 - Aberystwyth is linked to the rail network for the first time.[24]
• October 6 - The Denbigh, Ruthin and Corwen Railway is completed throughout to Corwen.[24]
• David Davies Llandinam takes a lease of coal in the Upper Rhondda Valley and sinks the Parc and Maindy pits.
• Opening of Rhosydd Quarry narrow gauge railway incline on the upper Croesor Tramway at the head of the Croesor valley.
• The Llandudno Improvement Commissioners attempt to ban Punch and Judy shows. In this year, the town first receives the title "Queen of Welsh Resorts".[25]

Arts and literature

Awards

• National Eisteddfod of Wales is held at Llandudno. The chair is won by Richard Foulkes Edwards (Rhisiart Ddu o Wynedd).

New books

English language

• R. D. Blackmore - Clara Vaughan[26]
• Sir John Henry Philipps - Lyrics
• Alfred Russel Wallace - The Origin of Human Races and the Antiquity of Man Deduced from the Theory of Natural Selection
• Frances Williams-Wynn - Diaries of a Lady of Quality (posthumously published)[27]

Welsh language

• Huw Derfel - Llawlyfr Carnedd Llywelyn[28]
• Robert Jones Derfel - Traethodau ac Areithiau[29]
• Daniel Silvan Evans (ed.) - Y Marchog Crwydrad: Hen Ffuglith Gymreig

Music

• William Griffiths (Ifander) - Gwarchae Harlech (cantata)[30]

Sport

• Cricket
  • South Wales Cricket Club play Gentlemen of Sussex. The South Wales team includes W. G. Grace, who scores 170.
• Football
  • October 22 - The predecessor of Wrexham A.F.C. plays its first match, making it the oldest association football club in Wales and the world's sixth oldest football club.

Births

• January 8
  • Prince Albert Victor, first child of the Prince and Princess of Wales (died 1892)
  • Thomas Allen Glenn, soldier and historian (died 1948)[31]
• February 7 - Alfred Augustus Mathews, vicar and Wales international rugby player (died 1946)
• March 11 - John Silas Evans, astronomer (died 1953)[32]
• May 4 - Harry Bowen, Wales international rugby player (died 1913)
• June 5 - Edward Pegge, Wales international rugby player (died 1915)
• July 5 - Lloyd Kenyon, 4th Baron Kenyon (died 1927)[33]
• August 19 - Charles Alfred Howell Green, first Bishop of Monmouth (died 1944)[34]
• September 15
  • Fred Andrews, Wales international rugby player (died 1929)
  • Giotto Griffiths, Wales international rugby player (died 1938)
• September 21 - Ernest Rowland, priest and Wales international rugby player (died 1940)
• October 10
  • Edward Bishop - Wales International rugby union player (died 1919)
  • Arthur Gould - Wales International rugby union captain (died 1919)[35]
• October 17 - Sir John Morris-Jones, grammarian (died 1929)[36]
• November 4 - Margaret Owen, later wife of David Lloyd George (died 1941)

Deaths

• March 11 - Richard Roberts, engineer, 74
• March 28 - Ellis Evans, Baptist minister and author, 77[37]
• June 18
  • Evan Davies, missionary, 59[38]
  • William Smith O'Brien, Irish nationalist, 60 (in Bangor)[39]
• June 20 - John Davies (Brychan), poet, 79[40]
• July 24 - Lloyd Kenyon, 3rd Baron Kenyon, 59[33]
• August 1 - Thomas Rees, Unitarian minister (born 1777)
• December 29 - Mary Jones, early owner of a Welsh Bible, 80

See also

• 1864 in Ireland

References

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