1875 in Wales

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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1875 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

For United Kingdom incumbents, see 1875 in the United Kingdom § Incumbents.

• Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – William Owen Stanley[1][2][3][4]
• Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Charles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar[5] (until 16 April); Joseph Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk (from 11 June)[6]
• Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Edward Douglas-Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn[7]
• Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Edward Pryse[8][2]
• 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 – Sudeley Hanbury-Tracy, 3rd Baron Sudeley[12]
• Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington[2]
• Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite (until 21 April);[13][2] Arthur Walsh, 2nd Baron Ormathwaite (from 21 April)

• Bishop of Bangor – James Colquhoun Campbell[14][15]
• Bishop of Llandaff – Alfred Ollivant[16]
• Bishop of St Asaph – Joshua Hughes[17][16]
• Bishop of St Davids – Basil Jones[16][18]

Events

• August - First publication of The Usk Gleaner and Monmouthshire Record.
• December - South Wales miners, led by William Abraham, come to agreement on a sliding scale of wages in relation to prices and profits.
• 4 December - In a mining accident at Old Pit, New Tredegar, 22 men are killed.
• 5 December - In a mining accident at Llan Colliery, Pentyrch, twelve men are killed.
• unknown dates
  • The first imports of North American wheat come through Cardiff.
  • The United States Immigration and Naturalization Service recognises Welsh as a distinct nationality - the first official body ever to do so.
  • Ordnance Survey publishes the first complete maps of Wales.
  • David Davies Llandinam is elected treasurer of the University of Wales.
  • Major eisteddfod held at Pwllheli. Future archdruid Rowland Williams (Hwfa Môn) is a leading adjudicator.
  • Francis Wallace Grenfell takes part in the expedition which claims Griqualand West (site of the Kimberley diamond fields) for the UK.
  • Bodnant Garden is begun by Baron Aberconway.[19]

Arts and literature

• Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot buys James Milo Griffith's Summer Flowers for Margam Castle.

New books

English language

• Hugh Owen Thomas - Diseases of the Hip, Knee, and Ankle Joints

Welsh language

• William Ambrose - Gweithiau y Parch. W. Ambrose (posthumously published)
• David Stephen Davies - Adroddiad
• Isaac Foulkes - Y Ddau Efell, neu Llanllonydd[20]
• Owen Jones (Meudwy Môn) (ed.) - Cymru, yn Hanesyddol, Parthedegol, a Bywgraphyddol[21]
• John Goronwy Mathias - Y Dywysen Aeddfed[22]
• Evan Rees (Dyfed) - Caniadau Dyfedfab

Music

• Robert Griffiths becomes the first secretary of the tonic solfa college.
• Joseph Parry composes the music to Myfanwy.
• Sarah Edith Wynne marries and retires from her singing career.

Sport

• Rugby union - Llanelli RFC and Risca RFC are formed.
• Yachting - Bristol Channel Yacht Club is formed in Swansea.

Births

• 3 January - Cliff Bowen, Wales international rugby player and county cricketer (died 1929)
• 4 January – William Williams (Crwys), poet and Archdruid (died 1968)[23]
• 19 January – Thomas Owen Jones, dramatist, actor and producer (died 1941)[24]
• 23 February – David Brazell, singer (died 1959)[25]
• 4 March – John Kelt Edwards, cartoonist (died 1934)[26]
• 23 May – Nathaniel Walters, Wales international rugby player (died 1956)
• 26 May – Jack Evans Wales international rugby player (died 1947)
• 31 May – Dan Jones, Wales international rugby player (died 1959)
• 11 June – Will Osborne, Wales international rugby player (died 1942)
• 16 June – Henry Paget, Lord Paget, eccentric, born in Paris (died 1905)[27]
• 10 September
  • John Evans, politician (died 1961)
  • Harry Vaughan Watkins, Wales international rugby player (died 1945)
• 26 October – Sir Lewis Casson, English-born artist (died 1969)[28]
• 20 December (in Shirley, Derbyshire) – T. F. Powys, Anglo-Welsh writer (died 1953)[29]
• 25 December – George Davies, international rugby player (died 1959)

Deaths

• 4 January – Thomas Stephens, historian, literary critic and social reformer (born 1821)[30]
• 4 March – John Evans (I. D. Ffraid), minister and author, 60[31]
• April – Frances Bunsen, painter, 85[32]
• 16 April – Charles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar, Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire, 83[5]
• 19 July – Benjamin Davies, Hebraist, 60/61[33]
• 27 July – Connop Thirlwall, former Bishop of St Davids, 78[34]
• 19 August – Robert Elis (Cynddelw), writer, 63[35]
• 28 August – Sir Richard Williams-Bulkeley, 10th Baronet, politician, 73[36]
• 7 September – John Prichard, minister, author and teacher, 79[37]
• 16 September (in Shropshire) – Lucy Herbert, Countess of Powis, Scottish-born aristocrat, 81[38]
• 29 November – Thomas Jones, librarian, 65[39]
• date unknown
  • David Davies, composer, about 65[40]
  • (in London) – Fanny Parkes, travel writer, 81[41]

See also

• 1875 in Ireland

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