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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1867 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
[edit]- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey[1][2][3][4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Charles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar[5][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 – 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 (until 27 April);[13] Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort (from 21 May)[14]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Sudeley Hanbury-Tracy, 3rd Baron Sudeley[15]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – William Edwardes, 3rd Baron Kensington[16]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite[17][2]
- Bishop of Bangor – James Colquhoun Campbell[18][19]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Alfred Ollivant[20]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Thomas Vowler Short[21][22][20]
- Bishop of St Davids – Connop Thirlwall[20][23]
Events
[edit]- 3 June – The opening of the Anglesey Central Railway to passenger traffic links Amlwch to the rail network for the first time.[24]
- 19 August – The Victoria pier at Rhyl, built at a cost of £23,000, opens to the public.[25]
- 2 September – The Carnarvonshire Railway opens throughout, connecting Carnarvon and Portmadoc.[24]
- 30 September – Mawddwy Railway opens.[26]
- 10 October – Barmouth Bridge across the Mawddach estuary opens to rail traffic, linking Barmouth to the rail network for the first time.[27]
- 26–27 October – Barque Earl of Chester is wrecked off Rhosneigr, Anglesey, with the loss of at least 17 lives.[28]
- 8 November – 178 miners are killed in an accident at Ferndale Colliery, Rhondda.
- date unknown
- Celtic Congress held at Saint-Brieuc in Brittany.
- The Bronze Age cairns at Llanmadoc Hill are excavated and finds recorded.[29]
Arts and literature
[edit]Awards
[edit]- At the National Eisteddfod of Wales held at Carmarthen, a crown is presented for the first time.
New books
[edit]- Rhoda Broughton – Cometh Up as a Flower[30]
- Edward Hamer – The Chartist Outbreak at Llanidloes
- Jabez Edmund Jenkins – Egin Awen, yn cynnwys awdlau, cywyddau
- Charles Octavius Swinnerton Morgan - Penhow Castle
- William Thomas (Islwyn) – Caniadau
- Alfred Russel Wallace – The Malay Archipelago
- Charles Wilkins – The History of Merthyr Tydfil
Music
[edit]- David Roberts (Alawydd) – Llyfr y Psalmau
Sport
[edit]- Boxing – The "Marquess of Queensberry rules", formulated by John Graham Chambers, are published.
Births
[edit]- 10 March
- Sir William James Thomas, 1st baronet, philanthropist, one of the Thomas baronets of Yapton (d. 1945)[31]
- William Llewelyn Williams, politician (d. 1922)
- 10 April – Courtenay Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar, peer (d. 1934)[32]
- 2 May – Eliseus Williams (Eifion Wyn), poet (d. 1926)[33]
- 13 May – Frank Brangwyn, artist (d. 1956)[34]
- 15 May – Sir Henry Stuart Jones, academic (d. 1939)
- 21 May – John Thomas Job, poet (d. 1938)[35]
- 26 May – Mary of Teck, member of the British royal family, Princess of Wales 1901–1910 (d. 1953)[36]
- 29 September – John Richard Williams (J.R. Tryfanwy), poet (d. 1924)
- 6 October – Rosser Evans, Wales international rugby player
- 12 October – Lyn Harding, actor (d. 1952)
- 2 November – Owen Glynne Jones, mountaineer (d. 1899)[37]
- 28 November – James Richard Atkin, judge (born in Australia) (d. 1944)
- 18 December – David Watts Morgan, Member of Parliament for Rhondda East (d. 1933)[38]
- date unknown
- Mia Arnesby Brown, born Mia Sarah H. Edwards, painter of children's portraits (d. 1931)
- Fred Hutchinson, rugby player (d. 1941)
Deaths
[edit]- 15 February – Walter Coffin, industrialist, 82[39]
- 18 February – Edward Roberts (Iorwerth Glan Aled), poet, 48
- 27 April – Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover, industrialist, 64[40]
- 26 May – Thomas Phillips, politician and businessman, 65/66[41]
- 4 August – William Crawshay II, industrialist, 79[42]
- 9 September – John Propert, physician, 74[43]
- 12 September – Robert Fulke Greville, landowner and politician, 67[44]
- 16 November – Thomas Aubrey, Methodist minister, 59[45]
- 1 December – William Thomas, Guardian of Aborigines in Australia, 74
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.
- ^ "Morgan, Charles Morgan Robinson (1792–1875), of Ruperra, Glam. and Tredegar, Mon". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Death of Colonel Pryse". Cambrian News. 1 June 1888. p. 4. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- ^ "Myddelton Biddulph, Robert (1805-1872), of Chirk Castle, Denb. and 35 Grosvenor Place, Mdx". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ "Glynne, Sir Stephen Richard, 9th bt. (1807-1874), of Hawarden Castle, Flint". Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ Campbell, Thomas Methuen (2000). "C.R.M. Talbot 1803–1890". Morgannwg. 44: 66–104. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
- ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 29.
- ^ James Henry Clark (1869). History of Monmouthshire. County Observer. p. 375.
- ^ Doyle, James E. (1886). The Official Baronage of England. Vol. I. Longmans, Green and Co. p. 139. Retrieved 7 March 2009.
- ^ Amy Audrey Locke (1916). The Hanbury Family. Arthur L. Humphreys. p. 170.
- ^ Smith, Jenny (1990). Portraits for a King : the British military paintings of A-J Dubois Drahonet (1791-1834. London: National Army Museum. p. 15. ISBN 9780901721211.
- ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1899). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 59. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ 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. 266.
- ^ 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.
- ^ William Thomas Havard (1959). "Short, Thomas Vowler (1790-1872), bishop of St Asaph". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
- ^ Annual Report Presented by the Council to the Court of Governors. National Library of Wales. 1962. p. 59.
- ^ a b Quick, Michael (2009). Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain: a Chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5.
- ^ Marjorie Howe (2000). Old Rhyl: From 1850s - 1910. Gwasg Helygain Ltd. p. 29. ISBN 978-0-9522755-4-1.
- ^ "Mawddwy Railway". Wrexham Advertiser. 12 October 1867. p. 4. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- ^ Eryl Crump (7 October 2017). "Celebrations to mark 150th anniversary of Barmouth Bridge that is 'outstanding example of 19th Century engineering'". North Wales Live. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
- ^ "The Gale". The Times. No. 25955. London. 30 October 1867. p. 9.
- ^ Glanmor Williams (1984). Early Glamorgan: pre-history and early history. Printed and published for the Committee by W. Lewis (printers) limited. p. 428. ISBN 978-0-904730-04-3.
- ^ Leavis, Q. D. (1965). Fiction and the Reading Public (2nd ed.). London: Chatto & Windus.
- ^ Owen Picton Davies. "Thomas, Sir William James (1867-1945), Baronet, coalowner, philanthropist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
- ^ Percival, Tony (1999). Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998. Nottingham: A.C.S. Publications. p. 21. ISBN 1-902171-17-9. Published under Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.
- ^ Thomas Herbert Parry-Williams. "Williams, Eliseus (1867-1926), poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
- ^ Evan David Jones. "Brangwyn, Sir Frank Francois Guillaume (1867-1956), painter". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
- ^ Enaf Morrice Job. "Job, John Thomas (1867-1938), Calvinistic Methodist minister, hymn writer and poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
- ^ The Times (London), Monday, 29 July 1867 p. 12 col. E
- ^ McConnell, Anita, ‘Jones, Owen Glynne (1867–1899)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
- ^ Chris Williams. "Morgan, David Watts (1867–1933), miners' leader and politician". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Coffin, Walter (1784-1867), colliery pioneer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
- ^ Marion Löffler. "Hall, Benjamin, Lord Llanover (1802-1867), politician and reformer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
- ^ . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ Watkin William Price. "Crawshay family". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
- ^ Moelwyn Idwal Williams (1959). "Propert, John (1793-1867), physician, founder of the Medical Benevolent College, Epsom". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
- ^ James Frederick Rees. "Greville, Charles". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
- ^ Albert Hughes Williams (1959). "Thomas Aubrey". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 December 2019.