1852 in Wales

Centuries:	17th; 18th; 19th; 20th; 21st;
Decades:	1830s; 1840s; 1850s; 1860s; 1870s;
See also:	List of years in Wales; Timeline of Welsh history 1852 in The United Kingdom Scotland Elsewhere

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1852 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

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 – Sir Richard Williams-Bulkeley, 10th Baronet^[7]
Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – William Edward Powell^[2]
Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – George Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor (until 9 April);^[8] John Campbell, 1st Earl Cawdor (from 4 May)
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 (from 4 May)^[11]
Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn^[12]
Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Capel Hanbury Leigh^[13]
Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 1st Baron Sudeley^[14]
Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir John Owen, 1st Baronet^[15]
Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite^[16]^[2]

Bishop of Bangor – Christopher Bethell^[17]^[18]
Bishop of Llandaff – Alfred Ollivant^[19]^[20]
Bishop of St Asaph – Thomas Vowler Short^[21]^[22]^[20]
Bishop of St Davids – Connop Thirlwall^[23]^[20]^[24]

Events

24 February – The Times reports that Robert Stephenson has approved Isambard Kingdom Brunel's design for a railway bridge at Chepstow.
10 May – 27 men are killed by quicksand at Gwendraeth Colliery, Pontyberem.^[25]
14 May – 64 men are killed by underground explosion at Middle Duffryn Colliery, Aberdare.^[26]
August – Halkyn-born Mormon missionary Dan Jones begins his second (4-year) mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Wales.^[27] He also oversees translation of the Book of Mormon into the Welsh language.
14 September – Three-decker sailing first-rate ship of the line HMS Duke of Wellington, converted on the stocks to screw propulsion, is launched at Pembroke Dock.
4 November – In the United Kingdom general election:
- Walter Coffin becomes the first Nonconformist MP elected in Wales.^[28]
- Henry Vivian becomes MP for Truro.
- Crawshay Bailey becomes MP for Monmouth Boroughs.
December – In the by-election caused by the death of John Josiah Guest, Henry Austin Bruce is elected MP for Merthyr Tydfil.
date unknown
- St David's College, Lampeter, becomes the first institution in Wales to award degrees.^[29]
- Construction of the first Merthyr Synagogue begins.
- Richard Muspratt sets up an alkali manufacturing factory in Flint.^[30]
- The Alliance Insurance Company is set up in Wrexham, advertising itself as the only Welsh insurance company.

Arts and literature

New books

Aneurin Jones – Tafol y Beirdd
William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog) – Aelwyd F'Ewythr Robert
John Williams (Glanmor) – Awstralia a'r Cloddfeydd Aur
Robert Williams – Enwogion Cymru: A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Welshmen, from the Earliest Times

Music

J. Ambrose Lloyd – Teyrnasoedd y Ddaear
Edward Stephen (Tanymarian) – Ystorm Tiberias (oratorio)
Thomas Williams (Hafrenydd) – Ceinion Cerddoriaeth

Births

20 March – John Gwenogvryn Evans, palaeographer (died 1930)^[31]
26 April – William Eilir Evans, journalist (died 1910)^[32]
28 April – Sir Francis Edwards, 1st Baronet, Liberal politician (died 1927)
25 November – Sir Evan Vincent Evans, Eisteddfod supporter (died 1934)^[33]
December – Alice Gray Jones (Ceridwen Peris), writer (died 1943)^[34]
date unknown
- Ann Harriet Hughes (Gwyneth Vaughan), novelist (died 1910)^[35]
- David Brynmor Jones, barrister, historian and Liberal MP (died 1921)^[36]

Deaths

23 February – Evan Jones (Ieuan Gwynedd), minister and journalist, 31
9 April – George Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor, Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire, 86^[8]
2 May – John Jones (Ioan Tegid), poet, 60^[37]
20 May – Robert Williamson ("Bardd Du Môn"), poet, 45?^[38]
17 June – John Page (Ioan Glan Dyfrdwy), poet, 21/22^[39]
26 November – John Josiah Guest, engineer, entrepreneur and politician, 77^[40]
18 December – Evan Owen Allen, writer, 47^[41]

References

^ 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.
^ ^a ^b "Hon. George Talbot Rice (1765–1852), of Newton House, Dynevor Castle, Carmarthenshire". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
^ "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.
^ Reference Wales. University of Wales Press. 1994. p. 238. ISBN 978-0-7083-1234-6.
^ "Middle Duffryn Colliery - Aberdare - 1852". Northern Mine Research Society. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
^ Williams, David (1959). "Jones, Daniel". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
^ Robert Thomas Jenkins (1959). "Coffin, Walter (1784-1867), colliery pioneer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
^ David Trevor William Price (1987). Bishop Burgess and Lampeter College. University of Wales Press. p. 71. ISBN 978-0-7083-0965-0.
^ Peter John Turnbull Morris; Colin Archibald Russell; John Graham Smith (1988). Archives of the British chemical industry, 1750-1914: a handlist. British Society for the History of Science. p. 219. ISBN 978-0-906450-06-2.
^ Alexander Hopkins McDonnald (1951). The Encyclopedia Americana. Americana Corporation. p. 592.
^ David Gwenallt Jones. "Evans, William Eilir; 1852-1910), cleric, poet, and journalist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
^ Thomas Jones. "Evans, Evan (later Sir Evan Vincent Evans); 1852 (or 1851)-1934), eisteddfodwr, and secretary of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
^ Margaret Beatrice Davies (2001). "Jones, Alice Gray (Ceridwen Peris); 1852-1943), author (1852-1921)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
^ Williams, Richard Bryn (1959). "Hughes, Annie Harriet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Jones (later Brynmor-Jones), Sir David Brynmor (1852-1921), lawyer and historian". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
^ Y Cylchgrawn: at wasanaeth crefydd, llenyddiaeth, gwleidiadaeth, ac hanesiaeth (in Welsh). 1869. p. 33.
^ William Llewelyn Davies (1959). "Williamson, Robert (Mona) Bardd Du Môn (1807-1852), teacher and poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
^ Robert Thomas Jenkins (1959). "Page, John (Ioan Glan Dyfrdwy; 1830?-1852), poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
^ Madeleine Elsas (1960). Iron in the making: Dowlais Iron Company letters, 1782-1860. County Records Committee of the Glamorgan Quarter Sessions & County Council. p. viii.
^ Robert Thomas Jenkins (1959). "Allen, Evan Owen (1805-1852), writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 January 2022.

[1] Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 24.

[Sainty-2] J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.

[3] Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 695. ISBN 9780806313146.

[4] Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1992. p. 169.

[5] "Editorial". Welshman. 6 October 1865. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

[6] 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.

[7] Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 26.

[HOPRice-8] "Hon. George Talbot Rice (1765–1852), of Newton House, Dynevor Castle, Carmarthenshire". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 20 January 2022.

[9] "Myddelton Biddulph, Robert (1805-1872), of Chirk Castle, Denb. and 35 Grosvenor Place, Mdx". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 5 December 2021.

[10] "Glynne, Sir Stephen Richard, 9th bt. (1807-1874), of Hawarden Castle, Flint". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 16 January 2022.

[11] "TALBOT, Christopher Rice Mansel (1803-1890), of Penrice Castle and Margam Park, Glam". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 18 January 2022.

[12] Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 29.

[13] Amy Audrey Locke (1916). The Hanbury Family. Arthur L. Humphreys. p. 147.

[14] "Hanbury Tracy, Charles (1778–1858), of Toddington, Glos. and Gregynog, Mont". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 2 July 2013.

[15] Thorne, R.G. "John Owen (1776-1861) of Orielton, Pembrokeshire". History of Parliament. Retrieved 27 March 2020.

[16] Jonathan Williams (1859). The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. p. 115.

[17] Fryde, E. B. (1996). Handbook of British chronology. Cambridge England: New York Cambridge University Press. p. 292. ISBN 9780521563505.

[Fasti305-18] Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 305.

[19] Frederick Arthur Crisp; Joseph Jackson Howard (1898). Visitation of England and Wales. p. 15.

[Fasti307-20] Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 307.

[21] Nicholas Harris Nicolas (1857). The historic peerage of England: Revised, corrected, and continued ... by William Courthope. John Murray. p. 533.

[22] The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.

[23] Old Yorkshire, volume 3. 1882. p. 90.

[24] The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged. Porter. 1780. p. 95.

[25] Reference Wales. University of Wales Press. 1994. p. 238. ISBN 978-0-7083-1234-6.

[26] "Middle Duffryn Colliery - Aberdare - 1852". Northern Mine Research Society. Retrieved 21 May 2021.

[27] Williams, David (1959). "Jones, Daniel". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 June 2014.

[28] Robert Thomas Jenkins (1959). "Coffin, Walter (1784-1867), colliery pioneer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 January 2022.

[29] David Trevor William Price (1987). Bishop Burgess and Lampeter College. University of Wales Press. p. 71. ISBN 978-0-7083-0965-0.

[30] Peter John Turnbull Morris; Colin Archibald Russell; John Graham Smith (1988). Archives of the British chemical industry, 1750-1914: a handlist. British Society for the History of Science. p. 219. ISBN 978-0-906450-06-2.

[31] Alexander Hopkins McDonnald (1951). The Encyclopedia Americana. Americana Corporation. p. 592.

[32] David Gwenallt Jones. "Evans, William Eilir; 1852-1910), cleric, poet, and journalist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 September 2019.

[33] Thomas Jones. "Evans, Evan (later Sir Evan Vincent Evans); 1852 (or 1851)-1934), eisteddfodwr, and secretary of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 September 2019.

[34] Margaret Beatrice Davies (2001). "Jones, Alice Gray (Ceridwen Peris); 1852-1943), author (1852-1921)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 September 2019.

[35] Williams, Richard Bryn (1959). "Hughes, Annie Harriet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 6 July 2020.

[36] Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Jones (later Brynmor-Jones), Sir David Brynmor (1852-1921), lawyer and historian". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 September 2019.

[37] Y Cylchgrawn: at wasanaeth crefydd, llenyddiaeth, gwleidiadaeth, ac hanesiaeth (in Welsh). 1869. p. 33.

[38] William Llewelyn Davies (1959). "Williamson, Robert (Mona) Bardd Du Môn (1807-1852), teacher and poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 January 2022.

[39] Robert Thomas Jenkins (1959). "Page, John (Ioan Glan Dyfrdwy; 1830?-1852), poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 January 2022.

[40] Madeleine Elsas (1960). Iron in the making: Dowlais Iron Company letters, 1782-1860. County Records Committee of the Glamorgan Quarter Sessions & County Council. p. viii.

[41] Robert Thomas Jenkins (1959). "Allen, Evan Owen (1805-1852), writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 January 2022.

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1852 in Wales

Incumbents

Events

Arts and literature

New books

Music

Births

Deaths

See also

References