1883 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1883 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
[edit]- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – William Owen Stanley[2][3][4][5]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Joseph Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk[6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Edward Douglas-Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Edward Pryse[8][3]
- 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 – Edward Herbert, 3rd Earl of Powis[12]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington[3]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Arthur Walsh, 2nd Baron Ormathwaite
- Bishop of Bangor – James Colquhoun Campbell[13][14]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Lewis[15] (from 25 April)
- Bishop of St Asaph – Joshua Hughes[16][15]
- Bishop of St Davids – Basil Jones[15][17]
Events
[edit]- 27 January – In the same storm, the James Gray is wrecked on Tusker Rocks, Porthcawl, and the Agnes Jack off Port Eynon. The Mumbles lifeboat puts out, and 5 of its crew are drowned in the rescue attempt, in which Jessie Ace and Margaret Wright assist.[18]
- 16 February – Six million tons of rock collapse at the Welsh Slate Company's underground quarry at Blaenau Ffestiniog.
- 1 February – Five miners are killed in an accident at the Lewis Merthyr Colliery.
- 25 June – Six miners are killed in an accident at the New Duffryn Colliery, Rhymney.
- July – The steamship Rishanglys leaves three seamen, who are believed to be suffering from cholera, on the island of Flat Holm; one of them subsequently dies.[19]
- 21 August – Five miners are killed in an accident at the Gelli Colliery, Gelli, Glamorgan.
- 24 October – Cardiff University opens (under the name of University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire).
- 31 October – 18 people are drowned when the German barque Alhambra sinks off Holyhead.
- 13 November – Merthyr Tydfil-born Samuel Griffith becomes Premier of Queensland for the first time.
- c. November? – Closure of Point of Ayr lighthouse.
- Peak year for zinc production in Wales.
- Penydarren Ironworks closes completely.
- Welsh-Canadian artist Robert Harris is commissioned to paint the Meeting of the Delegates of British North America.
Arts and literature
[edit]Awards
[edit]National Eisteddfod of Wales – held at Cardiff
- Chair – No winner[20]
- Crown – Anna Walter Thomas
New books
[edit]- Rhoda Broughton – Belinda
- Amy Dillwyn – A Burglary; or Unconscious Influence
- John Jones (Myrddin Fardd) – Adgof Uwch Anghof
- Robert Owen – Pilgrimage to Rome
- Robert Williams (Trebor Mai) – Gwaith Barddonol Trebor Mai (posthumously published)
Music
[edit]- Treorchy Male Voice Choir formed.
Sport
[edit]- Football – Wrexham win the Welsh Cup for the second time in its six-year history.
- Rugby union
- Wales take part in the inaugural Home Nations Championship
- First home international game played, hosted at St. Helen's Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea.
- First Wales match against Scotland. Wales lose by three goals to one.
Births
[edit]- 6 January (in Shirehampton) – Harry Uzzell, Wales international rugby union captain (died 1960)
- 23 March – William Evans, Wales dual code international rugby player (died 1946)
- 30 April – David John de Lloyd, composer (died 1948)[21]
- 7 May – Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley, newspaper magnate (died 1968)
- 12 May (in Glasgow) – James Walker, MP for Newport 1929–31 (died 1945)
- 28 May (in Gayton) – Clough Williams-Ellis, architect (died 1978)[22]
- 12 June (in London) – Margaret Mackworth, 2nd Viscountess Rhondda, suffragette (died 1958)[23]
- 8 August – Iesu Grist Price, son of William Price (died 1884)
- 13 September (in South Shields) – Percy Thomas, architect (died 1969)[24]
- 14 October – Dick Thomas, Wales international rugby player (died 1916)
- 23 November – James 'Tuan' Jones, Wales and British Lion rugby player (died 1964)
- 13 December – Sir Frederick Rees, historian and academic (died 1967)[25]
- date unknown – John Jones (Tydu), poet (died 1968)
Deaths
[edit]- 25 January – John Elias Davies, harpist, 35[26]
- 29 January
- John Owen (Owain Alaw), composer, 61
- Owen Gethin Jones, industrialist and poet, 66[27]
- May – John Batchelor, businessman and politician, 63[28]
- 28 May – Hugh Jones, Principal of Llangollen Baptist College, 51
- 18 August – Roger Vaughan, Benedictine monk and priest, Archbishop of Sydney, 49[29]
- 5 November – James Walton, Yorkshire-born textile inventor and industrialist, 80
- 8 November – William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog), poet, 81[30]
- 25 December – Townshend Mainwaring, politician, 76[31]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Daniel Williams. "GRIFFITH, DAVID (Clwydfardd; 1800–1894)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Evan David Jones (1959). "Herbert family (earls of Powis)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
- ^ "Jones, William Basil (Tickell) (1822–1897)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
- ^ "Mumbles Lifeboat Disasters". National Coastwatch. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
- ^ Guy, John (1984). "Saving Flat Holm's Cholera Hospital". Exploring Local History (8): 244–246.
- ^ "Winners of the Chair | National Eisteddfod". eisteddfod.wales. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
- ^ Robert Evans; Maggie Humphreys (1 January 1997). Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 210. ISBN 978-1-4411-3796-8.
- ^ Gale Group (July 2002). Contemporary Authors. Cengage Gale. p. 459. ISBN 978-0-7876-4595-3.
- ^ Angela V. John (11 June 2021). "Thomas, Margaret Haig, 2nd Viscountess Rhondda (1883-1958), suffragette, editor, author and businesswoman". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ RIBA Journal. Royal Institute of British Architects. 1984. p. 31.
- ^ Evan David Jones (2001). "Rees, Sir James Frederick (1883-1967), Principal of the University College at Cardiff". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ Robert David Griffith. "Davies, John Elias (Telynor y Gogledd; 1847-1883), harpist and accompanist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Jones, Owen Gethin (Gethin; 1816-1883), local historian". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ "The Late Mr John Batchelor". National Library of Wales. South Wales Daily News. 31 May 1883. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ P. Cunich, The death of Archbishop Roger Bede Vaughan, Journal of the Australian Catholic Historical Society 29 (2008), 7-22.
- ^ Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England) (1914). The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. The Society. p. 186.
- ^ "Death of Mr Townshend Mainwaring". The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality. 29 December 1883. p. 5. hdl:10107/4518403.