1851 in Wales
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Template:Short description Template:Use Welsh English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Year in Wales header This article is about the particular significance of the year 1851 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
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- 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 – Peter Drummond-Burrell, 22nd Baron Willoughby de Eresby (until 7 March); Sir Richard Williams-Bulkeley, 10th Baronet (from 7 March)[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – William Edward Powell[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – George Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Robert Myddelton Biddulph[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Sir Stephen Glynne, 9th Baronet[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot (from 4 May)[10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn[11]
- Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Capel Hanbury Leigh[12]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 1st Baron Sudeley[13]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir John Owen, 1st Baronet[14]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite[15][2]
- Bishop of Bangor – Christopher Bethell[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
- May
- David Davies (Llandinam) marries Margaret Jones of Llanfair Caereinion.[24]
- 24 September – Vale of Neath Railway opens from Neath to Aberdare.[25]
- 27 August – William Bulkeley Hughes hosts a banquet at Bangor for Robert Stephenson.[26]
- Richard Fothergill III is prosecuted for running a "truck shop" at Aberdare.[27]
Arts and literature
New books
- John Blackwell (Alun) – Ceinion Alun (posthumously published)
- Richard Williams Morgan – A Tragedy of Powys Castle[28]
Music
- Thomas Jones (Gogrynwr) – Gweddi Habacuc (cantata)[29]
- John Ambrose Lloyd – Teyrnasoedd y Ddaear (anthem)
- John Owen (Owain Alaw)
- Deborah a Barac (anthem)
- Gweddi Habacuc (cantata)
Births
- 8 February – Sir Marteine Lloyd, 2nd Baronet (d. 1933)[30]
- 10 March – William Haggar, pioneer of the film industry (d. 1925)
- 24 March – Robert Ambrose Jones (Emrys ap Iwan) (d. 1906)[31]
- 15 June – Ernest Howard Griffiths, physicist (d. 1932)
- 8 July – Sir Arthur Evans, archaeologist (d. 1941)
- 12 July – Elizabeth Phillips Hughes, promoter of women's education (died 1925)[32]
- 27 December – Percy Gilchrist, industrialist[33]
Deaths
- 1 January – George Insole, English-born coal shipper, 60
- 6 April – William Morgan Kinsey, travel writer, 62?[34]
- 8 April – John Parry (Bardd Alaw), harpist and composer, 75[35]
- 30 June
- Thomas Phillips, founder of Llandovery College, 80
- William Saunders, Welsh-language poet, 45[36]
- 17 July – Aneurin Owen, historian, 58[37]
- 13 August – Benjamin Gibson, classical scholar, younger brother of John Gibson, 40[38]
- 22 November – Thomas Morgan, navy chaplain, 81[39]
See also
References
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