1855 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 1855 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
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- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget, 2nd 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 – Thomas Lloyd, Coedmore
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John Campbell, 1st Earl Cawdor
- 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[10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Robert Davies Pryce[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
- 25 February – The steamship Morna is wrecked off North Bishop Rock, with the loss of 21 lives.[24]
- 30 March – The Severn ferry from Chepstow sinks, and seven people drown.
- Construction of the first section of the Llanidloes and Newtown Railway begins.
Arts and literature
New books
- John Jones (Talhaiarn) – Gwaith Talhaiarn, vol. 1[25]
- William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog) – Gweithiau Barddonol Gwilym Hiraethog
- William Williams (Creuddynfab) – Y Barddoniadur
Music
Births
- 11 February – Samuel Goldsworthy, Wales international rugby player (died 1889)
- 9 April – Jeremiah Jones, poet (died 1902)[27]
- 16 August – William David Phillips, Wales international rugby player (died 1918)
- 11 December – David Thomas Ffrangcon Davies, singer (died 1918)[28]
Deaths
- 21 January – Evan Evans (Ieuan Glan Geirionydd), poet, 59[29]
- 22 January – Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis, politician, 74[30]
- 9 February – William Chambers, industrialist, 81
- 28 June – FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, 66[31]
- probable
- Richard Jones, printer and publisher, ?68
- William Edwards (Gwilym Callestr), poet[32]
See also
References
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