1872 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 1872 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
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- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – William Owen Stanley[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 (until 21 March);[9] William Cornwallis-West (from 5 June)
- 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 – Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort[13]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Sudeley Hanbury-Tracy, 3rd Baron Sudeley[14]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – William Edwardes, 3rd Baron Kensington (until 1 January);[15] William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington (from 6 February)[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite[16][2]
- Bishop of Bangor – James Colquhoun Campbell[17][18]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Alfred Ollivant[19]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Joshua Hughes[20][19]
- Bishop of St Davids – Connop Thirlwall[19][21]
Events
- 5 January — In a mining accident at Blackwood Colliery, five men are killed.
- 2 March — In a mining accident at Victoria Colliery, Ebbw Vale, nineteen men are killed.
- 18 June — A derailment occurs in the Pencader Tunnel on the Carmarthen & Cardigan Railway.
- 12 July — Cardiff Tramways Company begins operation of horse trams.
- 15 July — The Colwyn Bay Hotel is opened.[22]
- 1 August — Minffordd railway station is opened.
- 9 October — University College Wales, Aberystwyth, opens with 26 students; Thomas Charles Edwards is its first principal.
- unknown dates
- Stocks are used on the last recorded occasion in the UK, at Adpar in Cardiganshire, when a man is imprisoned in them for drunkenness.[23]
- Nitrocellulose manufacture at Penrhyndeudraeth begins.
Arts and literature
New books
- R. D. Blackmore — The Maid of Sker
- Thomas Thomas — Hynodion Hen Bregethwyr Cymru
Music
- The South Wales "Cor Mawr", conducted by Griffith R. Jones (Caradog) wins a national choral competition at Crystal Palace.[24]
Sport
- Cricket — First game played at Elwy Grove Park, St Asaph.
- Football — 28 September: Wrexham Football Club is founded. They play at the Racecourse Ground.
Births
- 21 February — Evan Lorimer Thomas, clergyman and academic (died 1953)[25]
- 16 March — Vernon Hartshorn, politician (died 1931)
- 6 May — William Llewellyn Thomas, Wales international rugby player (died 1943)
- 10 May — Tom Pearson, Wales international rugby player (died 1957)
- 18 May — Bertrand Russell, philosopher (died 1970)[26]
- 14 July — David Morgan, Wales international rugby player (died 1933)
- 14 September — Albert Jenkin, Wales international rugby player (died 1961)
- 8 October — John Cowper Powys, Anglo-Welsh writer (died 1963)[27]
- date unknown — Thomas Jeremiah Williams, lawyer and politician (died 1919)[28]
Deaths
- 1 January — William Edwardes, 3rd Baron Kensington, Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire, 70[15]
- 9 January — Crawshay Bailey, industrialist[29]
- 21 March — Robert Myddelton Biddulph, landowner and politician, 66[9]
- 24 March — James Williams, clergyman and philanthropist, 81[30]
- 13 April — Thomas Vowler Short, Bishop of St Asaph[31]
- 3 August — William Davies Evans, chess player, 82[32]
- 18 August — Evan Jones, missionary, 84[33]
- 22 August — Evan Davies, educator, 84[34]
- 26 September — William Williams (Carw Coch), poet[35]
- 28 September — Lleyson Hopkin Davy, government representative, brewer and industrialist, 89/90[36]
- 16 October — David Lewis, MP for Carmarthen, 75
- 11 November — Mary Anne Disraeli, wife of British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli, 80[37]
See also
References
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