1850 in Wales
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Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey â Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey[1][2][3][4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire â John Lloyd Vaughan Watkins[5][6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire â Peter Drummond-Burrell, 22nd Baron Willoughby de Eresby[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire â William Edward Powell[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire â George Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire â Robert Myddelton Biddulph[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire â Sir Stephen Glynne, 9th Baronet[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan â Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot (from 4 May)[10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire â Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn[11]
- Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire â Capel Hanbury Leigh[12]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire â Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 1st Baron Sudeley[13]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire â Sir John Owen, 1st Baronet[14]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire â John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite[15][2]
- Bishop of Bangor â Christopher Bethell[16][17]
- Bishop of Llandaff â Alfred Ollivant[18][19]
- Bishop of St Asaph â Thomas Vowler Short[20][21][19]
- Bishop of St Davids â Connop Thirlwall[22][19][23]
Events
- 18 March â Opening of the Britannia Bridge.[24]
- 3 April â G. T. Clark marries Ann Price Lewis, a descendant of one of the original partners in the Dowlais Ironworks.[25]
- 18 June â Opening of the South Wales Railway between Chepstow and Swansea.[26]
- October â The Merthyr Board of Health is founded, with John Josiah Guest as its first chairman.[27]
- November â The first issue of the periodical Y Drych is printed, though not in circulation for another two months[28]
- 14 December â 13 men are killed in a mining accident at New Duffryn Colliery, Mountain Ash.[29]
- unknown dates
- The Llanelli Board of Health is founded, with William Chambers as its first chairman.[30]
- Vaendre Hall in the village of St Mellons is completed, the home of the industrialist John Cory.[31][32]
Arts and literature
New books
- Thomas Edwards (Caerfallwch) â Geirlyfr Saesoneg a Chymraeg, An English and Welsh Dictionary
- 'Elen Egryn' (Elin Evans) â Telyn Egryn (poems)[33]
- Elijah Waring â Recollections and Anecdotes of Edward Williams[34]
- Morris Williams (Nicander) â Y Psalmwyr
Music
- September â North Wales Musical Festival is held at Rhuddlan Castle.[35]
Births
- 1 January â Evan Rees (Dyfed), minister, poet and archdruid (died 1923)[36]
- 4 January â Griffith J. Griffith, industrialist (died 1919)[37]
- 16 April â Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, inventor (died 1885)[38]
- 24 November â John Aeron Thomas, politician (died 1935)
- date unknown
- Alfred Davies, footballer (died 1891)[39]
- John Evan Davies, minister and author (died 1929)[40]
- Owen Owen, teacher and schools inspector (died 1920)[41]
Deaths
- 11 April
- David Hughes, clergyman and writer, 64?
- Edward Hughes (Y Dryw), poet, 77[42]
- 18 April â John Richards, Welsh-born US politician, 85
- 19 April â Sir John Edwards of Garth, politician, 80[43]
- 11 July â Robert Williams (Robert ap Gwilym Ddu), poet and hymn-writer, 83[44]
- 28 July â David Lewis, Carmarthenshire priest and writer, 90?
- 2 September â Charles Williams-Wynn, politician, 74[45]
- 19 December â George Williams, politician, 85[46]