1852 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1852 to Wales and its people.
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 Sir Richard Williams-Bulkeley, 10th Baronet[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire â William Edward Powell[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire â George Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor (until 9 April);[8] John Campbell, 1st Earl Cawdor (from 4 May)
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire â Robert Myddelton Biddulph[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire â Sir Stephen Glynne, 9th Baronet[10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan â Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot (from 4 May)[11]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire â Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn[12]
- Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire â Capel Hanbury Leigh[13]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire â Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 1st Baron Sudeley[14]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire â Sir John Owen, 1st Baronet[15]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire â John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite[16][2]
Events
- 24 February â The Times reports that Robert Stephenson has approved Isambard Kingdom Brunel's design for a railway bridge at Chepstow.
- 10 May â 27 men are killed by quicksand at Gwendraeth Colliery, Pontyberem.[25]
- 14 May â 64 men are killed by underground explosion at Middle Duffryn Colliery, Aberdare.[26]
- August â Halkyn-born Mormon missionary Dan Jones begins his second (4-year) mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Wales.[27] He also oversees translation of the Book of Mormon into the Welsh language.
- 14 September â Three-decker sailing first-rate ship of the line HMS Duke of Wellington, converted on the stocks to screw propulsion, is launched at Pembroke Dock.
- 4 November â In the United Kingdom general election:
- Walter Coffin becomes the first Nonconformist MP elected in Wales.[28]
- Henry Vivian becomes MP for Truro.
- Crawshay Bailey becomes MP for Monmouth Boroughs.
- December â In the by-election caused by the death of John Josiah Guest, Henry Austin Bruce is elected MP for Merthyr Tydfil.
- date unknown
- St David's College, Lampeter, becomes the first institution in Wales to award degrees.[29]
- Construction of the first Merthyr Synagogue begins.
- Richard Muspratt sets up an alkali manufacturing factory in Flint.[30]
- The Alliance Insurance Company is set up in Wrexham, advertising itself as the only Welsh insurance company.
Arts and literature
New books
- Aneurin Jones â Tafol y Beirdd
- William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog) â Aelwyd F'Ewythr Robert
- John Williams (Glanmor) â Awstralia a'r Cloddfeydd Aur
- Robert Williams â Enwogion Cymru: A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Welshmen, from the Earliest Times
Music
- J. Ambrose Lloyd â Teyrnasoedd y Ddaear
- Edward Stephen (Tanymarian) â Ystorm Tiberias (oratorio)
- Thomas Williams (Hafrenydd) â Ceinion Cerddoriaeth
Births
- 20 March â John Gwenogvryn Evans, palaeographer (died 1930)[31]
- 26 April â William Eilir Evans, journalist (died 1910)[32]
- 28 April â Sir Francis Edwards, 1st Baronet, Liberal politician (died 1927)[33]
- 11 May â Sir David Saunders Davies, MP (died 1934)[34]
- 25 November â Sir Evan Vincent Evans, Eisteddfod supporter (died 1934)[35]
- December â Alice Gray Jones (Ceridwen Peris), writer (died 1943)[36]
- date unknown
- Ann Harriet Hughes (Gwyneth Vaughan), novelist (died 1910)[37]
- David Brynmor Jones, barrister, historian and Liberal MP (died 1921)[38]
Deaths
- 23 February â Evan Jones (Ieuan Gwynedd), minister and journalist, 31[39]
- 9 April â George Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor, Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire, 86[8]
- 2 May â John Jones (Ioan Tegid), poet, 60[40]
- 20 May â Robert Williamson ("Bardd Du Môn"), poet, 45?[41]
- 17 June â John Page (Ioan Glan Dyfrdwy), poet, 21/22[42]
- 26 November â John Josiah Guest, engineer, entrepreneur and politician, 77[43]
- 18 December â Evan Owen Allen, writer, 47[44]