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1853 in Wales
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Incumbents
- 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 – Sir Richard Williams-Bulkeley, 10th Baronet[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – William Edward Powell[2]
- 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 (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
- 23 January — Six members of the Rhyl lifeboat crew are drowned when the boat overturns.[24]
- 11 November — Approval is given for the opening of the Vale of Neath Railway line from Gelli Tarw to Merthyr Tydfil, which had been postponed on safety grounds.[25]
- date unknown
- David Williams (Alaw Goch) opens a new colliery at Cwmdare.
- Blaenavon Ironworks adopts the hot blast process.
- John Williams (Ab Ithel) quarrels with his friend and co-editor Harry Longueville Jones and resigns the editorship of Archaeologia Cambrensis.[26]
- Two Welsh translations of Uncle Tom's Cabin are published: Caban F'Ewyrth Twm by Hugh Williams (Cadfan) and (an abridged version) Crynodeb o Gaban ‘Newyrth Tom by (probably) Thomas Levi (or William Williams) under the pen-name Y Lefiad.[27]
- William Roberts (Nefydd) is appointed South Wales agent for the British and Foreign Schools Society.
- Hugh Owen becomes Chief Clerk of the Poor Law Commission.[28]
- Robert Fulke Greville the younger returns to his family estate at Milford Haven.
Arts and literature
Awards
- William Thomas (Islwyn) wins his first major eisteddfod prize at Cefn-Coed-y-Cymer.
New books
- B. B. Woodward — The History of Wales [29]
- W. Downing Evans — The Gwyddonwyson Wreath
- John Mills (Ieuan Glan Alarch) — British Jews
- Richard Williams Morgan — Raymonde de Monthault, The Lord Marcher
- Thomas Rowland — Welsh Grammar
- William Spurrell — English-Welsh Dictionary
- Isaac Williams — Sermons on the Epistles and Gospels for the Sundays and Holy Days
- Benjamin Thomas Williams — Desirableness of a University for Wales
Music
- Robert James (Jeduthyn) marries the sister of fellow musician Joseph Parry.
Visual arts
- John Evan Thomas — John, Marquis of Bute (bronze casting, Cardiff)
Births
- 31 March — John Roberts, missionary (d. 1949 in Wales)[30]
- 20 May — John Owen Williams, Congregational minister, poet and Archdruid (died 1932)[31]
- 20 August — Charles Lewis, rugby player (d. 1923)[32]
- 26 September — Godfrey Darbishire, Wales rugby international player (d. 1889)
- 5 October — Garrod Thomas, physician, philanthropist, magistrate, politician (d. 1889)
Deaths
- 23 January — Sir Love Jones-Parry, army officer and politician, 71[33]
- 27 January — John Iltyd Nicholl, MP and judge, 55[34]
- 18 February — Richard Jones, preacher, 72/73[35]
- 6 April — John Jones, Anglican priest, scholar and literary patron, 70[36]
- 24 April — Thomas Prothero, coal-owner, 73
- 17 November — Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort, 61[37]
- 18 November — David Bowen, Felinfoel, Baptist minister, 78[38]