1855 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1855 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey â Henry Paget, 2nd 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 Thomas Lloyd, Coedmore
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire â John Campbell, 1st Earl Cawdor
- 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[10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire â Robert Davies Pryce[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]
Events
- 25 February â The steamship Morna is wrecked off North Bishop Rock, with the loss of 21 lives.[24]
- 30 March â 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) â Gwaith Talhaiarn, vol. 1[25]
- William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog) â Gweithiau Barddonol Gwilym Hiraethog
- William Williams (Creuddynfab) â Y Barddoniadur
Music
Births
- 11 February â Samuel Goldsworthy, Wales international rugby player (died 1889)
- 9 April â Jeremiah Jones, poet (died 1902)[27]
- 16 August â William David Phillips, Wales international rugby player (died 1918)
- 11 December â David Thomas Ffrangcon Davies, singer (died 1918)[28]
Deaths
- 21 January â Evan Evans (Ieuan Glan Geirionydd), poet, 59[29]
- 22 January â Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis, politician, 74[30]
- 9 February â William Chambers, industrialist, 81
- 10 February â John Henry Vivian, industrialist, 69[31]
- 28 June â FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, 66[32]
- probable
- Richard Jones, printer and publisher, ?68
- William Edwards (Gwilym Callestr), poet[33]