1861 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1861 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 Edward Pryse[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire â John Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor (from 26 April)
- 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[11]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire â Robert Davies Pryce[12]
- Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire â Capel Hanbury Leigh (until 28 September);[13]Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover (from 9 November)[14]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire â Thomas Hanbury-Tracy, 2nd Baron Sudeley
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire â Sir John Owen, 1st Baronet (until 6 February);[15] William Edwardes, 3rd Baron Kensington[16] (from 28 April)
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire â John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite[17][2]
- Bishop of Bangor â James Colquhoun Campbell[18][19]
- Bishop of Llandaff â Alfred Ollivant[20][21]
- Bishop of St Asaph â Thomas Vowler Short[22][23][20]
- Bishop of St Davids â Connop Thirlwall[24][20][25]
Events
- 30 May - In a by-election caused by the death of the sitting MP, Richard Grosvenor becomes MP for Flintshire, holding it on behalf of the Liberals.
- 10 June - The Oswestry and Newtown Railway is completed throughout by opening of the section between Abermule and Newtown, giving through rail communication from England to Llanidloes.[26]
- July - Baner ac Amserau Cymru begins twice-weekly publication.
- date unknown
- Japanese knotweed is recorded at Maesteg - the first record of it growing wild in the UK.
- Excavation of Long Hole Cave in Glamorgan reveals prehistoric flint artefacts.[27]
- Pryce Pryce-Jones starts his mail order company in Newtown, Montgomeryshire.
- John Dillwyn-Llewelyn marries Caroline, daughter of Sir Michael Hicks Beach, 8th Baronet.
- Griffith John becomes the first Christian missionary to penetrate into central China.
Arts and literature
Awards
- 20â22 August - The first National Eisteddfod of Wales is held at Aberdare. The chair is won by Lewis William Lewis.[28]
New books
- Autobiography and Correspondence of Mrs. Delaney, ed. Augusta Hall, Lady Llanover
- Griffith Jones (Glan Menai) - Hywel Wyn
- John Jones (Vulcan) - Athrawiaeth yr Iawn
- David Owen (Brutus) - Cofiant y Diweddar Barch. Thomas Williams
- Thomas Rees - History of Protestant Nonconformity in Wales: From Its Rise to the Present Time
- William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog) - Emmanuel
- Jane Williams (Ysgafell) - The Literary Women of England
- Robert Williams (Trebor Mai) - Fy Noswyl
Music
- Hugh Jerman - Deus Misereatur
Sport
Births
- 1 January - John Owen Jones (Ap Ffarmwr), journalist (died 1899)
- 2 January (in Oswestry) - William Henry Griffith Thomas, clergyman and academic (died 1924)
- 28 February - Jessie Penn-Lewis, evangelist (died 1927)[29]
- 22 March - Dick Kedzlie, Wales international rugby player (died 1920)
- 7 April - Clara Novello Davies, singer (died 1943)[30]
- 5 May - John Edward Lloyd, historian (died 1947)[31]
- 31 July at Garneddwen - Alfred W. Hughes, surgeon and founder of the Welsh Hospital in South Africa
- 27 August - Reginald Brooks-King, archer (died 1936)
- 10 September - Sir John Lynn-Thomas, surgeon (died 1939)[32]
- 19 September - Evan Roberts, Wales international rugby player (died 1927)
- 26 October - Richard Griffith (Carneddog), writer (died 1947)[33]
- 28 December - David Gwynn, Wales international rugby player (died 1897)
- date unknown
- William Stadden, rugby player (died 1906)
- John Williams, politician (died 1922)
Deaths
- 6 February - Sir John Owen, 1st Baronet, 84[34]
- 20 April - David Pugh, merchant, landowner and politician,[35]
- 8 May - Thomas Lloyd-Mostyn, politician, 31[36]
- 17 May - Ellis Owen Ellis, artist, 48?
- 2 August - Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea, statesman, 50[37]
- 5 September - William Addams Williams, lawyer, landowner and politician, 74[38]
- 26 September - Morris Davies (Meurig Ebrill), poet, 71
- 25 October - Sir James Graham, 2nd Baronet, former MP for Pembroke, 69[39]