1862 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1862 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
- 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 Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn[12]
- Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire â Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover[13]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire â Thomas Hanbury-Tracy, 2nd Baron Sudeley
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire â William Edwardes, 3rd Baron Kensington
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire â John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite[14][2]
- Bishop of Bangor â James Colquhoun Campbell[15][16]
- Bishop of Llandaff â Alfred Ollivant[17][18]
- Bishop of St Asaph â Thomas Vowler Short[19][20][18]
- Bishop of St Davids â Connop Thirlwall[21][18][22]
Events
- 1 January â South Wales Railway leased to Great Western Railway prior to merger.
- 19 February â Gethin Pit disaster, Abercanaid: the first of two firedamp explosions at this colliery near Merthyr Tydfil kills 47 men and boys.[23]
- 5 May â Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare, makes an important speech on the subject of education in Wales. He is later appointed vice-president of the Committee of Council on Education.
- 2 June â Llangollen is linked to the rail network for the first time.
- 4 July â Sarah Edith Wynne, noted soprano, makes her London début.
- c. August â First train through the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway's Torpantau Tunnel.[24]
- 7 August â Ferry from Porthmadog to Talsarnau sinks with the loss of 8 lives.[25]
- 28 October â The incomplete Moel Famau Jubilee Tower collapses in a storm.
- 1 December â Great Orme's Head lighthouse at Llandudno, erected by the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, is first illuminated.[26]
- Guillermo Rawson, Interior Minister of Argentina, meets Love Jones-Parry and Lewis Jones to discuss the Welsh colonisation of Patagonia.
- The Clogau mine begins producing gold.
- Snowdon Mill, a steam-powered flour mill, is opened at Porthmadog.
Arts and literature
- "Religion", by Joseph Edwards, and "The Tinted Venus" by John Gibson are among sculptures shown at the Great Exhibition.
Awards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales is held at Caernarfon. The chair is won by Rowland Williams (Hwfa Môn).
New books
English language
- George Borrow â Wild Wales[27]
- Rees Howell Gronow â Reminiscences of Captain Gronow[28]
- Jane Williams (Ysgafell) â Celtic Fables, Fairy Tales and Legends versified
Welsh language
- John Ceiriog Hughes â Oriau'r Bore[29][30]
Music
- Henry Brinley Richards â "God Bless the Prince of Wales"[31]
- Ebenezer Thomas (Eben Fardd) â Hymnau
Sport
Births
- 5 January â John Fisher, Celtic scholar (d. 1930)
- 16 January â Leifchild Jones, 1st Baron Rhayader, politician (d. 1939)[32]
- 17 January â Buckley Roderick, Wales international rugby player (d. 1908)
- 23 January â Evan Richards, Wales international rugby player (d. 1931)
- 1 February â Thomas Pryce-Jenkins, Wales international rugby player (d. 1922)
- 16 February
- Llewellyn John Montfort Bebb, academic (d. 1915)[33]
- Philip Tanner, folk singer (d. 1950)[34]
- 22 March â Edward Treharne, Wales international rugby player (d. 1904)
- 11 April â Charles Evans Hughes, American politician of Welsh parentage (d. 1948)
- 27 April â Sir Hugh Vincent, solicitor and Wales international rugby player (d. 1931)[35]
- 28 April â William Norton, Wales international rugby player (d. 1898)
- 17 May â Sir William Rice Edwards, surgeon (d. 1923)[36]
- 5 August - Robert Mills-Roberts, footballer (d. 1935)
- 16 September â Thomas Baker Jones, Wales international rugby player (d. 1959)
- 27 October â Sir Hugh Evan-Thomas, admiral (d. 1928)[37]
- 16 November â Sir David Rocyn-Jones, medical practitioner and President of the WRU (d. 1953)[38]
- 7 December â Humphrey Jones, footballer (d. 1946)
- 9 December â John John Evans, journalist (d. 1942)
- date unknown
- John Daniel Evans, Patagonia settler (died 1943)[39]
- Seth Powell, footballer (d. 1945)
Deaths
- 3 January â Dan Jones, Mormon missionary, 51[40]
- 8 February - Hans Busk, poet, 89[41]
- 25 March â Timothy Davies, clergyman[42]
- 1 May â Frederick Richard West, politician, 62/63[43]
- 28 May â James Henry Cotton, Dean of Bangor, 82[44]
- 2 August â Anthony Hill, industrialist, 78[45]
- 27 August â John Williams (Ab Ithel), antiquary, 51[46]
- 9 December â Edward Hughes (Eos Maldwyn), harpist, age unknown (tuberculosis)[47]
- 31 December â Daniel Jones, Baptist minister, 74[48]
- date unknown â Robert Edwards, hymn writer, 66?[49]