1864 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1864 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 Sudeley Hanbury-Tracy, 3rd Baron Sudeley[14]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire â William Edwardes, 3rd Baron Kensington
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire â John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite[15][2]
- Bishop of Bangor â James Colquhoun Campbell[16][17]
- Bishop of Llandaff â Alfred Ollivant[18][19]
- Bishop of St Asaph â Thomas Vowler Short[20][21][19]
- Bishop of St Davids â Connop Thirlwall[22][19][23]
Events
- June - David Lloyd George's father dies and his family move from Pembrokeshire to Llanystumdwy to be cared for by his maternal uncle, Richard Lloyd, when he is aged 18 months.
- June 23 - Aberystwyth is linked to the rail network for the first time.[24]
- October 6 - The Denbigh, Ruthin and Corwen Railway is completed throughout to Corwen.[24]
- David Davies Llandinam takes a lease of coal in the Upper Rhondda Valley and sinks the Parc and Maindy pits.
- Opening of Rhosydd Quarry narrow gauge railway incline on the upper Croesor Tramway at the head of the Croesor valley.
- The Llandudno Improvement Commissioners attempt to ban Punch and Judy shows. In this year, the town first receives the title "Queen of Welsh Resorts".[25]
Arts and literature
Awards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales is held at Llandudno. The chair is won by Richard Foulkes Edwards (Rhisiart Ddu o Wynedd).
New books
English language
- R. D. Blackmore - Clara Vaughan[26][27]
- Sir John Henry Philipps - Lyrics
- Alfred Russel Wallace - The Origin of Human Races and the Antiquity of Man Deduced from the Theory of Natural Selection
- Frances Williams-Wynn - Diaries of a Lady of Quality (posthumously published)[28]
Welsh language
- Huw Derfel - Llawlyfr Carnedd Llywelyn[29]
- Robert Jones Derfel - Traethodau ac Areithiau[30]
- Daniel Silvan Evans (ed.) - Y Marchog Crwydrad: Hen Ffuglith Gymreig
Music
- William Griffiths (Ifander) - Gwarchae Harlech (cantata)[31]
Sport
- Cricket
- South Wales Cricket Club play Gentlemen of Sussex. The South Wales team includes W. G. Grace, who scores 170.
- Football
- October 22 - The predecessor of Wrexham A.F.C. plays its first match, making it the oldest association football club in Wales and the world's sixth oldest football club.
Births
- January 8
- Prince Albert Victor, first child of the Prince and Princess of Wales (died 1892)[32]
- Thomas Allen Glenn, soldier and historian (died 1948)[33]
- February 7 - Alfred Augustus Mathews, vicar and Wales international rugby player (died 1946)
- March 11 - John Silas Evans, astronomer (died 1953)[34]
- May 4 - Harry Bowen, Wales international rugby player (died 1913)
- June 5 - Edward Pegge, Wales international rugby player (died 1915)
- July 5 - Lloyd Kenyon, 4th Baron Kenyon (died 1927)[35]
- August 19 - Charles Green, first Bishop of Monmouth (died 1944)[36]
- September 15
- Fred Andrews, Wales international rugby player (died 1929)
- Giotto Griffiths, Wales international rugby player (died 1938)
- September 21 - Ernest Rowland, priest and Wales international rugby player (died 1940)
- October 10
- Edward Bishop - Wales international rugby union player (died 1919)
- Arthur Gould - Wales international rugby union captain (died 1919)[37]
- October 17 - Sir John Morris-Jones, grammarian (died 1929)[38]
- November 4 - Margaret Owen, later wife of David Lloyd George (died 1941)
Deaths
- 11 March - Richard Roberts, engineer, 74[39]
- 28 March - Ellis Evans, Baptist minister and author, 77[40]
- 18 June
- Evan Davies, missionary, 59[41]
- William Smith O'Brien, Irish nationalist, 60 (in Bangor)[42]
- 20 June - John Davies (Brychan), poet, 79[43]
- 24 July - Lloyd Kenyon, 3rd Baron Kenyon, 59[35]
- 1 August - Thomas Rees, Unitarian minister (born 1777)[44]
- 29 December - Mary Jones, early owner of a Welsh Bible, 80
