1872 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1872 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey â William Owen Stanley[1][2][3][4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire â Charles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar[5][6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire â Edward Douglas-Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire â Edward Pryse[8][2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire â John Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire â Robert Myddelton Biddulph (until 21 March);[9] William Cornwallis-West (from 5 June)
- 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 Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort[13]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire â Sudeley Hanbury-Tracy, 3rd Baron Sudeley[14]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire â William Edwardes, 3rd Baron Kensington (until 1 January);[15] William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington (from 6 February)[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire â John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite[16][2]
Events
- 5 January â In a mining accident at Blackwood Colliery, five men are killed.
- 2 March â In a mining accident at Victoria Colliery, Ebbw Vale, nineteen men are killed.
- 18 June â A derailment occurs in the Pencader Tunnel on the Carmarthen & Cardigan Railway.
- 12 July â Cardiff Tramways Company begins operation of horse trams.
- 15 July â The Colwyn Bay Hotel is opened.[22]
- 1 August â Minffordd railway station is opened.
- 9 October â University College Wales, Aberystwyth, opens with 26 students; Thomas Charles Edwards is its first principal.
- unknown dates
- Stocks are used on the last recorded occasion in the UK, at Adpar in Cardiganshire, when a man is imprisoned in them for drunkenness.[23]
- Nitrocellulose manufacture at Penrhyndeudraeth begins.
Arts and literature
New books
- R. D. Blackmore â The Maid of Sker
- Thomas Thomas â Hynodion Hen Bregethwyr Cymru
Music
- The South Wales "Cor Mawr", conducted by Griffith R. Jones (Caradog) wins a national choral competition at Crystal Palace.[24]
Sport
- Cricket â First game played at Elwy Grove Park, St Asaph.
- Football â 28 September: Wrexham Football Club is founded. They play at the Racecourse Ground.
Births
- 21 February â Evan Lorimer Thomas, clergyman and academic (died 1953)[25]
- 16 March â Vernon Hartshorn, politician (died 1931)
- 6 May â William Llewellyn Thomas, Wales international rugby player (died 1943)
- 10 May â Tom Pearson, Wales international rugby player (died 1957)
- 18 May â Bertrand Russell, philosopher (died 1970)[26]
- 14 July â David Morgan, Wales international rugby player (died 1933)
- 14 September â Albert Jenkin, Wales international rugby player (died 1961)
- 8 October â John Cowper Powys, Anglo-Welsh writer (died 1963)[27]
- date unknown â Thomas Jeremiah Williams, lawyer and politician (died 1919)[28]
Deaths
- 1 January â William Edwardes, 3rd Baron Kensington, Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire, 70[15]
- 9 January â Crawshay Bailey, industrialist[29]
- 21 March â Robert Myddelton Biddulph, landowner and politician, 66[9]
- 24 March â James Williams, clergyman and philanthropist, 81[30]
- 13 April â Thomas Vowler Short, Bishop of St Asaph[31]
- 3 August â William Davies Evans, chess player, 82[32]
- 18 August â Evan Jones, missionary, 84[33]
- 22 August â Evan Davies, educator, 84[34]
- 26 September â William Williams (Carw Coch), poet[35]
- 28 September â Lleyson Hopkin Davy, government representative, brewer and industrialist, 89/90[36]
- 16 October â David Lewis, MP for Carmarthen, 75
- 11 November â Mary Anne Disraeli, wife of British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli, 80[37]