1875 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1875 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] (until 16 April); Joseph Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk (from 11 June)[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 William Cornwallis-West
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire â Hugh Robert Hughes
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan â Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire â Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn[10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire â Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort[11]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire â Sudeley Hanbury-Tracy, 3rd Baron Sudeley[12]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire â William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire â John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite (until 21 April);[13][2] Arthur Walsh, 2nd Baron Ormathwaite (from 21 April)
Events
- August - First publication of The Usk Gleaner and Monmouthshire Record.
- December - South Wales miners, led by William Abraham, come to agreement on a sliding scale of wages in relation to prices and profits.
- 4 December - In a mining accident at Old Pit, New Tredegar, 22 men are killed.
- 5 December - In a mining accident at Llan Colliery, Pentyrch, twelve men are killed.
- unknown dates
- The first imports of North American wheat come through Cardiff.
- The United States Immigration and Naturalization Service recognises Welsh as a distinct nationality - the first official body ever to do so.
- Ordnance Survey publishes the first complete maps of Wales.
- David Davies Llandinam is elected treasurer of the University of Wales.
- Major eisteddfod held at Pwllheli. Future archdruid Rowland Williams (Hwfa Môn) is a leading adjudicator.
- Francis Wallace Grenfell takes part in the expedition which claims Griqualand West (site of the Kimberley diamond fields) for the UK.
- Bodnant Garden is begun by Baron Aberconway.[19]
Arts and literature
- Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot buys James Milo Griffith's Summer Flowers for Margam Castle.
New books
English language
- Hugh Owen Thomas - Diseases of the Hip, Knee, and Ankle Joints
Welsh language
- William Ambrose - Gweithiau y Parch. W. Ambrose (posthumously published)
- David Stephen Davies - Adroddiad
- Isaac Foulkes - Y Ddau Efell, neu Llanllonydd[20]
- Owen Jones (Meudwy Môn) (ed.) - Cymru, yn Hanesyddol, Parthedegol, a Bywgraphyddol[21]
- John Goronwy Mathias - Y Dywysen Aeddfed[22]
- Evan Rees (Dyfed) - Caniadau Dyfedfab
Music
- Robert Griffiths becomes the first secretary of the tonic solfa college.
- Joseph Parry composes the music to Myfanwy.
- Sarah Edith Wynne marries and retires from her singing career.
Sport
- Rugby union - Llanelli RFC and Risca RFC are formed.
- Yachting - Bristol Channel Yacht Club is formed in Swansea.
Births
- 3 January - Cliff Bowen, Wales international rugby player and county cricketer (died 1929)
- 4 January â William Williams (Crwys), poet and Archdruid (died 1968)[23]
- 19 January â Thomas Owen Jones, dramatist, actor and producer (died 1941)[24]
- 23 February â David Brazell, singer (died 1959)[25]
- 4 March â John Kelt Edwards, cartoonist (died 1934)[26]
- 23 May â Nathaniel Walters, Wales international rugby player (died 1956)
- 26 May â Jack Evans, Wales international rugby player (died 1947)
- 31 May â Daniel Jones, Wales international rugby player (died 1959)
- 11 June â Will Osborne, Wales international rugby player (died 1942)
- 16 June â Henry Paget, Lord Paget, eccentric, born in Paris (died 1905)[27]
- 10 September
- John Evans, politician (died 1961)[28]
- Harry Vaughan Watkins, Wales international rugby player (died 1945)
- 26 October â Sir Lewis Casson, English-born artist (died 1969)[29]
- 20 December (in Shirley, Derbyshire) â T. F. Powys, Anglo-Welsh writer (died 1953)[30]
- 25 December â George Davies, international rugby player (died 1959)
Deaths
- 4 January â Thomas Stephens, historian, literary critic and social reformer (born 1821)[31]
- 4 March â John Evans (I. D. Ffraid), minister and author, 60[32]
- April â Frances Bunsen, painter, 85[33]
- 16 April â Charles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar, Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire, 83[5]
- 19 July â Benjamin Davies, Hebraist, 60/61[34]
- 27 July â Connop Thirlwall, former Bishop of St Davids, 78[35]
- 19 August â Robert Elis (Cynddelw), writer, 63[36]
- 28 August â Sir Richard Williams-Bulkeley, 10th Baronet, politician, 73[37]
- 7 September â John Prichard, minister, author and teacher, 79[38]
- 16 September (in Shropshire) â Lucy Herbert, Countess of Powis, Scottish-born aristocrat, 81[39]
- 29 November â Thomas Jones, librarian, 65[40]
- date unknown
- David Davies, composer, about 65[41]
- (in London) â Fanny Parkes, travel writer, 81[42]
