1850 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1850 to Wales and its people.

← 1849 1848 1847 1846 1845 1850 in Wales → 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855
Centuries:	17th 18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s
See also:	List of years in Wales 1850 in The United Kingdom Ireland Scotland

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales – Albert Edward
• Princess of Wales – vacant

Events

• 18 March – Opening of the Britannia Bridge.[1]
• 3 April – G. T. Clark marries Ann Price Lewis, a descendant of one of the original partners in the Dowlais Ironworks.[2]
• 16 June – Opening of the South Wales Railway between Chepstow and Swansea.
• November – The first issue of the periodical Y Drych is printed, though not in circulation for another two months[3]
• 14 December – 13 men are killed in a mining accident at New Duffryn Colliery, Mountain Ash.
• unknown dates
  • The Llanelli Board of Health is founded, with William Chambers as its first chairman.
  • The Merthyr Board of Health is founded, with John Josiah Guest as its first chairman.
  • Vaendre Hall in the village of St Mellons is completed, the home of the industrialist John Cory.[4][5]

Arts and literature

New books

• Thomas Edwards (Caerfallwch) – Geirlyfr Saesoneg a Chymraeg, An English and Welsh Dictionary
• 'Elen Egryn' (Elin Evans) – Telyn Egryn (poems)
• Elijah Waring – Recollections and Anecdotes of Edward Williams[6]
• Morris Williams (Nicander) – Y Psalmwyr

Music

• September – North Wales Musical Festival is held at Rhuddlan Castle.[7]

Births

• 1 January – Evan Rees (Dyfed), minister, poet and archdruid (died 1923)[8]
• 4 January – Griffith J. Griffith, industrialist (died 1919)[9]
• 16 April – Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, inventor (died 1885)[10]
• 24 November – John Aeron Thomas, politician (died 1935)
• date unknown
  • Alfred Davies, footballer (died 1891)[11]
  • John Evan Davies, minister and author (died 1929)[12]
  • Owen Owen, teacher and schools inspector (died 1920)[13]

Deaths

• 11 April
  • David Hughes, clergyman and writer, 64?
  • Edward Hughes (Y Dryw), poet, 77[14]
• 18 April – John Richards, Welsh-born US politician, 85
• 19 April – Sir John Edwards of Garth, politician, 80[15]
• 11 July – Robert Williams (Robert ap Gwilym Ddu), poet and hymn-writer, 83[16]
• 28 July – David Lewis, Carmarthenshire priest and writer, 90?
• 2 September – Charles Williams-Wynn, politician, 74[17]
• 19 December – George Williams, politician, 85

References

1. Steve Skinner (19 July 2014). Hydraulic Fluid Power – A Historical Timeline. p. 42. ISBN 978-1-291-67689-1.
2. Brian Ll James (1998). G. T. Clark: Scholar Ironmaster in the Victorian Age. University of Wales Press. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-7083-1500-2.
3. Jerry Hunter (2007). Sons of Arthur, Children of Lincoln: Welsh Writing from the American Civil War. University of Wales Press. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-7083-2020-4.
4. "Cof Cymru – National Historic Assets of Wales – Full Report for Listed Buildings – Faendre Hall". Cadw – Cof Cymru.
5. Bronte Howard (5 May 2020). "Inside the grand manor house for sale that was once used as the backdrop for a Doctor Who Christmas day special". Wales Online. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
6. Hobsbawm, E. J. Hobsbawm; Eric Hobsbawm; Terence Ranger (31 July 1992). The Invention of Tradition. Cambridge University Press. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-521-43773-8.
7. Gareth Williams (1998). Valleys of Song: Music and Society in Wales 1840–1914. University of Wales Press. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-7083-1480-7.
8. Rhys, James Ednyfed (1959). "Rees, Evan (Dyfed; 1850–1923), Calvinistic Methodist minister, poet, and archdruid of Wales". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
9. "BBC – south east Wales historical figures – Griffith J Griffith". BBC website. BBC. 14 May 2010. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
10. William Llewelyn Davies. "Thomas, Sidney Gilchrist (1850–1885), metallurgist and inventor". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
11. Davies, Gareth; Garland, Ian (1991). Who's Who of Welsh International Soccer Players. Bridge Books. p. 33. ISBN 1-872424-11-2.
12. Williams, Griffith John. "John Evan Davies". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
13. Edgar William Jones. "Owen, Owen (1850–1920), first chief inspector of the Central Welsh Board for Intermediate Education in Wales". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
14. Robert William Hughes. "Hughes, Edward ('Y Dryw'; 1772-1850), eisteddfodic poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
15. Bernard Burke (1850). The Heraldic Register, 1849-1850: With an Introductory Essay on Heraldry, and an Annotated Obituary. E. Churton. p. 3.
16. Stephen Joseph Williams. "Williams, Robert (Robert ap Gwilym Ddu; 1766-1850), poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
17. The Illustrated London News. Leighton. 1850. p. 207.