1872 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1872 to Wales and its people.

← 1871 1870 1869 1868 1867 1872 in Wales → 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877
Centuries:	17th 18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s
See also:	List of years in Wales 1872 in The United Kingdom Ireland Scotland

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales — Albert Edward
• Princess of Wales — Alexandra

Events

• 5 January — In a mining accident at Blackwood Colliery, five men are killed.
• 2 March — In a mining accident at Victoria Colliery, Ebbw Vale, nineteen men are killed.
• 18 June — A derailment occurs in the Pencader Tunnel on the Carmarthen & Cardigan Railway.
• 12 July — Cardiff Tramways Company begins operation of horse trams.
• 15 July — The Colwyn Bay Hotel is opened.[1]
• 1 August — Minffordd railway station is opened.
• 9 October — 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.[2]
  • Nitrocellulose manufacture at Penrhyndeudraeth begins.

Arts and literature

New books

• R. D. Blackmore — The Maid of Sker
• Thomas Thomas — Hynodion Hen Bregethwyr Cymru

Music

• The South Wales "Cor Mawr", conducted by Griffith R. Jones (Caradog) wins a national choral competition at Crystal Palace.[3]

Sport

• Cricket — First game played at Elwy Grove Park, St Asaph.
• Football — 28 September: Wrexham Football Club is founded. They play at the Racecourse Ground.

Births

• 21 February — Evan Lorimer Thomas, clergyman and academic (died 1953)[4]
• 16 March — Vernon Hartshorn, politician (died 1931)
• 6 May — William Llewellyn Thomas, Wales international rugby player (died 1943)
• 10 May — Tom Pearson, Wales international rugby player (died 1957)
• 18 May — Bertrand Russell, philosopher (died 1970)[5]
• 14 July — David Morgan, Wales international rugby player (died 1933)
• 14 September — Albert Jenkin, Wales international rugby player (died 1961)
• 8 October — John Cowper Powys, Anglo-Welsh writer (died 1963)[6]
• date unknown — Thomas Jeremiah Williams, lawyer and politician (died 1919)[7]

Deaths

• 9 January — Crawshay Bailey, industrialist[8]
• 24 March — James Williams, clergyman and philanthropist, 81[9]
• 13 April — Thomas Vowler Short, Bishop of St Asaph[10]
• 3 August — William Davies Evans, chess player, 82[11]
• 18 August — Evan Jones, missionary, 84[12]
• 22 August — Evan Davies, educator, 84[13]
• 26 September — William Williams (Carw Coch), poet[14]
• 16 October — David Lewis, MP for Carmarthen, 75
• 11 November — Mary Anne Disraeli, wife of British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli, 80[15]

References

1. Sharon M. Varey; Graeme J. White (2016). Landscapes Past and Present: Cheshire and Beyond. University of Chester. p. 201. ISBN 978-1-908258-28-1.
2. George Eyre Evans (1905). Lampeter ... Jones. p. 208.
3. Rupert Hughes (1903). The Musical Guide. McClure, Phillips & Company. p. 577.
4. David Trevor William Price. "Thomas, Evan Lorimer (1872-1953), priest and scholar". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
5. Amita Singh (1987). The Political Philosophy of Bertrand Russell. Mittal Publications. p. 4. ISBN 978-81-7099-039-0.
6. Herbert Williams (1997). John Cowper Powys. Seren. p. 156. ISBN 978-1-85411-196-8.
7. Raymond Grant (1978). The Parliamentary History of Glamorgan, 1542-1976. C. Davies. ISBN 978-0-7154-0381-5.
8. Watkin William Price. "BAILEY family, of Nant-y-glo, Aberaman, etc". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
9. Jenkins, Robert Thomas. "Williams, James (1790–1872), cleric". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 29 April 2008.
10. William Thomas Havard. "Short, Thomas Vowler". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
11. David James Morgan. "Evans, William Davies". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
12. Jerry L. Faught, Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. "Evan Jones (1788-1872)." Retrieved July 19, 2013.
13. "The Late Evan Davies, LL.D." Welsh Newspapers Online. 6 September 1872. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
14. Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Williams, William (Carw Coch; 1808-1872), eisteddfodwr and man of letters". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
15. Mollie Hardwick (1972). Mrs. Dizzy: the life of Mary Anne Disraeli, Viscountess Beaconsfield. Cassell. p. 1.