1852 in Wales
Encyclopedia
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1852 to Wales
and its people
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Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
and its people
Welsh people
The Welsh people are an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language.John Davies argues that the origin of the "Welsh nation" can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the Roman departure from Britain, although Brythonic Celtic languages seem to have...
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Incumbents
- Prince of WalesPrince of WalesPrince of Wales is a title traditionally granted to the heir apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the 15 other independent Commonwealth realms...
— The Prince Albert EdwardEdward VII of the United KingdomEdward VII was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910...
, son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom - Princess of WalesPrincess of WalesPrincess of Wales is a British courtesy title held by the wife of The Prince of Wales since the first "English" Prince of Wales in 1283.Although there have been considerably more than ten male heirs to the throne, there have been only ten Princesses of Wales. The majority of Princes of Wales...
— vacant
Events
- 24 February — The Times reports that Robert StephensonRobert StephensonRobert Stephenson FRS was an English civil engineer. He was the only son of George Stephenson, the famed locomotive builder and railway engineer; many of the achievements popularly credited to his father were actually the joint efforts of father and son.-Early life :He was born on the 16th of...
has approved Isambard Kingdom BrunelIsambard Kingdom BrunelIsambard Kingdom Brunel, FRS , was a British civil engineer who built bridges and dockyards including the construction of the first major British railway, the Great Western Railway; a series of steamships, including the first propeller-driven transatlantic steamship; and numerous important bridges...
's design for a railway bridge at ChepstowChepstow BridgeChepstow railway bridge was built to the instructions of Isambard Kingdom Brunel in 1852. The "Great Tubular Bridge" over the River Wye at Chepstow, which at that point forms the boundary between Wales and England, is considered one of Brunel's major achievements, despite its appearance...
. - 10 May — 27 men are killed by quicksandQuicksandQuicksand is a colloid hydrogel consisting of fine granular matter , clay, and water.Water circulation underground can focus in an area with the optimal mixture of fine sands and other materials such as clay. The water moves up and then down slowly in a convection-like manner throughout a column...
at Gwendraeth Colliery, PontyberemPontyberemPontyberem is a village situated in the Gwendraeth Valley halfway between Carmarthen and Llanelli in Carmarthenshire, South Wales.- History :...
. - 4 November — In the United Kingdom general electionUnited Kingdom general election, 1852The July 1852 United Kingdom general election was a watershed election in the formation of the modern political parties of Britain. Following 1852, the Tory/Conservative party became, more completely, the party of the rural aristocracy, while the Whig/Liberal party became the party of the rising...
:- Walter CoffinWalter CoffinWalter Coffin was a Welsh coalowner and Member of Parliament. Coffin is recognised as the first person to exploit the rich coal fields of the Rhondda Valley on an industrial scale, pioneering the growth of one of the most wealthy coal mining areas in the world.-Early life:Born in 1784 he was the...
becomes the first Nonconformist MP elected in Wales. - Henry VivianHenry Vivian, 1st Baron SwanseaHenry Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Swansea was a Welsh industrialist and politician.-Biography:Born at Singleton Abbey, Swansea, Henry was the eldest son of industrialist and MP John Henry Vivian and his wife Sarah, daughter of Arthur Jones, of Reigate. His uncle was Sir Richard Hussey Vivian, first...
becomes MP for Truro. - Crawshay BaileyCrawshay BaileyCrawshay Bailey was an English industrialist who became one of the great iron-masters of Wales.-Early life:Bailey was born in 1789 in Great Wenham, Suffolk, the son of John Bailey, of Wakefield and his wife Susannah...
becomes MP for Monmouth Boroughs.
- Walter Coffin
- December — In the by-election caused by the death of John Josiah GuestJohn Josiah GuestSir Josiah John Guest, 1st Baronet, known as John Josiah Guest, was a Welsh engineer and entrepreneur.-Life:Born in Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, as the son of Thomas Guest, a partner in the Dowlais Iron Company...
, Henry Austin BruceHenry Bruce, 1st Baron AberdareHenry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare GCB, PC, FRS was a British Liberal Party politician, who served in government most notably as Home Secretary and as Lord President of the Council....
is elected MP for Merthyr TydfilMerthyr TydfilMerthyr Tydfil is a town in Wales, with a population of about 30,000. Although once the largest town in Wales, it is now ranked as the 15th largest urban area in Wales. It also gives its name to a county borough, which has a population of around 55,000. It is located in the historic county of...
. - St David's College, Lampeter, becomes the first institution in Wales to award degrees.
New books
- Aneurin Jones — Tafol y Beirdd
- William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog)William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog)The Rev. William Rees , usually known in Wales by his bardic name of Gwilym Hiraethog, was a Welsh poet and author, one of the major figures of Welsh literature during the 19th century....
— Aelwyd F'Ewythr Robert - John Williams (Glanmor) — Awstralia a'r Cloddfeydd Aur
- Robert Williams — Enwogion Cymru: A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Welshmen, from the Earliest Times
Music
- J. Ambrose Lloyd — Teyrnasoedd y Ddaear
- Edward StephenEdward StephenEdward Jones Stephen , often known by his bardic name of Tanymarian, was a Welsh musician, singer and composer, mainly of hymns and songs....
(Tanymarian) — Ystorm Tiberias (oratorio) - Thomas Williams (Hafrenydd) — Ceinion Cerddoriaeth
Births
- 20 March — John Gwenogvryn EvansJohn Gwenogvryn EvansReverend John Gwenogvryn Evans was a Welsh palaeographic expert.Evans was born at Llanybydder in Carmarthenshire. He was apprenticed to a grocer, but returned to school, one of his teachers being William Thomas . He studied theology and became a Unitarian minister, but gave up his pastorate...
, palaeographer (died 1930) - 26 April — William Eilir Evans, journalist (died 1910)
- 28 April — Sir Francis Edwards, 1st Baronet, Liberal politician (died 1927)
- 11 May — Sir David Saunders Davies, MP (died 1934)
- 25 November — Sir Evan Vincent Evans, Eisteddfod supporter (died 1934)
- December — Alice Gray Jones (Ceridwen Peris), writer (died 1943)
Deaths
- 23 February — Evan Jones (Ieuan Gwynedd), minister and journalist, 31
- 2 May — John Jones (Ioan Tegid), poet, 60
- 20 May — Robert Williamson, poet, 45?
- 26 November — John Josiah GuestJohn Josiah GuestSir Josiah John Guest, 1st Baronet, known as John Josiah Guest, was a Welsh engineer and entrepreneur.-Life:Born in Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, as the son of Thomas Guest, a partner in the Dowlais Iron Company...
, engineer, entrepreneur and politician, 77