1855 in Wales

Centuries:	17th; 18th; 19th; 20th; 21st;
Decades:	1830s; 1840s; 1850s; 1860s; 1870s;
See also:	List of years in Wales; Timeline of Welsh history 1855 in The United Kingdom Scotland Elsewhere

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1855 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents[edit]

Bishop of Bangor – Christopher Bethell^[16]^[17]
Bishop of Llandaff – Alfred Ollivant^[18]^[19]
Bishop of St Asaph – Thomas Vowler Short^[20]^[21]^[19]
Bishop of St Davids – Connop Thirlwall^[22]^[19]^[23]

Events[edit]

25 February – The steamship Morna is wrecked off North Bishop Rock, with the loss of 21 lives.^[24]
30 March – The Severn ferry from Chepstow sinks, and seven people drown.
Construction of the first section of the Llanidloes and Newtown Railway begins.

Arts and literature[edit]

New books[edit]

John Jones (Talhaiarn) – Gwaith Talhaiarn, vol. 1^[25]
William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog) – Gweithiau Barddonol Gwilym Hiraethog
William Williams (Creuddynfab) – Y Barddoniadur

Music[edit]

Death of James Green of Bron y Garth, last of the traditional crwth players.^[26]

Births[edit]

11 February – Samuel Goldsworthy, Wales international rugby player (died 1889)
9 April – Jeremiah Jones, poet (died 1902)^[27]
16 August – William David Phillips, Wales international rugby player (died 1918)
11 December – David Thomas Ffrangcon Davies, singer (died 1918)^[28]

Deaths[edit]

21 January – Evan Evans (Ieuan Glan Geirionydd), poet, 59^[29]
22 January – Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis, politician, 74^[30]
9 February – William Chambers, industrialist, 81
28 June – FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, 66^[31]
probable
- Richard Jones, printer and publisher, ?68
- William Edwards (Gwilym Callestr), poet^[32]

References[edit]

^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 24.
^ ^a ^b J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.
^ Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 695. ISBN 9780806313146.
^ Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1992. p. 169.
^ "Editorial". Welshman. 6 October 1865. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
^ Edwin Poole (1886). The Illustrated History and Biography of Brecknockshire from the Earliest Times to the Present Day: Containing the General History, Antiquities, Sepulchral Monuments and Inscriptions. Edwin Poole. p. 378.
^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 26.
^ "Myddelton Biddulph, Robert (1805-1872), of Chirk Castle, Denb. and 35 Grosvenor Place, Mdx". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
^ "Glynne, Sir Stephen Richard, 9th bt. (1807-1874), of Hawarden Castle, Flint". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
^ "TALBOT, Christopher Rice Mansel (1803-1890), of Penrice Castle and Margam Park, Glam". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 29.
^ Amy Audrey Locke (1916). The Hanbury Family. Arthur L. Humphreys. p. 147.
^ "Hanbury Tracy, Charles (1778–1858), of Toddington, Glos. and Gregynog, Mont". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
^ Thorne, R.G. "John Owen (1776-1861) of Orielton, Pembrokeshire". History of Parliament. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
^ Jonathan Williams (1859). The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. p. 115.
^ Fryde, E. B. (1996). Handbook of British chronology. Cambridge England: New York Cambridge University Press. p. 292. ISBN 9780521563505.
^ Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 305.
^ Frederick Arthur Crisp; Joseph Jackson Howard (1898). Visitation of England and Wales. p. 15.
^ ^a ^b ^c Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 307.
^ Nicholas Harris Nicolas (1857). The historic peerage of England: Revised, corrected, and continued ... by William Courthope. John Murray. p. 533.
^ The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
^ Old Yorkshire, volume 3. 1882. p. 90.
^ The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged. Porter. 1780. p. 95.
^ Jay Robert Nash (18 May 1976). Darkest Hours. M. Evans. p. 683. ISBN 978-1-59077-526-4.
^ Brooks, Simon (2017). Why Wales never was: the failure of Welsh nationalism. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 161. ISBN 9781786830135.
^ Budkavlen. F. W. Unggrens bok tryckeri. 1952. p. 10.
^ Gerallt Jones (1959). "Jones (family), Cilie, Cardiganshire. A family of smiths, poets, musicians and preachers". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
^ Robert David Griffith (1959). "Davies, David Thomas Ffrangcon (1855-1918), singer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
^ David Gwenallt Jones (1959). "Evans, Evan (Ieuan Glan Geirionydd; 1795-1855), cleric and poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
^ Mandler, Peter. "Lewis, Sir Thomas Frankland". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/16605. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Raglan, Fitzroy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
^ "Edwards, William (1790-1855)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales.

[1] Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 24.

[Sainty-2] J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.

[3] Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 695. ISBN 9780806313146.

[4] Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1992. p. 169.

[5] "Editorial". Welshman. 6 October 1865. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

[6] Edwin Poole (1886). The Illustrated History and Biography of Brecknockshire from the Earliest Times to the Present Day: Containing the General History, Antiquities, Sepulchral Monuments and Inscriptions. Edwin Poole. p. 378.

[7] Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 26.

[8] "Myddelton Biddulph, Robert (1805-1872), of Chirk Castle, Denb. and 35 Grosvenor Place, Mdx". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 5 December 2021.

[9] "Glynne, Sir Stephen Richard, 9th bt. (1807-1874), of Hawarden Castle, Flint". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 16 January 2022.

[10] "TALBOT, Christopher Rice Mansel (1803-1890), of Penrice Castle and Margam Park, Glam". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 18 January 2022.

[11] Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 29.

[12] Amy Audrey Locke (1916). The Hanbury Family. Arthur L. Humphreys. p. 147.

[13] "Hanbury Tracy, Charles (1778–1858), of Toddington, Glos. and Gregynog, Mont". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 2 July 2013.

[14] Thorne, R.G. "John Owen (1776-1861) of Orielton, Pembrokeshire". History of Parliament. Retrieved 27 March 2020.

[15] Jonathan Williams (1859). The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. p. 115.

[16] Fryde, E. B. (1996). Handbook of British chronology. Cambridge England: New York Cambridge University Press. p. 292. ISBN 9780521563505.

[Fasti305-17] Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 305.

[18] Frederick Arthur Crisp; Joseph Jackson Howard (1898). Visitation of England and Wales. p. 15.

[Fasti307-19] Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 307.

[20] Nicholas Harris Nicolas (1857). The historic peerage of England: Revised, corrected, and continued ... by William Courthope. John Murray. p. 533.

[21] The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.

[22] Old Yorkshire, volume 3. 1882. p. 90.

[23] The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged. Porter. 1780. p. 95.

[24] Jay Robert Nash (18 May 1976). Darkest Hours. M. Evans. p. 683. ISBN 978-1-59077-526-4.

[25] Brooks, Simon (2017). Why Wales never was: the failure of Welsh nationalism. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 161. ISBN 9781786830135.

[26] Budkavlen. F. W. Unggrens bok tryckeri. 1952. p. 10.

[27] Gerallt Jones (1959). "Jones (family), Cilie, Cardiganshire. A family of smiths, poets, musicians and preachers". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2022.

[28] Robert David Griffith (1959). "Davies, David Thomas Ffrangcon (1855-1918), singer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2022.

[29] David Gwenallt Jones (1959). "Evans, Evan (Ieuan Glan Geirionydd; 1795-1855), cleric and poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2022.

[30] Mandler, Peter. "Lewis, Sir Thomas Frankland". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/16605. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[31] Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Raglan, Fitzroy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

[32] "Edwards, William (1790-1855)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales.

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Incumbents[edit]

Events[edit]

Arts and literature[edit]

New books[edit]

Music[edit]

Births[edit]

Deaths[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]