1863 in Wales

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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1863 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

For United Kingdom incumbents, see 1863 in the United Kingdom § Incumbents.

• Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}
• Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – John Lloyd Vaughan Watkins ^{[5] [6]}
• Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Sir Richard Williams-Bulkeley, 10th Baronet ^[7]
• Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Edward Pryse ^[8]
• Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor
• Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Robert Myddelton Biddulph ^[9]
• Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Sir Stephen Glynne, 9th Baronet ^[10]
• Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot ^[11]
• Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn ^[12]
• Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover ^[13]
• Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Thomas Hanbury-Tracy, 2nd Baron Sudeley (until 19 February); Sudeley Hanbury-Tracy, 3rd Baron Sudeley (from 21 April) ^[14]
• Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – William Edwardes, 3rd Baron Kensington
• Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite ^{[15] [2]}
• Bishop of Bangor – James Colquhoun Campbell ^{[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

• 10 March – Marriage of Edward Albert, Prince of Wales, to Alexandra of Denmark. Alexandra becomes the first Princess of Wales since 1820.
• 28 July – The Anglesey Central Railway Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict. c.cxxviii) brings about the foundation of the Anglesey Central Railway. ^[24]
• 23 October – Festiniog Railway introduces steam locomotives into general service, the first time this has been done anywhere in the world on a public railway of such a narrow gauge (2 ft (60 cm)). ^[25]
• English church services are introduced for English-speaking minorities in Welsh-speaking areas.
• Sir Hugh Owen becomes an honorary secretary of the London committee formed to set up the University of Wales.
• Mesac Thomas becomes the first Bishop of Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia.
• Publication of The Bards of Wales , first written in 1857 by Hungarian poet János Arany, using the story of Edward I's conquest of Wales to disguise criticism of the Austro-Hungarian empire.
• Machynlleth born John Evans arrives in British Columbia, Canada, with a group of other Welsh miners. He subsequently becomes a major political figure in the province.
• Spa pump room built at Trefriw.
• Guest Memorial Library at Dowlais opened.

Arts and literature

Awards

• National Eisteddfod of Wales is held at Swansea.
• The Newdigate Prize is awarded to Thomas Llewellyn Thomas.

New books

• John Ceiriog Hughes – Cant o Ganeuon
• John Jones (Ioan Emlyn) – Golud yr Oes
• David William Nash – The Pharaoh of the Exodus
• Ebenezer Thomas – Cyff Beuno

Music

• John Ceiriog Hughes – Cant O Ganeuon
• John Thomas (Pencerdd Gwalia) – Llewelyn (cantata) ^[26]

Sport

• Cricket
  • 23 July – South Wales Cricket Club defeat MCC at Lord's.
  • 27 July – South Wales Cricket Club defeat Gentlemen of Kent at Cranbrook.

Births

• 15 January – James Webb, Wales rugby international (died 1913)
• 17 January – David Lloyd George, politician (died 1945) ^[27]
• 3 March – Arthur Machen, writer (died 1947) ^[28]
• 16 March – Dan Beddoe, operatic tenor (died 1937)
• 25 March – Owen Philipps, 1st Baron Kylsant (died 1937) ^[29]
• 13 April – Walter E. Rees, Secretary of the Welsh Rugby Union (died 1949)
• May – William Rees-Davies (judge), politician and lawyer (died 1939)
• 8 May – Charles Taylor Wales rugby international (died 1915)
• 18 May – Lewis Davies (writer), novelist and historian (died 1951)
• 21 May – William Jones Williams, civil servant (died 1949)
• 11 June – Llewellyn Henry Gwynne, first suffragan Bishop of Khartoum (died 1957) ^[30]
• 18 June – George Essex Evans, Australian poet of Welsh parentage (died 1909) ^[31]
• 2 July – Billy Douglas, Wales international rugby player (died 1943)
• 7 August – Edward Perkins Alexander, Wales international rugby player (died 1931)
• 8 August – John Herbert Roberts, Baron Clwyd of Abergele, politician (died 1955) ^[32]
• 17 August – Joseph Harry, minister, writer and teacher (died 1950) ^[33]
• 29 August – Sir Daniel Lleufer Thomas, magistrate (died 1940) ^[34]
• 10 September – Walter Rice Evans, Wales international rugby player (died 1909)
• 7 November – Rowley Thomas, Wales international rugby player (died 1949)
• probable – William Retlaw Williams, Welsh writer (died 1944) ^[35]

Deaths

• 17 February – Ebenezer Thomas (Eben Fardd), poet, 60 ^[36]
• 19 February – Thomas Hanbury-Tracy, 2nd Baron Sudeley, Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire, 62
• 28 February – David Williams (Alaw Goch), industrialist, 53 ^[37]
• 21 March – David Griffiths, missionary, 71 ^[38]
• 24 March – Thomas Powell, industrialist, 84 ^[39]
• 13 April – George Cornewall Lewis, statesman, 56 ^[40]
• May/June – David Bevan Jones (Dewi Elfed), Mormon leader, 55 ^[41]
• 15 July – Edward Pryce Owen, artist, 75 ^[42]
• 8 November – Joseph Hughes (Carn Ingli), poet, 60
• 13 December – Robert Saunderson, printer, 83 ^[43]
• 28 December – Thomas Bevan, Archdeacon of St David's, 63 ^[44]

See also

• 1863 in Ireland

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