1845 in Wales

Centuries:	17th; 18th; 19th; 20th; 21st;
Decades:	1820s; 1830s; 1840s; 1850s; 1860s;
See also:	List of years in Wales; 1845 in The United Kingdom Scotland

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1845 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey[1][2][3][4]
Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Penry Williams[5][6]
Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Peter Drummond-Burrell, 22nd Baron Willoughby de Eresby[7]
Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – William Edward Powell[2]
Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – George Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor
Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Robert Myddelton Biddulph[8]
Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster (until 17 January); Sir Stephen Glynne, 9th Baronet (from 25 April)[9][10]
Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute[11]
Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn[12]
Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Capel Hanbury Leigh[13]
Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Edward Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis[14]
Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir John Owen, 1st Baronet[15]
Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite[16][2]

Bishop of Bangor – Christopher Bethell[17][18]
Bishop of Llandaff – Edward Copleston[19]
Bishop of St Asaph – William Carey[20][21][19]
Bishop of St Davids – Connop Thirlwall (from 9 August)[22][19][23]

Events

1 March — Work begins on the construction of the Chester and Holyhead Railway;[24] Robert Stephenson is chief engineer on the project.
2 August — 26 men are killed in a mining accident at Cwmbach, Aberdare.[25]
exact date unknown
- Halkyn-born Mormon missionary Dan Jones returns to Wales from the United States to proselytise for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[26]
- Henry Hussey Vivian becomes manager of the Hafod Smelting Works.[27]

Arts and literature

Literature and new books

1 January – Lewis Edwards founds the periodical Y Traethodydd.[28]
The Welsh language periodical Y Trysorfa is founded.
Thomas Gee inherits his father's printing business.[29]
Daniel Evans (Daniel Ddu o Geredigion) — Galar-Cerdd ar Farwolaeth William Bruce Knight, Deon Llandaf
John Jones (Idrisyn) — Yr Esboniad Beirniadol
John Mills (Ieuan Glan Alarch) — Y Beirniadur Cymreig
Samuel Prideaux Tregelles — Hebrew Reading Lessons

Music

Rosser Beynon — Telyn Seion
Casgliad o Hymnau (hymns)
John Ambrose Lloyd — Y Ganaan Glyd

Visual arts

March — Thomas Brigstocke exhibits his painting of General Nott before Queen Victoria.[30]
Penry Williams paints the portrait of Lady Charlotte Guest.

Births

1 January – Francis Jayne, Principal of St David's College, Lampeter, and Bishop of Chester (died 1921)
24 February – Alfred Lewis Jones, shipping magnate (died 1909)
16 May – Amy Dillwyn, businesswoman and novelist (died 1935)
21 June – Samuel Griffith, Premier of Queensland (died 1920)[31]
10 October – Timothy Richard, missionary (died 1919)

Deaths

1 January – Sir William Nott, military leader, 62[32]
17 January – Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster, Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire, 77[33]
26 January – Peter Jones (Pedr Fardd), poet, 69
12 April – John Nevill, 3rd Earl of Abergavenny, 55[34]
8 August – William Bruce Knight, Dean of Llandaff, 59[35]
16 October – Martha Llwyd, poet, 79
17 November – Sir Salusbury Pryce Humphreys, naval officer, 66[36]

References

Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 24.
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.
"Penpont including attached conservatory and rear service ranges". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
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.
"not known". Old Wales: Monthly Magazine of Antiquities for Wales and the Borders. "Old Wales" Office. 3: 106. 1907.
Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 612. ISBN 9780806313146.
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.
Evan David Jones (1959). "Herbert family (earls of Powis)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
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.
Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 307.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Carey, William (1769-1846)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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.
John Maxwell Dunn (1948). The Chester & Holyhead Railway. Oakwood Press.
Commercial Relations of the United States with Foreign Countries During the Years ... U.S. Government Printing Office. 1897.
"Wales". Retrieved 10 June 2014.
Ralph Alan Griffiths (1991). The City of Swansea: Challenges and Change. A. Sutton. ISBN 978-0-86299-676-5.
D. Densil Morgan. "'Et Incarnatus Est': The Christology of Thomas Charles Edwards (1837–1900)" (PDF). p. 58. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1994.
Cylchgrawn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru: The National Library of Wales Journal. Council of the National Library of Wales. 1968.
Serle, Percival (1949). "Griffith, Samuel Walker". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas (1842). History of the Orders of Knighthood of the British Empire; of the Order of the Guelphs of Hanover; and of the Medals, Clasps, and Crosses, Conferred for Naval and Military Services. J. Hunter. pp. 5.
Tedder, H. R., rev. H. C. G. Matthew (2004) 'Grosvenor, Robert, first marquess of Westminster (1767–1845)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Retrieved on 12 April 2010. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
Cokayne, George E. (1910). Gibbs, Vicary (ed.). The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant. Vol. I, Ab-Adam to Basing. London: St. Catherine Press. p. 43.
Lawrence Thomas. "Knight, William Bruce (1785-1845), Welsh scholar, ecclesiastic, and administrator". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). "Davenport, Salusbury Pryce" . A Naval Biographical Dictionary . John Murray – via Wikisource.

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[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] "Penpont including attached conservatory and rear service ranges". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2 December 2021.

[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] "not known". Old Wales: Monthly Magazine of Antiquities for Wales and the Borders. "Old Wales" Office. 3: 106. 1907.

[11] Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 612. ISBN 9780806313146.

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

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

[14] Evan David Jones (1959). "Herbert family (earls of Powis)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 November 2021.

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

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

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

[Fasti305-18] Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 305.

[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] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Carey, William (1769-1846)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

[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] John Maxwell Dunn (1948). The Chester & Holyhead Railway. Oakwood Press.

[25] Commercial Relations of the United States with Foreign Countries During the Years ... U.S. Government Printing Office. 1897.

[26] "Wales". Retrieved 10 June 2014.

[27] Ralph Alan Griffiths (1991). The City of Swansea: Challenges and Change. A. Sutton. ISBN 978-0-86299-676-5.

[28] D. Densil Morgan. "'Et Incarnatus Est': The Christology of Thomas Charles Edwards (1837–1900)" (PDF). p. 58. Retrieved 16 January 2022.

[29] Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1994.

[30] Cylchgrawn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru: The National Library of Wales Journal. Council of the National Library of Wales. 1968.

[31] Serle, Percival (1949). "Griffith, Samuel Walker". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. Retrieved 28 December 2008.

[32] Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas (1842). History of the Orders of Knighthood of the British Empire; of the Order of the Guelphs of Hanover; and of the Medals, Clasps, and Crosses, Conferred for Naval and Military Services. J. Hunter. pp. 5.

[33] Tedder, H. R., rev. H. C. G. Matthew (2004) 'Grosvenor, Robert, first marquess of Westminster (1767–1845)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Retrieved on 12 April 2010. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[34] Cokayne, George E. (1910). Gibbs, Vicary (ed.). The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant. Vol. I, Ab-Adam to Basing. London: St. Catherine Press. p. 43.

[35] Lawrence Thomas. "Knight, William Bruce (1785-1845), Welsh scholar, ecclesiastic, and administrator". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 May 2020.

[36] O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). "Davenport, Salusbury Pryce" . A Naval Biographical Dictionary . John Murray – via Wikisource.