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 Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Penry Williams Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Peter Drummond-Burrell, 22nd Baron Willoughby de Eresby Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – William Edward Powell Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – George Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Robert Myddelton Biddulph Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster (until 17 January); Sir Stephen Glynne, 9th Baronet (from 25 April) Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Capel Hanbury Leigh Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Edward Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir John Owen, 1st Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite
Bishop of Bangor – Christopher Bethell Bishop of Llandaff – Edward Copleston Bishop of St Asaph – William Carey Bishop of St Davids – Connop Thirlwall (from 9 August)
Events 1 March — Work begins on the construction of the Chester and Holyhead Railway; Robert Stephenson is chief engineer on the project. 2 August — 26 men are killed in a mining accident at Cwmbach, Aberdare. 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. Henry Hussey Vivian becomes manager of the Hafod Smelting Works.
Arts and literature Literature and new books 1 January – Lewis Edwards founds the periodical Y Traethodydd. The Welsh language periodical Y Trysorfa is founded. Thomas Gee inherits his father's printing business. 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. 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 – Sir 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) 10 October – Timothy Richard, missionary (died 1919)
Deaths 1 January – Sir William Nott, military leader, 62 17 January – Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster, Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire, 77Tedder, 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. 26 January – Peter Jones (Pedr Fardd), poet, 69 12 April – John Nevill, 3rd Earl of Abergavenny, 55 8 August – William Bruce Knight, Dean of Llandaff, 59 16 October – Martha Llwyd, poet, 79 17 November – Sir Salusbury Pryce Humphreys, naval officer, 66
See also 1845 in Ireland
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