1901 in Wales

none September 2019 February 2020 1901 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1901 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1901 in the United Kingdom#Incumbents Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Hwfa MônHywel Teifi Edwards The Eisteddfod https://books.google.com/books?id=K81RDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT39 20 July 2016 University of Wales Press 978-1-78316-914-6 39 Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Sir Richard Henry Williams-Bulkeley, 12th Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Joseph Bailey, 1st Baron GlanuskDod's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland, Including All the Titled Classes Dod 1921 356 Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – John Ernest GreavesNational Museum of Wales Adroddiad Blynyddol The Museum 1935 3 Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Herbert Davies-EvansThe county families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland Dalcassian Publishing Company 1860 443 Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – Sir James Williams-Drummond, 4th BaronetThe Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion The Society 1986 63 Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – William Cornwallis-West Potter Matthew The concept of the 'master' in art education in Britain and Ireland, 1770 to the present Routledge Abingdon, Oxon 2016 9781351545471 149 Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Hugh Robert HughesJournal of the Architectural, Archaeological, and Historic Society for the County and the City of Chester and North Wales Popish recusants in Flintshire in 1625 Henry Taylor Architectural, Archaeological, and Historic Society for the County and the City of Chester and North Wales 1895 304 Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Robert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – W. R. M. Wynnehttps://cylchgronau.llyfrgell.cymru/view/2043441/2044175/159 Transactions of the Liverpool Welsh National Society 1891-92 National Library of Wales 15 March 2022 Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Godfrey Morgan, 1st Viscount TredegarCyril James Oswald Evans Monmouthshire, Its History and Topography W. Lewis (printers) 1953 190*Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Sir Herbert Williams-Wynn, 7th Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Frederick Campbell, 3rd Earl Cawdors-CAMP-VAU-1847 Campbell, Frederick Archibald Vaughan, viscount Emlyn (1847-1898), earl Cawdor (1898-1911) Glyn Roberts 1959 20 March 2022 Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Powlett MilbankWhitaker's Almanack Joseph Whitaker Whitaker's Almanack 1913 847 Bishop of Bangor – Watkin WilliamsBurke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage Burke's Peerage Limited 1925 2437 Bishop of Llandaff – Richard LewisDavid Henry Williams Catalogue of Seals in the National Museum of Wales: Seal dies, Welsh seals, papal bullae National Museum of Wales 1993 75 Bishop of St Asaph – A. G. Edwards (later Archbishop of Wales)Who was Who 1897–2007, 1991, 978-0-19-954087-7 Bishop of St Davids – John Owens-OWEN-JOH-1854 Owen, John (1854-1926), bishop Thomas Iorwerth Ellis 1959 19 March 2022 Events January – Samuel Thomas Evans becomes the last QC appointed by Queen Victoria.The Law Journal https://books.google.com/books?id=7wgxAQAAMAAJ 1909 E.B. Ince 63 22 January – Albert Edward, Prince of Wales accedes to the throne as King Edward VII of the United Kingdom, following the death of Queen Victoria. 31 March – The 10-yearly Census of England and Wales is taken. The population of Wales is shown to have topped two million for the first time in history. Over 15% of the population speak Welsh as their sole language.200 years of the census in Wales 2001 Office for National Statistics 3 April – Frederick Rutherfoord Harris, MP for Monmouth Boroughs, is unseated for alleged electoral malpractice.The Times, 3 September 1920. 17 April – Mawddwy Railway passenger services are suspended "pending repairs";Welsh Railway Closed Welsh Gazette 6 June 1901 6 goods services are also suspended between May and October. 7 May – In the by-election at Monmouth Boroughs, Joseph Lawrence becomes the new Conservative MP.27312 10 May 1901 3197 24 May – 81 miners are killed in an accident at Universal Colliery, Senghenydd.John H. Brown The Valley of the Shadow: An Account of Britain's Worst Mining Disaster, the Senghenydd Explosion https://books.google.com/books?id=EdlGAAAAYAAJ 1981 Alun Books 978-0-907117-06-3 146 10 September – Twelve miners are killed in a mining accident at Llanbradach Colliery in Glamorgan.Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons Sessional Papers https://books.google.com/books?id=cTIiAQAAMAAJ 1902 H.M. Stationery Office 3 9 November Prince George, Duke of Cornwall and York (later George V) and his wife Mary of Teck officially become Prince and Princess of Wales. Shipping magnate Alfred Lewis Jones is awarded a knighthood.Birthday Honours 9 November 1901 8 36608 December – The Rhymney Railway opens Caerphilly railway works.E. R. Mountford Caerphilly Works, 1901–1964 Roundhouse Books Hatch End 1965 14 Gomer Berry and William Ewart Berry co-found Advertising World.World's Press News and Advertisers' Review https://books.google.com/books?id=M0giAQAAMAAJ 1966 World's Press News Publishing Company, Limited Samuel Walker Griffith helps draft the Australian constitution. Construction of Port Talbot Steelworks begins.John R. Hume Michael S. Moss A Bed of Nails: The History of P. MacCallum & Sons Ltd of Greenock, 1781-1981, a Study in Survival https://books.google.com/books?id=dr9IAAAAYAAJ 1983 Lang & Fulton 978-0-900673-16-0 36 Construction of the 156-room Grand Hotel at Llandudno, the largest in Wales at the time.Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art https://books.google.com/books?id=SF1JAQAAMAAJ 1902 John W. Parker and Son 616 Arts and literature Arthur Machen joins Frank Benson's travelling theatre company. Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales – held in Merthyr Tydfil Chair – Evan Rees, "Y Diwigiwr"Winners of the Chair National Eisteddfod https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/winners-chair 2021-02-27 eisteddfod.wales 13 February 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210213204407/https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/winners-chair dead Crown – John Gwili Jenkins New books English language J. E. Morris – The Welsh Wars of Edward Ihttps://www.llanerchpress.com/book/category/mediaeval-history/7/the-welsh-wars-of-edward-i/john-e-morris/1897853521 The Welsh Wars of Edward I Llanerch Press 25 May 2024 ens-MORR-EDW-1859 Morris, John Edward (1859-1933), schoolmaster and historian Robert Thomas Jenkins 1959 25 May 2024 The Dau Wynne – A Maid of Cymru Welsh language Morris Williams (Nicander) – Damhegion Esop ar Gân (published posthumously)https://biography.wales/article/s-WILL-MOR-1809 Williams, Morris (Nicander; 1809-1874), cleric and man of letters Thomas Iorwerth Ellis Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 25 August 2021 Owen Morgan Edwards (ed) – Gwaith Dafydd ab Gwilym (Cyfres y Fil)Gwaith Dafydd ap Gwilym Sport Rugby Union 9 February – Scotland beat Wales 18–8 at Inverleith, Edinburgh. Pontypool RFC and Tenby United RFC are founded. Births 4 January – Lonza Bowdler, Wales international rugby player (died 1963) 18 February – Will Owen, politician (died 1981) 27 February – Iorwerth Peate, social anthropologist, poet and author, founder of the Welsh Folk Museum (died 1982)s6-PEAT-CYF-1901 Peate, Iorwerth Cyfeiliog (1901–1982), Curator of the Welsh Folk Museum, 1948–1971, scholar and poet Trefor M. Owen National Library of Wales 16 October 2019 4 March – Edward Prosser Rhys, journalist and poet (died 1945)Jones Evan David Rhys, Edward Prosser s2-RHYS-PRO-1901 National Library of Wales 8 August 2015 1 April – Tom Jones, cricketer (died 1935) 18 April – Mel Rosser, dual-code international rugby player (died 1988)They Played Rugby for Wales, 2023 edition Eric Lemon 2024 9780645362664 415 22 May – David Morgan Jenkins, rugby player (died 1968) 11 June – Jack Livesey, actor (died 1961 in the United States) 22 June – Naunton Wayne, actor (died 1970)Evelyn Mack Truitt Who was who on Screen https://books.google.com/books?id=irZmAAAAMAAJ 1977 Bowker 978-0-8352-0914-4 482 3 September – Alexander Tudor-Hart, doctor and political activist (died 1992)Alex Tudor-Hart http://spartacus-educational.com/SPtudorhart.htm Spartacus educational 12 October 2015 10 September – Rowe Harding, Wales and British Lions rugby player (died 1991) 9 November – Rhys Davies, writer (died 1978)https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-31011 Davies, Rhys [Rees Vivian] 2004 10.1093/ref:odnb/31011 978-0-19-861412-8 15 February 2021 10 December – Ivor Jones, rugby player (died 1982) 24 December – Hilary Marquand, economist and MP (died 1972)https://biography.wales/article/s6-MARQ-ADA-1901 Marquand, Hilary (1901–1972), economist and Labour politician John Graham Jones Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 16 October 2019 date unknown – Ivor R. Davies, Welsh-descended organist and composer (died 1970)Musical Opinion – Volume 94 – Page 483 1970 OBITUARY Ivor R. Davies, F.R.C.O., LJLA.M. Deaths 20 January – James Harvey Insole, English-born colliery proprietor, 79https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3475356/3475360/64/ Death of Mr J. H. Insole. A Pioneer of Cardiff's Trade 21 January 1901 Evening Express 10 December 2019 4 7 February – Leonard Watkins, Wales international rugby union player, 41 21 February – John Deffett Francis, artist, 85https://biography.wales/article/s-FRAN-DEF-1815 Francis, John Deffett (1815–1901), painter and collector Megan Ellis Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 17 October 2019 14 May – Fanny Price-Gwynne, polymath, 82 June – Abel Jones (Bardd Crwst), balladeer, 71https://biography.wales/article/s-JONE-ABE-1830 Jones, Abel (1830–1901), ballad writer and strolling ballad singer Robert Thomas Jenkins Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 17 October 2019 1 June John Viriamu Jones, scientist, 45s-JONE-VIR-1856 Jones, John Viriamu (1856–1901), first principal of the University College, Cardiff Edgar William Jones 1959 National Library of Wales 14 October 2019 Morgan Albert Ellis, Welsh-American preacher (born 1832) 30 June – John Jones GriffithsDeath of Alderman J. Jones Griffiths, Penygraig http://welshnewspapers.llgc.org.uk/en/page/view/3827067/ART64 28 March 2014 Rhondda Leader 6 July 1901 18 August – Evan James, rugby player, 32 26 August – Robert Ricketts Evans, executionerDavid N. Thomas Dylan Remembered: 1914-1934 https://books.google.com/books?id=rnJbAAAAMAAJ 2003 Seren 978-1-85411-342-9 230 5 September – Rhys Gwesyn Jones, minister and author, 75The Cambrian https://archive.org/details/cambrian06unkngoog 1902 T.J. Griffiths 97 15 September – John Richards (Isalaw), musician, 58s-RICH-JOH-1843 Richards, John (Isalaw; 1843-1901), musician Robert David Griffith 1959 National Library of Wales 15 February 2021 22 September – William Davies (Mynorydd), artist, 75Charles Wilkins (of Merthyr-Tydfil.) The history of Merthyr Tydfil https://books.google.com/books?id=2gRNAAAAMAAJ 1908 J. Williams and sons 468 24 November – Evan Lewis, Dean of Bangor, 83http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/34513 Lewis, Evan (1818–1901) Thomas D. L. 2004 10.1093/ref:odnb/34513 2008-04-26 26 November – Robert Clayton, cricketer, 57 16 December – David Lewis, Archdeacon of Carmarthen, 62Obituary – Ven. David Lewis 17 December 1901 11 36640 See also 1901 in Ireland References Wales Category:1901 in Europe Category:1900s in Wales