1911 in Wales

none September 2019 September 2019 1911 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1911 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1911 in the United Kingdom#Incumbents Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – DyfedRhys James Ednyfed Rees, Evan (Dyfed; 1850-1923), Calvinistic Methodist minister, poet, and archdruid of Wales s-REES-EVA-1850 National Library of Wales 2 August 2018 1959 Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Sir Richard Henry Williams-Bulkeley, 12th Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Joseph Bailey, 2nd 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-WestPotter Matthew The concept of the 'master' in art education in Britain and Ireland, 1770 to the present Routledge 2016 9781351545471 Abingdon, Oxon 149 Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Hugh Robert Hughes (until 29 April);Journal 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 William Glynne Charles Gladstone (from 8 July)28512 11 July 1911 5168 Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Robert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Sir Osmond Williams, 1st BaronetDavies Sir William Llewelyn s-WILL-BRO-1800 Williams family, of Bron Eryri, later called Castell Deudraeth, Meirionnydd 30 January 2020 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 Cawdor (until 8 February);s-CAMP-VAU-1847 Campbell, Frederick Archibald Vaughan, viscount Emlyn (1847-1898), earl Cawdor (1898-1911) Glyn Roberts 1959 20 March 2022 John Philipps, 1st Viscount St Davids (from 21 March) 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 – Joshua Pritchard Hughess-HUGH-JOS-1807 Hughes, Joshua (1807-1889), bishop William Thomas Havard William Havard 26 October 2021 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 February–April - A Welsh Nationalist League is founded, based in Caernarfonshire, to campaign for Home Rule.The Times London 1911-03-06 10 39525 Wales And The Government 23 June - The future Edward VIII is created Prince of Wales by his father, George V. July - Dockers' strike action at Cardiff culminates in rioting. Five hundred troops are drafted into the area. 13 July - Prince Edward (later Edward VIII) is invested as Prince of Wales in a ceremony at Caernarfon Castle, devised by David Lloyd George. 14 July - New buildings of the University College of North Wales, Bangor, opened. 23 July - King George V and Queen Mary lay the foundation stone of the new National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth.https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/nostalgia/welsh-history-month-national-library-7908396 Welsh History Month: The National Library of Wales still dominates the town of Aberystwyth 9 October 2014 Chris Pyke WalesOnline 27 November 2018 29 July - Mawddwy Railway formally reopened, worked by the Cambrian Railways.Rex Christiansen R. W. Miller The Cambrian Railways II David & Charles Newton Abbot 0-7153-4220-7 45 August - Rioting in Bargoed, Brynamman, Ebbw Vale and Tredegar. Jewish-owned businesses are attacked and troops brought in. 19 August - Llanelli riots: During demonstrations in support of a national railway strike (17–20 August), two men are shot dead by soldiers of the Worcestershire Regiment in Llanelli. Magistrates' homes are attacked and four more of the crowd are killed outright when explosive material stored on railway property ignites.The Times 1911-08-21 6 39669 Fatal Riots At Llanelly London 21 August–5 December - A strike at the British Wagon Company's Swansea works leads to rioting in September–October.Chris Sambrook The Swansea Wagon Wars Archive Lydney 104 December 2019 48–55Rioting at Swansea: Waggon Workers Strike https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15277594 The Sydney Morning Herald 1911-09-28 2012-06-28http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=WC19111016.2.18.27.2 Swansea Riots Resumed Wanganui Chronicle 12824 1911-10-16 5 2012-06-28 4 September - Members of the South Wales Miners' Federation return to work after a ten-month strike against colliery owners in the Cambrian Combine which triggered the Tonypandy riots, having accepted the 2s 3d per ton payment rate negotiated prior to the strike by William Abraham.Rhondda marks 100th anniversary of Tonypandy Riots https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-11655470 BBC News 16 December - The Imperial Copyright Act (coming into effect in 1912) entitles the National Library of Wales to be given by legal deposit a copy of all British publications in specified categories, based on a memorandum drafted by Daniel Lleufer Thomas.Eddie May Thomas, Sir Daniel Lleufer (1863–1940) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/46550 2012-06-28 10.1093/ref:odnb/46550 May 2011 Arts and literature Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales - held in Carmarthen Chair - William Roberts, "Iorwerth VII"https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/winners-chair Winners of the Chair National Eisteddfod of Wales 3 October 2019 5 August 2022 13 February 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210213204407/https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/winners-chair dead Crown - William Crwys Williams New books Edward Morgan Humphreys - Dirgelwch yr Anialwch ("Mystery of the Desert") Sir John Edward Lloyd – A History of Wales from the Earliest Times to the Edwardian Conquests2-LLOY-EDW-1861.html Lloyd, Sir John Edward (1861-1947), historian, and first editor of Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig Robert Thomas Jenkins 2001 23 August 2026 John Ward – The Roman Era in Britain Drama Beriah Gwynfe Evans & Robert BryanGlyndŵr: Tywysog Cymrus-EVAN-GWY-1848.html Evans, Beriah Gwynfe (1848-1927), journalist and dramatist Edward Morgan Humphreys 23 August 2026 Music Sir Henry Walford Davies - Symphony in G Sport Boxing - Freddie Welsh loses his British lightweight title to Matt Wells. Horse racing - Jack Anthony wins the Grand National for the first time, on "Glenside". Rugby league - Merthyr Tydfil RLFC fold after four seasons. Rugby union - Wales win their third Grand Slam. Births 5 February - Dai Francis, miners’ leader (died 1981)s10-FRAN-DAV-1911 Francis, David ('DAI') (1911-1981), trade unionist and miners' leader John Graham Jones 2015 23 August 2026 27 March - Alwyn D. Rees, writer (died 1974)10.1093/ref:odnb/75837 Hywel Meilyr Davies Rees, Alwyn David 13 April - Len Richards, footballer (died 1985) 26 May - Gwilym Tilsley, poet and archdruid (died 1997) 30 June - Alfred Janes, artist (died 1999)Gooding, Mel https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-alfred-janes-1068986.html Obituary: Alfred Janes 6 February 1999 The Independent London 20 March 2011 23 July - Idris Foster, academic (died 1984)s6-FOST-LLE-1911 Foster, Idris, Llewelyn (1911-1984), Welsh and Celtic Scholar Robert Geraint Gruffydd 24 November 2019 29 August - Raymond Bark-Jones, Wales international rugby player 2 September - Jack Petersen, boxer (died 1990) 4 September - John Robert Jones, philosopher (died 1970)s2-JONE-ROB-1911 Jones, John Robert (1911-1970), philosopher and patriot Mary Beynon Davies 2001 4 October 2022 12 October - Iorrie Isaacs, Wales international rugby player (died 1966) 12 November - Pennar Davies, clergyman and author (died 1996)Meic Stephens Necrologies: A Book of Welsh Obituaries https://books.google.com/books?id=XUIqAQAAMAAJ 2008 Seren 978-1-85411-476-1 29 20 November - Bernard Cowey, Wales international rugby union player (died 1997) 7 December - John Gwyn Griffiths, academic (died 2004) Deaths 8 February - Frederick Campbell, 3rd Earl Cawdor, politician, Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire, 63Campbell, Frederick Archibald Vaughan 3 March - Jacob Thomas, Victoria Cross recipient, 78Max Arthur Symbol of Courage: The Men Behind the Medal https://books.google.com/books?id=7JjBbZwtikwC&pg=PA680 2005 Pan Macmillan 978-0-330-49133-4 680 29 April - Hugh Robert Hughes, genealogist, 83Collections Historical & Archaeological Relating to Montgomeryshire The Club 1910 281 12 July - Harry Day, Wales international rugby player, 47 13 August - Thomas Thomas, boxer, 31 (pneumonia)https://biography.wales/article/s-THOM-THO-1880 Thomas, Thomas (1880-1911), first British middle-weight boxing champion Moelwyn Idwal Williams Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 9 October 2019 18 August - Henry James, 1st Baron James of Hereford, politician, 82 28 August - Jack Williams, Wales international rugby player, 28 4 September - Tom Hurry Riches, steam locomotive engineer, 64The Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute https://books.google.com/books?id=v8c-AQAAMAAJ 1911 The Institute 456 12 September - Arthur John Williams, politician, 77https://archiveswales.llgc.org.uk/anw/get_collection.php?inst_id=1&coll_id=458&expand= Papers of A. J. Williams Archives Wales 27 November 2018 30 September - John David Davies, churchman, wood-carver and antiquarian, 80s-ELLI-ROW-1841 Davies, John David (1841-1911), cleric and antiquary Walter Thomas Morgan 1959 National Library of Wales 9 October 2019 3 October - William Tudor Howell, lawyer and politician, 48"Mr Tudor Howell MP". The Yorkshire Post (16610). 19 September 1900. p. 5 14 November - Robert Davies Roberts, scientist and author, 60Roberts, Robert Davies 3RBRS871RD Roberts, Robert Davies 6 December - Pryce Lewis, detective and spy, 80 (suicide)Mortimer, Gavin (2010). Double Death: The True Story of Pryce Lewis, the Civil War's Most Daring Spy. New York, Walker Publishing Company. 978-0-8027-1769-6, pages 234-7 11 December - Rowland Ellis, bishop, 70s-ELLI-ROW-1841 Ellis, Rowland (1841-1911), bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney Walter Thomas Morgan 1959 National Library of Wales 9 October 2019 See also 1911 in Ireland References Wales Category:1911 in Europe Category:1910s in Wales