1907 in Wales

none September 2019 September 2019 1907 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1907 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1907 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-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 – 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 3 January – Formal opening of the residence at St Deiniol's Library.Church of England The Official Year-book of the Church of England https://books.google.com/books?id=wlYQAAAAIAAJ 1908 Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 15, 493 17 February – The cargo ship SS Orianda sinks off Barry after colliding with the SS Heliopolis, with the loss of 14 crew.Shipbuilding & Shipping Record: A Journal of Shipbuilding, Marine Engineering, Dock, Harbours & Shipping https://books.google.com/books?id=nXTmAAAAMAAJ 1926 5 March – Six miners are killed in a shaft accident at Windsor Colliery, Abertridwr. 19 March – The National Library of Wales (Aberystwyth) and National Museum of Wales (Cardiff) receive their charters. 11 May – Swansea Corporation's newly constructed Cray Reservoir is filled with water for the first time. 11 July – Edward VII visits Bangor to lay the foundation stone of the new University College of North Wales buildings. Principal Henry Reichel is knighted.J. Gwynn Williams The University College of North Wales: Foundations, 1884-1927 https://books.google.com/books?id=RAi7AAAAIAAJ 1985 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-0893-6 13 July – Opening of the Queen Alexandra Dock in Cardiff, attended by the King and Queen. 25 July – Francis Edwards, MP for Radnorshire, is created a baronet. 1 November – First performance of John Hughes' hymn tune "Cwm Rhondda" in its final version, at Capel Rhondda Welsh Baptist Chapel, Hopkinstown, Pontypridd with the composer at the (new) organ.http://www.cvmg.co.uk/cvm_eng/cwm_rhondda_site/writing_of.htm The Writing of Cwm Rhondda Feed Me Now and Evermore Rhondda Cynon Taff Library, Museum & Heritage Service 2011-01-05 6 January 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090106073501/http://www.cvmg.co.uk/cvm_eng/cwm_rhondda_site/writing_of.htm usurped 10 November – Five miners are killed in an accident at Seven Sisters Colliery. 14 December – Seven miners are killed in an accident at Dinas Main Colliery, Gilfach Goch.Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords Sessional Papers https://books.google.com/books?id=VgsyAQAAMAAJ 1908 H.M. Stationery Office 128 December – Edgeworth David joins Ernest Shackleton’s Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole. date unknown Owen Morgan Edwards becomes Chief Inspector of Schools for Wales. The Board of Education establishes a special Welsh department. C. H. Watkins designs and builds the first aircraft in Wales at Cardiff, and names it Robin Goch. Opening of Dolgarrog hydroelectric power station. Oakdale Colliery is sunk in the Sirhowy Valley. Nash Gerallt Workmen's halls and institutes : Oakdale Workmen's Institute National Museums & Galleries of Wales Cardiff 1995 9780720004304 13 The silver and lead mine at Llywernog reopens in order to prospect for zinc. Arts and literature Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales – held in Swansea Chair – Thomas Davies, "John Bunyan"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 Dyfnallt Owen New books English language Eliot Crawshay-Williams – Across Persia W. H. Davies – New Poems Arthur Machen – The Hill of Dreams Welsh language Emyr Davies – Llwyn Hudol John Jones (Myrddin Fardd) – Gwerin-Eiriau Sir Gaernarfon John Morris-Jones – Caniadau Joshua Thomas – Hanes y Bedyddwyr T. Marchant Williams – Odlau Serch a Bywyd Music T. Hopkin Evans – Crowns of Golden Light and The Voyage John Hughes – "Cwm Rhondda" (hymn tune, final version) David Vaughan Thomas – Llyn y Fan Architecture St David's Hotel, a hotel for golfers located at Harlech, in Gwynedd, is designed to plans by the Glasgow School architect George Henry Walton for a syndicate of entrepreneurs of which he was a member.Moon, K.; "George Walton: Designer and Architect"; White Cockade Publishing, Dorset, 1993; 1-873487-01-0 (hb) 1-873487-02-9 (pb) (The proposals were subsequently revised in 1908, and the hotel was built in 1910. The hotel closed in 2008,Haslam, R., Orbach., J., Voelcker, A.; Pevsner Architectural Guides: The Buildings of Wales, Gwynedd; 2009; Yale University Press 0-300-14169-6 and planning permission for demolition was approved in 2009). Sport Bowls – The Welsh Open Bowls Championship is launched. Boxing 1 June – Jim Driscoll wins the British featherweight title. 8 August – Joe White wins the British welterweight title (disputed). Rugby league Ebbw Vale RLFC and Merthyr Tydfil RLFC are formed, the first Welsh rugby league teams. Rugby union Wales finish second in the 1907 Home Nations Championship 1 January – Cardiff beat the touring South Africa national team, 17 - 0. Births 3 January – Ray Milland, actor (died 1986)57315 Ray Milland David Parkinson 2011 10 January – Nicholas Evans, artist (died 2004)https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/mar/15/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries Nicholas Evans 15 March 2004 Peter Wakelin The Guardian 11 October 2019 11 January – Reg Thomas, athlete (died 1946) 4 March – Emlyn John, footballer (died 1962) 6 April – Jacques Vaillant de Guélis, Special Operations Executive agent (died 1945)Greg Lewis Unknown WW2 secret agent buried in Cardiff cemetery BBC News 6 August 2016 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-36954878 6 August 2016 30 April – Harry Bowcott, international rugby player and president of the Welsh Rugby Union (died 2004)https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/harry-bowcott-689499.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/harry-bowcott-689499.html 1 May 2022 subscription live Harry Bowcott 16 December 2004 Rob Cole The Independent 11 October 2019 7 May – Trevil Morgan, cricketer (died 1976)Wilfred Wooller, "J. T. Morgan", The Cricketer, February 1977, p. 21. 24 May – Gwyn Jones, writer (died 1999)Stephens Meic Meic Stephens https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituaries-professor-gwyn-jones-1131393.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituaries-professor-gwyn-jones-1131393.html 1 May 2022 subscription live Obituary: Professor Gwyn Jones The Independent 10 December 1999 28 July 2010 June – David Llewellyn, trade unionist (died after 1956) 8 June – Trevor Thomas, art historian and author (died 1993)11 October 2019 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-trevor-thomas-1483804.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-trevor-thomas-1483804.html 1 May 2022 subscription live Obituary: Trevor Thomas 9 July 1993 Stuart, Robert The Independent 10 June – Ernie Curtis, footballer (died 1992) 19 June – Rodney David, cricketer (died 1969) 2 July – Dick Duckfield, cricketer (died 1959)https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Articles/0/738.html Profile of Dick Duckfield Cricket Archive Hon Statistician and Historian to Glamorgan CCC 2000 2013-06-12 Hignell, Dr. A. K. 12 August – Rhys Lloyd, Baron Lloyd of Kilgerran, politician (died 1991)Who was who: A Companion to Who's Who, Containing the Biographies of Those who Died https://books.google.com/books?id=cWkwAQAAMAAJ 2002 A. & C. Black 978-0-7136-6125-5 497 25 August – Albert Fear, Wales international rugby player (died 2000)http://www.blackandambers.co.uk/Personnel.aspx?pr=106532 Newport RFC player profiles 2008-11-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20110617051610/http://www.blackandambers.co.uk/Personnel.aspx?pr=106532 2011-06-17 dead 25 September – Raymond Glendenning, radio sports commentator (died 1974)Nicolas Sellens Commentating Greats: From Alliss to Wolstenholme https://books.google.com/books?id=sL5tAAAAMAAJ 2005 West Ridge 978-0-9540733-1-2 92 30 September – Arthur Probert, politician (died 1975)Stenton Michael Lees Stephen Who's Who of British Members of Parliament IV 1981 Harvester Press Brighton 302 27 November – Glyn Prosser, Wales international rugby player (died 1972) 9 December – T. J. Morgan, academic (died 1986)https://biography.wales/article/s11-MORG-JOH-1907 Morgan, Thomas John Brynley Francis Roberts Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 20 May 2017 10 December – Harry Payne, Wales international rugby player (died 2000) 19 December – William Glynne-Jones, novelist and children's writer (died 1977)Something about the Author https://books.google.com/books?id=tWoYAAAAIAAJ July 1977 Gale Research 978-0-8103-0070-5 107 21 December – Will Roberts, painter (died 2000)Meic Stephens Welsh Lives - Gone but Not Forgotten https://books.google.com/books?id=ZRsvDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT171 20 September 2012 Y Lolfa 978-1-84771-605-7 171 22 December – Harold Jones, rugby player (died 1955) 23 December – Fred Warren, international footballer (died 1986) 26 December – Guy Morgan, rugby player and cricketer (died 1973) Deaths 7 January – David Rowlands (Dewi Môn), minister, academic and writer, 70https://bywgraffiadur.cymru/article/c-ROWL-DAV-1836 Rowlands, David ('Dewi Môn'; 1836-1907), gweinidog Annibynnol a phrifathro cy John Dyfnallt Owen Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 10 October 2019 13 January – Frances Elizabeth Wynne, artist, 71Bernard Burke Ashworth Peter Burke A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage https://books.google.com/books?id=INwNAQAAMAAJ 1910 Harrison 144 10 March – George Douglas-Pennant, 2nd Baron Penrhyn, industrialist and politician, 70Dod's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, of Great Britain and Ireland ...: Including All the Titled Classes https://books.google.com/books?id=sI7KJ-hGhDMC 1923 S. Low, Marston & Company 682 24 March – John Pugh, minister (Forward Movement) 2 June – Rose Mary Crawshay, philanthropist, 79Charles Wilkins (of Merthyr-Tydfil.) The History of Merthyr Tydfil https://books.google.com/books?id=2gRNAAAAMAAJ 1908 J. Williams and Sons 276 5 July – John Romilly Allen, archaeologist, 60I. B. Henderson Allen, John Romilly 30388 14 August David Treharne Evans, Lord Mayor of London, 58 Rhoda Willis, baby farmer and murderess, 40, hanged – last woman executed in Waleshttps://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/horrible-story-last-woman-hanged-13906837 The horrible story of the last woman to be hanged in Wales WalesOnline Ruth Mosalski 2017-11-16 2026-07-26 October – Hugh Davies (Pencerdd Maelor), composer, 63 27 September – Alfred Davies, businessman and politician, 58Death of Mr Alfred Davies, of, Hampstead, London. Ex-M.P. for Carmarthen Boroughs. http://newspapers.library.wales/view/3644780/3644782/10 25 February 2017 Carmarthen Weekly Reporter 4 October 1907 William Morgan Evans 2 29 October – Megan Watts Hughes, singer, 65https://biography.wales/article/s-HUGH-WAT-1842 Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 18 June 2018 11 November – Ralph Sweet-Escott, English-born Wales rugby international and Glamorgan cricketer, 38 12 November – Sir Lewis Morris, Anglo-Welsh poet, 74http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/35114 Morris, Sir Lewis (1833–1907) Stephens Meic 2004 10.1093/ref:odnb/35114 23 July 2007 27 November – Cyril Flower, 1st Baron Battersea, politician, 64Harrow School The Harrow School Register, 1845-1925. Second Series... https://books.google.com/books?id=8Iz-kGyL-wsC 1925 Longmans, Green and Company 121 30 November – John Price, footballer, 52/3 See also 1907 in Ireland References 1907 1907 Category:1907 in Europe Category:1900s in Wales