1899 in Wales

none September 2019 May 2020 1899 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1899 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1899 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 – Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort (until 30 April); Reese M. M. The royal office of Master of the Horse Threshold Books Ltd London 1976 9780901366900 348 Godfrey Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar (from 23 June)Cyril 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 Williams (from 2 February)Burke'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 25 January – Adelina Patti marries her third husband, Baron Rolf Cederström, in a Roman Catholic service at Brecon.Edward T. James Janet Wilson James Paul S. Boyer Notable American Women, 1607-1950: A Biographical Dictionary https://archive.org/details/notableamericanw02jame_0 registration 1971 Harvard University Press 978-0-674-62734-5 31 20 March – W. H. Davies, "tramp-poet", loses his foot trying to jump a freight train at Renfrew, Ontario.Moult Thomas 1934 W. H. Davies London Thornton Butterworth 29 March – A French barque, Le Maréchal Lannes, is wrecked off Grassholm, with the loss of its crew of 25. April – The Duke and Duchess of York visit Gwydir Castle. 23 May – William Goscombe John's statue of "The Little Girl" at Llansannan is unveiled by Mrs Herbert Roberts.Wrexham Advertiser, 27 May 1899. 20 July – A rabid dog attacks a group of children in Pontarddulais. In August, eight of them are sent to the Pasteur Institute in Paris to be inoculated. 18 August – Llest Colliery explosion at Pontyrhyl in Glamorganshire kills 19 coal miners.Llest Colliery Explosion - Pontyrhyl - 1899 https://www.nmrs.org.uk/mines-map/accidents-disasters/glamorganshire/llest-colliery-explosion-pontyrhyl-1899/ Northern Mine Research Society 2023-06-06 2 September – Arthur Wade-Evans takes the surname "Wade-Evans" by deed poll.s2-WADE-WAD-1875 Wade-Evans, Arthur Wade (1875-1964), clergyman and historian Mary Auronwy James Brynley Francis Roberts 16 October 2019 date unknown Businessman Arthur Keen buys the Dowlais Iron Company from Ivor Bertie Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne. The George Hotel, Chepstow, is rebuilt.Clash Hilary The History of the George Inn, Chepstow http://welshjournals.llgc.org.uk/browse/viewobject/llgc-id:1338814/article/000017950 20 July 2013 1988 4–12 Explorer Henry Morton Stanley is knighted. In the United States, J. Vyrnwy Morgan, pastor of the First Baptist Church at Omaha, Nebraska, relocates to Denver, Colorado, for the sake of his wife's health. (She dies on New Year's Day 1900.)Edward Millward Edward Millward John Vyrnwy Morgan National Library of Wales Journal 12 1961 Arts and literature Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales – held at Cardiff Chair – withheldhttps://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/winners-chair Winners of the Chair National Eisteddfod of Wales 11 December 2019 12 December 2019 13 February 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210213204407/https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/winners-chair dead Crown – R. Gwylfa Roberts, "Y Diddanydd Arall"https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/crown-winners Winners of the Crown National Eisteddfod of Wales 17 November 2019 12 December 2019 7 November 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191107194429/https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/crown-winners dead New books English language Rhoda Broughton – Foes in Law Allen Raine – By Berwyn Banks William Retlaw Jefferson Williams – The Parliamentary History of Oxford, 1213-1899s2-WILL-JEF-1863 Williams, William Retlaw Jefferson (1863-1944), solicitor, genealogist, and historian Evan David Jones yes 16 October 2019 Welsh language John Hughes – Ysgol Jacobs-HUGH-JOH-1850 Hughes, John (1850-1932), Calvinistic Methodist minister, author, and poet Gomer Morgan Roberts yes 16 October 2019 Daniel Evan Jones – Hanes Plwyf Llangeler a Phenboyrs2-JONE-EVA-1860 Jones, Daniel Evan (1860-1941), author John Evans yes 16 October 2019 John Owen Jones (Ap Ffarmwr) – Cofiant Gladstone James Morris – Cofiant Thomas Jones, Conwyls-MORR-JAM-1853 Morris, James (1853-1914), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and author Robert Thomas Jenkins yes 16 October 2019 Music 11 March – The Gramophone Company makes the first recording in the Welsh language, including Madge Breese singing Hen wlad fy nhadau. Works Walford Davies – Overture, A Welshman in Londonhttp://www.unsungcomposers.com/forum/index.php?topic=2685.0 Sir Henry Walford Davies(1869-1941); Catalogue of the Orchestral/Choral Music Unsung Composers 27 March 2012 18 August 2017 Sport Football The Welsh Cup is won by the "Druids" for the seventh time in its 21-year history. Cardiff City F.C. is founded, under the name of "Riverside Reserves". Yachting – The River Towy Yacht Club is founded. Births 18 February – Mervyn Johns, actor (died 1992) 8 March – Eric Linklater, writer (died 1974) 30 March – Cyril Radcliffe, lawyer and public servant involved in the Partition of India (died 1977) 14 April – Arthur Owens, intelligence agent (died 1957) 28 April – Len Davies, footballer (died 1945) 17 May – H. H. Price, philosopher (died 1984)J. Harrison Henry Habberley Price, 1899–1984 Proceedings of the British Academy 80 1991 473–91 18 May Ronald Armstrong-Jones, barrister (died 1966)Anne de Courcy Anne de Courcy Snowdon: The Biography https://books.google.com/books?id=lcnxitUe_i0C&pg=PP16 20 December 2012 Orion 978-0-297-85604-7 16 David James Jones (Gwenallt), poet (died 1968)s2-JONE-JAM-1899 Jones, David James ('Gwenallt'; 1899-1968), poet, critic and scholar Brynley Francis Roberts 2001 15 March 2022 16 June – Jack Gore, Wales international rugby player (died 1971) 15 July – Idris Cox, political activist (died 1989) 16 July – Ernie Finch, Wales international rugby player (died 1983) 12 December – Charlie Jones, footballer (died 1966) 20 December – Martyn Lloyd-Jones, preacher (died 1981) Deaths 9 January – Harry Congreve Evans, Australian journalist of Welsh descent, 38https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article54413837 The Late Mr. Harry Evans South Australian Register Adelaide 11 January 1899 13 January 2015 6 National Library of Australia 4 February – William Hughes, Welsh-born US politician, 57The Law Makers of Wisconsin Milwaukee The Evening Wisconsin Company 1899 50 2 March – John Owen Jones (Ap Ffarmwr), journalist, 38s1-JONE-OWN-1861 Jones, John Owen (1861-1899), journalist Frank Price Jones yes 11 December 2019 22 March – Tom Morgan, Wales international rugby player, 32 5 April T. E. Ellis, politician, 40s-ELLI-EDW-1859 Ellis, T.E. (1859-1899), M.P. for Merioneth (1886-99) and chief Liberal whip (1894-5) Thomas Iorwerth Ellis yes 16 October 2019 Richard P. Howell, Welsh-born US carpenter, businessman, and politician, 67'The Death Of Hon. R.P. Howell,' Racine Weekly Journal, 6 April 1899, pg. 3 16 April – William Roberts, physician, 69Roberts, William (1830-1899) D'Arcy Power 19 May – Elias Owen, clergyman and antiquarian, 65Cholerton Moira Death http://www.owen.cholerton.org/05_elias_20.php Elias Owen (1833–1899) 2 December 2011 9 May 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120509125518/http://www.owen.cholerton.org/05_elias_20.php dead 4 August – Daniel Lewis Lloyd, bishop and academic, 55Joseph Haydn Benjamin Vincent Haydn's Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information Relating to All Ages and Nations https://books.google.com/books?id=2taUqgen5LQC 1906 Ward, Lock & Company 118 18 August – Nicholas Bennett, historian, 76s-BENN-NIC-1823 Bennett, Nicholas (1823-1899), musician and historian Robert David Griffith yes 16 October 2019 28 August – Owen Glynne Jones, mountaineer, 31McClure's Magazine https://books.google.com/books?id=FHEDAAAAMAAJ May 1902 S.S. McClure, Limited 118 9 September – William Pamplin, English-born botanist, 93s3-PAMP-WIL-1806 Pamplin, William (1806-1899), botanist Evan Roberts yes 16 October 2019 13 October – Charles Ashton, literary historian, 51 (suicide)http://www.archiveswales.org.uk/anw/get_collection.php?inst_id=39&coll_id=10868&expand= Archives Wales Charles Ashton Letters and Newspaper Cuttings 17 November 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20120523080437/http://www.archiveswales.org.uk/anw/get_collection.php?inst_id=39&coll_id=10868&expand= 23 May 2012 dead 18 November – Henry Hicks, geologist, 62 23 November – Dai St. John, heavyweight boxer, 28 11 December – Stephen W. Williams, civil engineer and architect, 62 See also 1899 in Ireland References 1899 Wales Category:1899 in Europe Category:1890s in Wales