1893 in Wales

none September 2019 February 2020 1893 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1893 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1893 in the United Kingdom#Incumbents Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Clwydfardds-GRIF-DAV-1800 Griffith, David (Clwydfardd; 1800-1894), eisteddfodic bard and arch-druid Daniel Williams 1959 yes 24 November 2021 Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Richard Daviess-DAVI-RIC-1818 Davies, Richard (1818-1896), M.P. Robert Thomas Jenkins 1959 24 November 2021 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 – John Campbell, 2nd Earl CawdorEdward Arthur Copleston Where's where? Pt. 1. A concise gazetteer of Somerset. Pt. 2. Statistical, educational, parliamentary and practical information 1878 80 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 978-1-351-54547-1 149 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 Reese M. M. The royal office of Master of the Horse Threshold Books Ltd London 1976 978-0-901366-90-0 348 Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Sir Herbert Williams-Wynn, 7th Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington Lodge Edmund Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire... Salzwasser-Verlag GMBH 2020 978-3-7525-0266-4 318 Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Arthur Walsh, 2nd Baron OrmathwaiteBurke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage Burke's Peerage Limited 1885 1027 Bishop of Bangor – Daniel Lewis Lloyds-LLOY-LEW-1843 Thomas Iorwerth Ellis Lloyd, Daniel Lewis (1843-1899), schoolmaster and bishop National Library of Wales 1959 5 November 2021 Bishop of Llandaff – Richard LewisDeath Of The Bishop Of Llandaff, The Times, 25 January 1905; page 4; Issue 37613; col A Bishop of St Asaph – Alfred George Edwardss-EDWA-GEO-1848 Edwards, Alfred George (1848-1937), first archbishop of Wales Thomas Iorwerth Ellis 1959 6 March 2022 Bishop of St Davids – Basil Joneshttp://www.llangynfelyn.org/dogfennau/william_basil_DNB.html William Basil Jones, Bishop of St Davids Dictionary of National Biography 21 April 2011 Events 13 February – The South Wales Daily Post is launched in Swansea. 11 April – In an underground fire at Great Western Mine, Pontypridd, 63 miners are killed.Edward Besly For Those in Peril: Civil Decorations and Lifesaving Awards at the National Museums & Galleries of Wales https://books.google.com/books?id=QNkkpeqW0X4C&pg=PA16 2004 National Museum Wales 978-0-7200-0546-2 16 6 June – Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway opens South Dock in Newport Docks.The Railway News ... https://books.google.com/books?id=cgo1AQAAIAAJ 1911 1211 6 July – The future Prince of Wales, Prince George (later George V), marries Mary of Teck; their wedding rings are made of Welsh gold.The British Empire Year Book https://books.google.com/books?id=-L4VAQAAIAAJ 1903 1 7 August – 24 people are drowned at Aberavon when a boat carrying trippers on a Sunday school outing from Ystrad Rhondda capsizes in the bay. A survivor claimed that the inexperienced passengers had been frightened by the waves and all ran to one side of the boat.http://newspapers.library.wales/view/3730275/3730281/81/thomas%20steel The Aberavon Disaster Welsh Newspapers South Wales Daily News 18 November 1893 2 October 2017 September – An International Eisteddfod takes place in Chicago, USA, during the Chicago World's Fair.Cherilyn A Walley The Welsh in Iowa https://books.google.com/books?id=H8kmDAAAQBAJ&pg=RA1-PA30 1 July 2009 University of Wales Press 978-1-78316-591-9 30 17 November – Two boatmen involved in the Aberavon drowning disaster of 7 August are found not guilty of manslaughter by a jury at Cardiff Crown Court. Arts and literature Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales – held at Pontypridd Chair – John Ceulanydd Williams, "Pulpud Cymru"https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/winners-chair live https://web.archive.org/web/20210213204407/https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/winners-chair 13 February 2021 Winners of the Chair National Eisteddfod of Wales 18 February 2021 Crown – Ben Davies New books Charles Ashton – Hanes Llenyddiaeth Gymreig o 1651 hyd 1850 John Gruffydd Moelwyn Hughes – Caniadau Moelwyn Edwin Cynrig Roberts – Hanes Dechreuad y Wladfa Gymreig Eleazar Roberts – Owen Rees Music Hymnau yr Eglwys (collection of hymns) Sport Football – The Welsh Cup is won by Wrexham for the third time in its 14-year history. Rugby union – Wales wins the Triple Crown for the first time. Rugby union – Glamorgan Wanderers, Laugharne RFC and Tredegar RFC are established. Births 15 January – Ivor Novello, composer and actor (died 1951)Obituary, The Times, 7 March 1951, p. 6 27 January – John Russell, VC recipient (died 1917) 25 February Billy Jennings, footballer (died 1968) Gordon Lang, politician (died 1981) 23 May – Tudor Thomas, pioneering ophthalmic surgeon (died 1976)John Davies Nigel Jenkins Menna Baines The Welsh Academy encyclopaedia of Wales https://books.google.com/books?id=-ZEUAQAAIAAJ 2008 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-1953-6 868 24 May – William Hubert Davies, musician (died 1965) 1 June – Lewis Valentine, political activist (died 1986)https://biography.wales/article/s11-VALE-EDW-1893 VALENTINE, LEWIS EDWARD (1893–1986), Baptist minister, author and Welsh nationalist Dafydd Johnston Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 22 November 2018 2 June – David James Davies, economist, industrialist and writer (died 1956) 1 July – Douglas Marsden-Jones, rugby player (died 1955) 2 July – Ralph Hancock, garden architect (died 1950) 13 July – Evan Morgan, 2nd Viscount Tredegar, poet, occultist and horticulturalist (died 1949) 1 August – Lionel Beaumont Thomas, MC, businessman and politician (died 1942) 15 October – Saunders Lewis, Welsh nationalist poet, dramatist and critic (died 1985)https://biography.wales/article/s10-LEWI-SAU-1893 Lewis, John Saunders (1893–1985), politician, critic and dramatist T. Robin Chapman Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 17 March 2019 18 October – Ivor Rees, VC recipient (died 1967) 29 December – Cyril Lakin, politician (died 1948) 31 December – Ossie Male, rugby player (died 1975) date unknown – Eleanor Evans, actress, singer and theatre director (died 1969) Deaths 14 January – John Hawley Edwards, footballer, 42 23 January – Dr William Price, eccentric, 92 28 January – David Owen, politician in Wisconsin, 64Consul Willshire Butterfield 1880 The History of Columbia County, Wisconsin https://archive.org/details/historyofcolumbi00butt Chicago Western Historical Company 1058 29 January – Griffith Edwards (Gutyn Padarn), poet and antiquary, 80https://biography.wales/article/s-EDWA-GRI-1812 EDWARDS, GRIFFITH (Gutyn Padarn; 1812–1893), cleric, poet and antiquary Thomas Parry Welsh Biography Online National Library of Wales 20 September 2018 12 February – Thomas Eyton-Jones, surgeon, physician, magistrate, local politician and army officer, 60Home and Foreign Chit-Chat Llangollen Advertiser Denbighshire Merionethshire and North Wales Journal 24 February 1893 3 http://newspapers.library.wales/view/3172457/3172460/16/LIVERPOOL Welsh Newspapers 27 March – John Roberts, Sr., billiards champion, 69 30 March – Richard Crawley, writer, 52Crawley, Richard 24 August – Willie Llewelyn, cricketer, 25 (suicide)The Tragic Death of Mr W D Llewelyn The Western Mail 1893-08-30 10107/4327419 free Welsh Newspapers 5 September – Morgan Lloyd, politician, 71s-LLOY-MOR-1820 Lloyd, Morgan (1822-1893), barrister and politician Edward Morgan Humphreys 1959 16 March 2022 17 September – Edwin Cynrig Roberts, Patagonian colonist, about 55 1 October – Samuel Griffith, Pennsylvania politician, 77G000470 23 December – Sir George Elliot, 1st Baronet, MP and founder of the Elliot Home for Seamen in NewportSir George Elliot Bart MP Houghton Heritage Accessed 18 June 2016. 79 See also 1893 in Ireland References Wales Wales Category:1893 in Europe Category:1890s in Wales