1895 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1895 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Prince of Wales – Albert Edward
- Princess of Wales – Alexandra
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Hwfa Môn[1]
Events
- 4 February – Penarth Pier is opened.[2]
- 11 April – Rhos-on-Sea Pier is opened.[2]
- 29 March – The National Trust acquires Dinas Oleu, Barmouth, its first property in the UK.
- 1 November – The last turnpike toll-gates in the UK are removed, from Llanfairpwllgwyngyll on Anglesey.
Arts and literature
Awards
National Eisteddfod of Wales – held at Llanelli
- Chair – John Owen Williams, "Dedwyddwch"[3]
- Crown – Lewis William Lewis
New books
English language
- Henry Jones – A Critical Account of the Philosophy of Lotze
- Arthur Machen – The Three Impostors
Welsh language
- Daniel Owen – Straeon y Pentan[4]
Music
Sport
- Golf – The Welsh Golfing Union is founded,[5] and the first Welsh amateur golf championships are held.
- Horse racing – The Welsh Grand National is held for the first time, at Ely Racecourse, Cardiff. A huge crowd breaks down barriers and almost overwhelms police trying to keep out gatecrashers.[6]
Births
- 22 January – Iorwerth Thomas, politician (died 1966)
- 25 January – Mary Glynne, actress (died 1954)[7]
- 8 February – Edward Enoch Jenkins, judge (died 1960)[8]
- 19 February – Mary Dilys Glynne, plant pathologist and mountaineer (died 1991)[9]
- 23 February – Wilfred Mitford Davies, artist (died 1966)[10]
- 1 March – William Richard Williams, civil servant (died 1963)
- 11 March – Albert Jenkins, rugby player (died 1953)
- 3 April – Brinley Williams, Wales dual-code rugby international (died 1987)
- 14 April – Albert Evans-Jones ("Cynan"), poet and Archdruid (died 1970)[11]
- 17 April – Thomas Hughes, clergyman, assistant Bishop of Llandaff (died 1981)[12]
- 18 May – Tom Rees, airman, victim of the "Red Baron" (died 1916)[13]
- 8 June – Idwal Jones, humorous writer (died 1937)[14]
- 24 July – Robert Graves, Royal Welch Fusiliers officer, poet, novelist and classicist often resident in Wales (died 1985)[15]
- 25 July – Sir Ifan ab Owen Edwards (died 1970)[16]
- 14 September – George Harrison, Glamorgan cricketer (date of death unknown)
- 1 November – David Jones, poet and artist (died 1974)[17]
- 24 November – William Evans, cardiologist (died 1988)[18]
Deaths
- 8 January – Daniel Harper, academic, 73[19]
- 15 January – Lady Charlotte Guest, translator of the Mabinogion, 82[20]
- 16 February – Thomas Briscoe, academic, 81[21]
- 18 February – James Goronwy Mathias, minister and writer, 53[22]
- 25 February – Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare, politician, 79[23]
- 2 April – Ellis Thomas Davies, minister and author, 73[24]
- 3 May – George Herbert, 13th Earl of Pembroke, 44[25]
- 8 May – Thomas Jones (Tudno), poet, 51[26]
- 13 July – John Griffin, Welsh international rugby player, 35
- 18 August – John Arthur Edward Herbert, High Sheriff of Monmouthshire 1849, 76[27]
- 28 August – Henry Pochin, English industrial chemist, mine-owner and politician, founder of Bodnant Gardens, 71[28]
- 22 October – Daniel Owen, novelist, 59[29]
- 23 November – William Davies (MP), 74[30]
- date unknown – David Lewis, Newmanite priest and academic (born 1814)[31]
References
- ^ Hywel Teifi Edwards (20 July 2016). The Eisteddfod. University of Wales Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-1-78316-914-6.
- ^ a b Easdown, Martin; Thomas, Darlah (2010). Piers of Wales. Stroud: Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781848689206.
- ^ "Winners of the Chair". National Eisteddfod of Wales. 3 October 2019.
- ^ John Buchanan-Brown (1953). Cassell's Encyclopaedia of World Literature: Biographies L-Z. Morrow. p. 274.
- ^ Trudy Carradice; Phil Carradice (15 June 2010). Golf in Wales: A Pictorial History. Amberley Publishing Limited. p. 6. ISBN 978-1-4456-2347-4.
- ^ "Youngsters are odds on to uncover history of racecourse". Wales Online. 13 February 2009. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
- ^ Scott Wilson (19 August 2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. McFarland. p. 283. ISBN 978-1-4766-2599-7.
- ^ "Sir (Edward) Enoch Jenkins (1895-1960), Judge". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ Jean Beagle Ristaino (2008). Pioneering Women in Plant Pathology. APS Press. p. 87. ISBN 978-0-89054-359-7.
- ^ Margaret Mitford Williams. "Davies, Wilfred Mitford (1895–1966), artist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ Thomas Parry. "Jones, Sir Cynan (Albert) Evans ('Cynan'; 1895–1970), poet, dramatist and eisteddfodwr". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
- ^ 'HUGHES, Rt. Rev Thomas Maurice', Who's Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012; online edn, Nov 2012.doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U165555.
- ^ Mike O'Connor (26 September 2003). Airfields and Airmen: Cambrai. Pen and Sword. p. 185. ISBN 978-1-78340-269-4.
- ^ David Gwenallt Jones. "Jones, Richard Idwal (1895-1937), better known as Idwal Jones, schoolmaster, poet, and dramatist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
- ^ "National Portrait Gallery – Person – Robert Ranke Graves". Npg.org.uk. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
- ^ Mary Auronwy James. "Edwards, Sir Ifan ab Owen (1895–1970), lecturer, founder of Urdd Gobaith Cymru". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ John Matthias (1 January 1989). David Jones, man and poet. National Poetry Foundation, University of Maine. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-943373-03-4.
- ^ Evans W, Journey to Harley Street; David Rendel, London (1968)
- ^ Baker, J. N. L (1971). Jesus College 1571–1971. Oxonian Press Ltd, Oxford. pp. 91–93. ISBN 0-9502164-0-2.
- ^ James, B. Ll. "Clark, George Thomas". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/5461. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Williams James, John. "Briscoe, Thomas (1813–1895), cleric and scholar". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2008.
- ^ Benjamin George Owens. "Mathias, James Goronwy (Goronwy Ddu; 1842–1895), Baptist minister and littérateur". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
- ^ James Frederick Rees. "Bruce, Henry Austin (1815–1895), 1st Baron Aberdare". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
- ^ Richard Griffith Owen. "Davies, Ellis Thomas (1822–1895), Independent minister". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
- ^ William Shakespeare (1896). Shakespeare and the Bible: Fifty Sonnets with Their Scriptural Harmonies. Samuel Bagster.
- ^ Thomas Parry. "Jones, Thomas (Tudno; 1844–1895), cleric and poet". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- ^ Joseph Jackson Howard (1896). Visitation of England and Wales. Priv. print. p. 29.
- ^ H. T. Milliken (1975). The Road to Bodnant: The Story Behind the Foundation of the Famous North Wales Garden. Morten. p. vii. ISBN 978-0-85972-021-2.
- ^ Katherine Williams. "Owen, Daniel (1836-1895), novelist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
- ^ "Death of Sir William Davies". South Wales Daily Post. 23 November 1895. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- ^ Thomas, D. L. "Lewis, Evan (1818–1901)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online edition, subscription access). Oxford University Press. Retrieved 26 April 2008.