1901 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1901 to Wales and its people.
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Incumbents
- Prince of Wales – Albert Edward (until 22 January); George (from 9 November)
- Princess of Wales – Alexandra (until 22 January); Mary (from 9 November)
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Hwfa Môn[1]
Events
- January – Samuel Thomas Evans becomes the last QC appointed by Queen Victoria.
- 22 January – Albert Edward, Prince of Wales accedes to the throne as King Edward VII of the United Kingdom, following the death of Queen Victoria.
- 31 March – The 10-yearly Census of England and Wales is taken. The population of Wales is shown to have topped two million for the first time in history. Over 15% of the population speak Welsh as their sole language.[2]
- 3 April – Frederick Rutherfoord Harris, MP for Monmouth Boroughs, is unseated for alleged electoral malpractice.[3]
- 7 May – In the by-election at Monmouth Boroughs, Joseph Lawrence becomes the new Conservative MP.[4]
- 24 May – 81 miners are killed in an accident at Universal Colliery, Senghenydd.
- 10 September – Twelve miners are killed in a mining accident at Llanbradach Colliery in Glamorgan.
- 9 November
- Prince George, Duke of Cornwall and York (later George V) and his wife Mary of Teck officially become Prince and Princess of Wales.
- Shipping magnate Alfred Lewis Jones is awarded a knighthood.[5]
- Gomer Berry and William Ewart Berry co-found Advertising World.[6]
- Samuel Walker Griffith helps draft the Australian constitution.
- Construction of Port Talbot Steelworks begins.
- Construction of the 156-room Grand Hotel at Llandudno, the largest in Wales at the time.
Arts and literature
- Arthur Machen joins Frank Benson's travelling theatre company.
Awards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales – held in Merthyr Tydfil
- Chair – Evan Rees, "Y Diwigiwr"[7]
- Crown – John Gwili Jenkins
New books
- Morris Williams (Nicander) – Damhegion Esop ar Gân (published posthumously)
- The Dau Wynne – A Maid of Cymru
Music
- John Glyn Davies – Cerddi Huw Puw
Sport
- Rugby Union
- 9 February – Scotland beat Wales 18–8 at Inverleith, Edinburgh.
- Pontypool RFC and Tenby United RFC are founded.
Births
- 4 January – Lonza Bowdler, Wales international rugby player (died 1963)
- 20 January – Cecil Griffiths, athlete (died 1973)
- 18 February – Will Owen, politician (died 1981)
- 27 February – Iorwerth Peate, poet, author and founder of the Museum of Welsh Life (died 1982)[8]
- 4 March – Edward Prosser Rhys, journalist and poet (died 1945)[9]
- 1 April – Tom Jones, cricketer (died 1935)
- 18 April – Mel Rosser, dual-code international rugby player (died 1988)
- 22 May – David Morgan Jenkins, rugby player (died 1968)
- 22 June – Naunton Wayne, actor (died 1970)
- 1 July – Candy Evans, miner, boxer, dual-code international rugby union and professional rugby league footballer (died 1952)
- 3 September – Alexander Tudor-Hart, doctor and political activist (died 1992)[10]
- 10 September – Rowe Harding, Wales and British Lions rugby player (died 1991)
- 9 November – Rhys Davies, writer (died 1978)
- 10 December – Ivor Jones, rugby player (died 1982)
- 24 December – Hilary Marquand, economist and MP (died 1972)[11]
- date unknown – Ivor R. Davies, Welsh-descended organist and composer (died 1970)[12]
Deaths
- 20 January – James Harvey Insole, English-born colliery proprietor, 79
- 7 February – Leonard Watkins, Wales international rugby union player, 41
- 21 February – John Deffett Francis, artist, 85[13]
- June – Abel Jones (Bardd Crwst), balladeer, 71[14]
- 1 June
- John Viriamu Jones, scientist, 45[15]
- Morgan Albert Ellis, Welsh-American preacher (born 1832)
- 30 June – John Jones Griffiths[16]
- 18 August – Evan James, rugby player, 32
- 26 August – Robert Anderson Evans, executioner
- 5 September – Rhys Gwesyn Jones, minister and author, 75[17]
- 15 September – John Richards (Isalaw), musician (born 1843)
- 22 September – William Davies (Mynorydd), artist, 75[18]
- 24 November – Evan Lewis, Dean of Bangor, 83[19]
- 26 November – Robert Clayton, cricketer, 57
- 16 December – David Lewis, Archdeacon of Carmarthen, 62[20]
References
- Hywel Teifi Edwards (20 July 2016). The Eisteddfod. University of Wales Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-1-78316-914-6.
- 200 years of the census in Wales. Office for National Statistics. 2001.
- The Times, 3 September 1920
- "No. 27312". The London Gazette. 10 May 1901. p. 3197.
- "Birthday Honours". The Times (36608). London. 9 November 1901. p. 8.
- World's Press News and Advertisers' Review. World's Press News Publishing Company, Limited. 1966.
- "Winners of the Chair". National Eisteddfod of Wales. 3 October 2019.
- Trefor M. Owen. "Peate, Iorwerth Cyfeiliog (1901–1982), Curator of the Welsh Folk Museum, 1948–1971, scholar and poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
- Jones, Evan David. "Rhys, Edward Prosser". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. LIGC. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- "Alex Tudor-Hart". Spartacus educational. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
- John Graham Jones. "Marquand, Hilary (1901–1972), economist and Labour politician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
- Musical Opinion – Volume 94 – Page 483 1970 OBITUARY Ivor R. Davies, F.R.C.O., LJLA.M.
- Megan Ellis. "Francis, John Deffett (1815–1901), painter and collector". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
- Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Jones, Abel (1830–1901), ballad writer and strolling ballad singer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
- Edgar William Jones. "Jones, John Viriamu (1856–1901), first principal of the University College, Cardiff". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- "Death of Alderman J. Jones Griffiths, Penygraig". Rhondda Leader. 6 July 1901. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
- The Cambrian. T.J. Griffiths. 1902. p. 97.
- Charles Wilkins (of Merthyr-Tydfil.) (1908). The history of Merthyr Tydfil. J. Williams and sons. p. 468.
- Thomas, D. L. "Lewis, Evan (1818–1901)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online edition, subscription access). Oxford University Press. Retrieved 26 April 2008.
- "Obituary – Ven. David Lewis". The Times (36640). London. 17 December 1901. p. 11.
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