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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1888 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Richard Davies [1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Joseph Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk [2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – John Ernest Greaves [3]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Edward Pryse (until 29 May); Herbert Davies-Evans (from 16 July) [4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor [5]
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – William Cornwallis-West [6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Hugh Robert Hughes [7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot [8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Robert Davies Pryce [9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort [10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Edward Herbert, 3rd Earl of Powis [11]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington [12]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Arthur Walsh, 2nd Baron Ormathwaite [13]
- Bishop of Bangor – James Colquhoun Campbell [14]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Lewis [15]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Joshua Hughes [16]
- Bishop of St Davids – Basil Jones [17]
Events
- January – Plans are presented for a Welsh Presbyterian Chapel in Charing Cross Road, London. [19]
- March – Construction work begins on the Dowlais steelworks at East Moors, Cardiff. [20]
- 11 April - Earthquake centred on Corwen. [21]
- May – Owen Glynne Jones climbs Cadair Idris by the east ridge of the Cyfrwy. [22]
- 13 May – The young Beatrix Potter records a trip to Machynlleth in her diary.
- 14 May – Five miners are killed in an accident at the Aber Colliery, Porth, Rhondda.
- August – Joshua Hughes, Bishop of St Asaph, has a seizure while staying in Scotland, and is paralysed until his death a few months later. [23]
- 27 September – A new dock at Milford Haven is opened. [24]
- 5 October – Five sailors are drowned at Colwyn Bay while returning to their ship by boat.
- date unknown
- University of Wales, Bangor, opens its agriculture department – the first in a British university. [25]
- The Welsh Parliamentary Liberal Party is formed. [26]
- Henry Morton Stanley "discovers" Lake Edward and names it after the Prince of Wales. [27]
- R. J. Lloyd Price opens a whisky distillery at Frongoch. [28]
- The remains of Llantwit Major Roman Villa are discovered. [29]
Arts and literature
Awards
National Eisteddfod of Wales – held at Wrexham
- Chair – Thomas Tudno Jones, "Peroriaeth" [30]
- Crown – Howell Elvet Lewis, "Y Sabath yng Nghymru" [31]
New books
- Daniel Owen – Y Siswrn
- J. Rhys – Lectures of the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by Celtic
Music
- William Griffith – "I Will Extol Thee" [32]
Sport
- Cricket – Glamorgan County Cricket Club founded. [33]
- Golf – Tenby Links becomes the first golf course in Wales. [34] The first competition held by the club is held on 25 October over 9 holes and is won by Mr T A Rees.
-
Rugby union
- Briton Ferry RFC, Builth Wells RFC, Llantrisant RFC, Newbridge RFC and Tonna RFC are founded.
- Willie Thomas is the only Welsh international to take part in the first overseas tour by a British rugby union team.
- Wales win their first international game against Scotland, during the 1888 Home Nations Championship.
- Wales face their first international opposition, the New Zealand Native football team. Wales win by a goal to nil.
Births
- February – Grace Wynne Griffith, novelist (died 1963) [35]
- 23 March – Fred Hando, writer and artist (died 1970) [36]
- 29 April – Fred Dyer, boxer and baritone singer (died after 1934)
- 14 May – Nansi Richards, harpist (died 1979) [37]
- 21 May – William Cove, politician (died 1963)
- 24 May – Howell Lewis, Wales international rugby player (died 1971)
- 18 June – Margaret Lindsay Williams, artist (died 1960) [38]
- 16 August – T. E. Lawrence, writer and war hero (died 1935) [39]
- 24 August – Valentine Baker, pilot and war hero (died 1942)
- 5 September – Rhys Hopkin Morris, politician (died 1956)
- 7 October – Frances Stevenson, secretary and later wife of David Lloyd George (died 1972)
- 19 October – Peter Freeman, politician (died 1956) [40]
- 27 November – Ezer Griffiths, physicist (died 1962)
- 29 December – Reg Plummer, Wales and British Lion rugby union player (died 1953)
Deaths
- 23 February – Evan Davies (Myfyr Morganwg), poet and archdruid, 87 [41]
- 29 February – Thomas Price, Baptist minister and author, 67 [42]
- 7 March – Hugh Hughes (Cadfan), Patagonian colonist, 63
- 16 March – Thomas Thomas, chapel architect and minister, c. 81
- 22 March – Henry Robertson, Scottish engineer and founder of Brymbo Steel Works, 72 [43]
- 24 March – Benjamin Piercy, civil engineer, 61 [44]
- 29 May – Edward Pryse, politician, 70 [45]
- 7 June – Charles William Nevill, industrialist and politician, 72
- 2 August – David Davies (Dewi Emlyn), poet, 70
- 5 August – Charles Octavius Swinnerton Morgan, politician, historian and antiquary, 84 [46]
- 20 August – Henry Richard, politician and peace campaigner, 76 [47]
- 3 September – Robert H. Roberts, Welsh-born US senator, 51 (boatyard accident) [48]
- 20 September – Elias Owen, footballer, 35 (suicide) [49]
- 23 November – Edward John Sartoris, politician, 74/75
- date unknown
- John Evans (Y Bardd Cocos), poet
- Morgan Morgans, mining engineer, 73/4
See also
References
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins (1959). "Davies, Richard (1818-1896), M.P.". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ Dod's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland, Including All the Titled Classes. Dod. 1921. p. 356.
- ^ National Museum of Wales (1935). Adroddiad Blynyddol. The Museum. p. 3.
- ^ The 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. p. 443.
- ^ Edward Arthur Copleston (1878). Where's where? Pt. 1. A concise gazetteer of Somerset. Pt. 2. Statistical, educational, parliamentary and practical information. p. 80.
- ^ Potter, Matthew (2016). The concept of the 'master' in art education in Britain and Ireland, 1770 to the present. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. p. 149. ISBN 9781351545471.
- ^ Henry Taylor (1895). "Popish recusants in Flintshire in 1625". Journal of the Architectural, Archaeological, and Historic Society for the County and the City of Chester and North Wales. Architectural, Archaeological, and Historic Society for the County and the City of Chester and North Wales: 304.
- ^ William Llewelyn Davies (1959). "Talbot family, of Margam Abbey and Penrice Castle Glamorganshire". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ The Annual Register. Rivingtons. 1892. p. 179.
- ^ Reese, M. M. (1976). The royal office of Master of the Horse. London: Threshold Books Ltd. p. 348. ISBN 9780901366900.
- ^ Weyman, Henry T. (1929). "Shropshire M.P.s - Memoirs". T.S.A.S., Series 4, Volume XII. p. 28.
- ^ Lodge, Edmund (2020). Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire... Salzwasser-Verlag GMBH. p. 318. ISBN 9783752502664.
- ^ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1885. p. 1027.
- ^ "Campbell, John Colquhoun (CMBL831JC)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Death Of The Bishop Of Llandaff, The Times, 25 January 1905; page 4; Issue 37613; col A
- ^ Havard, William Thomas (1959). "Hughes, Joshua (1807-1889), bishop". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ^ "William Basil Jones, Bishop of St Davids". Dictionary of National Biography. Archived from the original on 13 October 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
- ^ Daniel Williams (1959). "Griffith, David (Clwydfardd; 1800-1894), eisteddfodic bard and arch-druid". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ The Building News and Engineering Journal. Office for Publication and advertisements. 1888. p. 90. Archived from the original on 28 April 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ Andrew Lorenz (16 April 2012). GKN: The Making of a Business, 1759–2009. John Wiley & Sons. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-470-68588-4. Archived from the original on 28 April 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ "UK Historical Earthquake Database". British Geological Survey. Archived from the original on 1 July 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- ^ Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England) (1967). The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. The Society. p. 304. Archived from the original on 28 April 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Volume 28.
- ^ The Railway News ... 1912. p. 141. Archived from the original on 28 April 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ David Roberts (1 November 2009). Bangor University 1884–2009. University of Wales Press. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-7083-2280-2. Archived from the original on 28 April 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ John Davies; Nigel Jenkins; Menna Baines (2008). The Welsh Academy encyclopaedia of Wales. University of Wales Press. p. 186. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6. Archived from the original on 28 April 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ The World Book Encyclopedia. World Book. 1989. p. 838. Archived from the original on 28 April 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ Stuart Perry (1980). The New Zealand Whisky Book. Collins. p. 103. ISBN 978-0-00-216973-8. Archived from the original on 28 April 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ National Museum of Wales (1928). Annual Report. The Museum. p. 20. Archived from the original on 28 April 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ "Winners of the Chair". National Eisteddfod of Wales. 3 February 2020. Archived from the original on 13 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ "Winners of the Crown". National Eisteddfod of Wales. 3 February 2020. Archived from the original on 7 November 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ Griffith, Robert David. "GRIFFITH, WILLIAM (Gwilym Caledffrwd, 1832–1913)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- ^ Bamber Gascoigne (1994). Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan. p. 259. ISBN 978-0-333-63739-5.
- ^ The Golfing Annual. H. Cox. 1898. p. 518. Archived from the original on 28 April 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ Gomer Morgan Roberts (2001). "Griffith, Grace Wynne (1888-1963), novelist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
- ^ Chris Barber, ed. (1987). Hando's Gwent. Blorenge Books. ISBN 978-0951044452.
- ^ Evans, Nia Gwyn (2016). "Jones, Nansi Richards ('Telynores Maldwyn ') (1888-1979), harpist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
- ^ Peter Lord. "Williams, Margaret Lindsay". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- ^ Legg, Rodney (1988). Lawrence of Arabia in Dorset. Sherborne: Dorset Pub. p. 8. ISBN 9780902129962.
- ^ "Mr. P. Freeman,M.P - An energetic reformer". The Times. No. 53536. London. 21 May 1956. p. 10.
- ^ "DAVIES, EVAN (Myfyr Morganwg; 1801 – 1888), bard and 'archdruid'". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- ^ Price, Watkin William. "Thomas Price". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Journal. 1888. p. 4. Archived from the original on 28 April 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Thomas Mardy Rees (1908). Notable Welshmen (1700-1900): ... with Brief Notes, in Chronological Order, and Authorities. Herald Office. p. 400.
- ^ "Death of Colonel Pryse". Cambrian News. 1 June 1888. p. 4. Archived from the original on 28 February 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- ^ William Llewelyn Davies. "Morgan, Charles Octavius Swinnerton (1803–1888), antiquary and local historian". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ "Death of Mr. Henry Richard, M.P.". Huddersfield Chronicle. 25 August 1888. Archived from the original on 28 April 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ EX-SENATOR ROBERTS KILLED Archived 28 April 2024 at the Wayback Machine in NYT on September 4, 1888
- ^ Davies, Gareth; Garland, Ian (1991). Who's Who of Welsh International Soccer Players. Wrexham: Bridge Books. p. 155. ISBN 1-872424-11-2.
| |||||
| Centuries: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decades: | |||||
| See also: |
List of years in Wales Timeline of Welsh history
| ||||
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1888 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Richard Davies [1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Joseph Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk [2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – John Ernest Greaves [3]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Edward Pryse (until 29 May); Herbert Davies-Evans (from 16 July) [4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor [5]
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – William Cornwallis-West [6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Hugh Robert Hughes [7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot [8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Robert Davies Pryce [9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort [10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Edward Herbert, 3rd Earl of Powis [11]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington [12]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Arthur Walsh, 2nd Baron Ormathwaite [13]
- Bishop of Bangor – James Colquhoun Campbell [14]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Lewis [15]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Joshua Hughes [16]
- Bishop of St Davids – Basil Jones [17]
Events
- January – Plans are presented for a Welsh Presbyterian Chapel in Charing Cross Road, London. [19]
- March – Construction work begins on the Dowlais steelworks at East Moors, Cardiff. [20]
- 11 April - Earthquake centred on Corwen. [21]
- May – Owen Glynne Jones climbs Cadair Idris by the east ridge of the Cyfrwy. [22]
- 13 May – The young Beatrix Potter records a trip to Machynlleth in her diary.
- 14 May – Five miners are killed in an accident at the Aber Colliery, Porth, Rhondda.
- August – Joshua Hughes, Bishop of St Asaph, has a seizure while staying in Scotland, and is paralysed until his death a few months later. [23]
- 27 September – A new dock at Milford Haven is opened. [24]
- 5 October – Five sailors are drowned at Colwyn Bay while returning to their ship by boat.
- date unknown
- University of Wales, Bangor, opens its agriculture department – the first in a British university. [25]
- The Welsh Parliamentary Liberal Party is formed. [26]
- Henry Morton Stanley "discovers" Lake Edward and names it after the Prince of Wales. [27]
- R. J. Lloyd Price opens a whisky distillery at Frongoch. [28]
- The remains of Llantwit Major Roman Villa are discovered. [29]
Arts and literature
Awards
National Eisteddfod of Wales – held at Wrexham
- Chair – Thomas Tudno Jones, "Peroriaeth" [30]
- Crown – Howell Elvet Lewis, "Y Sabath yng Nghymru" [31]
New books
- Daniel Owen – Y Siswrn
- J. Rhys – Lectures of the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by Celtic
Music
- William Griffith – "I Will Extol Thee" [32]
Sport
- Cricket – Glamorgan County Cricket Club founded. [33]
- Golf – Tenby Links becomes the first golf course in Wales. [34] The first competition held by the club is held on 25 October over 9 holes and is won by Mr T A Rees.
-
Rugby union
- Briton Ferry RFC, Builth Wells RFC, Llantrisant RFC, Newbridge RFC and Tonna RFC are founded.
- Willie Thomas is the only Welsh international to take part in the first overseas tour by a British rugby union team.
- Wales win their first international game against Scotland, during the 1888 Home Nations Championship.
- Wales face their first international opposition, the New Zealand Native football team. Wales win by a goal to nil.
Births
- February – Grace Wynne Griffith, novelist (died 1963) [35]
- 23 March – Fred Hando, writer and artist (died 1970) [36]
- 29 April – Fred Dyer, boxer and baritone singer (died after 1934)
- 14 May – Nansi Richards, harpist (died 1979) [37]
- 21 May – William Cove, politician (died 1963)
- 24 May – Howell Lewis, Wales international rugby player (died 1971)
- 18 June – Margaret Lindsay Williams, artist (died 1960) [38]
- 16 August – T. E. Lawrence, writer and war hero (died 1935) [39]
- 24 August – Valentine Baker, pilot and war hero (died 1942)
- 5 September – Rhys Hopkin Morris, politician (died 1956)
- 7 October – Frances Stevenson, secretary and later wife of David Lloyd George (died 1972)
- 19 October – Peter Freeman, politician (died 1956) [40]
- 27 November – Ezer Griffiths, physicist (died 1962)
- 29 December – Reg Plummer, Wales and British Lion rugby union player (died 1953)
Deaths
- 23 February – Evan Davies (Myfyr Morganwg), poet and archdruid, 87 [41]
- 29 February – Thomas Price, Baptist minister and author, 67 [42]
- 7 March – Hugh Hughes (Cadfan), Patagonian colonist, 63
- 16 March – Thomas Thomas, chapel architect and minister, c. 81
- 22 March – Henry Robertson, Scottish engineer and founder of Brymbo Steel Works, 72 [43]
- 24 March – Benjamin Piercy, civil engineer, 61 [44]
- 29 May – Edward Pryse, politician, 70 [45]
- 7 June – Charles William Nevill, industrialist and politician, 72
- 2 August – David Davies (Dewi Emlyn), poet, 70
- 5 August – Charles Octavius Swinnerton Morgan, politician, historian and antiquary, 84 [46]
- 20 August – Henry Richard, politician and peace campaigner, 76 [47]
- 3 September – Robert H. Roberts, Welsh-born US senator, 51 (boatyard accident) [48]
- 20 September – Elias Owen, footballer, 35 (suicide) [49]
- 23 November – Edward John Sartoris, politician, 74/75
- date unknown
- John Evans (Y Bardd Cocos), poet
- Morgan Morgans, mining engineer, 73/4
See also
References
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins (1959). "Davies, Richard (1818-1896), M.P.". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ Dod's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland, Including All the Titled Classes. Dod. 1921. p. 356.
- ^ National Museum of Wales (1935). Adroddiad Blynyddol. The Museum. p. 3.
- ^ The 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. p. 443.
- ^ Edward Arthur Copleston (1878). Where's where? Pt. 1. A concise gazetteer of Somerset. Pt. 2. Statistical, educational, parliamentary and practical information. p. 80.
- ^ Potter, Matthew (2016). The concept of the 'master' in art education in Britain and Ireland, 1770 to the present. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. p. 149. ISBN 9781351545471.
- ^ Henry Taylor (1895). "Popish recusants in Flintshire in 1625". Journal of the Architectural, Archaeological, and Historic Society for the County and the City of Chester and North Wales. Architectural, Archaeological, and Historic Society for the County and the City of Chester and North Wales: 304.
- ^ William Llewelyn Davies (1959). "Talbot family, of Margam Abbey and Penrice Castle Glamorganshire". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ The Annual Register. Rivingtons. 1892. p. 179.
- ^ Reese, M. M. (1976). The royal office of Master of the Horse. London: Threshold Books Ltd. p. 348. ISBN 9780901366900.
- ^ Weyman, Henry T. (1929). "Shropshire M.P.s - Memoirs". T.S.A.S., Series 4, Volume XII. p. 28.
- ^ Lodge, Edmund (2020). Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire... Salzwasser-Verlag GMBH. p. 318. ISBN 9783752502664.
- ^ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1885. p. 1027.
- ^ "Campbell, John Colquhoun (CMBL831JC)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Death Of The Bishop Of Llandaff, The Times, 25 January 1905; page 4; Issue 37613; col A
- ^ Havard, William Thomas (1959). "Hughes, Joshua (1807-1889), bishop". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ^ "William Basil Jones, Bishop of St Davids". Dictionary of National Biography. Archived from the original on 13 October 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
- ^ Daniel Williams (1959). "Griffith, David (Clwydfardd; 1800-1894), eisteddfodic bard and arch-druid". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ The Building News and Engineering Journal. Office for Publication and advertisements. 1888. p. 90. Archived from the original on 28 April 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ Andrew Lorenz (16 April 2012). GKN: The Making of a Business, 1759–2009. John Wiley & Sons. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-470-68588-4. Archived from the original on 28 April 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ "UK Historical Earthquake Database". British Geological Survey. Archived from the original on 1 July 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- ^ Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England) (1967). The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. The Society. p. 304. Archived from the original on 28 April 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Volume 28.
- ^ The Railway News ... 1912. p. 141. Archived from the original on 28 April 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ David Roberts (1 November 2009). Bangor University 1884–2009. University of Wales Press. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-7083-2280-2. Archived from the original on 28 April 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ John Davies; Nigel Jenkins; Menna Baines (2008). The Welsh Academy encyclopaedia of Wales. University of Wales Press. p. 186. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6. Archived from the original on 28 April 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ The World Book Encyclopedia. World Book. 1989. p. 838. Archived from the original on 28 April 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ Stuart Perry (1980). The New Zealand Whisky Book. Collins. p. 103. ISBN 978-0-00-216973-8. Archived from the original on 28 April 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ National Museum of Wales (1928). Annual Report. The Museum. p. 20. Archived from the original on 28 April 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ "Winners of the Chair". National Eisteddfod of Wales. 3 February 2020. Archived from the original on 13 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ "Winners of the Crown". National Eisteddfod of Wales. 3 February 2020. Archived from the original on 7 November 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ Griffith, Robert David. "GRIFFITH, WILLIAM (Gwilym Caledffrwd, 1832–1913)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- ^ Bamber Gascoigne (1994). Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan. p. 259. ISBN 978-0-333-63739-5.
- ^ The Golfing Annual. H. Cox. 1898. p. 518. Archived from the original on 28 April 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ Gomer Morgan Roberts (2001). "Griffith, Grace Wynne (1888-1963), novelist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
- ^ Chris Barber, ed. (1987). Hando's Gwent. Blorenge Books. ISBN 978-0951044452.
- ^ Evans, Nia Gwyn (2016). "Jones, Nansi Richards ('Telynores Maldwyn ') (1888-1979), harpist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
- ^ Peter Lord. "Williams, Margaret Lindsay". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- ^ Legg, Rodney (1988). Lawrence of Arabia in Dorset. Sherborne: Dorset Pub. p. 8. ISBN 9780902129962.
- ^ "Mr. P. Freeman,M.P - An energetic reformer". The Times. No. 53536. London. 21 May 1956. p. 10.
- ^ "DAVIES, EVAN (Myfyr Morganwg; 1801 – 1888), bard and 'archdruid'". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- ^ Price, Watkin William. "Thomas Price". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Journal. 1888. p. 4. Archived from the original on 28 April 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Thomas Mardy Rees (1908). Notable Welshmen (1700-1900): ... with Brief Notes, in Chronological Order, and Authorities. Herald Office. p. 400.
- ^ "Death of Colonel Pryse". Cambrian News. 1 June 1888. p. 4. Archived from the original on 28 February 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- ^ William Llewelyn Davies. "Morgan, Charles Octavius Swinnerton (1803–1888), antiquary and local historian". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ "Death of Mr. Henry Richard, M.P.". Huddersfield Chronicle. 25 August 1888. Archived from the original on 28 April 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ EX-SENATOR ROBERTS KILLED Archived 28 April 2024 at the Wayback Machine in NYT on September 4, 1888
- ^ Davies, Gareth; Garland, Ian (1991). Who's Who of Welsh International Soccer Players. Wrexham: Bridge Books. p. 155. ISBN 1-872424-11-2.