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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1893 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Richard Davies [2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Joseph Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk [3]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – John Ernest Greaves [4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Herbert Davies-Evans [5]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor [6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – William Cornwallis-West [7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Hugh Robert Hughes [8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Robert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – W. R. M. Wynne [9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort [10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Sir Herbert Williams-Wynn, 7th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington [11]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Arthur Walsh, 2nd Baron Ormathwaite [12]
- Bishop of Bangor – Daniel Lewis Lloyd [13]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Lewis [14]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Alfred George Edwards [15]
- Bishop of St Davids – Basil Jones [16]
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. [17]
- 6 June – Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway opens South Dock in Newport Docks. [18]
- 6 July – The future Prince of Wales, Prince George (later George V), marries Mary of Teck; their wedding rings are made of Welsh gold. [19]
- 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. [20]
- September – An International Eisteddfod takes place in Chicago, USA, during the Chicago World's Fair. [21]
- 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. [20]
Arts and literature
Awards
National Eisteddfod of Wales – held at Pontypridd
- Chair – John Ceulanydd Williams, "Pulpud Cymru" [22]
- 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) [23]
- 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) [24]
- 24 May – William Hubert Davies, musician (died 1965)
- 1 June – Lewis Valentine, political activist (died 1986) [25]
- 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) [26]
- 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, 64 [27]
- 29 January – Griffith Edwards (Gutyn Padarn), poet and antiquary, 80 [28]
- 12 February – Thomas Eyton-Jones, surgeon, physician, magistrate, local politician and army officer, 60 [29]
- 27 March – John Roberts, Sr., billiards champion, 69
- 30 March – Richard Crawley, writer, 52 [30]
- 24 August – Willie Llewelyn, cricketer, 25 (suicide) [31]
- 5 September – Morgan Lloyd, politician, 71 [32]
- 17 September – Edwin Cynrig Roberts, Patagonian colonist, about 55
- 1 October – Samuel Griffith, Pennsylvania politician, 77 [33]
- 23 December – Sir George Elliot, 1st Baronet, MP and founder of the Elliot Home for Seamen in Newport [34] 79
See also
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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 978-1-351-54547-1.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Transactions of the Liverpool Welsh National Society 1891-92". National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ^ Reese, M. M. (1976). The royal office of Master of the Horse. London: Threshold Books Ltd. p. 348. ISBN 978-0-901366-90-0.
- ^ Lodge, Edmund (2020). Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire... Salzwasser-Verlag GMBH. p. 318. ISBN 978-3-7525-0266-4.
- ^ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1885. p. 1027.
- ^ Thomas Iorwerth Ellis (1959). "Lloyd, Daniel Lewis (1843-1899), schoolmaster and bishop". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
- ^ Death Of The Bishop Of Llandaff, The Times, 25 January 1905; page 4; Issue 37613; col A
- ^ Thomas Iorwerth Ellis (1959). "Edwards, Alfred George (1848-1937), first archbishop of Wales". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ "William Basil Jones, Bishop of St Davids". Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
- ^ Edward Besly (2004). For Those in Peril: Civil Decorations and Lifesaving Awards at the National Museums & Galleries of Wales. National Museum Wales. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-7200-0546-2.
- ^ The Railway News ... 1911. p. 1211.
- ^ The British Empire Year Book. 1903. p. 1.
- ^ a b "The Aberavon Disaster". South Wales Daily News. 18 November 1893. Retrieved 2 October 2017 – via Welsh Newspapers.
- ^ Cherilyn A Walley (1 July 2009). The Welsh in Iowa. University of Wales Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-78316-591-9.
- ^ "Winners of the Chair". National Eisteddfod of Wales. Archived from the original on 13 February 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ Obituary, The Times, 7 March 1951, p. 6
- ^ John Davies; Nigel Jenkins; Menna Baines (2008). The Welsh Academy encyclopaedia of Wales. University of Wales Press. p. 868. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6.
- ^ Dafydd Johnston. "VALENTINE, LEWIS EDWARD (1893–1986), Baptist minister, author and Welsh nationalist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
- ^ T. Robin Chapman. "Lewis, John Saunders (1893–1985), politician, critic and dramatist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ Consul Willshire Butterfield, ed. (1880). The History of Columbia County, Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical Company. p. 1058.
- ^ Thomas Parry. "EDWARDS, GRIFFITH (Gutyn Padarn; 1812–1893), cleric, poet and antiquary". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
- ^ "Home and Foreign Chit-Chat". Llangollen Advertiser Denbighshire Merionethshire and North Wales Journal. 24 February 1893. p. 3 – via Welsh Newspapers.
-
^
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain:
Lee, Sidney, ed. (1901). "
Crawley, Richard".
Dictionary of National Biography (1st supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ "The Tragic Death of Mr W D Llewelyn". The Western Mail. 30 August 1893. hdl: 10107/4327419 – via Welsh Newspapers.
- ^ Edward Morgan Humphreys (1959). "Lloyd, Morgan (1822-1893), barrister and politician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
-
^
- United States Congress. "1893 in Wales (id: G000470)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ Sir George Elliot Bart MP Houghton Heritage Accessed 18 June 2016.
| |||||
| Centuries: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decades: | |||||
| See also: |
List of years in Wales Timeline of Welsh history
| ||||
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1893 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Richard Davies [2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Joseph Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk [3]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – John Ernest Greaves [4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Herbert Davies-Evans [5]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor [6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – William Cornwallis-West [7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Hugh Robert Hughes [8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Robert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – W. R. M. Wynne [9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort [10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Sir Herbert Williams-Wynn, 7th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington [11]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Arthur Walsh, 2nd Baron Ormathwaite [12]
- Bishop of Bangor – Daniel Lewis Lloyd [13]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Lewis [14]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Alfred George Edwards [15]
- Bishop of St Davids – Basil Jones [16]
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. [17]
- 6 June – Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway opens South Dock in Newport Docks. [18]
- 6 July – The future Prince of Wales, Prince George (later George V), marries Mary of Teck; their wedding rings are made of Welsh gold. [19]
- 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. [20]
- September – An International Eisteddfod takes place in Chicago, USA, during the Chicago World's Fair. [21]
- 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. [20]
Arts and literature
Awards
National Eisteddfod of Wales – held at Pontypridd
- Chair – John Ceulanydd Williams, "Pulpud Cymru" [22]
- 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) [23]
- 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) [24]
- 24 May – William Hubert Davies, musician (died 1965)
- 1 June – Lewis Valentine, political activist (died 1986) [25]
- 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) [26]
- 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, 64 [27]
- 29 January – Griffith Edwards (Gutyn Padarn), poet and antiquary, 80 [28]
- 12 February – Thomas Eyton-Jones, surgeon, physician, magistrate, local politician and army officer, 60 [29]
- 27 March – John Roberts, Sr., billiards champion, 69
- 30 March – Richard Crawley, writer, 52 [30]
- 24 August – Willie Llewelyn, cricketer, 25 (suicide) [31]
- 5 September – Morgan Lloyd, politician, 71 [32]
- 17 September – Edwin Cynrig Roberts, Patagonian colonist, about 55
- 1 October – Samuel Griffith, Pennsylvania politician, 77 [33]
- 23 December – Sir George Elliot, 1st Baronet, MP and founder of the Elliot Home for Seamen in Newport [34] 79
See also
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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 978-1-351-54547-1.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Transactions of the Liverpool Welsh National Society 1891-92". National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ^ Reese, M. M. (1976). The royal office of Master of the Horse. London: Threshold Books Ltd. p. 348. ISBN 978-0-901366-90-0.
- ^ Lodge, Edmund (2020). Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire... Salzwasser-Verlag GMBH. p. 318. ISBN 978-3-7525-0266-4.
- ^ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1885. p. 1027.
- ^ Thomas Iorwerth Ellis (1959). "Lloyd, Daniel Lewis (1843-1899), schoolmaster and bishop". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
- ^ Death Of The Bishop Of Llandaff, The Times, 25 January 1905; page 4; Issue 37613; col A
- ^ Thomas Iorwerth Ellis (1959). "Edwards, Alfred George (1848-1937), first archbishop of Wales". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ "William Basil Jones, Bishop of St Davids". Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
- ^ Edward Besly (2004). For Those in Peril: Civil Decorations and Lifesaving Awards at the National Museums & Galleries of Wales. National Museum Wales. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-7200-0546-2.
- ^ The Railway News ... 1911. p. 1211.
- ^ The British Empire Year Book. 1903. p. 1.
- ^ a b "The Aberavon Disaster". South Wales Daily News. 18 November 1893. Retrieved 2 October 2017 – via Welsh Newspapers.
- ^ Cherilyn A Walley (1 July 2009). The Welsh in Iowa. University of Wales Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-78316-591-9.
- ^ "Winners of the Chair". National Eisteddfod of Wales. Archived from the original on 13 February 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ Obituary, The Times, 7 March 1951, p. 6
- ^ John Davies; Nigel Jenkins; Menna Baines (2008). The Welsh Academy encyclopaedia of Wales. University of Wales Press. p. 868. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6.
- ^ Dafydd Johnston. "VALENTINE, LEWIS EDWARD (1893–1986), Baptist minister, author and Welsh nationalist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
- ^ T. Robin Chapman. "Lewis, John Saunders (1893–1985), politician, critic and dramatist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ Consul Willshire Butterfield, ed. (1880). The History of Columbia County, Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical Company. p. 1058.
- ^ Thomas Parry. "EDWARDS, GRIFFITH (Gutyn Padarn; 1812–1893), cleric, poet and antiquary". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
- ^ "Home and Foreign Chit-Chat". Llangollen Advertiser Denbighshire Merionethshire and North Wales Journal. 24 February 1893. p. 3 – via Welsh Newspapers.
-
^ This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain:
Lee, Sidney, ed. (1901). "
Crawley, Richard".
Dictionary of National Biography (1st supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ "The Tragic Death of Mr W D Llewelyn". The Western Mail. 30 August 1893. hdl: 10107/4327419 – via Welsh Newspapers.
- ^ Edward Morgan Humphreys (1959). "Lloyd, Morgan (1822-1893), barrister and politician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
-
^
- United States Congress. "1893 in Wales (id: G000470)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ Sir George Elliot Bart MP Houghton Heritage Accessed 18 June 2016.