1888 in Wales
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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 â Richard Davies[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire â Joseph Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire â John Ernest Greaves[3]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire â Edward Pryse (until 29 May); Herbert Davies-Evans (from 16 July)[4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire â John Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor[5]
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire â William Cornwallis-West[6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire â Hugh Robert Hughes[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan â Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire â Robert Davies Pryce[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire â Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort[10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire â Edward Herbert, 3rd Earl of Powis[11]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire â William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington[12]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire â Arthur Walsh, 2nd Baron Ormathwaite[13]
- Bishop of Bangor â James Colquhoun Campbell[14]
- Bishop of Llandaff â Richard Lewis[15]
- Bishop of St Asaph â Joshua Hughes[16]
- Bishop of St Davids â Basil Jones[17]
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales â Clwydfardd[18]
Events
- January â Plans are presented for a Welsh Presbyterian Chapel in Charing Cross Road, London.[19]
- March â Construction work begins on the Dowlais steelworks at East Moors, Cardiff.[20]
- 11 April - Earthquake centred on Corwen.[21]
- May â Owen Glynne Jones climbs Cadair Idris by the east ridge of the Cyfrwy.[22]
- 13 May â The young Beatrix Potter records a trip to Machynlleth in her diary.
- 14 May â Five miners are killed in an accident at the Aber Colliery, Porth, Rhondda.
- August â 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 â A new dock at Milford Haven is opened.[24]
- 5 October â Five sailors are drowned at Colwyn Bay while returning to their ship by boat.
- date unknown
- University of Wales, Bangor, opens its agriculture department â 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 â held at Wrexham
- Chair â Thomas Tudno Jones, "Peroriaeth"[30]
- Crown â Howell Elvet Lewis, "Y Sabath yng Nghymru"[31]
New books
- Daniel Owen â Y Siswrn
- J. Rhys â Lectures of the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by Celtic
Music
- William Griffith â "I Will Extol Thee"[32]
Sport
- Cricket â Glamorgan County Cricket Club founded.[33]
- Golf â 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 â Grace Wynne Griffith, novelist (died 1963)[35]
- 23 March â Fred Hando, writer and artist (died 1970)[36]
- 29 April â Fred Dyer, boxer and baritone singer (died after 1934)
- 14 May â Nansi Richards, harpist (died 1979)[37]
- 21 May â William Cove, politician (died 1963)
- 24 May â Howell Lewis, Wales international rugby player (died 1971)
- 18 June â Margaret Lindsay Williams, artist (died 1960)[38]
- 16 August â T. E. Lawrence, writer and war hero (died 1935)[39]
- 24 August â Valentine Baker, pilot and war hero (died 1942)
- 5 September â Rhys Hopkin Morris, politician (died 1956)
- 7 October â Frances Stevenson, secretary and later wife of David Lloyd George (died 1972)
- 19 October â Peter Freeman, politician (died 1956)[40]
- 27 November â Ezer Griffiths, physicist (died 1962)
- 29 December â Reg Plummer, Wales and British Lion rugby union player (died 1953)
Deaths
- 23 February â Evan Davies (Myfyr Morganwg), poet and archdruid, 87[41]
- 29 February â Thomas Price, Baptist minister and author, 67[42]
- 7 March â Hugh Hughes (Cadfan), Patagonian colonist, 63
- 16 March â Thomas Thomas, chapel architect and minister, c. 81
- 22 March â Henry Robertson, Scottish engineer and founder of Brymbo Steel Works, 72[43]
- 24 March â Benjamin Piercy, civil engineer, 61[44]
- 29 May â Edward Pryse, politician, 70[45]
- 7 June â Charles William Nevill, industrialist and politician, 72
- 2 August â David Davies (Dewi Emlyn), poet, 70
- 5 August â Charles Octavius Swinnerton Morgan, politician, historian and antiquary, 84[46]
- 20 August â Henry Richard, politician and peace campaigner, 76[47]
- 3 September â Robert H. Roberts, Welsh-born US senator, 51 (boatyard accident)[48]
- 20 September â Elias Owen, footballer, 35 (suicide)[49]
- 23 November â Edward John Sartoris, politician, 74/75
- date unknown
- John Evans (Y Bardd Cocos), poet
- Morgan Morgans, mining engineer, 73/4