1892 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1892 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales â Clwydfardd[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey â Richard Davies[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire â Joseph Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk[3]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire â John Ernest Greaves[4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire â Herbert Davies-Evans[5]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire â John Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor[6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire â William Cornwallis-West[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire â Hugh Robert Hughes[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan â Robert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire â W. R. M. Wynne[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire â Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort[10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire â Sir Herbert Williams-Wynn, 7th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire â William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington[11]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire â Arthur Walsh, 2nd Baron Ormathwaite[12]
Events
- January â The children's magazine Cymru'r Plant is launched by Owen Morgan Edwards.[17]
- 5 March â St Michael's & All Angels (Anglican) Theological College is founded at Aberdare.
- 30 May â The South Wales Argus, published in Newport, is launched.[18]
- 14 July â Official inauguration of the Liverpool water supply from Lake Vyrnwy. The Vyrnwy dam is the first high masonry gravity dam in Britain.
- 13 September â The Watkin Path up Snowdon is officially opened by William Ewart Gladstone.[19]
- 14 September â The Cardiff water supply from Cantref Reservoir is officially inaugurated by the Mayor of Merthyr Tydfil.[20]
- date unknown
- J.D. Lewis establishes the Gomer Press at Llandysul.[21]
- The Parc and Dare Hall in Treorchy opens as a workingmen's institute and library.[22]
Arts and literature
Awards
National Eisteddfod of Wales â held at Rhyl
New books
- D Davies â Patagonia: a description of the country
- Daniel James (Gwyrosydd) â Caniadau Gwyrosydd
- Thomas Gwynn Jones â Eglwys y Dyn Tlawd
- John Richard Williams (J.R. Tryfanwy) â Lloffion yr Amddifad
Music
- Joseph Parry â Saul of Tarsus (oratorio)
- David Christmas Williams â Traeth Llafar (cantata)
Sport
Births
- 23 March â Jack Whitfield, Wales rugby union captain (died 1927)
- 15 May â Jimmy Wilde, professional boxer (died 1969)[25]
- 12 June â Hilda Vaughan, novelist (died 1985)[26]
- 20 June â Geoffrey Crawshay, soldier and social benefactor (died 1954)[27]
- 25 July â Brigadier Hugh Llewellyn Glyn Hughes, soldier and medical administrator (died 1973)
- 12 August â Jerry Shea, Welsh rugby union and rugby league player (died 1947)
- 18 September â Joe Johns, Welsh lightweight boxing champion (died 1927)
- 12 November â Tudor Davies, operatic tenor (died 1958)[28]
- 19 November â Huw T. Edwards, trade union leader and politician (died 1970)[29]
Deaths
- 13 February â William Davies, palaeontologist, 76[30]
- 5 March â Theophilus Redwood, pharmacist, 85[31]
- 15 March â Mesac Thomas, Anglican bishop in Australia, 75[32]
- 22 April â William Williams, Presbyterian missionary in India, 33 (typhoid)[33]
- 24 April â John Davies (Ossian Gwent), poet, 53
- 27 April â Edward Wingfield Humphreys, Welsh-born New Zealand politician, 50/51[34]
- 6 May â Robert J. Davies, Calvinistic Methodist leader, 52[35]
- 5 June â Robert Rees, singer and musician, 51[36]
- 19 June â Lewis Llewelyn Dillwyn, industrialist and politician, 78[37]
- 3 October â William Davies (Gwilym Teilo), poet and historian, 61
- 26 November â Edward Matthews, minister and author, 79[38]
- 18 December â Richard Owen, anatomist, 88[39]
- 23 December â John Gibson, architect of the Marble Church, Bodelwyddan, 75
- 27 December â Samuel Holland, politician, 89