1895 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1895 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales â Hwfa Môn[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 (until 12 September);[12] Powlett Milbank (from 12 September)[13]
- Bishop of Bangor â Daniel Lewis Lloyd[14]
- Bishop of Llandaff â Richard Lewis[15]
- Bishop of St Asaph â A. G. Edwards (later Archbishop of Wales)[16]
- Bishop of St Davids â Basil Jones[17]
Events
- 4 February â Penarth Pier is opened.[18]
- 11 April â Rhos-on-Sea Pier is opened.[18]
- 29 March â The National Trust acquires Dinas Oleu, Barmouth, its first property in the UK.
- 1 November â The last turnpike toll-gates in the UK are removed, from Llanfairpwllgwyngyll on Anglesey.
Arts and literature
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Awards
National Eisteddfod of Wales â held at Llanelli
- Chair â John Owen Williams, "Dedwyddwch"[19]
- Crown â Lewis William Lewis
New books
English language
- Henry Jones â A Critical Account of the Philosophy of Lotze
- Arthur Machen â The Three Impostors[20]
- William Retlaw Williams â The parliamentary history of the principality of Wales[21]
Welsh language
- Daniel Owen â Straeon y Pentan[22]
Music
- John Thomas Rees â String quartet[23]
Sport
- Golf â The Welsh Golfing Union is founded,[24] and the first Welsh amateur golf championships are held.
- Horse racing â 15 April: The Welsh Grand National steeplechase is run for the first time, at Ely Racecourse, Cardiff. A huge crowd breaks down barriers and almost overwhelms police trying to keep out gatecrashers.[25] Deerstalker is the winner but the horse Barmecide breaks its neck.[26]
Births
- 22 January â Iorwerth Thomas, politician (died 1966)
- 25 January â Mary Glynne, actress (died 1954)[27]
- 8 February â Edward Enoch Jenkins, judge (died 1960)[28]
- 19 February â Mary Dilys Glynne, plant pathologist and mountaineer (died 1991)[29]
- 23 February â Wilfred Mitford Davies, artist (died 1966)[30]
- 1 March â William Richard Williams, civil servant (died 1963)
- 11 March â Albert Jenkins, rugby player (died 1953)
- 3 April â Brinley Williams, Wales dual-code rugby international (died 1987)
- 4 April â Nan Braunton, actress (died 1978)
- 14 April â Albert Evans-Jones ("Cynan"), poet and Archdruid (died 1970)[31]
- 17 April â Thomas Hughes, clergyman, assistant Bishop of Llandaff (died 1981)[32]
- 18 May â Tom Rees, airman, victim of the "Red Baron" (died 1916)[33]
- 8 June â Idwal Jones, humorous writer (died 1937)[34]
- 16 June â David Cuthbert Thomas, soldier who inspired works by both Siegfried Sassoon and Robert Graves (died 1916)[35]
- 24 July â Robert Graves, Royal Welch Fusiliers officer, poet, novelist and classicist often resident in Wales (died 1985)[36]
- 25 July â Sir Ifan ab Owen Edwards (died 1970)[37]
- 14 September â George Harrison, Glamorgan cricketer (date of death unknown)
- 1 November â David Jones, poet and artist (died 1974)[38]
- 24 November â William Evans, cardiologist (died 1988)[39]
Deaths
- 8 January â Daniel Harper, academic, 73[40]
- 15 January â Lady Charlotte Guest, translator of the Mabinogion, 82[41]
- 16 February â Thomas Briscoe, academic, 81[42]
- 18 February â James Goronwy Mathias, minister and writer, 53[43]
- 25 February â Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare, politician, 79[44]
- 2 April â Ellis Thomas Davies, minister and author, 73[45]
- 3 May â George Herbert, 13th Earl of Pembroke, 44[46]
- 8 May â Thomas Jones (Tudno), poet, 51[47]
- 13 July â John Griffin, Welsh international rugby player, 35
- 18 August â John Arthur Edward Herbert, High Sheriff of Monmouthshire 1849, 76[48]
- 28 August â Henry Pochin, English industrial chemist, mine-owner and politician, founder of Bodnant Garden, 71[49]
- 22 October â Daniel Owen, novelist, 59[50]
- 23 November â William Davies (Pembrokeshire MP), 74[51]
- date unknown â David Lewis, Newmanite priest and academic (born 1814)[52]