1895 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1895 to Wales and its people.

← 1894 1893 1892 1891 1890 1895 in Wales → 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900
Centuries:	17th 18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s
See also:	List of years in Wales 1895 in The United Kingdom Ireland Scotland

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales – Albert Edward
• Princess of Wales – Alexandra
• Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Hwfa Môn[1]

Events

• 4 February – Penarth Pier is opened.[2]
• 11 April – Rhos-on-Sea Pier is opened.[2]
• 29 March – The National Trust acquires Dinas Oleu, Barmouth, its first property in the UK.
• 1 November – The last turnpike toll-gates in the UK are removed, from Llanfairpwllgwyngyll on Anglesey.

Arts and literature

Awards

National Eisteddfod of Wales – held at Llanelli

• Chair – John Owen Williams, "Dedwyddwch"[3]
• Crown – Lewis William Lewis

English language

• Henry Jones – A Critical Account of the Philosophy of Lotze
• Arthur Machen – The Three Impostors

Welsh language

• Daniel Owen – Straeon y Pentan[4]

Music

Sport

• Golf – The Welsh Golfing Union is founded,[5] and the first Welsh amateur golf championships are held.
• Horse racing – The Welsh Grand National is held for the first time, at Ely Racecourse, Cardiff. A huge crowd breaks down barriers and almost overwhelms police trying to keep out gatecrashers.[6]

Births

• 22 January – Iorwerth Thomas, politician (died 1966)
• 25 January – Mary Glynne, actress (died 1954)[7]
• 8 February – Edward Enoch Jenkins, judge (died 1960)[8]
• 19 February – Mary Dilys Glynne, plant pathologist and mountaineer (died 1991)[9]
• 23 February – Wilfred Mitford Davies, artist (died 1966)[10]
• 1 March – William Richard Williams, civil servant (died 1963)
• 11 March – Albert Jenkins, rugby player (died 1953)
• 3 April – Brinley Williams, Wales dual-code rugby international (died 1987)
• 14 April – Albert Evans-Jones ("Cynan"), poet and Archdruid (died 1970)[11]
• 17 April – Thomas Hughes, clergyman, assistant Bishop of Llandaff (died 1981)[12]
• 18 May – Tom Rees, airman, victim of the "Red Baron" (died 1916)[13]
• 8 June – Idwal Jones, humorous writer (died 1937)[14]
• 24 July – Robert Graves, Royal Welch Fusiliers officer, poet, novelist and classicist often resident in Wales (died 1985)[15]
• 25 July – Sir Ifan ab Owen Edwards (died 1970)[16]
• 14 September – George Harrison, Glamorgan cricketer (date of death unknown)
• 1 November – David Jones, poet and artist (died 1974)[17]
• 24 November – William Evans, cardiologist (died 1988)[18]

Deaths

• 8 January – Daniel Harper, academic, 73[19]
• 15 January – Lady Charlotte Guest, translator of the Mabinogion, 82[20]
• 16 February – Thomas Briscoe, academic, 81[21]
• 18 February – James Goronwy Mathias, minister and writer, 53[22]
• 25 February – Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare, politician, 79[23]
• 2 April – Ellis Thomas Davies, minister and author, 73[24]
• 3 May – George Herbert, 13th Earl of Pembroke, 44[25]
• 8 May – Thomas Jones (Tudno), poet, 51[26]
• 13 July – John Griffin, Welsh international rugby player, 35
• 18 August – John Arthur Edward Herbert, High Sheriff of Monmouthshire 1849, 76[27]
• 28 August – Henry Pochin, English industrial chemist, mine-owner and politician, founder of Bodnant Gardens, 71[28]
• 22 October – Daniel Owen, novelist, 59[29]
• 23 November – William Davies (MP), 74[30]
• date unknown – David Lewis, Newmanite priest and academic (born 1814)[31]

References

1. Hywel Teifi Edwards (20 July 2016). The Eisteddfod. University of Wales Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-1-78316-914-6.
2. Easdown, Martin; Thomas, Darlah (2010). Piers of Wales. Stroud: Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781848689206.
3. "Winners of the Chair". National Eisteddfod of Wales. 3 October 2019.
4. John Buchanan-Brown (1953). Cassell's Encyclopaedia of World Literature: Biographies L-Z. Morrow. p. 274.
5. Trudy Carradice; Phil Carradice (15 June 2010). Golf in Wales: A Pictorial History. Amberley Publishing Limited. p. 6. ISBN 978-1-4456-2347-4.
6. "Youngsters are odds on to uncover history of racecourse". Wales Online. 13 February 2009. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
7. Scott Wilson (19 August 2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. McFarland. p. 283. ISBN 978-1-4766-2599-7.
8. "Sir (Edward) Enoch Jenkins (1895-1960), Judge". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
9. Jean Beagle Ristaino (2008). Pioneering Women in Plant Pathology. APS Press. p. 87. ISBN 978-0-89054-359-7.
10. Margaret Mitford Williams. "Davies, Wilfred Mitford (1895–1966), artist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
11. Thomas Parry. "Jones, Sir Cynan (Albert) Evans ('Cynan'; 1895–1970), poet, dramatist and eisteddfodwr". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
12. 'HUGHES, Rt. Rev Thomas Maurice', Who's Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012; online edn, Nov 2012.doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U165555.
13. Mike O'Connor (26 September 2003). Airfields and Airmen: Cambrai. Pen and Sword. p. 185. ISBN 978-1-78340-269-4.
14. David Gwenallt Jones. "Jones, Richard Idwal (1895-1937), better known as Idwal Jones, schoolmaster, poet, and dramatist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
15. "National Portrait Gallery – Person – Robert Ranke Graves". Npg.org.uk. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
16. Mary Auronwy James. "Edwards, Sir Ifan ab Owen (1895–1970), lecturer, founder of Urdd Gobaith Cymru". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
17. John Matthias (1 January 1989). David Jones, man and poet. National Poetry Foundation, University of Maine. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-943373-03-4.
18. Evans W, Journey to Harley Street; David Rendel, London (1968)
19. Baker, J. N. L (1971). Jesus College 1571–1971. Oxonian Press Ltd, Oxford. pp. 91–93. ISBN 0-9502164-0-2.
20. James, B. Ll. "Clark, George Thomas". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/5461. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
21. Williams James, John. "Briscoe, Thomas (1813–1895), cleric and scholar". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2008.
22. Benjamin George Owens. "Mathias, James Goronwy (Goronwy Ddu; 1842–1895), Baptist minister and littérateur". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
23. James Frederick Rees. "Bruce, Henry Austin (1815–1895), 1st Baron Aberdare". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
24. Richard Griffith Owen. "Davies, Ellis Thomas (1822–1895), Independent minister". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
25. William Shakespeare (1896). Shakespeare and the Bible: Fifty Sonnets with Their Scriptural Harmonies. Samuel Bagster.
26. Thomas Parry. "Jones, Thomas (Tudno; 1844–1895), cleric and poet". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
27. Joseph Jackson Howard (1896). Visitation of England and Wales. Priv. print. p. 29.
28. H. T. Milliken (1975). The Road to Bodnant: The Story Behind the Foundation of the Famous North Wales Garden. Morten. p. vii. ISBN 978-0-85972-021-2.
29. Katherine Williams. "Owen, Daniel (1836-1895), novelist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
30. "Death of Sir William Davies". South Wales Daily Post. 23 November 1895. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
31. Thomas, D. L. "Lewis, Evan (1818–1901)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online edition, subscription access). Oxford University Press. Retrieved 26 April 2008.