1904 in Wales

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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1904 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

For United Kingdom incumbents, see 1904 in the United Kingdom § Incumbents.

• Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Hwfa Môn[1]

• Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Sir Richard Henry Williams-Bulkeley, 12th Baronet
• Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Joseph Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk[2]
• Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – John Ernest Greaves[3]
• Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Herbert Davies-Evans[4]
• Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – Sir James Williams-Drummond, 4th Baronet[5]
• Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – William Cornwallis-West[6]
• Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Hugh Robert Hughes[7]
• Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Robert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth
• Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – W. R. M. Wynne[8]
• Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Godfrey Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar[9]
• Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Sir Herbert Williams-Wynn, 7th Baronet
• Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Frederick Campbell, 3rd Earl Cawdor[10]
• Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Powlett Milbank[11]

• Bishop of Bangor – Watkin Williams[12]
• Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Lewis[13]
• Bishop of St Asaph – A. G. Edwards (later Archbishop of Wales)[14]
• Bishop of St Davids – John Owen[15]

Events

• January - Opening of Llanelli North Dock.
• 5 January - Opening of Tanat Valley Light Railway between Llynclys and Llangynog.
• February - Beginning of the 1904–1905 Welsh revival in religion.
• 4 May - Charles Rolls and Henry Royce meet for the first time in Manchester to agree production of Rolls-Royce motor cars.
• 31 May - Wentwood Reservoir inaugurated for Newport Corporation.
• 26 May - Harvey du Cros junior makes the first successful ascent of Snowdon by automobile.[16]
• 11 June - Henry Paget, 5th Marquess of Anglesey, is declared bankrupt; from 29 July sales of his assets at Plas Newydd (Anglesey) begin.
• 21 July - Edward VII and Queen Alexandra open the Elan Valley Reservoirs.[17]
• 3 August - The first Royal Welsh Show is held at Aberystwyth.[18]
• September - The second Pan-Celtic Congress is held at Caernarfon.
• 28–29 September - A conference at Blaenannerch reinforces the strength of the religious revival.
• October - Evan Roberts begins preaching.
• c. October - Mrs H. Millicent McKenzie is appointed Associated Professor of Education at the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire in Cardiff, the first woman in Britain to hold a professorial title.[19]
• 3 October - Five people are killed in a railway accident near Loughor.
• 31 October - Rhondda Tramways Company begins operation.[20]
• November - Joseph Jenkins, instigator of the religious revival, is guest preacher at meetings in Bethany, Ammanford, and "converts" incumbent minister Nantlais Williams.[21]
• In local authority elections, the Liberal Party win control of all county councils in Wales.
• Orthopaedic surgeon Robert Jones becomes Honorary Surgeon to the Baschurch Home in Shropshire which he will develop into the world's first specialized orthopaedic hospital.
• Thomas Marchant Williams is knighted in recognition of his role in founding the National Eisteddfod Society.[22]
• No. 1 blast furnace at the old Blaenavon Ironworks is shut down.

Arts and literature

• February - Gwen John arrives in Paris, in the company of Dorelia McNeill.[23]

Awards

• National Eisteddfod of Wales - held in Rhyl
  • Chair - J. Machreth Rees, "Geraint ac Enid"[24]
  • Crown - Richard Machno Humphreys[25]

New books

English language

• Joseph Bradney - A History of Monmouthshire from the Coming of the Normans into Wales down to the Present Time, vol. 1

Welsh language

• Owen Dafydd (died c. 1814) - Cynhyrchion Barddonol yr Hen Felinydd Owen Dafydd Cwmaman
• Daniel Jenkins and David Lewis - Cerddi Cerngoch[26]
• Eluned Morgan - Dringo'r Andes
• R. Silyn Roberts - Trystan ac Esyllt a Chaniadau Eraill[27]

Music

• Sir Henry Walford Davies - Everyman (oratorio)

Sport

• Rugby league - In the first international league match, played between England and Other nationalities, ex-Wales rugby international Jack Rhapps becomes the World's first dual-code rugby international.
• Rugby union - Percy Bush scores 104 points for the British team on their tour of Australia and New Zealand.

Births

• 6 March - Hugh Williams, actor and dramatist (died 1969)[28]
• 17 March - Daniel Granville West, Baron Granville-West, politician (died 1984)[29]
• 12 April - David Jenkins, Wales national rugby footballer (died 1951)[30]
• 18 May - Eynon Evans, actor and screenwriter (died 1989)[31]
• 7 June - Tom Lewis, Wales international rugby player (died 1994)
• 8 June - Angus McBean, photographer (died 1990)[32]
• 26 June
  • Prof Seaborne Davies, law teacher and three times President of the National Eisteddfod (died 1984)[33]
  • Lynn Ungoed-Thomas, politician (died 1972)[34]
• 27 June - Emrys Davies, cricketer (died 1975)[35]
• 28 July - Ned Jenkins, Wales international rugby player (died 1990)
• 31 July - Harold Davies, Baron Davies of Leek, politician (died 1985)[36]
• 4 August – Sir Thomas Parry, academic (died 1985)[37]
• 8 August - Dai Parker, Wales and British Lion rugby player (died 1965)
• 22 August - Tommy Rees, Wales dual-code rugby player (died 1968)
• 12 September
  • Euros Bowen, poet (died 1988)
  • Donald Holroyde Hey, chemist (died 1987)
• 24 September - George Andrews, Wales dual-code rugby player (died 1989)
• 27 September - John Gwilym Jones, dramatist (died 1988)
• 30 September - Waldo Williams, poet (died 1971)[38]
• 10 October (in Somerset) – Leslie Morris, politician in Canada (died 1964)
• 15 October - Sir Julian Hodge, banker (died 2004)[39]
• 3 November - Caradog Prichard, poet and novelist (died 1980)[40]
• 30 November - Philip Burton, theatre director and radio producer (died 1995)[41]
• date unknown - Richard Vaughan, novelist (died 1983)

Deaths

• 21 April - William Williams, businessman and politician, 64[42]
• 10 May - Sir Henry Morton Stanley, journalist and explorer, 63
• 26 June - William Ormsby-Gore, 2nd Baron Harlech, 85[43]
• 12 July – Samuel M. Jones, mayor of Toledo, Ohio, USA, 57[44]
• 17 July - Isaac Roberts, astronomer, 75[45]
• 25 July - James Valentine, English rugby international, 37 (struck by lightning while on holiday in Barmouth)[46]
• September - Benjamin Davies, Welsh-descended Canadian politician, 91[47]
• 4 October - James Lewis Thomas, architect, 78[48]
• 21 November - Jimmy Michael, cyclist, 27 (alcohol-related)
• 24 November - Lewis Jones, one of the founders of the Welsh settlement in Patagonia, 68[49]
• 26 December - William Henry Powell, American Civil War hero, 79[50]
• 29 December - Edward Treharne, Wales international rugby player, 42 (heart attack)[51]

See also

• 1904 in Ireland

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