1887 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1887 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

• Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Richard Davies^[1]
• 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 – John Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor^[5]
• Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – William Cornwallis-West^[6]
• Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Hugh Robert Hughes^[7]
• Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot^[8]
• Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Robert Davies Pryce ^[9]
• Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort^[10]
• Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Edward Herbert, 3rd Earl of Powis^[11]
• Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington^[12]
• Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Arthur Walsh, 2nd Baron Ormathwaite^[13]
  • Bishop of Bangor – James Colquhoun Campbell Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Lewis^[14]
• Bishop of St Asaph – Joshua Hughes^[15]
• Bishop of St Davids – Basil Jones^[16]
• Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Clwydfardd^[17]

Events

• 18 February – 39 miners are killed in an accident at Standard Colliery, Ynyshir.
• June – The Riot Act is read at Mochdre in the Vale of Clwyd at the height of a "Tithe War".
• 24 May – The new Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral, designed by Pugin, is opened.^[18]
• 24 August – Roath Dock opened in Cardiff Docks; the first sod of Roath Park is dug.^[19]
• 1 November – The Helvetia wrecked off Worms Head, Rhossili (remains can still be seen at low tide).^[20]
• The Turner House Gallery, Penarth, is built to house the art collection of Major James Pyke Thompson.
• Opening of Wrexham School of Science and Art, predecessor of Wrexham Glyndŵr University.
• Lewis Llewelyn Dillwyn and Stuart Rendel affirm the Welsh Liberal Party's support of Irish Home Rule.^[21]
• Richard John Lloyd Price establishes a Welsh whisky distillery on his Rhiwlas estate at Frongoch.^[22]

Arts and literature

Awards

National Eisteddfod of Wales – held at London

• Chair – Robert Arthur Williams, "Y Frenhines Victoria"^[23]
• Crown – John Cadfan Davies, "John Penry"^[24]

New books

English language

• Amy Dillwyn – Jill and Jack
• Daniel Silvan Evans – Dictionary of the Welsh Language (Geiriadur Cymraeg)

Welsh language

• Owen Evans – Geiriau Olaf Iesu Grist^[25]
• Thomas Levi – Crist a Gwroniaid y Byd Paganaidd^[26]
• The Text of the Mabinogion and Other Welsh Tales from the Red Book of Hergest (edited by John Gwenogvryn Evans)^[27]

Music

• John Thomas (Pencerdd Gwalia) – Cambria’s Homage to our Empress Queen

Sport

• Football
  • Chirk win the Welsh Cup for the first time.
  • Knighton Town F.C. is founded.
• Rugby union
  • Ammanford RFC, Caerphilly RFC, Mumbles RFC, Newport RFC, Pontyclun RFC and Taffs Well RFC are established.
  • Wales play their first international in Llanelli; though the original venue of Stradey Park is moved to a local cricket pitch due to a frozen pitch.

Births

• 13 January – Hedd Wyn, poet (died 1917)
• 27 February – James Dickson Innes, landscape painter (died 1914)^[28]
• 23 March – Percy Jones, Wales international rugby player (died 1969)
• 19 April – Bertrand Turnbull, Olympic hockey player (died 1943)
• 23 April – Len Trump, Wales international rugby player (died 1948)
• 13 July – Elizabeth Watkin-Jones, children's author (died 1966)^[29]
• 21 September – T. H. Parry-Williams, poet, author and academic (died 1975)^[30]
• 11 October – William Davies, national librarian (died 1952)
• 29 December – Jack Wetter, Wales international rugby union captain (died 1967)
• date unknown
  • Bessie Jones, singer (died 1974)
  • Artie Moore, wireless operator (died 1949)

Deaths

• 25 January – Rowland Prichard, musician, 76^[31]
• 16 February – Richard Owen, preacher, 47^[32]
• 24 March – William Lucas Collins, priest and writer, 71
• 11 April – Samuel Bowen, Independent minister, 87^[33]
• 23 April – John Ceiriog Hughes, poet, 54^[34]
• 3 May – Robert Vivian, infantry officer, illegitimate member of the Vivian family, 84/5^[35]
• 21 May – Horace Jones, English architect who designed Cardiff Town Hall^{[36] [37]}
• 28 May – Dan Isaac Davies, educationist, 48^[38]
• 19 July – Lewis Edwards, educationist, 77
• 1 August – Hugh Cholmondeley, 2nd Baron Delamere, politician, 75^[39]
• 11 August – Sir Richard Green-Price, 1st Baronet, politician, 83^[40]
• 7 November – Joshua T. Owen, Welsh-born educator, politician, and soldier in the Union army during the American Civil War, 66

See also

• 1887 in Ireland

Notes and References

1. s-DAVI-RIC-1818 . Davies, Richard (1818-1896), M.P.. Robert Thomas Jenkins. 1959. 24 November 2021.
2. Book: Dod's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland, Including All the Titled Classes. Dod. 1921. 356.
3. Book: National Museum of Wales. Adroddiad Blynyddol. The Museum. 1935. 3.
4. Book: The county families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. Dalcassian Publishing Company. 1860. 443.
5. Book: Edward Arthur Copleston. Where's where? Pt. 1. A concise gazetteer of Somerset. Pt. 2. Statistical, educational, parliamentary and practical information. 1878. 80.
6. Book: Potter, Matthew . The concept of the 'master' in art education in Britain and Ireland, 1770 to the present . Routledge . Abingdon, Oxon . 2016 . 9781351545471 . 149.
7. Journal of the Architectural, Archaeological, and Historic Society for the County and the City of Chester and North Wales. Popish recusants in Flintshire in 1625. Henry Taylor. Architectural, Archaeological, and Historic Society for the County and the City of Chester and North Wales. 1895. 304.
8. s-TALB-MAR-1700 . William Llewelyn Davies . Talbot family, of Margam Abbey and Penrice Castle Glamorganshire . yes . 1959 . 24 November 2021.
9. Book: The Annual Register. Rivingtons. 1892. 179.
10. Book: Reese, M. M. . The royal office of Master of the Horse . Threshold Books Ltd . London . 1976 . 9780901366900 . 348.
11. News: Weyman. Henry T.. Shropshire M.P.s - Memoirs. T.S.A.S., Series 4, Volume XII. 1929. 28.
12. Book: Lodge, Edmund . Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire... . Salzwasser-Verlag GMBH . 2020 . 9783752502664 . 318.
13. Book: Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1885. 1027.
14. Death Of The Bishop Of Llandaff, The Times, 25 January 1905; page 4; Issue 37613; col A
15. s-HUGH-JOS-1807 . Hughes, Joshua (1807-1889), bishop . 1959 . William Thomas . Havard . William Havard . yes . 26 October 2021.
16. Web site: William Basil Jones, Bishop of St Davids . Dictionary of National Biography . 21 April 2011.
17. s-GRIF-DAV-1800. Griffith, David (Clwydfardd; 1800-1894), eisteddfodic bard and arch-druid. Daniel Williams. 1959. yes. 24 November 2021.
18. Web site: Cardiff – Metropolitan Cathedral Church of St David. Taking Stock. 27 February 2021.
19. News: Opening of the Roath Dock. Cardiff Times. 1887-08-27. 6. 2020-02-08.
20. Book: Brian E. Davies. Mumbles & Gower Through Time. 15 August 2016. Amberley Publishing Limited. 978-1-4456-4716-6. 168–.
21. s-DILL-DIL-1650. Dillwyn. yes. 2017-12-24.
22. Book: Winn, Christopher. I Never Knew That About Wales. London. Ebury. 2007. 978-0-09-191858-3.
23. Web site: Winners of the Chair National Eisteddfod. 27 February 2021. eisteddfod.wales.
24. Web site: Winners of the Crown. 27 February 2021. eisteddfod.wales.
25. s-EVAN-OWE-1829. Evans, Owen (1829-1920), Congregational minister and author. John Dyfnallt Owen. John Dyfnallt Owen. yes. 27 February 2021.
26. s-LEVI-THO-1825. Levi, Thomas (1825-1916), Calvinistic Methodist minister, editor of Trysorfa y Plant, and author. Thomas Arthur Levi. yes. 27 February 2021.
27. s-EVAN-GWE-1852. Evans, John Gwenogvryn. Evan David Jones. yes. 27 February 2021.
28. s1-INNE-DIC-1887. Innes, James Dickson (1887-1914), artist. Megan Ellis. 1959. yes. 24 November 2021.
29. s2-WATK-ELI-1887. Watkin-Jones, Elizabeth (1887-1966), author of children's books. Bedwyr Lewis Jones. 2001 . yes . 24 November 2021.
30. s10-PARR-HER-1887. Parry-Williams, Sir Thomas. Angharad. Price. Angharad Price. 18 November 2014. 3 November 2021.
31. s-PRIC-HUW-1811. Prichard, Rowland Huw (1812-1887), musician. Robert David Griffith. yes. 4 May 2020.
32. s-OWEN-RIC-1839. Owen, Richard (1839-1887), revivalist, Calvinistic Methodist minister. Richard Thomas. yes. 2 November 2020.
33. s-BOWE-SAM-1799. Bowen, Samuel (1799-1887), Macclesfield, Independent minister and teacher. Richard Griffith Owen. yes. 3 May 2020.
34. s-HUGH-CEI-1832. Hughes, John (Ceiriog; 1832-1887), poet. David Gwenallt Jones. yes. 2 November 2020.
35. News: Obituary . 4 July 2019 . The Illustrated London News . Illustrated London News & Sketch Limited . 21 May 1887. 580 . en.
36. Book: The Civil engineer & [and] architect's journal. 1867. 187.
37. Jones, Horace.
38. s-DAVI-ISA-1839. Davies, Dan Isaac (1839-1887), a pioneer of the teaching of Welsh in schools. yes. 17 March 2020.
39. Book: Michael Stenton. Who's who of British members of Parliament: a biographical dictionary of the House of Commons based on annual volumes of Dod's Parliamentary companion and other sources. 1976. The Harvester Press. 978-0-85527-219-7. 76.
40. Book: The Times Register of Events in .... . The Times. 1887. xlviii.