1904 in Wales explained

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

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

Notes and References

1. Book: Hywel Teifi Edwards. The Eisteddfod. 20 July 2016. University of Wales Press. 978-1-78316-914-6. 39.
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: The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. The Society. 1986. 63.
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. Web site: Transactions of the Liverpool Welsh National Society 1891-92. National Library of Wales. 15 March 2022.
9. Book: Cyril James Oswald Evans. Monmouthshire, Its History and Topography. W. Lewis (printers). 1953. 190.
10. s-CAMP-VAU-1847. Campbell, Frederick Archibald Vaughan, viscount Emlyn (1847-1898), earl Cawdor (1898-1911). Glyn Roberts. 1959. 20 March 2022.
11. Book: Whitaker's Almanack. Joseph Whitaker. Whitaker's Almanack. 1913. 847.
12. Book: Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1925. 2437.
13. Book: David Henry Williams. Catalogue of Seals in the National Museum of Wales: Seal dies, Welsh seals, papal bullae. National Museum of Wales. 1993. 75.
14. [Who's Who (UK)#Who Was Who|''Who was Who 1897–2007'']
15. s-OWEN-JOH-1854. Owen, John (1854-1926), bishop. Thomas Iorwerth Ellis. 1959. 19 March 2022.
16. The Manchester Guardian 1904-05-27.
17. Book: A little book on water supply. 1922. CUP Archive. 41.
18. Web site: Royal Welsh Show celebrates 100th as its roots strengthen. WalesOnline. 31 March 2013. 17 September 2021.
19. Book: Vanessa. Cunningham. John. Goodwin. Cardiff University: a celebration. Cardiff University. 2001. 0-9540884-0-9. 30-31.
20. Book: R. Large. Passenger tramways of Pontypridd. Oakwood Press. 1977. 7.
21. Book: Morgan-Guy, John. Religion and Society in the Diocese of St Davids 1485-2011. 1 April 2016. Routledge. 978-1-317-06784-9. 143.
22. Book: The Weekly Notes. Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales. 1904. IV.
23. Book: Foster, Alicia . Gwen John . Tate Gallery . London . 1999 . 9781854372833 . 24.
24. Web site: Winners of the Chair National Eisteddfod. 2021-02-27. eisteddfod.wales.
25. Book: Meic Stephens. The new companion to the literature of Wales. 23 September 1998. University of Wales Press. 978-0-7083-1383-1. 838.
26. Book: Daniel JENKINS (and AP CEREDIGION, pseud.). Cerddi Cerngoch. 1904. Lampeter.
27. s-ROBE-ROB-1871. Roberts, Robert (Silyn). Thomas, David. 5 June 2018.
28. Web site: Hugh Williams - Broadway Cast & Staff . . . 16 January 2022.
29. s6-WEST-GRA-1904. West, Daniel Granville, Baron Granville-West of Pontypool (1904-1984), Labour politician. John Graham. Jones. 11 June 2019.
30. Web site: David Jenkins Rugby Union Players and Officials . . 31 July 2022.
31. Book: British Film and Television Year Book. Cinema TV Today. 1959. 87.
32. Book: Pepper, Terence . Angus McBean Portraits . 2006 . National Portrait Gallery Publications . 1855145154.
33. s8-SEAB-RIC-1904. Seaborne-Davies, David Richard (1904-1984), lawyer and politician. John Graham. Jones. 30 July 2022.
34. s8-UNGO-LYN-1904. Ungoed-Thomas, (Arwyn) Lynn (1904-1972), Labour politician. John Graham. Jones. 30 July 2019.
35. Web site: Emrys Davies profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos . . ESPN Sports Media Ltd. . 30 July 2022.
36. Book: R. . McHenry . Daphne . Daume . J.E. . Davis . Britannica book of the year: 1986 . registration . April 1986 . . 978-0-85229-437-6 . 127.
37. s6-PARR-THO-1904. Parry, Sir Thomas (1904-1985), scholar, Librarian of the National Library of Wales, University Principal, poet. Derec Llwyd. Morgan. Derec Llwyd Morgan. 2009. 27 March 2022.
38. s11-WILL-WAL-1904. Williams, Waldo Goronwy (1904-1971), poet and pacifist. Robert. Rhys. 2017. 27 March 2022.
39. News: Sir Julian Hodge . 21 July 2004 . John . Cunningham . . 10 September 2019.
40. s10-PRIC-CAR-1904. Prichard, Caradog (1904-1980), novelist and poet. Menna. Baines. 11 June 2019.
41. News: Obituary: Philip Burton . Graham . Jenkins . independent.co.uk . 11 February 1995 . 10 April 2016.
42. News: Obituary. 22 April 1904. The Times. 8.
43. Book: Dod's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland, Including All the Titled Classes. 1921. 289.
44. Book: Northwest Ohio Quarterly. 1978. Historical Society of Northwestern Ohio. 86.
45. s-ROBE-ISA-1829. Roberts, Isaac (1829-1904), astronomer. Robert Thomas Jenkins. 18 October 2019.
46. News: Famous Footballer Killed by Lightning on a Welsh Mountain – Sad Scene: Widespread Sympathy . 9 August 2017. Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. 30 July 1904.
47. Book: Weeks, Blair . Minding the House: A Biographical Guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs . 1-894838-01-7 . 2002 . Acorn Press . registration .
48. s-THOM-EVA-1810. Thomas, John Evan (1810-1873), sculptor. Robert Thomas Jenkins. 18 October 2019.
49. s-JONE-LEW-1836. Jones, Lewis (1836-1904), pioneer in Patagonia, and writer. Richard Bryn Williams. 1959. 27 March 2022.
50. Web site: William H. Powell Obituaries . West Virginia Division of Culture and History . 2017-04-11.
51. Book: The Lancet. 1905. J. Onwhyn. 60.