1902 in Wales
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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Year in Wales header This article is about the particular significance of the year 1902 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
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- 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
- 4 March – Five miners are killed in a mining accident at Milfaen Colliery, Blaenavon.
- 1 May – Cardiff Corporation Tramways begins operating its electric system.
- 3 June – Six miners are killed in an accident at Gerwen Colliery, Llanelli.
- 26 June – In the 1902 Coronation Honours, Isambard Owen and Alfred Thomas receive knighthoods.
- 15 July – Francis Grenfell is created 1st Baron Grenfell of Kilvey in the County of Glamorgan.[16]
- 31 July – Opening of the first section of the Great Orme Tramway at Llandudno, the longest funicular railway in the British Isles.[17]
- 2 August – A. G. Edwards, Bishop of St Davids, is appointed Honorary Chaplain to the Denbighshire Yeomanry.[18]
- August – Opening of the Vale of Rheidol Railway for goods traffic (it opens to passengers on 22 December).[19]
- 11 November – Five miners are killed in an accident at Deep Navigation Colliery, Mountain Ash.
- date unknown
- Alfred Mond founds his nickel works at Clydach in the Swansea Valley.[20]
- 230 Welsh colonists leave Patagonia for Manitoba in Canada.
- Opening of Caernarfon electric power station.
Arts and literature
Awards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales – held in Bangor
- Chair – T. Gwynn Jones[21]
- Crown – R. Silyn Roberts
New books
English language
- Rhoda Broughton – Lavinia
- Violet Jacob – The Sheep-stealers
- Arthur Machen – Hieroglyphics
- Allen Raine – A Welsh Witch
Welsh language
- Hugh Brython Hughes – Tlysau Ynys Prydain
- Thomas Rowland Roberts – Y Monwyson
Music
- Sir Henry Walford Davies – Three Jovial Huntsmen[22]
Sport
- Gymnastics – The Welsh Amateur Gymnastics Association is formed.[23]
- Rugby union – Wales win the Home Nations Championship and take the Triple Crown.
Births
- 4 February – Tal Harris, Wales international rugby player (died 1963)
- 25 February – Wogan Philipps, 2nd Baron Milford, politician (died 1993)[24]
- 4 March – David Evans-Bevan, industrialist (died 1973)[25]
- 19 March – Dilys Cadwaladr, poet (died 1979)
- 16 April – Hugh Iorys Hughes, civil engineer (died 1977 in England)
- 22 April – Megan Lloyd George, politician (died 1966)[26]
- 18 June – Morgan Phillips, politician (died 1963)[27]
- 17 July – Nathan Rocyn-Jones, doctor, international rugby player and President of the WRU (died 1984)
- 2 September – Leslie Gilbert Illingworth, political cartoonist (died 1979)[28]
- 21 September – E. E. Evans-Pritchard, anthropologist of Welsh descent (died 1972)[29]
- 27 October (in Oxford) – Harold Arthur Harris, academic (died 1974)
- 26 November (in Wales or Bristol) – Cyril Bence, academic and politician (died 1992)[30]
- date unknown – Richard Bryn Williams, writer (died 1981)
Deaths
- 1 January – William McConnel, industrialist, 93[31]
- 11 January – James James, harpist and composer, 69[32]
- 19 February – Jeremiah Jones, poet, 46
- 6 March – William Rathbone, politician, 82[33]
- 11 March – Alcwyn Evans, historian, 73[34]
- 6 April – Robert Owen, theologian, 81[35]
- 5 June – Arthur Powell Davies, English-born American minister, author, and activist of Welsh parentage (d. 1957)[36]
- 13 July – Edmund Hannay Watts, industrialist (Wattstown)[37]
- 14 July – Martyn Jordan, Wales international rugby player, 37
- 23 August – Robert Henry Davies, colonial official in British India, 78[38]
- 5 October – Henry Lascelles Carr, journalist[39]
- 18 October – Margaret Jones, travel writer (Y Gymraes o Ganaan), 60[40]
- 17 November – Hugh Price Hughes, minister and anti-Parnell campaigner, 55[41]
- December – Thomas Davies, footballer, 36/37[42]
- date unknown – Jones Hewson, singer and actor, 27[43]
See also
References
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