1914 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1914 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
[edit]- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Sir Richard Henry Williams-Bulkeley, 12th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Joseph Bailey, 2nd Baron Glanusk[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – John Ernest Greaves[3]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Herbert Davies-Evans[4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John William Gwynne Hughes
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – William Cornwallis-West[5]
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – William Glynne Charles Gladstone[6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Robert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Sir Osmond Williams, 1st Baronet[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Ivor Herbert, 1st Baron Treowen[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Sir Herbert Williams-Wynn, 7th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – John Philipps, 1st Viscount St Davids
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Powlett Milbank[9]
- Bishop of Bangor – Watkin Williams[10]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Joshua Pritchard Hughes[11]
- Bishop of St Asaph – A. G. Edwards (later Archbishop of Wales)[12]
- Bishop of St Davids – John Owen[13]
Events
[edit]- 14 January - The first trolleybuses in Wales come into operation, in Aberdare.
- 23 February - Light cruiser HMS Cordelia is launched at Pembroke Dock.
- 11 March - A Welsh Home Rule Bill is introduced by Edward T. John, MP for East Denbighshire; it fails.[14]
- 4 April - Ystradfellte Reservoir inaugurated.
- 2 May - South Wales Transport begins operating motorbuses in the Swansea area.
- 4 August - World War I: Declaration of war by the United Kingdom on the German Empire.[15]
- 6 August - Pembroke Dock-built HMS Amphion (1911) becomes the first British naval casualty of the war when she strikes mines off the east coast.
- 18 September - Welsh Church Act, disestablishing the Church in Wales, receives Royal Assent, but simultaneously with the Suspensory Act which delays its coming into effect.
- 21 September - William Charles Fuller wins the Victoria Cross for carrying a wounded officer to safety under fire.[16]
- 14 November - Light cruiser HMS Carysfort is launched at Pembroke Dock.[17]
- unknown dates
- A women's teacher training college opens at Barry; a men's equivalent opens at Caerleon.[18]
- The hundredth intermediate school in Wales is established under the Welsh Intermediate and Technical Education Act, 1889.
- William James Thomas, industrialist and philanthropist, is knighted.[19]
- Pen-coed Castle is restored by D. A. Thomas, Viscount Rhondda.[20]
Arts and literature
[edit]- January - The monthly periodical Welsh Outlook is founded by Thomas Jones (T. J.).[21]
Awards
[edit]- National Eisteddfod of Wales - not held[22]
New books
[edit]- Rhoda Broughton - Concerning a Vow[23]
- Moelwyn - Caniadau Moelwyn, vol. 4[24]
- Bertrand Russell - Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy[25]
- T. E. Ellis - Pont Orewyn[26]
Drama
[edit]- T. Gwynn Jones - Caradog yn Rhufain[27]
Music
[edit]- David John de Lloyd - Gwlad fy Nhadau (cantata)
- Ivor Novello - "Keep the Home Fires Burning"[28]
- William Rhys-Herbert - The Bo'sn's Bride (operetta based on a play by Maude Elizabeth Inch)[29]
Film
[edit]- Welsh-descended Harold Lloyd begins his film career.
- Wild Wales [30]
Sport
[edit]- Boxing
- 26 January: Percy Jones wins the British, European and World (disputed) featherweight titles.
- 30 March: Jimmy Wilde wins the European flyweight title.
- 7 July: Freddie Welsh wins the World lightweight title
- 14 December: Johnny Basham wins the British welterweight title.
- Rugby union
- 14 March: After Percy Jones is targeted by Irish players during the 1914 Five Nations Championship, Harry Uzzell leads his men in retaliation in a game notorious for its on the field violence. Wales win the match, and the Welsh pack are dubbed the 'Terrible Eight' by the press.
Births
[edit]- 28 January - Trefor Morgan, financier (d. 1970)
- 11 February - Mervyn Levy, art critic (d. 1996)
- 12 March - Tommy Farr, boxer (d. 1986)[31]
- 12 March - Cliff Jones, Wales international rugby captain (d. 1990)
- 21 March - Sir Goronwy Daniel, academic and civil servant (d. 2003)[32]
- 23 April - Glyn Daniel, archaeologist and television presenter (d. 1986)[33]
- 18 May - Louis Ford, footballer
- 24 May
- Sir Granville Beynon, physicist, (d. 1996)
- Harry Parr Davies, composer and songwriter (d. 1955)
- 9 September - Alexander Cordell, novelist (d. 1997)[34]
- 12 September - Desmond Llewelyn, actor (d. 1999)[35]
- 22 October - David Tecwyn Lloyd, author (d. 1992)[36]
- 27 October - Dylan Thomas, poet (d. 1953)[37]
- 21 November - Charles Fisher, poet (d. 2006)[38]
- 2 December - Russell Taylor, Wales international rugby player
- 7 December - Bryan Hopkin, economist (d. 2009)[39]
- date unknown - Norah Isaac, educationalist (died 2003)
Deaths
[edit]- 22 February - Ivor Bertie Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne, 78[40]
- 4 May - Rowland Griffiths, rugby player, 28 (typhoid)
- 17 May - John L. Griffiths, US lawyer and diplomat of Welsh parentage, 58[41]
- 16 June - John Hughes (Landore), composer, 42 (cerebral haemorrhage)[42][43]
- 18 June - Abel Davies, rugby union player, 53?
- 21 June - Morgan Bransby Williams, engineer, 89[44]
- 23 July - Harry Evans, conductor and composer, 41[45]
- 8 August - Sir Edward Anwyl, academic, 48[46]
- 22 August (in Swanley) - James Dickson Innes, artist, 27 (tuberculosis)[47]
- 27 August - William Lewis, 1st Baron Merthyr, 77[48]
- 17 September - Shadrach Pryce, clergyman and educationalist, 81[49]
- 2 October - Jack Hughes, footballer, 59[50]
- 22 October - William Morgan, cricketer, 51/2
- 27 October - Sir T. Marchant Williams, lawyer and author, 68/9[51]
See also
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- ^ Thomas Iorwerth Ellis (1959). "Owen, John (1854-1926), bishop". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ John Kendle (1 January 1989). Ireland and the Federal Solution: The Debate over the United Kingdom Constitution, 1870-1920. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. p. 273. ISBN 978-0-7735-6186-1.
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- ^ Meic Stephens (1986). The Oxford Companion to the Literature of Wales. Oxford University Press. p. 269. ISBN 978-0-19-211586-7.
- ^ A Bibliography of Philosophy: A Partial List of Holdings in the USMA Library. U. S. Military Academy. 1972. p. 40.
- ^ "Scott-Ellis, Thomas Evelyn (1880 - 1946)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
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