1911 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1911 to Wales and its people.

← 1910 1909 1908 1907 1906 1911 in Wales → 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916
Centuries:	18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s
See also:	List of years in Wales 1911 in The United Kingdom Ireland Scotland

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales - Edward
• Princess of Wales - none
• Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales - Dyfed

Events

• February–April - A Welsh Nationalist League is founded, based in Caernarfonshire, to campaign for Home Rule.[1]
• 23 June - The future Edward VIII is created Prince of Wales by his father, George V.
• July - Dockers' strike action at Cardiff culminates in rioting. Five hundred troops are drafted into the area.
• 13 July - The new Prince of Wales is invested with his title in a ceremony at Caernarfon Castle, devised by David Lloyd George.
• 14 July - New buildings of the University College of North Wales, Bangor, opened.
• 23 July - King George V and Queen Mary lay the foundation stone of the new National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth.[2]
• August - Rioting in Bargoed, Brynamman, Ebbw Vale and Tredegar. Jewish-owned businesses are attacked and troops brought in.
• 19 August - Llanelli riots: During demonstrations in support of a national railway strike (17–20 August), two men are shot dead by soldiers of the Worcestershire Regiment in Llanelli. Magistrates' homes are attacked and four more of the crowd are killed outright when explosive material stored on railway property ignites.[3]
• 21 August–5 December - A strike at the British Wagon Company's Swansea works leads to rioting in September–October.[4][5][6]
• 4 September - Members of the South Wales Miners' Federation return to work after a ten-month strike against colliery owners in the Cambrian Combine which triggered the Tonypandy riots, having accepted the 2s 3d per ton payment rate negotiated prior to the strike by William Abraham.[7]
• 16 December - The Imperial Copyright Act (coming into effect in 1912) entitles the National Library of Wales to be given by legal deposit a copy of all British publications in specified categories, based on a memorandum drafted by Daniel Lleufer Thomas.[8]

Arts and literature

Awards

• National Eisteddfod of Wales - held in Carmarthen
  • Chair - William Roberts, "Iorwerth VII"[9]
  • Crown - William Crwys Williams

New books

• Edward Morgan Humphreys - Dirgelwch yr Anialwch ("Mystery of the Desert")
• Sir John Edward Lloyd – A History of Wales from the Earliest Times to the Edwardian Conquest
• John Ward – The Roman Era in Britain

Music

• Sir Henry Walford Davies - Symphony in G

Sport

• Boxing - Freddie Welsh loses his British lightweight title to Matt Wells.
• Horse racing - Jack Anthony wins the Grand National for the first time, on "Glenside".
• Rugby league - Merthyr Tydfil RLFC fold after four seasons.
• Rugby union - Wales win their third Grand Slam.

Births

• 27 March - Alwyn D. Rees, writer (died 1974)
• 13 April - Len Richards, footballer (died 1985)
• 26 May - Gwilym Tilsley, poet and archdruid (died 1997)
• 30 June - Alfred Janes, artist (died 1999)
• 23 July - Idris Foster, academic (died 1984)
• 29 August - Raymond Bark-Jones, Wales international rugby player
• 2 September - Jack Petersen, boxer (died 1990)
• 4 September - John Robert Jones, philosopher
• 12 October - Iorrie Isaacs, Wales international rugby player (died 1966)
• 12 November - Pennar Davies, clergyman and author (died 1996)[10]
• 20 November - Bernard Cowey, Wales international rugby union player (died 1997)
• 7 December - John Gwyn Griffiths, academic (died 2004)
• date unknown - Dai Francis, miners’ leader (died 1981)

Deaths

• 8 February - Frederick Campbell, 3rd Earl Cawdor, politician, 63[11]
• 3 March - Jacob Thomas, Victoria Cross recipient, 78[12]
• 29 April - Hugh Robert Hughes, genealogist, 83
• 12 July - Harry Day, Wales international rugby player, 47
• 13 August - Thomas Thomas, boxer, 31 (pneumonia)[13]
• 18 August - Henry James, 1st Baron James of Hereford, politician, 82
• 28 August - Jack Williams, Wales international rugby player, 28
• 4 September - Tom Hurry Riches, steam locomotive engineer, 64[14]
• 12 September - Arthur John Williams, politician, 77[15]
• 30 September - John David Davies, churchman, wood-carver and antiquarian, 80[16]
• 3 October - William Tudor Howell, lawyer and politician, 48[17]
• 14 November - Robert Davies Roberts, scientist and author, 60[18][19]
• 6 December - Pryce Lewis, detective and spy, 80 (suicide)[20]
• 11 December - Rowland Ellis, bishop, 70[21]

References

1. "Wales And The Government". The Times (39525). London. 6 March 1911. p. 10.
2. Chris Pyke (9 October 2014). "Welsh History Month: The National Library of Wales still dominates the town of Aberystwyth". WalesOnline. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
3. "Fatal Riots At Llanelly". The Times (39669). 21 August 1911. p. 6.
4. Sambrook, Chris (December 2019). "The Swansea Wagon Wars". Archive. Lydney (104): 48–55.
5. "Rioting at Swansea: Waggon Workers Strike". The Sydney Morning Herald. 28 September 1911. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
6. "Swansea Riots Resumed". Wanganui Chronicle (12824). 16 October 1911. p. 5. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
7. "Rhondda marks 100th anniversary of Tonypandy Riots". BBC News.
8. May, Eddie (May 2011). "Thomas, Sir Daniel Lleufer (1863–1940)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/46550. Retrieved 28 June 2012. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
9. "Winners of the Chair". National Eisteddfod of Wales. 3 October 2019.
10. Meic Stephens (2008). Necrologies: A Book of Welsh Obituaries. Seren. p. 29. ISBN 978-1-85411-476-1.
11. "Campbell, Frederick Archibald Vaughan" . Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1912.
12. Max Arthur (2005). Symbol of Courage: The Men Behind the Medal. Pan Macmillan. p. 680. ISBN 978-0-330-49133-4.
13. Moelwyn Idwal Williams. "Thomas, Thomas (1880-1911), first British middle-weight boxing champion". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
14. The Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute. The Institute. 1911. p. 456.
15. "Papers of A. J. Williams". Archives Wales. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
16. Walter Thomas Morgan. "Davies, John David (1841-1911), cleric and antiquary". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
17. "Mr Tudor Howell MP". The Yorkshire Post (16610). 19 September 1900. p. 5
18. Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). "Roberts, Robert Davies" . Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). 3. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
19. "Roberts, Robert Davies (RBRS871RD)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
20. Mortimer, Gavin (2010). Double Death: The True Story of Pryce Lewis, the Civil War's Most Daring Spy. New York, Walker Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-8027-1769-6, pages 234-7
21. Walter Thomas Morgan. "Ellis, Rowland (1841-1911), bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 9 October 2019.