1906 in Wales

Centuries:	18th; 19th; 20th; 21st; ;
Decades:	1880s; 1890s; 1900s; 1910s; 1920s;
See also:	List of years in Wales; 1906 in The United Kingdom Ireland Scotland

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1906 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents[]

Monarch - Edward VII
Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales - Dyfed

Events[]

13 February - In the United Kingdom general election:
- For the first time ever, no Conservative MP is elected in Wales.^[1]
- William Brace becomes Labour MP for South Glamorganshire.
- David Davies becomes Liberal MP for Montgomeryshire.
- Ivor Guest becomes Liberal MP for Cardiff District.
- Alfred Mond becomes Liberal MP for Chester.
- John David Rees becomes Liberal MP for Montgomery District.
- Ivor Treowen becomes MP for South Monmouthshire.
- John Williams becomes MP for Gower District.
5 June - At the Eifion by-election, brought about by the resignation of John Bryn Roberts, Liberal candidate Ellis Davies is elected unopposed.^[2]
27 June - One of the strongest earthquakes recorded in the UK strikes Swansea with a strength of 5.2 on the Richter Scale, damaging several buildings.^[3]
August - Evan Roberts suffers a breakdown, signalling the end of the 1904-1905 Welsh Revival.^[4]
14 August - The East Denbighshire by-election, brought about by the resignation of Samuel Moss, is won by the Liberal candidate Edward Hemmerde.^[5]
30 August - Official opening of Fishguard Harbour.
12 September - Opening of Newport Transporter Bridge.^[6]
October
- The new City Hall, Cardiff, and Law Courts are opened in Cathays Park.^[7]
- Opening of the first purpose-built sanatorium in Wales, at Allt-yr-yn, Newport.^[8]
- A by-election is held in Mid Glamorganshire as a result of the appointment of its MP, Samuel Evans, as Recorder of Swansea; he is required to seek re-election and in the by-election he is returned unopposed.^[9]
date unknown
- David Brynmor Jones is knighted.^[10]
- Hydro-electricity is generated for the first time in Wales, at Cwm Dyli in Gwynedd.^[11]
- Anglican Benedictine monks arrive at Caldey Island to found a community.
- The South Wales Miners' Federation affiliates to the Labour Party.

Arts and literature[]

Ernest Rhys becomes editor of Everyman's Library.

Awards[]

National Eisteddfod of Wales - held in Caernarfon
- Chair - John James Williams (J. J.), "Y Lloer"^[12]
- Crown - Hugh Emyr Davies

New books[]

English language[]

Arthur Machen – The House of Souls
W. J. Parry – The Cry of the People
Allen Raine – Queen of the Rushes
Edward Thomas - The Heart of England

Welsh language[]

Owen Morgan Edwards - Clych Adgof
Sarah Winifred Parry – Sioned: darluniau o fywyd gwledig yng Nghymru (book publication)
Eliseus Williams (Eifion Wyn) - Telynegion Maes a Mor^[13]

Music[]

The is co-founded by soprano Mary Davies.^[14]
David Vaughan Thomas - The Knight's Burial

Theatre[]

10 December - The New Theatre, Cardiff, opens to the public, with a performance of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.^[15]

Sport[]

Boxing
- 23 May - Tom Thomas wins the British middleweight title.
Rugby union
- Wales finish second in the 1906 Home Nations Championship, beating England and Scotland, but losing to Ireland.
- 1 December - Wales lose 11-0 to South Africa in the first encounter between the two countries.
Tennis - For the first and only time, a Davis Cup final is played in Wales. The United States defeat Australia at Newport.

Births[]

10 January - Tom Arthur, Wales international rugby player
16 January - Watcyn Thomas, rugby player (died 1977)
19 February - Grace Williams, composer (died 1977)^[16]
4 March - Tommy Jones-Davies, Wales international rugby player (died 1960)
15 March - Bill Everson, Wales international rugby player (died 1966)
4 April - John Roberts Wales international rugby player (died 1965)
24 April - Leslie Thomas, politician (died 1971)
25 June - Roger Livesey, actor (died 1976)^[17]
27 June - Vernon Watkins, poet (died 1967)^[18]
12 July - Archie Skym, international rugby union player
15 July - Herbert Edmund-Davies, Baron Edmund-Davies, judge (died 1992)
16 October - Maudie Edwards, actress (died 1991)
18 November - Nigel Birch, Baron Rhyl, politician (died 1981)^[19]
8 December - Richard Llewellyn, novelist (died 1983)^[20]

Deaths[]

6 January - Emrys ap Iwan, writer, 54
25 March - , judge, 66
24 June - , industrialist, 80
24 July - , poet, 93
4 September - William Bowen Rowlands, politician^[21]
16 September - , minister and writer, 69
22 September - Griffith Arthur Jones, Anglican priest, 78^[22]
21 October - , writer, 70
25 November - William W. Davies, Mormon leader, 73
29 November - Mary Dillwyn Welby, photographer, 90^[23]
30 November - Sir Edward James Reed, politician, 76^[24]
30 December - William Stadden, Wales international rugby player, 45 (suicide)^[25]
date unknown - John William Evans, politician, 36

References[]

^ Bentley B. Gilbert (1987). David Lloyd George: a political life : the architect of change, 1863-1912. B.T. Batsford. p. 289. ISBN 978-0-7134-5558-8.
^ Iain Dale (2003). The Times Guides to the House of Commons: 1910, 1911, 1919. Politico's. p. 91. ISBN 978-1-84275-034-6.
^ Charles Davison (30 July 2009). A History of British Earthquakes. Cambridge University Press. pp. 196–197. ISBN 978-0-521-14099-7.
^ Michael R. Watts (1978). The Dissenters: The crisis and conscience of nonconformity. Clarendon Press. p. 225. ISBN 978-0-19-822969-8.
^ Joyce M. Bellamy; David E. Martin; John Saville (15 January 1993). Dictionary of Labour Biography: Volume IX. Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 127. ISBN 978-1-349-07845-5.
^ B. Barr; Hubert Roy Evans; J. E. Evans (September 1994). Bridge assessment management and design: proceedings of the Centenary Year Bridge Conference, Cardiff, U.K., 26-30 September 1994. Elsevier. p. 19. ISBN 978-0-444-82063-1.
^ John B. Hilling (20 May 2016). The History and Architecture of Cardiff Civic Centre: Black Gold, White City. University of Wales Press. p. 178. ISBN 978-1-78316-844-6.
^ The Surveyor and Municipal Engineer. St. Bride's Press. July 1906. p. 330.
^ David James Llewelfryn Davies (2007). "Evans, Sir Samuel Thomas (1859-1918), politician and judge". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Jones (later Brynmor-Jones), Sir David Brynmor (1852-1921), lawyer and historian". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
^ "Cwm Dyli Power Station". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
^ "Winners of the Chair | National Eisteddfod". eisteddfod.wales. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
^ Peter N. Williams (2003). Presenting Wales from a to Y - The People, the Places, the Traditions: An Alphabetical Guide to a Nation's Heritage. Trafford Publishing. p. 282. ISBN 978-1-55395-482-8.
^ "History of the Society". Welsh Folk Song Society. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
^ "New Theatre history". New Theatre. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
^ Rhidian Griffiths (2007). "Williams, Grace Mary (1906-1977), composer". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
^ Monaco, James (1991). The encyclopedia of film. New York, NY: Perigee Books. p. 10. ISBN 9780399516047.
^ Roland Glyn Mathias (2007). "Watkins, Vernon (1906-1967), poet". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
^ Hugo Young (2001). Political Lives. Oxford University Press. p. 114. ISBN 978-0-19-860430-3.
^ Gale, Cengage Learning (29 June 2016). A Study Guide for Richard Llewellyn's "How Green Was My Valley". Gale. p. 5. ISBN 978-1-4103-4850-0.
^ Thomas Rowland Roberts (1908). Eminent Welshmen: A Short Biographical Dictionary of Welshmen who Have Attained Distinction from the Earliest Times to the Present. Educational Publishing Company. p. 488.
^ Ellis, Thomas Iorwerth (2007). "Jones, Griffith Arthur (1827–1906), cleric". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. volume 1, page 1151
^ "Death of Sir Edward Reed". The Times. 1 December 1906. p. 6.
^ Buller Staddan player profile Scrum.com

[1] Bentley B. Gilbert (1987). David Lloyd George: a political life : the architect of change, 1863-1912. B.T. Batsford. p. 289. ISBN 978-0-7134-5558-8.

[2] Iain Dale (2003). The Times Guides to the House of Commons: 1910, 1911, 1919. Politico's. p. 91. ISBN 978-1-84275-034-6.

[3] Charles Davison (30 July 2009). A History of British Earthquakes. Cambridge University Press. pp. 196–197. ISBN 978-0-521-14099-7.

[4] Michael R. Watts (1978). The Dissenters: The crisis and conscience of nonconformity. Clarendon Press. p. 225. ISBN 978-0-19-822969-8.

[5] Joyce M. Bellamy; David E. Martin; John Saville (15 January 1993). Dictionary of Labour Biography: Volume IX. Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 127. ISBN 978-1-349-07845-5.

[6] B. Barr; Hubert Roy Evans; J. E. Evans (September 1994). Bridge assessment management and design: proceedings of the Centenary Year Bridge Conference, Cardiff, U.K., 26-30 September 1994. Elsevier. p. 19. ISBN 978-0-444-82063-1.

[7] John B. Hilling (20 May 2016). The History and Architecture of Cardiff Civic Centre: Black Gold, White City. University of Wales Press. p. 178. ISBN 978-1-78316-844-6.

[8] The Surveyor and Municipal Engineer. St. Bride's Press. July 1906. p. 330.

[9] David James Llewelfryn Davies (2007). "Evans, Sir Samuel Thomas (1859-1918), politician and judge". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2020.

[10] Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Jones (later Brynmor-Jones), Sir David Brynmor (1852-1921), lawyer and historian". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 September 2019.

[11] "Cwm Dyli Power Station". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 18 June 2018.

[12] "Winners of the Chair | National Eisteddfod". eisteddfod.wales. Retrieved 27 February 2021.

[13] Peter N. Williams (2003). Presenting Wales from a to Y - The People, the Places, the Traditions: An Alphabetical Guide to a Nation's Heritage. Trafford Publishing. p. 282. ISBN 978-1-55395-482-8.

[14] "History of the Society". Welsh Folk Song Society. Retrieved 18 June 2018.

[15] "New Theatre history". New Theatre. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2010.

[16] Rhidian Griffiths (2007). "Williams, Grace Mary (1906-1977), composer". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 4 December 2019.

[17] Monaco, James (1991). The encyclopedia of film. New York, NY: Perigee Books. p. 10. ISBN 9780399516047.

[18] Roland Glyn Mathias (2007). "Watkins, Vernon (1906-1967), poet". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 4 December 2019.

[19] Hugo Young (2001). Political Lives. Oxford University Press. p. 114. ISBN 978-0-19-860430-3.

[20] Gale, Cengage Learning (29 June 2016). A Study Guide for Richard Llewellyn's "How Green Was My Valley". Gale. p. 5. ISBN 978-1-4103-4850-0.

[21] Thomas Rowland Roberts (1908). Eminent Welshmen: A Short Biographical Dictionary of Welshmen who Have Attained Distinction from the Earliest Times to the Present. Educational Publishing Company. p. 488.

[22] Ellis, Thomas Iorwerth (2007). "Jones, Griffith Arthur (1827–1906), cleric". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 4 December 2019.

[23] Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. volume 1, page 1151

[24] "Death of Sir Edward Reed". The Times. 1 December 1906. p. 6.

[25] Buller Staddan player profile Scrum.com

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