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Description:
This article is about the particular significance of the year
1901
to
Wales
and
its people
.
Incumbents
Prince of Wales
—
The Prince Edward Albert
, son of
Queen Victoria
(until 22 January);
The Prince George
, son of
Edward VII
(from 9 November)
Princess of Wales
—
Alexandra of Denmark
(until 22 January);
Mary of Teck
(from 9 November)
Archdruid
of the
National Eisteddfod of Wales
—
Hwfa Môn
Events
January —
Samuel Thomas Evans
becomes the last QC appointed by Queen Victoria.
22 January —
The Prince of Wales
accedes to the throne, following the death of Queen Victoria.
31 March — The 10-yearly
Census
of
England and Wales
is taken.
3 April —
Frederick Rutherfoord Harris
, MP for Monmouth Boroughs, is unseated for alleged electoral malpractice.
7 May — In the by-election at Monmouth Boroughs, Joseph Lawrence becomes the new Conservative MP.
24 May — 81 miners are killed in an accident at Universal Colliery,
Senghenydd
.
10 September — Twelve miners are killed in a
mining accident
at
Llanbradach
Colliery in Glamorgan.
9 November —
Prince George, Duke of York
and his wife
Mary of Teck
officially become Prince and Princess of Wales.
Gomer Berry
and
William......
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