… adoption meeting, Abel Thomas QC made great play on the question of who was behind the Meredyth candidature. Having dismissed the Carlton Club, he…
… adoption meeting, Abel Thomas QC made great play on the question of who was behind the Meredyth candidature. Having dismissed the Carlton Club, he wondered about the influence of the Duke of Beaufort and his great landowning interests in South Wales. These names underline the power of the English landowning aristocracy in Conservative politics at the time, not least in Wales. The Parties As far as the electoral power of the respective parties is…
… Disestablishment was a main concern, perhaps weakening both the cause of social justice and Welsh home rule, until Disestablishment came in 1920, surely to…
… Disestablishment was a main concern, perhaps weakening both the cause of social justice and Welsh home rule, until Disestablishment came in 1920, surely to the benefit of Welsh Anglicanism. The Temperance Movement was strong in both the seats contested by Meredyth. Clearly he failed to understand the problem: his wish to 'give fair play to all sections of society' failed to impress the Swansea Temperance delegation8 which waited upon him, whilst his centering his…
… Ynyspenllwch, Clydach, described in his Cambria Daily Leader" obituary as the last squire in the Swansea valley .a zealous churchman, an ardent imperialist'. Yeo,…
… Ynyspenllwch, Clydach, described in his Cambria Daily Leader" obituary as the last squire in the Swansea valley .a zealous churchman, an ardent imperialist'. Yeo, who died three years later at the age of 56, was seen to be on the radical wing of the Liberal Party. It was the new Swansea Town constituency that saw most election excitement. The successful Liberal candidate was, unlike his opponent, no newcomer to the hustings. Lewis Llewelyn Dillwyn,…
… of Beaufort (if so, 'Abel Thomas pitied him from his heart') but Meredyth denied that. So was it the Carlton Club? 'Then it had…
… of Beaufort (if so, 'Abel Thomas pitied him from his heart') but Meredyth denied that. So was it the Carlton Club? 'Then it had been said that he had been sent by his mother. But if so he (Mr Thomas) wanted to know what right she had to send her son down to try and represent Swansea'). Thomas's attack on the young Tory contains a purple passage full of biblical references, easily understood by…
… Prince of Wales Drill Hall'. Was the Duke less of a draw than a mere Earl? However, such blue-blooded support must say something of…
… Prince of Wales Drill Hall'. Was the Duke less of a draw than a mere Earl? However, such blue-blooded support must say something of the circles from which young William came. In the event, as Abel Thomas QC foretold, it was 'the Goliath of Liberalism' who carried the day against 'the youthful David' by 3,660 votes to 2520. However, William Meredyth could leave Swansea with his head held high for his 40.8% of the…
… on another evening when 'he related his experiences and then on the following Monday night was smoking in the back parlour of a public…
… on another evening when 'he related his experiences and then on the following Monday night was smoking in the back parlour of a public house'. Clearly Meredyth14 tried to run with the fox and hunt with the hounds on the strong drink issue here as in Swansea" and this certainly backfired in 1892. In the event he polled 1700 votes or 19.5% against his opponent's 7019 (80.5%). Warmington received the largest majority in any…
… The Author: Ivor Thomas Rees is the son of a Rhondda miner. He lives in Swansea, a retired minister of the United Reformed Church.…
… The Author: Ivor Thomas Rees is the son of a Rhondda miner. He lives in Swansea, a retired minister of the United Reformed Church. His research interests include Welsh candidates for Parliament, the Assembly and Europe and spring 2005 will see the publication of his book, Welsh Hustings 1885-2004: a Who's Who of Candidates for Westminster, The Assembly and Europe. Notes 1 Lewis Llewelyn Dillwyn, MP Swansea 1855-85, Swansea Town 185-92, industrialist; son of…
… lecturer and barrister. 7 The Cambrian, 5 June 1885 8 Western Mail, 12 August 1885 9 There were only six three-corned contests in Wales…
… lecturer and barrister. 7 The Cambrian, 5 June 1885 8 Western Mail, 12 August 1885 9 There were only six three-corned contests in Wales (excluding Merthyr Tydfil which elected 2 MPs) between 1885 and 1918, three of which were in the Swansea area Swansea District 1895, Gower 1906, Swansea Town January 1910, East Carmarthenshire, East Glamorgan and South Glamorgan in December 1910. 10 John Henry Vivian, Born Truro 1786. MP Swansea 1822-55. Died Swansea…
… JAMES TINSLEY OF EBBW VALE AND his STEAM CAR by Helen Holmes The steam car of James Tinsley was the first in Ebbw Vale.…
… JAMES TINSLEY OF EBBW VALE AND his STEAM CAR by Helen Holmes The steam car of James Tinsley was the first in Ebbw Vale. He registered it on the 30th May 1904 under the registration number AX94. It was therefore one of the first steam cars in Monmouthshire, most of the earliest registrations being for steam lorries. The following day James Tinsley's son, George, aged 20, took out his licence to drive. The photograph…
… The Tinsley family and their steam car (see text for identifications)…
… The Tinsley family and their steam car (see text for identifications)…
… enabled him to break the world land speed record in 1888. The American, Gardner, financed his factory. Young George Tinsley was a mechanical engineer…
… enabled him to break the world land speed record in 1888. The American, Gardner, financed his factory. Young George Tinsley was a mechanical engineer and it was probably his enthusiasm that inspired his father to purchase this first steam car, and also a second one two years later. After the death of Serpollet in 1907, petrol-engine cars began to take over. James Tinsley had been a pioneer of travel in the area. He retired…