The Cymru Fydd movement was founded in 1886 by some of the London Welsh, including J. E. Lloyd, O. M. Edwards, T. E. Ellis, Beriah Gwynfe Evans and Alfred Thomas. Initially it was a purely London based society, later expanding to cities in England with a large Welsh population. From 1894 branches were organised in Wales itself. 1886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ...
Its main objective was to gain self-government for Wales. The movement lost some of its impetus following the withdrawal of T. E. Ellis to join the Government in 1892, after which leadership of Cymru Fydd was taken over by David Lloyd George and John Herbert Lewis (MP for Flint Boroughs). After an initial period of success in 1894-5, in which time it merged with the North Wales Liberal Federation (18th April 1895) to form the 'Welsh National Federation', it met with fierce opposition from the South Wales Liberal Federation, led by the Federation President, David Alfred (D.A) Thomas. On 16th January, 1896, the proposal to merge the South Wales Liberal Federation with the Welsh National Federation was put to the AGM of the South Wales Liberal Federation, held at Newport, Gwent. Lloyd George was howled down and refused permission to speak. After Robert Bird, a senior Cardiff Alderman declared his determination to resist 'the domination of Welsh ideas', the merger proposal was defeated. Cymru Fydd collapsed soon afterwards. The effect of this collapse was particulary severe on the Women's Liberal Associations, all but 15 of which collapsed. Lloyd George switched his attention to British matters, next coming to prominence as an opponent of the Boer War. National motto: Cymru am byth (Welsh: Wales for ever) Waless location within the UK Official languages English, Welsh Capital Cardiff Largest city Cardiff First Minister Rhodri Morgan Area - Total Ranked 3rd UK 20,779 km² Population - Total (2001) - Density Ranked 3rd UK 2,903,085 140/km² Ethnicity: 97. ...
In common with many European nations, the first movements for national autonomy began in the 1880s and 1890s with the formation of CymruFydd.
Nationalism only became a major issue during the twentieth century, with the political party, Plaid Cymru, winning its first Parliamentary seat in 1966.
Largely as a result of this, devolution became the policy of the Labour party, and the National Assembly for Wales was eventually established in 1998, with power over public spending within the principality.
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