Glamorgan County Council

[1] The first meeting of the Council was held at the Gwyn Hall in Neath and Sir Hussey Vivian MP elected to the chair.

[4] At this meeting also, the chairman of the Council, Sir Hussey Vivian, paid tribute to the magistrates for their past conduct of county business.

The Liberal group were divided on a successor as chairman of the Council and J. Blandy Jenkins defeated Arthur Pendarves Vivian by 31 votes to 30 in March 1895.

Cardiff offered a site in the centre of the city and the county council launched a competition in July 1908 inviting designs for a new building.

[6] County Hall was built on Edward VII Avenue, Cathays Park, completed in 1911 and opened in 1912.