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*[[26 January]] - The [[Abermule train collision]] claims 17 lives, including that of Lord Herbert Vane-Tempest, youngest son of the [[George Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of Londonderry|Marquess of Londonderry]]. |
*[[26 January]] - The [[Abermule train collision]] claims 17 lives,<ref>{{cite book|title=The Engineer|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UglIAQAAMAAJ|year=1922|publisher=Morgan-Grampian (Publishers)|page=22}}</ref> including that of Lord Herbert Vane-Tempest, youngest son of the [[George Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of Londonderry|Marquess of Londonderry]]. |
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*February - [[Ernest Evans (politician)|Ernest Evans]] becomes Liberal MP for [[Ceredigion|Cardiganshire]], winning the seat vacated by [[Matthew Vaughan-Davies, 1st Baron Ystwyth]], on the latter's elevation to the peerage. |
*February - [[Ernest Evans (politician)|Ernest Evans]] becomes Liberal MP for [[Ceredigion|Cardiganshire]], winning the seat vacated by [[Matthew Vaughan-Davies, 1st Baron Ystwyth]], on the latter's elevation to the peerage. |
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*[[7 March]] - [[Francis Edward Mostyn]] is appointed Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cardiff.<ref>{{cite book|author=Chris Larsen|title=Catholic Bishops of Great Britain: A Reference to Roman Catholic Bishops from 1850 to 2015|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8Y0NDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA290|date=1 April 2016|publisher=Sacristy Press|isbn=978-1-910519-25-7|pages=290}}</ref> |
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*[[1 April]] - [[Alfred Mond]] becomes Minister of Health. |
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*[[1 April]] - [[Alfred Mond]] becomes Minister of Health.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Cameron Hazlehurst|author2=Sally Whitehead|author3=Christine Woodland|title=A Guide to the Papers of British Cabinet Ministers 1900-1964|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_GS4_uG484cC&pg=PA270|year=1996|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-58743-3|pages=270}}</ref> |
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*April–June - [[Lockout (industry)|Lockout]] in the coal mining industry; [[A. J. Cook (trade unionist)|A. J. Cook]], the miner's leader, is sentenced to two months’ imprisonment for "inciting to unlawful assembly". |
*April–June - [[Lockout (industry)|Lockout]] in the coal mining industry; [[A. J. Cook (trade unionist)|A. J. Cook]], the miner's leader, is sentenced to two months’ imprisonment for "inciting to unlawful assembly".<ref>{{cite book|title=Gleanings and Memoranda|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vqM5AQAAIAAJ|year=1928|page=507}}</ref> |
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*December - [[Leslie Morris]] becomes a founder member of the [[Communist Party of Canada]]. |
*December - [[Leslie Morris]] becomes a founder member of the [[Communist Party of Canada]]. |
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*[[23 December]] - The ''Maid of Delos'' sinks off the coast of Dyfed, with 26 deaths. |
*[[23 December]] - The ''Maid of Delos'' sinks off the coast of Dyfed, with 26 deaths.<ref>{{cite book|title=Reference Wales|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-j0ro22GZU8C|year=1994|publisher=University of Wales Press|isbn=978-0-7083-1234-6|page=242}}</ref> |
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*The [[Anglo-Persian Oil Company]] Limited begins work on the UK's first [[oil refinery]] at [[Llandarcy]]. |
*The [[Anglo-Persian Oil Company]] Limited begins work on the UK's first [[oil refinery]] at [[Llandarcy]]. |
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*Last [[copper smelting]] in the [[Lower Swansea valley]]. |
*Last [[copper smelting]] in the [[Lower Swansea valley]]. |
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*[[Hugh Robert Jones]] founds the Byddin Ymreolaeth Cymru (“Home Rule Army”), which forms the basis for the development of [[Plaid Cymru]]. |
*[[Hugh Robert Jones]] founds the Byddin Ymreolaeth Cymru (“Home Rule Army”), which forms the basis for the development of [[Plaid Cymru]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Meic Stephens|title=Cydymaith i lenyddiaeth Cymru|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yy1KAAAAYAAJ|year=1986|publisher=Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru|isbn=978-0-7083-0915-5}}</ref> |
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*Cardiologist [[Thomas Lewis (cardiologist)|Thomas Lewis]] is knighted. |
*Cardiologist [[Thomas Lewis (cardiologist)|Thomas Lewis]] is knighted. |
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*[[John Bodvan Anwyl]] is appointed secretary of the Welsh dictionary project sponsored by the Board of Celtic Studies of the University of Wales. |
*[[John Bodvan Anwyl]] is appointed secretary of the Welsh dictionary project sponsored by the Board of Celtic Studies of the University of Wales. |
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*[[Francis Edward Mostyn]] becomes Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cardiff. |
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==Arts and literature== |
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*[[Edwin Sidney Hartland]] - ''Primitive Society'' |
*[[Edwin Sidney Hartland]] - ''Primitive Society'' |
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*[[Evan Frederic Morgan, 2nd Viscount Tredegar]] - ''Trial by Ordeal''<ref>{{cite book|author=Meic Stephens|title=The Oxford companion to the literature of Wales|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P51iAAAAMAAJ|date=April 1986|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=406}}</ref> |
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*[[Moelona]] - ''Y Wers Olaf'' |
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*[[Evan Frederic Morgan, 2nd Viscount Tredegar]] - ''Trial by Ordeal'' |
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*[[Margaret Mackworth, 2nd Viscountess Rhondda|Margaret Haig Thomas, Viscountess Rhondda]] - ''D. A. Thomas, Viscount Rhondda, by his Daughter and Others'' |
*[[Margaret Mackworth, 2nd Viscountess Rhondda|Margaret Haig Thomas, Viscountess Rhondda]] - ''D. A. Thomas, Viscount Rhondda, by his Daughter and Others'' |
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*[[Francis Brett Young]] - ''The Black Diamond'' |
*[[Francis Brett Young]] - ''The Black Diamond'' |
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*[[Moelona]] - ''Y Wers Olaf''<ref>{{cite book|author=Welsh Bibliographical Society|title=The Journal of the Welsh Bibliographical Society|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Oi5VAAAAYAAJ|date=March 1932|publisher=Welsh Bibliographical Society|page=275}}</ref> |
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===New drama=== |
===New drama=== |
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1921 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - Edward
- Princess of Wales – vacant
- Archbishop of Wales – Alfred George Edwards, Bishop of St Asaph
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Dyfed
Events
- 26 January - The Abermule train collision claims 17 lives,[1] including that of Lord Herbert Vane-Tempest, youngest son of the Marquess of Londonderry.
- February - Ernest Evans becomes Liberal MP for Cardiganshire, winning the seat vacated by Matthew Vaughan-Davies, 1st Baron Ystwyth, on the latter's elevation to the peerage.
- 7 March - Francis Edward Mostyn is appointed Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cardiff.[2]
- 1 April - Alfred Mond becomes Minister of Health.[3]
- April–June - Lockout in the coal mining industry; A. J. Cook, the miner's leader, is sentenced to two months’ imprisonment for "inciting to unlawful assembly".[4]
- December - Leslie Morris becomes a founder member of the Communist Party of Canada.
- 23 December - The Maid of Delos sinks off the coast of Dyfed, with 26 deaths.[5]
- The Anglo-Persian Oil Company Limited begins work on the UK's first oil refinery at Llandarcy.
- Last copper smelting in the Lower Swansea valley.
- Hugh Robert Jones founds the Byddin Ymreolaeth Cymru (“Home Rule Army”), which forms the basis for the development of Plaid Cymru.[6]
- Cardiologist Thomas Lewis is knighted.
- John Bodvan Anwyl is appointed secretary of the Welsh dictionary project sponsored by the Board of Celtic Studies of the University of Wales.
Arts and literature
Awards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Caernarfon)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Robert John Rowlands
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Albert Evans-Jones
New books
English language
- Edwin Sidney Hartland - Primitive Society
- Evan Frederic Morgan, 2nd Viscount Tredegar - Trial by Ordeal[7]
- Margaret Haig Thomas, Viscountess Rhondda - D. A. Thomas, Viscount Rhondda, by his Daughter and Others
- Francis Brett Young - The Black Diamond
Welsh language
- Edward Tegla Davies - Tir Y Dyneddon
- John Evan Davies - Blodau'r Grug
- Moelona - Y Wers Olaf[8]
New drama
- Saunders Lewis - The Eve of St John
Music
- Ivor Novello & Dion Titheradge - "And Her Mother Came Too"
- The composer Peter Warlock returns to the family home at Cefn-bryntalch Hall, near Abermule, where he will stay until June 1924.
Film
- Edmund Gwenn stars in a silent version of The Skin Game.
- Roger Livesey makes his screen debut in The Four Feathers.
Broadcasting
Sport
- Cricket - Glamorgan CCC is admitted to crickets County Championship competition for the first time.
Births
- 5 February (in Birkenhead) - Marion Eames, novelist (d. 2007)
- 19 March - Tommy Cooper, comedian (d. 1984)
- 21 May - Leslie Norris, poet (d. 2006)
- 4 June - Allen Forward, Wales international rugby union player (d. 1994)
- 28 June - R. Tudur Jones, theologian (d. 1998)
- 16 August - Roger Ashton (footballer), footballer (d. 1985)
- 31 August - Raymond Williams, academic and writer (d. 1988)
- 8 September - Sir Harry Secombe, entertainer (d. 2001)
- 13 September - Handel Greville, Wales international rugby union player
- 15 September - Billy Cleaver, Wales international rugby union player and colliery manager (d. 2003)
- 12 October - Kenneth Griffith, actor and director (d. 2006)
- 18 October – Billy James, footballer (d. 1980)
Deaths
- 11 February - William Evans (Tonyrefail), minister and author, 82
- 25 February - John Thomas of Llanwrtyd, composer, 81
- 6 July - Alfred Onions, politician, 62
- 15 August (in Ilfracombe) - Sir David Brynmor Jones QC, lawyer and historian, 68 or 69
- 21 July - Tom Deacon - Wales international rugby union player
- 27 July - John Jones (Myrddin Fardd), author, 85[9]
- 27 July (in London) - James Winstone, miners' leader and politician, 58
- 23 August (in Oswestry) - Francis Jayne, bishop and academic, 76
- 11 October - Willie Thomas, Wales international rugby captain, 55
- 15 December - Hopkin Maddock, Wales international rugby player, 40
- 16 December - Owen Morgan, journalist, 85
- 21 December - Joseph Morewood Staniforth, editorial cartoonist, 57 or 58
See also
References
- ^ The Engineer. Morgan-Grampian (Publishers). 1922. p. 22.
- ^ Chris Larsen (1 April 2016). Catholic Bishops of Great Britain: A Reference to Roman Catholic Bishops from 1850 to 2015. Sacristy Press. p. 290. ISBN 978-1-910519-25-7.
- ^ Cameron Hazlehurst; Sally Whitehead; Christine Woodland (1996). A Guide to the Papers of British Cabinet Ministers 1900-1964. Cambridge University Press. p. 270. ISBN 978-0-521-58743-3.
- ^ Gleanings and Memoranda. 1928. p. 507.
- ^ Reference Wales. University of Wales Press. 1994. p. 242. ISBN 978-0-7083-1234-6.
- ^ Meic Stephens (1986). Cydymaith i lenyddiaeth Cymru. Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru. ISBN 978-0-7083-0915-5.
- ^ Meic Stephens (April 1986). The Oxford companion to the literature of Wales. Oxford University Press. p. 406.
- ^ Welsh Bibliographical Society (March 1932). The Journal of the Welsh Bibliographical Society. Welsh Bibliographical Society. p. 275.
- ^ William Rowlands. "JONES, JOHN (Myrddin Fardd; 1836 - 1921), writer, antiquary, and collector of old letters and manuscripts". Welsh Biography Online. Retrieved 21 January 2019.