1921 in Wales
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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)[9]
- 21 May - Leslie Norris, poet (d. 2006)[10]
- 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)[11]
- 8 September - Sir Harry Secombe, entertainer (d. 2001)[12]
- 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)[13]
- 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[14]
- 15 August (in Ilfracombe) - Sir David Brynmor Jones QC, lawyer and historian, 68 or 69[15]
- 21 July - Tom Deacon - Wales international rugby union player
- 27 July - John Jones (Myrddin Fardd), author, 85[16]
- 27 July (in London) - James Winstone, miners' leader and politician, 58
- 23 August (in Oswestry) - Francis Jayne, bishop and academic, 76[17]
- 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[18]
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.
- ^ John Fisher (2006). Tommy Cooper: Always Leave Them Laughing. HarperCollins Entertainment. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-00-721510-2.
- ^ James A. Davies (1991). Leslie Norris. University of Wales Press. p. 10.
- ^ Fred Inglis (23 June 2005). Raymond Williams. Routledge. p. 17. ISBN 1-134-66238-6.
- ^ "Sir Harry Secombe". The Telegraph. 12 April 2001. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ Lawrence Goldman (7 March 2013). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2005-2008. OUP Oxford. p. 461. ISBN 978-0-19-967154-0.
- ^ Who was who: A Companion to Who's Who, Containing the Biographies of Those who Died During the Period ... A. & C. Black. 1929. p. 797.
- ^ The Law Times. Office of The Law Times. 1922. p. 108.
- ^ William Rowlands. "JONES, JOHN (Myrddin Fardd; 1836 - 1921), writer, antiquary, and collector of old letters and manuscripts". Welsh Biography Online. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ Price, D. T. W (January 2007). "Jayne, Francis John (1845–1921)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online edition, subscription access). Oxford University Press. Retrieved 11 February 2008.
- ^ Laurel Brake; Chandrika Kaul; Mark W. Turner (16 March 2016). The News of the World and the British Press, 1843-2011: 'Journalism for the Rich, Journalism for the Poor'. Springer. p. 135. ISBN 978-1-137-39205-3.