1952 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1952 to Wales and its people.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - vacant (Charles, Prince of Wales, had not been officially designated with the title)
- Princess of Wales - vacant
- Archbishop of Wales - John Morgan
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales - Cynan
[edit] Events
- 5 July - Six miners are killed in a mining accident at Point of Ayr colliery in north Wales.
- 3 September - Mahmood Hussein Mattan is the last person to be executed at Cardiff Prison.
- Opening of Claerwen reservoir.
- Lake Bala bursts its banks and floods many parts of the Vale of Edeyrnion.
- Following the retirement of Hugh O'Neill, David Grenfell becomes Father of the House.
- Pennar Davies becomes Principal of Swansea Memorial College.
[edit] Arts and literature
- Richard Bebb marries Gwen Watford.
[edit] Awards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Aberystwyth)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - John Evans
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - withheld
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - Owen Elias Roberts
[edit] New books
- Islwyn Ffowc Elis - Cyn Oeri'r Gwaed
- Jack Jones - Lily of the Valley
- T. J. Morgan - Y Treigladau a’u Cystrawen
- John Dyfnallt Owen - Rhamant a Rhyddid
- R. Williams Parry - Cerddi'r Gaeaf
- Bertrand Russell - The Impact of Science on Society
- Richard Vaughan - Moulded in Earth
- Raymond Williams - Drama from Ibsen to Eliot
[edit] Music
- David Wynne - Symphony no. 1
[edit] Recordings
- Dylan Thomas records a collection of five of his poems, including Fern Hill and Do not go gentle into that good night, along with the short prose A Child's Christmas in Wales for Caedmon Audio in New York.
[edit] Film
- Richard Burton stars in My Cousin Rachel.
[edit] Broadcasting
- 12 March - Tommy Cooper's TV series, It's Magic, begins its run.
- 15 August - The Wenvoe television transmitter enters service.
- 26 August - Hit radio series Welsh Rarebit transfers to television.
[edit] Sport
- Rugby union - Wales win their fifth Grand Slam.
- Summer Olympics - Harry Llewellyn wins a gold medal in the team showjumping competition, riding Foxhunter.
[edit] Births
- 9 January – Mike Watkins, Wales international rugby captain
- 24 January – Tony Villars, footballer
- 22 March – David Jones, politician
- 3 April - Philip Jenkins, academic and former Mastermind champion
- 16 April – Bob Humphrys, sports broadcaster (d. 2008)
- 21 April - Cheryl Gillan, politician
- 5 May – Andrew Davies AM, politician
- 12 June – Jed Williams, jazz journalist
- 7 September – Irene James AM, politician
- 18 October – Hilary Bevan Jones, television producer
- 17 November – David Emanuel, fashion designer
- 20 November – Karen Sinclair, politician
- date unknown
- Robert Minhinnick, poet
[edit] Deaths
- 3 March – John Emlyn Emlyn-Jones, ship-owner and politician, 63
- 25 April – Sir Milsom Rees, surgeon, 86
- 25 August – James Kitchener Davies, poet, dramatist, and nationalist, 50
- 23 October – Windham Wyndham-Quin, 5th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl, politician, 95
- 28 October – William Morris Hughes, Prime Minister of Australia
- 28 November – Ernie George, Wales international rugby player
- 2 December – Tom Jackson, Wales international rugby player, 82
- 15 December (in London) – Sir William Goscombe John, sculptor, 92
- 26 December (in London) – Lyn Harding, actor, 85
- 31 December – John Cledwyn Davies, politician, 83
