1931 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1931 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Archbishop of Wales – Alfred George Edwards, Bishop of St Asaph[1]
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Pedrog[2]
Events
- 3 March - Bertrand Russell succeeds to his brother's earldom.[3]
- 14 April - A meteorite falls to earth on farmland in Pontllynfi, near Caernarfon.[4]
- June - Border Breweries (Wrexham) is formed by a merger.[5]
- date unknown
- The Welsh School of Medicine is founded at Cardiff, later becoming the University of Wales College of Medicine.[6]
- Nancy Astor addresses a meeting in Cardiff on the subject of recruiting women into the police.
Arts and literature
- Edward Tegla Davies becomes editor of Yr Efrydydd.[7]
Awards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Bangor)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - David James Jones[8]
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Albert Evans Jones
New books
English language
- Eliot Crawshay-Williams - Night in the Hotel[9]
- John Morris-Jones - Welsh Syntax: An Unfinished Draft[10]
- Bertrand Russell - The Scientific Outlook[11]
- Lily Tobias – My Mother's House[12]
Welsh language
- John Jenkins (Gwili) - Hanfod Duw a Pherson Crist[13]
- Moelona - Beryl[14]
- Jennie Thomas – Llyfr Mawr y Plant (first appearance of Wil Cwac Cwac)[15]
Music
- Grace Williams – Sextet for oboe, trumpet, violin, viola, cello and piano
Film
- Ray Milland appears in The Bachelor Father, Strangers May Kiss, Just a Gigolo, Son of India, Bought, Ambassador Bill, and Blonde Crazy.
- Mary Glynne appears in Inquest[16]
Broadcasting
- The BBC's Daventry radio transmitter increases its Welsh language output from a monthly to a fortnightly "Welsh interest" programme and includes a regular religious service broadcast entirely in Welsh.
Sport
- Rugby union
- Wales, under the captaincy of Jack Bassett, win the Five Nations Championship.
- 7 February Wales beat Scotland 13–8 at the Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff.
Births
- 4 January - Harry Griffiths, footballer (died 1978)
- 10 January - Rosalind Howells, Baroness Howells of St Davids, politician[17]
- 2 February - Glynn Edwards, actor (died 2018)[18]
- 4 March - Gwilym Prichard, landscape painter (d. 2015)[19]
- 13 March - Ted Grace, Swansea-born politician in Australia (died 2020)to 1984.[20]
- 20 March - Orig Williams, wrestler and TV presenter (died 2009)[21]
- 22 March - Leslie Thomas, novelist (died 2014)[22]
- 30 March - Emrys Jones, literary scholar (died 2012)[23][24]
- 7 April - Eifion Evans, church historian (died 2017)[25]
- 11 April - Lewis Jones, rugby player
- 30 April - Merfyn Jones, footballer (died 2016)
- 11 May - Gerry Humphreys, sound engineer (died 2006)
- 29 May – Christopher Evans, computer scientist (died 1979)[26]
- 23 June - Brian Sparks, Wales international rugby union player (died 2013)[27]
- 29 June - Howard Morgan, cricketer
- 2 July - Frank Williams, actor
- 13 July - Philip Jones, businessman and civil servant (died 2000)
- 13 August
- 15 August - Gwyn Evans, bowls player
- 1 September - Mair Wynn Hughes, children's author
- 18 September - Roger Howells, footballer (died 1975)[30]
- 5 November - John Morris, Baron Morris of Aberavon, politician (died 2023)[31]
- 17 November - Dudley Price, footballer (died 2021)
- 27 November - Gareth Griffiths, Wales and British Lions rugby union player
- 29 November - Glyn Hughes, footballer (died 1995)
- 25 December - Dafydd Rowlands, Eisteddfod-winning author (died 2001)[32]
- 27 December - John Charles, footballer (died 2004)[33]
- 30 December - John T. Houghton, climate scientist (died 2020)[34]
- date unknown - Brynley F. Roberts, scholar, librarian, National Library of Wales
Deaths
- 24 January - George Hay Morgan, politician, 64[35]
- 28 January - Robert Henderson, cricketer, 65
- 30 January - Sir Garrod Thomas, physician and politician, 77[36]
- 4 February - David Thomas Jones, administrator, 64
- 22 February - Sir Hugh Vincent, solicitor and Wales international rugby player, 68[37]
- 3 March - Frank Russell, 2nd Earl Russell, 65[38]
- 13 March
- Vernon Hartshorn MP, miners' leader and politician[39]
- Edward Thomas John, politician, 73[40]
- 14 April - John Bryn Roberts, lawyer and politician, 88[41]
- 19 April - Evan Richards, Wales international rugby player, 69
- 12 May - Beddoe Rees, industrialist and politician[42]
- 22 June - Sir Henry Reichel, academic, 74[36]
- 28 July - John Neale Dalton, chaplain and tutor to the British royal family, settled in South Wales, 91[43]
- 7 October - William John Griffith, author, [44]
- 26 October - Edward Perkins Alexander, Wales rugby international, 68
- 29 October - Edward Maes Llaned Owen, engineer, surveyor and merchant, a pioneer of Welsh colonisation in Patagonia, 85
- 2 November - Arthur Cook, miners' leader, 47
- 24 November - Jack Jones, footballer, 62[45]
- 27 December - Alfred Perceval Graves, Irish author settled in Wales, 85[46]
See also
References
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- ^ Ray Monk (2001). Bertrand Russell: The Ghost of Madness, 1921-1970. Free Press. ISBN 978-0-7432-1215-1.
- ^ British Astronomical Association (1931). Journal.
- ^ Lesley Richmond; Alison Turton (1990). The Brewing Industry: A Guide to Historical Records. Manchester University Press. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-7190-3032-1.
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- ^ Jonathan Coe (7 March 2013). Like a Fiery Elephant: The Story of B. S. Johnson. Pan Macmillan. pp. 321–. ISBN 978-1-4472-4377-9.
- ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries. New Series: 1931. Copyright Office, Library of Congress. 1932. p. 932.
- ^ Parry, Sir Thomas (1959). "MORRIS-JONES (formerly JONES), Sir JOHN (MORRIS) (1864-1929), scholar, poet, and critic". Dictionary of Welsh Biography.
- ^ Kenneth Blackwell; Harry Ruja; Sheila Turcon (2 September 2003). A Bibliography of Bertrand Russell: I. Separate Publications II. Serial Publications III. Indexes. Routledge. p. 141. ISBN 978-1-134-81890-7.
- ^ Lily Tobias (2004). Eunice Fleet. Honno. p. xxi. ISBN 978-1-870206-65-5.
- ^ M Wynn Thomas (1 November 2010). In The Shadow of the Pulpit: Literature and Nonconformist Wales. University of Wales Press. p. 352. ISBN 978-0-7083-2342-7.
- ^ Bibliotheca Celtica. The Library. 1939. p. 274.
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- ^ "Inquest (1931)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on June 27, 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ Charles Roger Dod; Robert Phipps Dod (2002). Dod's Parliamentary Companion. Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Limited. p. 584. ISBN 9780905702360.
- ^ "Glynn Edwards, played Dave the barman in 'Minder' – obituary". Telegraph.co.uk. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
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- ^ "Biography for GRACE, Edward Laurence". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
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- ^ John Carey, "Emrys Lloyd Jones, 1931–2012", Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the British Academy, vol. 13 (2014), pp. 273–291.
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- ^ Philip Swann (26 January 2018). "Rev. Dr Eifion Evans (1931-2017)". Evangelical Times. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
- ^ Parapsychology Review. Parapsychology Foundation. 1980. p. 16.
- ^ "Obituary: W Bro Brian Anthonie Sparks MBE". Bridgend Masonic Trust. 30 June 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
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- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins (1959). "Roberts, John Bryn (1843-1931), lawyer and politician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ Who was who. A. & C. Black. 1920. p. 1130.
- ^ The Antiquaries Journal. H. Milford, Oxford University Press. 1932. p. 350.
- ^ Edward Morgan Humphreys (1959). "Griffith, William John (1875-1931), lawyer and politician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ Clarebrough, Denis; Kirkham, Andrew (2008). Sheffield United Who's Who. Hallamshire Press. p. 219. ISBN 978-1-874718-69-7.
- ^ The New International Year Book. Dodd, Mead. 1932. p. 366.