1936 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1936 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Prince of Wales – Edward (until 20 January)
- Princess of Wales – vacant
- Archbishop of Wales – Charles Green, Bishop of Bangor[1]
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales
Events
- 20 January - Edward, Prince of Wales, accedes to the throne as Edward VIII, King of the United Kingdom.
- March - Jim Griffiths, later the first Secretary of State for Wales, is elected member for Llanelli[2] following the death in office of the sitting MP.
- May - Colonial Secretary Jimmy Thomas is forced to resign from politics after a scandal involving Stock Exchange dealings.
- 8 September - In an incident known as Llosgi'r ysgol fomio (The burning of the bombing school), or, Tân yn Llŷn (Fire in Llŷn), a sabotage attack on Penyberth aerodrome is carried out by Lewis Valentine, D. J. Williams and Saunders Lewis.[3]
- 19 November - Dowlais Ironworks ceases steel production at its original Dowlais works. On a visit to the depressed areas of the South Wales Valleys King Edward VIII comments that "These works brought all these people here. Something should be done to get them at work again."[4] The remark is much misquoted.
- October - Saunders Lewis courts further controversy by appearing to praise Adolf Hitler.[5]
- Six men and one woman are jailed after an anti-Fascist demonstration at Tonypandy.
- Of 118 men from the South Wales coalfield who enlist in the International Brigade, 34 are killed.
- Treforest Trading Estate opens.
Arts and literature
Awards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Fishguard)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Simon B. Jones
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - David Jones
New books
- Rex Barker - Christ In The Valley of Unemployment
- Ambrose Bebb - Crwydro'r Cyfandir
- Margiad Evans - Creed
- Geraint Goodwin - The Heyday in the Blood
- W. F. Grimes - The Megalithic Monuments of Wales
- I. D. Hooson - Cerddi a Baledi
- Kate Roberts (author) - Traed mewn cyffion
- Bertrand Russell - Which Way to Peace?
- Dylan Thomas - Twenty-five Poems,[6] including "And death shall have no dominion"
- Ethel Lina White - The Wheel Spins (The Lady Vanishes)
New drama
- Saunders Lewis - Buchedd Garmon
Music
- John Glyn Davies - Cerddi Portinllaen
- Arwel Hughes - Fantasia for strings
- Ivor Novello - Careless Rapture
Film
- Visit of David Lloyd George to Germany (shot by David Lloyd George's private secretary)
Broadcasting
Sport
- Rugby Union
- 14 March - Wales beats Ireland 3–0 at Cardiff Arms Park
Births
- 9 January - Mike Davies, tennis player and sports (died 2015 in the United States)
- 7 February - Keith Rowlands, rugby union player and administrator (died 2006)
- 16 March - Vic Rouse, footballer
- 1 May - Elizabeth Rees-Williams, socialite
- 12 May - Phil Edwards, boxer[7]
- 23 May - Jennifer Daniel, actress
- 27 June - Clive Thomas, football referee
- 6 July - Redvers Sangoe, light-heavyweight boxer (died 1964)
- 30 July - Haydn Morgan, Welsh international rugby union player
- 2 September - Gwyn Thomas, poet and academic (died 2016)[8]
- 20 September - Andrew Davies, screenwriter
- 25 September - Michael Davies, Catholic writer (died 2004)
- 15 October - Timothy Stamps, Minister of Health in Zimbabwe (died 2017 in Zimbabwe)
- 7 November - Dame Gwyneth Jones, opera singer
- 18 November - Brian Huggett, golfer[9]
Deaths
- 9 January
- David Phillips Jones, Wales international rugby player, 54
- "Buller" Williams, Wales international rugby player
- 20 January - George V (Prince of Wales, 1901–1910), 70
- 7 February - John Henry Williams, sitting MP for Llanelli, 66
- 23 February - Harry Jones, Welsh-born prospector and politician in British Columbia, 95
- 20 March - William Napier Bruce, lawyer, 78[10]
- 5 May - Percy Bennett, Wales international rugby player, 66
- 16 May - John Jenkins (Gwili), poet and archdruid, 63[11]
- 13 June - William Elsey, Wales international rugby player, 65
- 3 August - John Alf Brown, Wales international rugby player, 54
- 2 September - William Rees, priest and writer, 77
- 28 October - George Barker, politician, 78
- 29 October - Dan Griffiths, Wales international rugby player, 79
- 11 November - Sir Edward German, English composer of Welsh descent, 71
- 15 December - Reese J. Llewellyn, Welsh-American businessman, 64[12]
See also
References
- ^ C. J. Litzenberger; Eileen Groth Lyon (2006). The Human Tradition in Modern Britain. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-7425-3735-4.
- ^ Cameron Hazlehurst; Sally Whitehead; Christine Woodland (1996). A Guide to the Papers of British Cabinet Ministers 1900-1964. Cambridge University Press. pp. 163. ISBN 978-0-521-58743-3.
- ^ Llafur. Llafur. 2000. p. 60.
- ^ Joan Abse (2000). Letters from Wales. Seren. p. 303. ISBN 978-1-85411-270-5.
- ^ Richard Wyn Jones (15 May 2014). The Fascist Party in Wales?: Plaid Cymru, Welsh Nationalism and the Accusation of Fascism. University of Wales Press. p. 97. ISBN 978-1-78316-156-0.
- ^ Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.
- ^ Jones, Wynford (2007). Benny's Boys: The Stable of Benny Jacobs. St Helens, Merseyside: Colourplan Design & Print. pp. 48–50. ISBN 978-0-9551082-1-1.
- ^ "Wales' former national poet Gwyn Thomas dies". bbc.co.uk. 14 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ^ Alliss, Peter (1983). The Who's Who of Golf. Orbis Publishing. p. 250. ISBN 0-85613-520-8.
- ^ Rees, Sir James Frederick. "BRUCE , WILLIAM NAPIER". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
- ^ "Jenkins, John (Gwili) (1872-1936), poet, theologian, and man of lettersauthor=Robert Thomas Jenkins". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ "L. A. Industrialist Dies in New York". Oakland Tribune. December 16, 1936. p. 7. Retrieved May 15, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.