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 the chairman of the rail company, Lord Herbert Vane-Tempest.
- 18 February - by-election: 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.[2]
- 7 March - Francis Edward Mostyn is appointed Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cardiff.[3]
- 1 April - Alfred Mond becomes Minister of Health.[4]
- 1 April–28 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".[5]
- 4 June - Cardiologist Thomas Lewis is awarded a knighthood in King George V's Birthday Honours.[6]
- December - Leslie Morris becomes a founder member of the Communist Party of Canada.
- date unknown
- 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.[7]
- 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, "Min y Môr"[8]
- 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[9]
- 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[10]
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
- A teenage Roger Livesey makes his screen debut in The Four Feathers and in the same year appears in a film version of Where the Rainbow Ends.[11]
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)[12]
- 16 February - Bob Evans, rugby union international (d. 2003)
- 19 March - Tommy Cooper, comedian (d. 1984)[13]
- 3 March - David James, cricketer (d. 2002)
- 21 March - Antony Hopkins, composer, pianist, conductor and broadcaster (d. 2014)[14]
- 4 April - Eileen Beasley, teacher and campaigner (d. 2012)[15]
- 9 April - Jack Jones, footballer (d. 2001)[16]
- 6 May - Ted Morris, footballer (d. 2000)
- 21 May - Leslie Norris, poet (d. 2006)[17]
- 28 May - Rhys Probert, aeronautical engineer
- 4 June - Allen Forward, Wales international rugby union player (d. 1994)
- 8 June - Alwyn Williams, geologist (d. 2004)[18]
- 28 June - R. Tudur Jones, theologian (d. 1998)[19]
- 16 August - Roger Ashton (footballer), footballer (d. 1985)
- 31 August - Raymond Williams, academic and writer (d. 1988)[20]
- 8 September - Sir Harry Secombe, entertainer (d. 2001)[21]
- 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)[22]
- 3 October – Graham Davies, footballer (d. 2003)
- 18 October – Billy James, footballer (d. 1980)
- 17 December - Ron Davies, photographer (d. 2013)
- 21 December - T. Harri Jones, poet and academic (d. 1965)[23]
Deaths
- 11 February - William Evans (Tonyrefail), minister and author, 82
- 25 February - John Thomas of Llanwrtyd, composer, 81
- 29 April - Billy Matthews, footballer, 37/38
- 6 June - James Havard Thomas, sculptor, 66[24]
- 5 July - Alfred Onions, politician, 62[25]
- 13 July - Emily Davies, educationist, 90[26]
- 21 July - Tom Deacon - Wales international rugby union player
- 27 July
- John Jones (Myrddin Fardd), author, 85[27]
- (in London) - James Winstone, miners' leader and politician, 58[28]
- 6 August (in Ilfracombe) - Sir David Brynmor Jones QC, lawyer and historian, 68 or 69[29]
- 23 August (in Oswestry) - Francis Jayne, bishop and academic, 76[30]
- 31 August (in Coorparoo, Queensland) - Thomas Rees, mayor of Brisbane, Australia, 76
- 3 October - William Rhys-Herbert, composer, conductor, organist and pianist, 53
- 9 October - Gwyneth Bebb, lawyer, 31[31]
- 11 October - Willie Thomas, Wales international rugby captain, 55
- 12 November - Edward Windsor Richards, engineer, 90[32]
- 15 December - Hopkin Maddock, Wales international rugby player, 40
- 16 December - Owen Morgan, journalist, 85[33]
- 21 December - Joseph Morewood Staniforth, editorial cartoonist, 57 or 58[34]
See also
References
- ^ The Engineer. Morgan-Grampian (Publishers). 1922. p. 22.
- ^ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results, 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949 p550
- ^ 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. pp. 270. ISBN 978-0-521-58743-3.
- ^ Gleanings and Memoranda. 1928. p. 507.
- ^ "No. 32346". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 June 1921. p. 4531.
- ^ Meic Stephens (1986). Cydymaith i lenyddiaeth Cymru. Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru. ISBN 978-0-7083-0915-5.
- ^ "Winners of the Chair". National Eisteddfod of Wales. 3 October 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ James Robert Parish (1977). Film Actors Guide. Scarecrow Press. p. 343.
- ^ J. Beverley Smith. "Eames, Marion Griffith (Williams, Gwladys Marion Griffith) (1921-2007), historical novelist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
- ^ John Fisher (2006). Tommy Cooper: Always Leave Them Laughing. HarperCollins Entertainment. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-00-721510-2.
- ^ Hewett, Ivan (6 May 2014). "Antony Hopkins obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
- ^ Stephens, Meic (29 September 2012). "Eileen Beasley: Welsh language campaigner". The Independent. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
- ^ "Jack Jones". Neil Brown. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ^ James A. Davies (1991). Leslie Norris. University of Wales Press. p. 10.
- ^ Brunton, Howard (23 April 2004). "Sir Alwyn Williams (obituary)". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
- ^ D. Densil Morgan. "Jones, Robert Tudur (1921-1998), theologian, church historian and public figure". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Mary Auronwy James. "Jones, Thomas Henry (Harri; 1921 - 1965), lecturer and poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
- ^ Clausen, George. "James Havard Thomas." In Memorial Exhibition of Sculpture and Drawings by the Late J. Havard Thomas (1845–1921). London: Leicester Galleries, 1922, 5–10.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Walter Yust (1954). Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica. p. 83.
- ^ William Rowlands. "JONES, JOHN (Myrddin Fardd; 1836-1921), writer, antiquary, and collector of old letters and manuscripts". Welsh Biography Online. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ Huw Morris-Jones. "Winstone, James (1863-1921), miners' leader in South Wales". Welsh Biography Online. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ The Law Times. Office of The Law Times. 1922. p. 108.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Woman's Leader. 1921. p. 474.
- ^ Wilkins, Charles (1903), History of the Iron, Steel, Tinplate and Other Trades of Wales, Cambridge University Press, pp. 201–2, ISBN 978-1-108-02693-2 (published digitally in 2011)
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Morgan, Owen (Morien; 1836?-1921), journalist and miscellaneous writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- ^ 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.