1930 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1930 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

• 17 March - The South Wales Daily Post and Cambria Daily Leader merge in Swansea.^[3]
• 9 May - An elephant from the Monmouth mop fair escapes, and wades in the River Monnow before recapture.^[4]
• 13 September - Rhosydd Quarry ceases slate production. Neighbouring Croesor Quarry also closes this year.^[5]
• 24 December - In London, Harry Grindell Matthews demonstrates his device to project pictures to the clouds.
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  • Production begins at Cefn Coed Colliery, the world's deepest anthracite mine.^[6]
  • The Crumlin branch of the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal is closed.^[7]
  • The first youth hostel of the Youth Hostels Association, the first in the UK, is opened at Pennant Hall in the Conwy valley near Llanrwst.^[8]
  • A. H. Dodd succeeds Sir John Edward Lloyd as Professor of History at University of Wales, Bangor.
  • Gareth Richard Vaughan Jones becomes Foreign Affairs Secretary to David Lloyd George.^[9]
  • John Edward Jones becomes Secretary of Plaid Cymru.^[10]
  • Thomas Lewis becomes first chairman of the Medical Research Society.

Arts and literature

• The first Welsh Books Festival is held in Cardiff.
• John Ballinger, first Librarian of the National Library of Wales, is knighted for his services to librarianship.

Awards

• National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Llanelli)
• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - David Emrys James, "Y Galilead"^[11]
• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - William Jones

New books

English language

• David Davies - The Problem of the Twentieth Century
• Saunders Lewis - Monica^[12] Kenneth Morris - Book of the Three Dragons
• Bertrand Russell - The Conquest of Happiness
• Hilda Vaughan - Her Father's House
• Edward Williamson - The Story of Llandaff Cathedral

Welsh language

• Edward Tegla Davies - Y Doctor Bach^[13]

Music

• The Three Valleys Festival is launched.
• Caniedydd Newydd yr Ysgol Sul (collection of hymns)
• Peter Warlock – Carillon Carilla^[14]
• Grace Williams - Hen Walia

Film

• Symphony in Two Flats, starring Ivor Novello, an adaptation of Novello's West End play^[15]

Broadcasting

• 9 March – The BBC Regional Programme service replaces BBC local stations.

Sport

• Cricket - Maurice Turnbull is the first Welsh player to be capped for England.

Births

• 28 January - David Morris, politician (died 2007)^[16]
• 7 February - Peter Jones, sports broadcaster (died 1990)
• 7 March (in London) - Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, photographer (died 2017)^[17]
• 7 April - Cliff Morgan, rugby player and television presenter (died 2013)^[18]
• 10 May - June Knox-Mawer, née Ellis, romantic novelist and radio broadcaster (died 2006)
• 28 June - Edward Millward, politician (died 2020)^[19]
• 1 July - Ron Hughes, footballer
• 9 July - Stuart Williams, footballer (died 2013)^[20]
• 10 July - Wyn Roberts, Baron Roberts of Conwy, politician (died 2013)^[21]
• 14 July - R. H. Williams, rugby player
• 8 August - Terry Nation, screenwriter (died 1997)^[22]
• 28 August (in London) - Windsor Davies, actor (died 2019 in France)
• 1 September - Emrys James, actor (died 1989)^[23]
• 21 September - John Morgan, comedian (died 2004)
• 23 September - Ellis Evans, academic (died 2013)^[24]
• 14 October - Alan Williams, politician (died 2014)^[25]
• 19 October - Mavis Nicholson, television presenter (died 2022)^[26]
• 11 November - Vernon Handley, conductor (died 2008)^[27]
• 12 November - Irma Chilton, children's writer in Welsh and English (died 1990)^[28]
• 4 December - Brian Morris, Baron Morris of Castle Morris, poet and critic (died 2001)^[29]
• 12 December (in London) - Gwyneth Dunwoody, politician (died 2008)^[30]
• date unknown - Aneurin Jones, painter (died 2017)^[31]

Deaths

• 18 January - Bobby Lloyd, rugby player, 41
• 26 January - Harry Jones, rugby player, 51
• 25 March - John Gwenogvryn Evans, palaeographer, 78^[32]
• 1 May - Richard Bell, politician, 70
• 28 May - Cliff Williams, Wales international rugby union player, 32^[33]
• 15 June - John Cynddylan Jones, theologian, 90^[34]
• 17 June - Hugh Robert Jones, Nationalist leader, 36
• 22 June - Mary Davies, singer, 75^[35]
• 23 June - Ben Davies, Wales international rugby player, 57^[36]
• June - David Davies, Archdeacon of Llandaff,^[37]
• August - Huw Robert Jones, politician, 35/6
• 15 August - R. Silyn Roberts, author, 59^[38]
• 13 September - Jehoida Hodges, rugby player, 53
• 30 September - Lewis Pryce, Archdeacon of Wrexham, 57^[39]
• 7 October - Margaret Verney, educationist, 85^[40]
• 8 November - William Williams, Dean of St Davids, 82^[41]
• 27 December - Alfred Mond, 1st Baron Melchett, industrialist, 62^[42]

See also

• 1930 in Northern Ireland

Notes and References

1. Web site: Edwards, Alfred George (1848-1937), first archbishop of Wales. Thomas Iorwerth Ellis. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. 15 October 2021.
2. Web site: Williams, John Owen (Pedrog; 1853-1932), Congregational minister, and poet. Idwal Lewis. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. 15 October 2021.
3. Book: Rachel Matthews. The History of the Provincial Press in England. 18 May 2017. Bloomsbury Publishing. 978-1-4411-5646-4. 124.
4. Book: Keith E. Morgan. Monmouth Through Time. 15 October 2016. Amberley Publishing. 978-1-4456-5677-9. 2.
5. Book: Philip O'Connor. Living in Croesor. Hutchinson. 1962. 113.
6. Ieuan L. Griffiths. The New Welsh Anthracite Industry . Geography. 47. G. Philip and, Son Limited. 1962. 394.
7. Book: David Morgan Rees. The Industrial Archaeology of Wales. David & Charles. 1975. 191-2.
8. Book: Howard Hill. Freedom to Roam: The Struggle for Access to Britain's Moors and Mountains. Moorland Pub.. 1980. 9780903485777. 56.
9. Web site: Jones, Gareth Richard Vaughan (1905-1935), linguist and journalist. Gwilym Davies. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. 19 August 2019.
10. Book: Davies, John . The Welsh Academy encyclopaedia of Wales . University of Wales Press . Cardiff, Wales . 2008 . 9780708319536 . 425.
11. Web site: Winners of the Chair. National Eisteddfod of Wales. 3 October 2019.
12. Book: Saunders Lewis. Monica. registration. 1997. Seren. 978-1-85411-195-1.
13. Book: Edward Tegla Davies. Y doctor bach. 1930. Hughes a'i Fab.
14. Book: Ian Alfred Copley. The music of Peter Warlock: a critical survey. 1979. D. Dobson. 44. 9780234772492.
15. Book: Hischak, Thomas S.. Broadway Plays and Musicals: Descriptions and Essential Facts of More Than 14,000 Shows through 2007. 12 November 2012. McFarland. 9780786453092. Google Books.
16. Web site: The Rev David Morris. 22 May 2007. Darren Williams. The Guardian. 4 September 2019.
17. News: Lord Snowdon dies aged 86. BBC News. 13 January 2017. 13 January 2017.
18. Web site: Cliff Morgan obituary. 29 August 2013. Richard Williams. The Guardian. 19 August 2019.
19. News: Prince Charles' Aberystwyth lecturer Tedi Millward dies . 2020-04-27 . . 2020-04-28.
20. Web site: An Appreciation: Stuart Williams. Southampton FC. 6 November 2013. 6 November 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131109220932/http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/news/article/an-appreciation-stuart-williams-1158448.aspx. 9 November 2013. dead.
21. Web site: Chiara. Rinaldi. Lord Roberts of Conwy has died at the age of 83. Wales Online. 2013-12-17.
22. Web site: Obituary: Terry Nation. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-terry-nation-1272606.html . 2022-05-01 . subscription . live. 13 March 1997. Graham Tarrant. The Independent. 19 August 2019.
23. Book: Louise Mooney Collins. Roland Turner. The Annual Obituary. 1993. St. James Press. 89. 9781558623200.
24. News: Meic. Stephens. Obituary: Professor D Ellis Evans - Obituaries - News. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-professor-d-ellis-evans-8919774.html . 2022-05-01 . subscription . live. The Independent. London. 2013-11-03. 2013-11-08.
25. Web site: Former Swansea MP and minister Alan Williams dies, aged 84. Press Association. 22 December 2014. The Guardian.
26. Book: Contemporary Authors. Gale Research Company. 1996. 331.
27. Web site: Vernon Handley. 12 September 2008. John Amis. John Amis. The Guardian. 19 August 2019.
28. Book: R. Reginald. Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature: A Checklist, 1700-1974 : with Contemporary Science Fiction Authors II. 1979. Gale Research Company. 978-0-8103-1051-3. 852.
29. Web site: Lord Morris of Castle Morris. 2 May 2001. The Telegraph. 19 August 2019.
30. Web site: Gwyneth Dunwoody. 19 April 2008. Edward Pearce. The Guardian. 19 August 2019.
31. News: Rural scenic artist Aneurin Jones, 87, dies. BBC News. 25 September 2017. 25 September 2017.
32. Web site: Evans, John Gwenogvryn (1852-1930), palaeographer. Evan David Jones. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. 19 August 2019.
33. http://www.espnscrum.com/wales/rugby/player/3189.html Cliff Williams player profile
34. Web site: Jones, John (Cynddylan) (1841-1930), preacher and theologian. James Ednyfed Rhys and Evan David Jones. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. 19 August 2019.
35. Web site: Davies, Mary (1855-1930), singer. Robert David Griffith. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. 19 August 2019.
36. http://www.espnscrum.com/wales/rugby/player/1128.html Ben Davies player profile
37. The Ven. David Davies The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Jul 01, 1930; pg. 21; Issue 45553
38. Web site: Roberts, Robert (Silyn) (Rhosyr; 1871-1930), Calvinistic Methodist minister, poet, social reformer, tutor. David Thomas. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. 19 August 2019.
39. Archdeacon Pryce. The Times (London, England), Friday, Oct 03, 1930; pg. 14; Issue 45634
40. Book: John Reginald Homer Weaver. The Dictionary of National Biography, Founded in 1882 by George Smith. [Fourth Supplement]: 1922-1930. 1961. Oxford University Press. 870.
41. The Dean Of St. David's The Times Monday, Nov 10, 1930; pg. 14; Issue 45666; col E
42. Greenaway, Frank (2004) 'Mond family (1867 - 1973)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/51124 Retrieved on 9 March 2007.