1932 in Wales explained
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1932 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
Events
Arts and literature
- Frank Brangwyn completes the Empire Panels.
- Welsh-language newspaper Y Cymro is launched.
Awards
New books
English language
Welsh language
Music
- W. Bradwen – Mab yr ystorm[8]
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- Two Psalms for contralto, harp and strings[9]
Film
Broadcasting
The broadcasting committee of the Welsh Parliamentary Labour Party obtains agreement from the BBC to broadcast a fortnightly programme and religious content in the Welsh language.[10]
Sport
Births
- 12 March – John Harris, dean of Brecon (died 2019)[12]
- 20 March – Garfield Owen, Wales dual-code rugby international
- 6 April – Leon Eagles, actor (died 1997)
- 28 May – John Savage, prime minister of Nova Scotia (died 2003)[13]
- 30 May – Ivor Richard, Baron Richard, politician (died 2018)[14]
- 31 May – Glyn Davies, footballer (died 2013)
- 22 June – Mary Wynne Warner, mathematician (died 1998)[15]
- 30 June – Derek Tapscott, footballer (died 2008)
- 10 July – Maureen Guy, mezzo-soprano (died 2015)[16]
- 27 July – Dennis Callan, footballer (died 2006)
- 2 August – Kenneth Bowen, concert tenor (died 2018)[17]
- 12 August – Gwilym Jenkins, statistician and systems engineer (died 1982)
- 31 August – Colin Gale, footballer (died 2008)
- 9 September – Alice Thomas Ellis, born Ann Margaret Lindholm in Liverpool, novelist (died 2005)[18]
- 8 October – Ray Reardon, snooker player[19] (died 2024)
- 18 October – Don Devereux, dual-code rugby player (died 1995)
- 24 October – Allan Rogers, politician[20]
- 16 November – Onllwyn Brace, Wales rugby union captain (died 2013)[21]
- 21 November – Alvan Williams, footballer (died 2003)
- 1 December – Cissy Davies, Olympic gymnast
- 7 December – Elystan Morgan, politician[22]
- 15 December – John Meurig Thomas, chemist (died 2020)[23]
- date unknown – Richard Cyril Hughes, historian[24]
Deaths
- 27 February – Dicky Owen, Wales rugby union international, 55 (suicide)[25]
- 3 March – Ernest Howard Griffiths, physicist, 80[26]
- 10 April – Gwyn Thomas, cricketer, 41
- 14 May – John Hughes, composer of Cwm Rhondda, 58[27]
- 8 June – Margaret Nevinson, suffrage campaigner, 74[28]
- 28 June – Thomas Phillips Price, landowner, industrialist and politician, 88
- 9 July – John Owen Williams (Pedrog), minister and poet[29]
- 10 July – Martha Hughes Cannon, Welsh-born US physician, politician and campaigner, 75[30]
- 20 July – Bill Beynon, British bantamweight boxing champion, 41 (killed in mining accident)[31]
- 23 July – Tenby Davies, half-mile world champion runner, 48
- 30 August – Conway Rees, Wales rugby union international, 62
- 11 September – Aneurin Rees Wales rugby union international, 74
- 16 September – Peg Entwistle, actress, 24 (suicide)[32]
- 26 October – William Howell Davies, merchant and politician, 80[33]
See also
Notes and References
- 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.
- Book: Meic Stephens. The New Companion to the Literature of Wales. 1998. University of Wales Press. 978-0-7083-1383-1. 362.
- Book: Hughes, T. Meirion. Caernarfon Through the Eye of Time. Talybont. Y Lolfa. 2014. 978-1-847-71930-0. The Red Dragon Saga. 96–106.
- Web site: Winners of the Chair. National Eisteddfod of Wales. 3 February 2020.
- Web site: Winners of the Crown. National Eisteddfod of Wales. 3 February 2020.
- Web site: Crumbling Pageant. Honno. 16 February 2020.
- Book: Howard Spring. Darkie and Co. 1932. Oxford University Press.
- Web site: Jones, William Arthur (W. Bradwen; 1892-1970), musician. Huw Williams. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. 15 April 2021.
- Book: Evans, John. Journeying Boy: The Diaries of the Young Benjamin Britten 1928–1938. London. Faber & Faber. 2009. 174.
- Book: Mari A. Williams. Geraint H. Jenkins. Let's Do Our Best for the Ancient Tongue: The Welsh Language in the Twentieth Century. 2000. University of Wales Press. 978-0-7083-1658-0.
- s10-PETE-CHA-1911. Peterson, John Charles (Jack Petersen) (1911-1990), boxer. Mel Williams. 2016. 24 April 2022.
- Web site: Deaths. 27 September 2019. Church Times. 15 November 2020.
- News: John Savage. 14 January 2018. The Telegraph. 23 May 2003. Staff. London, UK.
- Web site: Former Labour Cabinet Minister Lord Richard dies aged 85. ITV. 19 March 2018.
- I. M. James and A. R. Pears, "Obituary: Mary Wynne Warner (1932–1998)" Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society 34(6)(December 2001): 745–752. DOI: 10.1112/S0024609302001467
- News: Maureen Guy, opera singer – obituary. The Daily Telegraph. 24 February 2015. 23 August 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170824201203/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11432589/Maureen-Guy-opera-singer-obituary.html. 24 August 2017.
- News: Kenneth Bowen, singer and teacher – obituary. The Daily Telegraph. subscription. 4 September 2018. 6 September 2018.
- https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/mar/10/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries Alice Thomas Ellis: obituary by Clare Colvin
- Web site: Ray Reardon. Welsh Sports Hall of Fame. 16 February 2020.
- Book: Dod's Parliamentary Companion. 2000. Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Limited. 978-0-905702-30-8. 207.
- Web site: Former Newport scrum half Onllwyn Brace mourned. 5 July 2013. South Wales Argus. 27 June 2018.
- Book: Charles Roger Dod. Vacher Dod Publishing, Limited. Robert Phipps Dod. Dod's Parliamentary Companion. 2005. Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Limited. 569. 9780905702513 .
- Book: Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain). Kenneth D. M. Harris. Peter P. Edwards. Turning Points in Solid-state, Materials and Surface State: A Book in Celebration of the Life and Work of Sir John Meurig Thomas. 2008. Royal Society of Chemistry. 978-0-85404-114-5. 20.
- Book: Meic Stephens. The new companion to the literature of Wales. 23 September 1998. University of Wales Press. 978-0-7083-1383-1. 333.
- Book: Smith, David . Williams, Gareth . Fields of Praise: The Official History of The Welsh Rugby Union . 1980 . University of Wales Press . Cardiff . 0-7083-0766-3. 132.
- Web site: Griffiths, Ernest Howard (1851–1932) . Ezer . Griffiths . Falconer, Isobel . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online edition, subscription access). Oxford University Press. 2004 . 2008-04-09.
- Web site: HUGHES, JOHN (1873–1932), composer of the hymn-tune 'Cwm Rhondda'. Robert Thomas Jenkins. Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. 17 June 2018.
- John, Angela V. "Nevinson [née Jones], Margaret Wynne (1858–1932), women's rights activist." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 2004-09-23. Oxford University Press. Date of access 9 Mar. 2018.
- Web site: Williams, John Owen (Pedrog); 1853-1932), Congregational minister and poet. Idwal Lewis. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. 9 August 2019.
- Book: Martha Hughes Cannon. Angus Munn Cannon. Letters from Exile: The Correspondence of Martha Hughes Cannon and Angus M. Cannon, 1886-1888. 1989. Signature Books. 978-0-941214-77-3. xxv.
- Web site: Billy Beynon Hill in Bryn to honour boxer's achievement. 11 April 2011. BBC News. 9 August 2019.
- News: Young Actress Ends Life In Hollywood. 13 May 2014. The Lewiston Daily Sun. 11. 20 September 1932.
- Book: W. G. Neale. At the Port of Bristol: Members and problems, 1848-1890. 42. 1968. Port of Bristol Authority. 75.
- Web site: Grave of John Fielding VC at Llanfihangel Llantarnam Church. People's Collection Wales. 16 February 2020.
- Joyce Bellamy, Dictionary of Labour Biography, vol.I, pp.191-192