1932 in Wales

none 1932 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1932 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1932 in the United Kingdom#Incumbents Archbishop of Wales – Alfred George Edwards, Bishop of St Asaphhttps://biography.wales/article/s-EDWA-GEO-1848 Edwards, Alfred George (1848-1937), first archbishop of Wales Thomas Iorwerth Ellis Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 15 October 2021 Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales Pedrog (outgoing)Meic Stephens The New Companion to the Literature of Wales https://books.google.com/books?id=WoMYAAAAIAAJ 1998 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-1383-1 362 Gwili (incoming) Events 25 January – Leif Jones is created Baron Rhayader. 1 March (Saint David's Day) – Members of Plaid Cymru on two occasions replace the Union Jack flying over Caernarfon Castle with a flag displaying the red Welsh Dragon.T. Meirion Hughes Caernarfon Through the Eye of Time Talybont Y Lolfa 2014 978-1-847-71930-0 The Red Dragon Saga 96–106 c. August – The Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl, is completed. Plaid Cymru adopts self-government as its official policy. Hilary Marquand’s economic surveys of South Wales highlight the depressed conditions in the area during the Great Depression in the United Kingdom. Arts and literature Frank Brangwyn completes the Empire Panels. Welsh-language newspaper Y Cymro is launched. Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Port Talbot) National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – D. J. Davies, "Mam"https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/winners-chair Winners of the Chair National Eisteddfod of Wales 3 February 2020 16 February 2020 13 February 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210213204407/https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/winners-chair dead National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – Thomas Eurig Davies, "A Ddioddefw a Orfu"https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/crown-winners Winners of the Crown National Eisteddfod of Wales 3 February 2020 16 February 2020 7 November 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191107194429/https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/crown-winners dead New books English language Margiad Evans – Country Dance Elisabeth Inglis-Jones – Crumbling Pageanthttps://www.honno.co.uk/catalogue/fiction/novels/crumbling-pageant/ Crumbling Pageant Honno 16 February 2020 Howard Spring – Darkie and Co.Howard Spring Darkie and Co https://books.google.com/books?id=9SVsPQAACAAJ 1932 Oxford University Press Hilda Vaughan – The Soldier and the Gentlewoman Francis Brett Young – The House Under the Water Welsh language Richard Ithamar Aaron – Hanes Athroniaeth T. H. Parry-Williams – Canu Rhydd Cynnar David Walters (Eurof) – Pwerau'r Deufyd Music W. Bradwen – Mab yr ystormhttps://biography.wales/article/s2-JONE-ART-1892 Jones, William Arthur (W. Bradwen; 1892-1970), musician Huw Williams Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 15 April 2021 Grace Williams Suite for orchestra Two Psalms for contralto, harp and stringsJohn Evans Journeying Boy: The Diaries of the Young Benjamin Britten 1928–1938 London Faber & Faber 2009 174 Film 13 June – Port Talbot-born English actress Peg Entwistle signs a contract with RKO in the United States. 16 September – Peg Entwistle commits suicide by jumping from the letter "H" of the giant Hollywoodland sign. 20 October – Release of comedy horror The Old Dark House, set entirely in Wales but filmed wholly in Hollywood. Edmund Gwenn appears in Tell Me Tonight, Money for Nothing, Condemned to Death, Love on Wheels, Lord Babs and Frail Women. 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.Mari A. Williams Geraint H. Jenkins Let's Do Our Best for the Ancient Tongue: The Welsh Language in the Twentieth Century https://books.google.com/books?id=hzx4AAAAIAAJ 2000 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-1658-0 Sport Boxing 3 February – Jack Petersen beats Dick Power to take the Welsh heavyweight title.s10-PETE-CHA-1911 Peterson, John Charles (Jack Petersen) (1911-1990), boxer Mel Williams 2016 24 April 2022 23 May – Jack Petersen wins the British light-heavyweight title against Harry Crossley. 12 July – Jack Petersen wins the British heavyweight title against Reggie Meen. Births 12 March – John Harris, dean of Brecon (died 2019)https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2019/27-september/gazette/deaths/deaths Deaths 27 September 2019 Church Times 15 November 2020 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)John Savage https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1430857/John-Savage.html 14 January 2018 The Telegraph 23 May 2003 Staff London, UK 30 May – Ivor Richard, Baron Richard, politician (died 2018)http://www.itv.com/news/wales/2018-03-19/former-labour-cabinet-minister-lord-richard-dies-aged-85/ Former Labour Cabinet Minister Lord Richard dies aged 85 ITV 19 March 2018 31 May – Glyn Davies, footballer (died 2013) 22 June – Mary Wynne Warner, mathematician (died 1998)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 30 June – Derek Tapscott, footballer (died 2008) 10 July – Maureen Guy, mezzo-soprano (died 2015)Maureen Guy, opera singer – obituary https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11432589/Maureen-Guy-opera-singer-obituary.html 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 27 July – Dennis Callan, footballer (died 2006) 2 August – Kenneth Bowen, concert tenor (died 2018) https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2018/09/04/kenneth-bowen-singer-teacher-obituary/ Kenneth Bowen, singer and teacher – obituary The Daily Telegraph subscription 4 September 2018 6 September 2018 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)Alice Thomas Ellis: obituary by Clare Colvin at The Guardian, 10 March 2005 8 October – Ray Reardon, snooker playerhttps://welsh-sports-hall-of-fame.wales/az/ray-reardon/ Ray Reardon Welsh Sports Hall of Fame 16 February 2020 (died 2024) 18 October – Don Devereux, dual-code rugby player (died 1995) 24 October – Allan Rogers, politicianDod's Parliamentary Companion https://books.google.com/books?id=To2IAAAAMAAJ 2000 Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Limited 978-0-905702-30-8 207 16 November – Onllwyn Brace, Wales rugby union captain (died 2013)http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/sport/10530312.Former_Newport_scrum_half_Onllwyn_Brace_mourned/ Former Newport scrum half Onllwyn Brace mourned 5 July 2013 South Wales Argus 27 June 2018 21 November – Alvan Williams, footballer (died 2003) 1 December – Cissy Davies, Olympic gymnast 7 December – Elystan Morgan, politicianCharles Roger Dod Vacher Dod Publishing, Limited Robert Phipps Dod Dod's Parliamentary Companion https://books.google.com/books?id=KbiIAAAAMAAJ 2005 Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Limited 569 9780905702513 15 December – John Meurig Thomas, chemist (died 2020)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 https://books.google.com/books?id=M1SnUVwgmn0C&pg=PR20 2008 Royal Society of Chemistry 978-0-85404-114-5 20 date unknown – Richard Cyril Hughes, historianMeic Stephens The new companion to the literature of Wales https://books.google.com/books?id=WoMYAAAAIAAJ 23 September 1998 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-1383-1 333 Deaths 27 February – Dicky Owen, Wales rugby union international, 55 (suicide)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 3 March – Ernest Howard Griffiths, physicist, 80http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/33582 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 10 April – Gwyn Thomas, cricketer, 41 14 May – John Hughes, composer of Cwm Rhondda, 58https://biography.wales/article/s1-HUGH-JOH-1873 HUGHES, JOHN (1873–1932), composer of the hymn-tune 'Cwm Rhondda' Robert Thomas Jenkins Welsh Biography Online National Library of Wales 17 June 2018 8 June – Margaret Nevinson, suffrage campaigner, 74John, 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. 28 June – Thomas Phillips Price, landowner, industrialist and politician, 88 9 July – John Owen Williams (Pedrog), minister and poethttps://biography.wales/article/s-WILL-OWE-1853 Williams, John Owen (Pedrog); 1853-1932), Congregational minister and poet Idwal Lewis Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 9 August 2019 10 July – Martha Hughes Cannon, Welsh-born US physician, politician and campaigner, 75Martha Hughes Cannon Angus Munn Cannon Letters from Exile: The Correspondence of Martha Hughes Cannon and Angus M. Cannon, 1886-1888 https://books.google.com/books?id=C23ZAAAAMAAJ 1989 Signature Books 978-0-941214-77-3 xxv 20 July – Bill Beynon, British bantamweight boxing champion, 41 (killed in mining accident)https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-13039445 Billy Beynon Hill in Bryn to honour boxer's achievement 11 April 2011 BBC News 9 August 2019 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)Young Actress Ends Life In Hollywood https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1928&dat=19320920&id=9oApAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gmYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3051,5949013 13 May 2014 The Lewiston Daily Sun 11 20 September 1932 26 October – William Howell Davies, merchant and politician, 80W. G. Neale At the Port of Bristol: Members and problems, 1848-1890. 42 https://books.google.com/books?id=XBbVAAAAMAAJ 1968 Port of Bristol Authority 75 25 November John Williams, recipient of the Victoria Cross, 75https://www.peoplescollection.wales/items/507824 Grave of John Fielding VC at Llanfihangel Llantarnam Church People's Collection Wales 16 February 2020 Hugh Hughes, trade union leader, 54Joyce Bellamy, Dictionary of Labour Biography, vol.I, pp.191-192 See also 1932 in Northern Ireland References Wales Category:1932 in Europe Category:1930s in Wales