1930 in Wales

none 1930 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1930 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1930 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 – Pedroghttps://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 15 October 2021 Events 17 March - The South Wales Daily Post and Cambria Daily Leader merge in Swansea.Rachel Matthews The History of the Provincial Press in England https://books.google.com/books?id=XKqODgAAQBAJ&pg=PA124 18 May 2017 Bloomsbury Publishing 978-1-4411-5646-4 124 9 May - An elephant from the Monmouth mop fair escapes, and wades in the River Monnow before recapture.Keith E. Morgan Monmouth Through Time https://books.google.com/books?id=vrFNDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT2 15 October 2016 Amberley Publishing 978-1-4456-5677-9 2 13 September - Rhosydd Quarry ceases slate production. Neighbouring Croesor Quarry also closes this year.Philip O'Connor Living in Croesor Hutchinson 1962 113 24 December - In London, Harry Grindell Matthews demonstrates his device to project pictures to the clouds. unknown date Production begins at Cefn Coed Colliery, the world's deepest anthracite mine.Ieuan L. Griffiths The New Welsh Anthracite Industry Geography 47 G. Philip and, Son Limited 1962 394 The Crumlin branch of the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal is closed.David Morgan Rees The Industrial Archaeology of Wales David & Charles 1975 191–2 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.Howard Hill Freedom to Roam: The Struggle for Access to Britain's Moors and Mountains Moorland Pub. 1980 9780903485777 56 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.https://biography.wales/article/s-JONE-VAU-1905 Jones, Gareth Richard Vaughan (1905-1935), linguist and journalist Gwilym Davies Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 19 August 2019 John Edward Jones becomes Secretary of Plaid Cymru. Davies John The Welsh Academy encyclopaedia of Wales University of Wales Press Cardiff, Wales 2008 9780708319536 425 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"https://eisteddfod.wales/about-us/eisteddfod-winners/winners-chair?_ga=2.196744876.1631880097.1570104027-963760572.1570104027 Winners of the Chair National Eisteddfod of Wales 3 October 2019 4 October 2019 29 September 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190929131826/https://eisteddfod.wales/about-us/eisteddfod-winners/winners-chair dead National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - William Jones New books English language David Davies - The Problem of the Twentieth Century Saunders Lewis - MonicaSaunders Lewis Monica https://archive.org/details/monica00lewi registration 1997 Seren 978-1-85411-195-1Kenneth 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 BachEdward Tegla Davies Y doctor bach https://books.google.com/books?id=ggMHuwEACAAJ 1930 Hughes a'i Fab Music The Three Valleys Festival is launched. Caniedydd Newydd yr Ysgol Sul (collection of hymns) Peter Warlock – Carillon CarillaIan Alfred Copley The music of Peter Warlock: a critical survey https://books.google.com/books?id=pLAHAQAAMAAJ 1979 D. Dobson 44 9780234772492 Grace Williams - Hen Walia Film Symphony in Two Flats, starring Ivor Novello, an adaptation of Novello's West End playhttps://books.google.com/books?id=GzeiySJZXF4C&dq=symphony+in+two+flats+ivor+novello&pg=PA451 Broadway Plays and Musicals: Descriptions and Essential Facts of More Than 14,000 Shows through 2007 Thomas S. Hischak 12 November 2012 McFarland 9780786453092 Google Books 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)https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2007/may/22/wales.devolution The Rev David Morris 22 May 2007 Darren Williams The Guardian 4 September 2019 7 February - Peter Jones, sports broadcaster (died 1990) 7 March (in London) - Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, photographer (died 2017)https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-38611497 Lord Snowdon dies aged 86 BBC News 13 January 2017 13 January 2017 7 April - Cliff Morgan, rugby player and television presenter (died 2013)https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/aug/29/cliff-morgan Cliff Morgan obituary 29 August 2013 Richard Williams The Guardian 19 August 2019 10 May - June Knox-Mawer, née Ellis, romantic novelist and radio broadcaster (died 2006) 28 June - Edward Millward, politician (died 2020) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-52443428 Prince Charles' Aberystwyth lecturer Tedi Millward dies 2020-04-27 BBC News Online 2020-04-28 1 July - Ron Hughes, footballer 9 July - Stuart Williams, footballer (died 2013)An Appreciation: Stuart Williams http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/news/article/an-appreciation-stuart-williams-1158448.aspx 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 10 July - Wyn Roberts, Baron Roberts of Conwy, politician (died 2013)Chiara Rinaldi http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/lord-roberts-conwy-died-age-6405283 Lord Roberts of Conwy has died at the age of 83 14 December 2013 Wales Online 2013-12-17 14 July - R. H. Williams, rugby player 8 August - Terry Nation, screenwriter (died 1997)https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-terry-nation-1272606.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-terry-nation-1272606.html 2022-05-01 subscription live Obituary: Terry Nation 13 March 1997 Graham Tarrant The Independent 19 August 2019 28 August (in London) - Windsor Davies, actor (died 2019 in France) 1 September - Emrys James, actor (died 1989)Louise Mooney Collins Roland Turner The Annual Obituary https://books.google.com/books?id=pVMYAAAAIAAJ 1993 St. James Press 89 9781558623200 21 September - John Morgan, comedian (died 2004) 23 September - Ellis Evans, academic (died 2013)Meic Stephens https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-professor-d-ellis-evans-8919774.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-professor-d-ellis-evans-8919774.html 2022-05-01 subscription live Obituary: Professor D Ellis Evans - Obituaries - News The Independent London 2013-11-03 2013-11-08 14 October - Alan Williams, politician (died 2014)https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/dec/22/former-swansea-mp-minister-alan-williams-dies Former Swansea MP and minister Alan Williams dies, aged 84 Press Association 22 December 2014 The Guardian 19 October - Mavis Nicholson, television presenter (died 2022)Contemporary Authors Gale Research Company 1996 331 11 November - Vernon Handley, conductor (died 2008)https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/sep/12/classicalmusicandopera Vernon Handley 12 September 2008 John Amis John Amis The Guardian 19 August 2019 12 November - Irma Chilton, children's writer in Welsh and English (died 1990)R. Reginald Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature: A Checklist, 1700-1974 : with Contemporary Science Fiction Authors II https://books.google.com/books?id=QfEzAQAAIAAJ 1979 Gale Research Company 978-0-8103-1051-3 852 4 December - Brian Morris, Baron Morris of Castle Morris, poet and critic (died 2001)https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1328746/Lord-Morris-of-Castle-Morris.html Lord Morris of Castle Morris 2 May 2001 The Telegraph 19 August 2019 12 December (in London) - Gwyneth Dunwoody, politician (died 2008)https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2008/apr/19/gwynethdunwoody.labour Gwyneth Dunwoody 19 April 2008 Edward Pearce The Guardian 19 August 2019 date unknown - Aneurin Jones, painter (died 2017)https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-41391914 Rural scenic artist Aneurin Jones, 87, dies BBC News 25 September 2017 25 September 2017 Deaths 18 January - Bobby Lloyd, rugby player, 41 26 January - Harry Jones, rugby player, 51 25 March - John Gwenogvryn Evans, palaeographer, 78https://biography.wales/article/s-EVAN-GWE-1852 Evans, John Gwenogvryn (1852-1930), palaeographer Evan David Jones Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 19 August 2019 1 May - Richard Bell, politician, 70 28 May - Cliff Williams, Wales international rugby union player, 32Cliff Williams player profile ESPN Scrum.com 15 June - John Cynddylan Jones, theologian, 90https://biography.wales/article/s-JONE-CYN-1840 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 17 June - Hugh Robert Jones, Nationalist leader, 36 22 June - Mary Davies, singer, 75https://biography.wales/article/s-DAVI-MAR-1855 Davies, Mary (1855-1930), singer Robert David Griffith Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 19 August 2019 23 June - Ben Davies, Wales international rugby player, 57Ben Davies player profile scrum.com June - David Davies, Archdeacon of Llandaff,The Ven. David Davies The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Jul 01, 1930; pg. 21; Issue 45553 August - Huw Robert Jones, politician, 35/6 15 August - R. Silyn Roberts, author, 59https://biography.wales/article/s-ROBE-ROB-1871 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 13 September - Jehoida Hodges, rugby player, 53 30 September - Lewis Pryce, Archdeacon of Wrexham, 57Archdeacon Pryce. The Times (London, England), Friday, Oct 03, 1930; pg. 14; Issue 45634 7 October - Margaret Verney, educationist, 85John Reginald Homer Weaver The Dictionary of National Biography, Founded in 1882 by George Smith. [Fourth Supplement]: 1922-1930 https://books.google.com/books?id=0FkJAQAAIAAJ 1961 Oxford University Press 870 8 November - William Williams, Dean of St Davids, 82The Dean Of St. David's The Times Monday, Nov 10, 1930; pg. 14; Issue 45666; col E 27 December - Alfred Mond, 1st Baron Melchett, industrialist, 62Greenaway, Frank (2004) 'Mond family (per. in the period 1867–1973)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press. Retrieved on 9 March 2007. See also 1930 in Northern Ireland References Wales Category:1930 in Europe Category:1930s in Wales