1947 in Wales

none 1947 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1947 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1947 in the United Kingdom#Incumbents Archbishop of Wales – David Prosser, Bishop of St David'ss2-PROS-LEW-1868 Prosser, David Lewis (1868-1950), archbishop Thomas Iorwerth Ellis 2001 4 June 2022 Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales Crwys (outgoing)s2-WILL-WIL-1875 Williams, William ('Crwys'; 1875-1968), poet, preacher, archdruid William Rhys Nicholas 2001 4 June 2022 Wil Ifan (incoming)s2-EVAN-WIL-1883 Evans, William ('Wil Ifan'; 1883-1968), minister (Congl.), poet and writer in Welsh and English Gerallt Jones 2001 4 June 2022 Events 1 January - Nationalisation of the coal mining industry under the new National Coal Board.A.R. Griffin Mining in the East Midlands 1550-1947 https://books.google.com/books?id=MfWQAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA358 8 August 2005 Routledge 978-1-135-78178-1 358 1 March - Opening of Ysgol Gymraeg Dewi Sant, Llanelli, the first Welsh-medium school. 15 March - Cambrian Slate Quarry at Glyn Ceiriog formally notifies closure.John Milner Slates from Glyn Ceiriog Ceiriog Press 2008 978-1-900622-11-0 151 2-3 April - A British ship, the 1,580 ton Stancliffe, runs aground off Sharpness loaded with 3,000 tons of timber. Local shipyard engineer, Ivor Langford, manages to cut the vessel in two and sail both parts down to Cardiff Docks. There the two halves are joined together and the ship sails again under the new name of Gripfast 2.Hugh Conway-Jones The Gloucester and Sharpness Canal https://books.google.com/books?id=rFCIAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT206 15 October 2009 Amberley Publishing Limited 978-1-4456-2580-5 206 23 April - Wreck of the Samtampa on Sker rocks and loss of the Mumbles life-boat, Edward, Prince of Wales. 11 July - Ifan ab Owen Edwards is knighted.The London Gazette https://books.google.com/books?id=x1X8XCpHw1YC 1947 H.M. Stationery Office 3206 September - Cardiff Castle is donated by the Marquess of Bute to the city of Cardiff. 12 November - Chancellor of the Exchequer Hugh Dalton inadvertently reveals some of the contents of his Budget while on his way to the House of Commons to deliver his speech, effectively finishing his political career.Ben Pimlott Ben Pimlott Dalton, (Edward) Hugh Neale, Baron Dalton (1887–1962) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press 2004 Online http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/32697 2015-01-28 10.1093/ref:odnb/32697 13 December - Royal Naval Air Station Dale, Pembrokeshire, closes.Paul Beaver Encyclopaedia of the Fleet Air Arm Since 1945 https://books.google.com/books?id=uY8gAAAAMAAJ 1987 Stephens 978-0-85059-760-8 51 Founded in this year are: Age Concern Cymru. BBC Welsh Chorus.John Davies Broadcasting and the BBC in Wales https://books.google.com/books?id=R7kVAQAAMAAJ 1994 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-1273-5 153 Steel Company of Wales. Wales Gas Board. Sir Frederick John Alban becomes President of the Society of Incorporated Accountants and Chairman of the Welsh Hospitals Board. David Brynmor Anthony is awarded the Médaille de Vermeil de la Reconnaissance Française by the government of France. Arts and literature June 11–15 - First Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod is held.Llangollen International Eisteddfod - How it Started http://www.llangollen.com/eist3.html Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod 2012-05-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20170824054357/http://www.llangollen.com/eist3.html 2017-08-24 dead First Cerdd Dant festival is held. Caradog Prichard begins writing for The Daily Telegraph. Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Colwyn Bay) National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - John Tudor Jones (John Eilian), "Maelgwn Gwynedd"https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/winners-chair Winners of the Chair National Eisteddfod of Wales 17 November 2019 28 December 2019 13 February 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210213204407/https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/winners-chair dead National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Griffith John Roberts, "Glyn y Groes"https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/crown-winners Winners of the Crown National Eisteddfod of Wales 17 November 2019 28 December 2019 7 November 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191107194429/https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/crown-winners dead National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - withheldhttps://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/winners-prose-medal Winners of the Prose Medal National Eisteddfod of Wales 7 November 2019 7 November 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191107194428/https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/winners-prose-medal dead New books English language William Ewart Berry - British Newspapers and their Controllers Jack Jones - Off to Philadelphia in the MorningKeri Edwards Welsh Arts Council Jack Jones https://books.google.com/books?id=1zc8AAAAIAAJ 1974 University of Wales Press [for] the Welsh Arts Council 25 Michael Gareth Llewelyn - White Wheat John Cowper Powys – Obstinate CymricThe Reader's Index and Guide https://books.google.com/books?id=t2ceAQAAMAAJ 1946 Sir James Frederick Rees - Studies in Welsh historyH. P. R. Finberg Joan Thirsk The Agrarian History of England and Wales https://books.google.com/books?id=RbO-7UQ83mwC&pg=PA141 1967 Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-06617-4 141 Welsh language J. Eirian Davies - Awen y WawrNational Library of Wales Bibliotheca celtica https://books.google.com/books?id=8vw4AQAAIAAJ 1944 The Library 210 William Jones - Adar Rhiannon a Cherddi EraillCeri Davies Welsh Literature and the Classical Tradition https://books.google.com/books?id=-pViAAAAMAAJ 1995 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-1321-3 178 Elizabeth Watkin-Jones - Y Cwlwm Cêl and Y Dryslwyn Music David Wynne - Sonata No. 1 for keyboard Film Cymru a Chynilo, A 7-minute public information about Post Office Savings is made in English and Welsh, narrated by Hugh Griffith.https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-cymru-a-chynilo-1947-online Cymru a Chynilo BFI 29 May 2024 Broadcasting Dylan Thomas - The Return JourneyAsa Briggs The History of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom: Volume IV: Sound and Vision https://books.google.com/books?id=ndvkTwjfP9kC&pg=PA106 1995 OUP Oxford 978-0-19-212967-3 106 Sport Cricket - Wilf Wooller is appointed Captain-Secretary of Glamorgan CCC. Rugby Union 20 December - Wales beat Australia 6–0 at the National Stadium, Cardiff. Births 2 February - Frank Hennessy, folk singer and radio presenter 5 February - Paul James Wheeler, rugby player 11 February - Douglas Davies, theologian 22 February - Bleddyn Williams, rugby player (died 2009)https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/sport-obituaries/5780052/Bleddyn-Williams.html Bleddyn Williams The Telegraph 8 July 2009 7 January 2019 12 March - Rod Richards, politician 18 March - Roger Kenneth Evans, politician 27 March - Craig Defoy, golfer 27 April - Pete Ham, musician (died 1975)Dan Matovina Without You: The Tragic Story of Badfinger https://books.google.com/books?id=eAURGSMNfTUC&pg=PA1 2000 Frances Glover Books 978-0-9657122-2-4 1 16 May - Owen Money, born Lynn Mittell, entertainer 1 June - Jonathan Pryce, born John Price, actorFilm Review https://books.google.com/books?id=53ZZAAAAMAAJ 2001 Orpheus Pub 90 4 June - Mickey Evans footballer 12 July - Gareth Edwards, rugby playerBritannica Concise Encyclopedia Encyclopaedia Britannica 2006 9781593394929 599 17 July(in England) - Queen Camilla (Princess of Wales, 2005–2022)Barbara Cartland Diana: A Commemorative Biography, 1961-1997 https://books.google.com/books?id=GY4Gx4XVi10C 1997 Commonwealth Publications, Incorporated 978-1-55197-846-8 255 2 August - Iolo Ceredig Jones, chess player 30 August - Alwyn Jones, biophysicist 9 September - Clive Shell, rugby player (died 2012)http://www.wru.co.uk/eng/news/20636.php#.XDNstlz7Tcs Obituary - Clive Shell Graeme Gillespie 6 January 2012 Welsh Rugby Union 7 January 2019 24 September(in Loughborough) - Mick Bates AM, politician 5 October Dennis Avoth, heavyweight boxer (born in Egypt; died 2023) Phil Carradice, writer and broadcaster 16 October Steve Derrett, footballer Terry Griffiths, snooker playerMorrison Ian 1988 Hamlyn Who's Who in Snooker London Hamlyn 978-0-600-55713-5 37 29 October - Val Feld, politician (died 2001)Paul Williams Val Feld The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/aug/10/guardianobituaries.wales 2017-11-12 10 August 2001 November - Beverley Humphreys, singer and broadcasterhttps://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/Rq06nvRbvykP2alfqMWV-PPYVUw/appointments Beverley Anne Humphreys Companies House 3 June 2022 3 June 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220603215152/https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/Rq06nvRbvykP2alfqMWV-PPYVUw/appointments live 24 November - Paul Griffiths, music critic, fiction writer and librettistCummings, Paul International Who's Who in Classical Music Europa Publications 2003 299978-1-85743-174-2 5 December - Don Touhig, politician unknown date - Sheila Morrow, president of Great Britain HockeySheila Morrow https://welsh-sports-hall-of-fame.wales/az/sheila-morrow/ Welsh Sports Hall Of Fame 27 May 2020 Deaths 10 January - Lillie Goodisson, nurse, late 80sMeredith Foley, Goodisson, Lillie Elizabeth (1860?-1947), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 9, Melbourne University Press, 1983, pp 47-48. 26 February - Percy Phillips OBE, Wales international rugby player and civil servant 16 March - Jack Powell, footballer, 86 24 March - John Henry Evans, Mormon teacher and writer, 74State of Utah Certificate of Death March 27, 1947 United States Public Health Service http://archives.state.ut.us/cgi-bin/indexesresults.cgi?RUNWHAT=IDXFILES&KEYPATH=IDX208420212036 2009-09-10 26 March - Charles Alexander Harris, governor of Newfoundland, 91Sir William Young Darling A Book of Days: A Dictionary of Dates, a Chronology of Circumstance, the Face of Time https://books.google.com/books?id=PLkfAAAAMAAJ 1951 Richards Press 89 31 March - John Phillips, Dean of Monmouth, 67PHILLIPS, Very Rev. John Leoline', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 23 March 2015 and ordained in 1909."Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1929 p1017 London, OUP, 1929 15 May - Arthur Harding, Wales international rugby union captain, 68 23 May - Richard Griffith (Carneddog), poet and journalist, 85s2-GRIF-RIC-1861 Griffith, Richard ('Carneddog'; 1861-1947), poet, writer, and journalist Robert (Bob) Owen National Library of Wales 3 April 2021 25 May - Samuel Clark, rugby official and international rugby player 20 June - Sir John Edward Lloyd, historian, 86https://biography.wales/article/s2-LLOY-EDW-1861 Lloyd, Sir John Edward (1861-1947), historian, and first editor of Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig Robert Thomas Jenkins Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 29 December 2019 30 June - Jerry Shea, Welsh rugby union and rugby league player, 54 5 July - Jack Evans, Wales international rugby player, 72 7 July James Henry Howard, minister and writer, 70 Johnny Basham, boxer, 56 23 July - David James Jones, philosopher, 60https://biography.wales/article/s2-JONE-JAM-1886 Jones, David James (1886-1947), Professor of Philosophy Richard Ithamar Aaron Richard Ithamar Aaron Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 2 April 2020 10 August - David Evan Jones, missionary, 77 12 October - William Brace, politician, 82https://biography.wales/article/s2-BRAC-WIL-1865 Brace, William (1865-1947), miners' leader and M.P. Griffith Milwyn Griffiths Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 29 December 2019 18 October - Alexander Bland, Wales international rugby player, 80 16 November - Thomas Griffiths, Australian Army general, 82Perry Warren Griffiths, Thomas (1865–1947) griffiths-thomas-6491 9 1983 3 June 2013 22 November - James J. Davis, United States politician, 74Elliott Robert Barkan Making it in America: A Sourcebook on Eminent Ethnic Americans https://books.google.com/books?id=WwwY_eJnodgC&pg=PA87 2001 ABC-CLIO 978-1-57607-098-7 87 23 November Sir George Lockwood Morris, industrialist and Welsh international rugby player, 88 Matthew W. Davies, musician, 65Matthew William Davies https://biography.wales/article/s2-DAVI-WIL-1882 Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales Williams Griffith John 25 July 2017 12 December - William John Evans, musician and composer, 81https://biography.wales/article/s2-EVAN-JOH-1866 EVANS, WILLIAM JOHN Robert David Griffith Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 3 May 2017 15 December - Arthur Machen, writer, 74https://biography.wales/article/s2-MACH-ART-1863 Machen, Arthur (1863-1947), formerly JONES, ARTHUR LLEWELLIN, writer Cecil John Layton Price Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 29 December 2019 23 December - John Samuel, Wales international rugby player See also 1947 in Northern Ireland References Wales Category:1947 in Europe Category:1940s in Wales