1936 in Wales

none 1936 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1936 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1936 in the United Kingdom#Incumbents Archbishop of Wales – Charles Green, Bishop of BangorC. J. Litzenberger Eileen Groth Lyon The Human Tradition in Modern Britain https://books.google.com/books?id=S8YbICxXWDQC&pg=PA92 2006 Rowman & Littlefield 978-0-7425-3735-4 92 Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales Gwili (outgoing)s-JENK-GWI-1872 Jenkins, John (Gwili) (1872-1936), poet, theologian, and man of letters Robert Thomas Jenkins 1959 2 November 2021 J.J. (incoming)Jones Evan David E. D. Jones John James Williams s2-WILL-JAM-1869 22 May 2015 Events 20 January - Edward, Prince of Wales, accedes to the throne as Edward VIII, King of the United Kingdom, following the death of his father King George V of the United Kingdom.Ziegler, Philip (1991). King Edward VIII: The official biography. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 0-394-57730-2. Page 245. March - Jim Griffiths, later the first Secretary of State for Wales, is elected member for LlanelliCameron Hazlehurst Sally Whitehead Christine Woodland A Guide to the Papers of British Cabinet Ministers 1900-1964 https://archive.org/details/guidetopapersofb0000hazl registration 1996 Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-58743-3 163 following the death in office of the sitting MP. May - Colonial Secretary Jimmy Thomas is forced to resign from politics after a scandal involving Stock Exchange dealings. 8 September - In an incident known as cy Llosgi'r ysgol fomio (The burning of the bombing school), or, cy Tân yn Llŷn (Fire in Llŷn), a sabotage attack on Penyberth aerodrome is carried out by Lewis Valentine, D. J. Williams and Saunders Lewis.Llafur https://books.google.com/books?id=NGayAAAAIAAJ 2000 Llafur 60 19 November - Dowlais Ironworks ceases steel production at its original Dowlais works. On a visit to the depressed areas of the South Wales Valleys King Edward VIII comments that "These works brought all these people here. Something should be done to get them at work again."Joan Abse Letters from Wales https://books.google.com/books?id=OfMeAAAAMAAJ 2000 Seren 978-1-85411-270-5 303 The remark is much misquoted. October - Saunders Lewis courts further controversy by appearing to praise Adolf Hitler.Richard Wyn Jones The Fascist Party in Wales?: Plaid Cymru, Welsh Nationalism and the Accusation of Fascism https://books.google.com/books?id=hYivBwAAQBAJ&pg=PT97 15 May 2014 University of Wales Press 978-1-78316-156-0 97 unknown dates Six men and one woman are jailed after an anti-Fascist demonstration at Tonypandy. Of 118 men from the South Wales coalfield who enlist in the International Brigade, 34 are killed. Treforest Trading Estate opens. Arts and literature Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Fishguard) National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Simon B. Jones National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - David Jones New books English language Rex Barker - Christ In The Valley of Unemployment Margiad Evans - Creed Geraint Goodwin - The Heyday in the Blood W. F. Grimes - The Megalithic Monuments of Wales Bertrand Russell - Which Way to Peace? Dylan Thomas - Twenty-five Poems,Cox, Michael The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature Oxford University Press 2004 0-19-860634-6 https://archive.org/details/conciseoxfordchr00coxm including "And death shall have no dominion" Ethel Lina White - The Wheel Spins (The Lady Vanishes) Welsh language Ambrose Bebb - Crwydro'r Cyfandir I. D. Hooson - Cerddi a Baledi Kate Roberts (author) - Traed mewn cyffion Roberts Kate The world of Kate Roberts : selected stories, 1925-1981 Temple University Press Philadelphia 1991 9780877227946 6 New drama Saunders Lewis - Buchedd Garmon Music John Glyn Davies - Cerddi Portinllaen Arwel Hughes - Fantasia for strings Ivor Novello - Careless Rapture Film Visit of David Lloyd George to Germany (shot by David Lloyd George's private secretary) Broadcasting Sport Rugby Union 14 March - Wales beats Ireland 3–0 at Cardiff Arms Park Births 9 January - Mike Davies, tennis player and sports administrator (died 2015 in the United States) 7 February - Keith Rowlands, rugby union player and administrator (died 2006)https://www.cardiffrugby.wales/news/keith-alun-rowlands-1936-2006 Keith Alun Rowlands 1936 - 2006 20 November 2006 Cardiff Rugby 26 November 2021 14 March - John Meirion Morris, sculptor (died 2020)http://www.johnmeirionmorris.org/john-meirion-morris.php CV for John Meirion Morris John Meirion Morris 26 November 2021 10 May 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210510193300/http://www.johnmeirionmorris.org/john-meirion-morris.php dead 16 March - Vic Rouse, footballer 10 April - Ricky Valance, born David Spencer, pop singer (died 2020)https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jun/16/ricky-valance-obituary Ricky Valance obituary Pop and rock 16 June 2020 The Guardian Spencer Leigh 2 December 2021 12 May - Phil Edwards, boxerJones Wynford Benny's Boys: The Stable of Benny Jacobs 2007 Colourplan Design & Print St Helens, Merseyside 978-0-9551082-1-1 48–50 23 May - Jennifer Daniel, actress 27 June - Clive Thomas, football referee 6 July - Redvers Sangoe, light-heavyweight boxer (died 1964) 30 July - Haydn Morgan, Welsh international rugby union player 2 September - Gwyn Thomas, poet and academic (died 2016)https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-36043856 Wales' former national poet Gwyn Thomas dies bbc.co.uk 14 April 2016 14 April 2016 20 September - Andrew Davies, screenwriterScreen International Film and TV Year Book Screen International, King Publications Limited 1992 93 25 September - Michael Davies, Catholic writer (died 2004) 15 October - Timothy Stamps, Minister of Health in Zimbabwe (died 2017 in Zimbabwe)https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/timothy-stamps-g73mwxcss Timothy Stamps 21 December 2017 The Times 10 September 2019 en 0140-0460 7 November - Dame Gwyneth Jones, opera singer Ewen David Musicians since 1900: performers in concert and opera H.W. Wilson Company New York 1978 9780824205652 374 18 November - Brian Huggett, golferThe Who's Who of Golf Peter Alliss Peter Alliss Orbis Publishing 1983 0-85613-520-8 250 (died 2024) Deaths 9 January David Phillips Jones, Wales international rugby player, 54 "Buller" Williams, Wales international rugby player 20 January - George V (Prince of Wales, 1901–1910), 70 7 February - John Henry Williams, sitting MP for Llanelli, 66 (pneumonia)22 February 1936 3920 Obituaries British Medical Journal 393 10.1136/bmj.1.3920.393-b 1 220035532 23 February - Harry Jones, Welsh-born prospector and politician in British Columbia, 95 20 March - William Napier Bruce, lawyer, 78s-BRUC-NAP-1858 BRUCE, WILLIAM NAPIER Rees Sir James Frederick 18 April 2015 5 May - Percy Bennett, Wales international rugby player, 66 16 May - John Jenkins (Gwili), poet and archdruid, 63s-JENK-GWI-1872 Jenkins, John (Gwili) (1872-1936), poet, theologian, and man of letters Robert Thomas Jenkins yes 15 August 2019 13 June - William Elsey, Wales international rugby player, 65 3 August - John Alf Brown, Wales international rugby player, 54 2 September - William Rees, priest and writer, 77 28 October - George Barker, politician, 78Who's who of British Members of Parliament: A Biographical Dictionary of the House of Commons Based on Annual Volumes of Dod's Parliamentary Companion and Other Sources Harvester Press 1976 9780855273255 19 29 October - Dan Griffiths, Wales international rugby player, 79 11 November - Sir Edward German, English composer of Welsh descent, 71"Deaths", The Times, 4 January 1937, p. 19 15 December - Reese J. Llewellyn, Welsh-American businessman, 64L. A. Industrialist Dies in New York https://www.newspapers.com/image/130333202/?terms=%22reese%2Bllewellyn%22 May 15, 2016 Oakland Tribune December 16, 1936 7 Newspapers.com registration See also 1936 in Northern Ireland References Wales Category:1936 in Europe Category:1930s in Wales