1922 in Wales

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See also:	List of years in Wales 1922 in The United Kingdom Ireland Scotland

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1922 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales - The Prince Edward
• Princess of Wales – vacant
• Archbishop of Wales – Alfred Edwards, Bishop of St Asaph
• Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Dyfed

Events

• 1 January - The Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway is incorporated into the Great Western Railway.
• February - The last fighting ship completes fitting out and commissioning at Pembroke Dock, Royal Navy light cruiser HMS Capetown.
• 26 April - The last ship is launched from Pembroke Dock, Royal Fleet Auxiliary tanker Oleander.
• 11 October - Leila Megane makes the first complete recording of Sir Edward Elgar's Sea Pictures, with Elgar himself conducting.
• 18 October - In a by-election at Newport, caused by the death of Liberal MP Lewis Haslam, Reginald Clarry wins the seat for the Conservatives.
• 22 October - David Lloyd George is replaced by Bonar Law as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, after the Conservatives leave the Coalition Government.
• The Welsh youth organisation Urdd Gobaith Cymru is founded by Ifan ab Owen Edwards.

Arts and literature

• Wilfred Mitford Davies sets up the first Welsh children's book publisher, Cymru'r Plant.
• The Gregynog Press is established by the sisters Margaret and Gwendoline Davies (granddaughters of Victorian industrialist David Davies) of Gregynog Hall.^[1]
• The University of Wales Press is established.

Awards

• National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Ammanford)
• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - J. Lloyd-Jones
• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Robert Beynon

New books

• D. Ambrose Jones - Llenyddiaeth a Llenorion Cymreig y bedwaredd ganrif ar bymtheg
• Henry Jones - A Faith that Enquires
• Arthur Machen - The Secret Glory

Music

• Walford Davies is knighted for his services to music.

Film

• The Last King of Wales, starring Charles Ashton
• Lyn Harding makes an early screen appearance in When Knighthood Was in Flower.
• Ivor Novello stars in The Bohemian Girl

Broadcasting

Sport

• Rugby union - Wales wins the Five Nations championship.
• Football (soccer)
  • Cardiff City FC win the Welsh Cup
  • Porth F.C. win the Welsh Football League
  • Garden Village Football Club is formed.

Births

• 16 February – Sir Geraint Evans, opera singer (d. 1992)
• 16 April
  • Kingsley Amis, novelist associated with Swansea (d. 1995)
  • Rees Stephens, Welsh international rugby union captain (d. 1998)
• 21 April – Allan Watkins, England Test cricketer (d. 2011)
• 18 July – Ray Cale, dual code international rugby player (d. 2006)
• 20 July – Ruth Bidgood (née Jones), poet
• 31 October – Talfryn Thomas, comedy actor (d. 1982)

Deaths

• 29 January – George Owen, footballer, 56
• 4 February – Sir Henry Jones, philosopher, 69
• 22 April – W. Llewelyn Williams, lawyer and historian, 55
• 3 May – Dick Kedzlie, Wales international rugby player, 59
• 14 May – William Abraham ("Mabon"), politician, 79
• 16 May – Thomas Powel, Celtic scholar, 76/77
• 2 June – Sir John David Rees, politician, 67
• 18 June – John Ward, archaeologist, National Museum of Wales, 65/66
• 20 June – John Williams, politician, 60
• 8 July – James Bevan Edwards, army officer and politician, 86
• 6 August – Thomas Pryce-Jenkins, Wales international rugby player, 60
• 12 August – Arthur Griffith, Irish-born nationalist politician of Welsh descent, 50
• 22 August – John Bryn Edwards, ironmaster, 33
• 12 September – George Rowles, Wales international rugby player, 55/56
• 28 September – Charlie Newman, Wales rugby union captain, 65
• 25 December – Percy Jones, former world boxing champion, 29
• 27 December – Thomas William Rhys Davids, Pali scholar, 79

References

1. Harrop, Dorothy A. (1980). A History of the Gregynog Press. Pinner: Private Libraries Association. ISBN 978-0-900002-63-2.