1922 in Wales

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

← 1921 1920 1919 1918 1917 1922 in Wales → 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927
Centuries:	18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s
See also:	List of years in Wales 1922 in The United Kingdom Ireland Scotland

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales - Edward
• Princess of Wales – vacant
• Archbishop of Wales – Alfred George 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.
• January - A letter written by Ifan ab Owen Edwards to the children's periodical Cymru'r Plant results in establishment of the Welsh youth organisation Urdd Gobaith Cymru.
• 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.
• 23 December - Cargo ship Maid of Delos sinks in St George's Channel off Skomer with all 26 crew killed.[1][2]

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.[3]
• The University of Wales Press is established.

Awards

• National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Ammanford)
• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - J. Lloyd-Jones, "Y Gaeaf"[4]
• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Robert Beynon, "Y Tannau Coll"[5]

New books

English language

• Henry Jones - A Faith that Enquires[6]
• Arthur Machen - The Secret Glory[7]

Welsh language

• D. Ambrose Jones - Llenyddiaeth a Llenorion Cymreig y bedwaredd ganrif ar bymtheg

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[8]

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, but are suspended from the SWMFA for failing to pay their debts.[9]
  • Garden Village Football Club is formed.

Births

• 2 January – D. Geraint James, physician (d. 2010)[10]
• 15 January – Emlyn Davies, rugby international (d. 2016)
• 16 February – Sir Geraint Evans, opera singer (d. 1992)
• 14 March – Colin Fletcher, pioneering backpacker and writer (d. 2007)[11]
• 24 March – Arthur "Waring" Bowen, solicitor and charity worker[12]
• 16 April
  • (in London) Kingsley Amis, novelist associated with Swansea (d. 1995)[13]
  • Rees Stephens, Welsh international rugby union captain (d. 1998)
• 21 April – Allan Watkins, England Test cricketer (d. 2011)
• 7 May – Gwyn Hughes, footballer (d. 1999)
• 11 June – Tom Cole, Welsh-American racing driver (d. 1953)
• 26 June – William Griffiths, hockey player (d. 2010)
• 18 July – Ray Cale, dual code international rugby player (d. 2006)
• 20 July – Ruth Bidgood (née Jones), poet
• 10 August – Bert Evans, Welsh-American footballer (d. 2008)
• 12 September – Arthur Daniels, rugby league player (d. 2001)[14]
• 3 October – Hugh James, aviator (d. 2015)
• 31 October – Talfryn Thomas, comedy actor (d. 1982)
• 18 December – Maldwyn Jones, historian (d. 2007)
• 22 December – Eryl Davies, teacher and school inspector (d. 1982)[15]
• date unknown
  • Thomas Nathaniel Davies, artist (d. 1996)
  • Denis Griffiths, singer (d. 2001)

Deaths

• 29 January – George Owen, footballer, 56
• 4 February – Sir Henry Jones, philosopher, 69[16]
• 25 February – Mary Jane Evans, teacher, preacher and actress, 34[17]
• 9 April – Constance Jones, English-born philosopher and educator, 74[18]
• 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[19]
• 16 May – Thomas Powel, Celtic scholar, 76/77[20]
• 2 June – Sir John David Rees, politician, 67
• 18 June – John Ward, archaeologist, National Museum of Wales, 66[21]
• 20 June – John Williams, politician, 60
• 8 July – James Bevan Edwards, army officer and politician, 86[22]
• 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[23]
• 12 September – George Rowles, Wales international rugby player, 56[24]
• 28 September – Charlie Newman, Wales rugby union captain, 65
• 21 December – William Morris (Rhosynnog), Baptist minister, 79[25]
• 25 December – Percy Jones, former world boxing champion, 29[26]
• 27 December – Thomas William Rhys Davids, Pali scholar, 79[27]

See also

• 1922 in Northern Ireland

References

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7. Dennis Denisoff (11 July 2018). Decadent and Occult Works by Arthur Machen. MHRA. p. 31. ISBN 978-1-78188-217-7.
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