1926 in Wales

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See also 1925 in Wales, other events of 1926, 1927 in Wales and the list of years in Wales.

Contents 1 Incumbents 2 Events 3 Arts and literature 3.1 Awards 3.2 New books 3.3 Music 4 Film 5 Broadcasting 6 Sports 7 Births 8 Deaths

[edit] Incumbents

• Prince of Wales - Edward, Prince of Wales, son of King George V of the United Kingdom
• Princess of Wales - vacant
• Archbishop of Wales - Alfred George Edwards

[edit] Events

• David Lloyd George becomes the first Welshman to lead the Liberal Party.
• Police and miners clash eighteen times in the course of industrial disputes in South Wales.
• The first parachute jump from an RAF plane is made at RAF Sealand in Flintshire.
• Edward, Prince of Wales visits Llandrindod Wells for a scout jamboree.

[edit] Arts and literature

[edit] Awards

• National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Swansea)

• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - David James Jones
• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - David Emrys Jones

[edit] New books

• Bertrand Russell - On Education, Especially in Early Childhood

[edit] Music

[edit] Film

• Ivor Novello stars in The Triumph of the Rat.

[edit] Broadcasting

[edit] Sports

• Cricket - The South Wales and Monmouthshire Cricket Association is founded.
• Rugby league - Wales defeat New Zealand 34-8.

[edit] Births

• January 25 - Richard Davies, actor
• May 2 - Clive Jenkins, trade union leader (d. 1999)
• May 17 - Tenniel Evans, actor
• October 2 - Jan Morris (as James Morris), author
• December 20 - Geoffrey Howe, politician
• date unknown
  • Clifford Williams, actor and director

[edit] Deaths

• February 7 - William Evans Hoyle, director of the National Museum of Wales
• October 13 - Eliseus Williams (Eifion Wyn), poet
• November 4 - John Owen, Bishop of St David's
• date unknown
  • John Humphreys Davies, academic
  • Ellis Ellis-Griffith, politician
  • Thomas Rees, academic
  • Dorothy Tennant (Lady Stanley), artist
  • John Williams, royal physician