1930 in Wales

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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1930 to Wales and its people.

See also 1929 in Wales, other events of 1930, 1931 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
• Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales - Pedrog

[edit] Events

• December 24 - In London, Harry Grindell Matthews demonstrates his device to project pictures to the clouds.
• The South Wales Daily Post is launched in Swansea.
• The Crumlin branch of the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal is closed.
• The Three Valleys Festival is launched.
• The first youth hostel in the UK is opened at Pennant Hall in the Conwy valley.
• A. H. Dodd succeeds Sir John Edward Lloyd as Professor of History at University of Wales, Bangor.
• Gareth Richard Vaughan Jones becomes Foreign Affairs Secretary to David Lloyd George.
• John Edward Jones becomes Secretary of Plaid Cymru.
• Thomas Lewis becomes first chairman of the Medical Research Society.

[edit] Arts and literature

• The first Welsh Books Festival is held in Cardiff.
• John Ballinger, first Librarian of the National Library of Wales, is knighted for his services to librarianship.

[edit] Awards

• National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Llanelli)

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

[edit] New books

• David Davies (Llandinam) - The Problem of the Twentieth Century
• Saunders Lewis - Monica
• Kenneth Morris - Book of the Three Dragons
• Bertrand Russell - The Conquest of Happiness
• Hilda Vaughan - Her Father's House
• Edward Williamson - The Story of Llandaff Cathedral

[edit] Music

• Caniedydd Newydd yr Ysgol Sul (collection of hymns)

[edit] Film

[edit] Broadcasting

[edit] Sports

• Cricket - Maurice Turnbull is the first Welsh player to be capped for England.

[edit] Births

• March 7 - Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, photographer
• April 7 - Cliff Morgan, rugby player and television presenter
• July 10 - Wyn Roberts, Baron Roberts of Conwy, politician
• July 14 - R. H. Williams, rugby player
• August 28 - Windsor Davies, actor
• October 14 - Alan Williams, politician

[edit] Deaths

• March 25 - John Gwenogvryn Evans, palaeographer, 78
• May 1 - Richard Bell, politician, 70
• June 17 - Hugh Robert Jones, Nationalist leader
• June 22 - Mary Davies, singer, 75
• August 15 - Silyn Roberts, author, 59
• September 13 - Jehoiada Hodges, rugby player, 53
• October 7 - Margaret Verney, educationist, 85