1931 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1931 to Wales and its people.
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[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
- 3 March - Bertrand Russell succeeds to his father's earldom.
- 14 April - A meteorite falls in Pontllynfi, near Caernarfon.
- The Welsh School of Medicine is founded at Cardiff.
- Nancy Astor addresses a meeting in Cardiff on the subject of recruiting women into the police.
[edit] Arts and literature
- Edward Tegla Davies becomes editor of Yr Efrydydd.
[edit] Awards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Bangor)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - David James Jones
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Albert Evans Jones
[edit] New books
- Eliot Crawshay-Williams - Night in the Hotel
- John Jenkins (Gwili) - Hanfod Duw a Pherson Crist
- Moelona - Beryl
- Bertrand Russell - The Scientific Outlook
- Jennie Thomas – Llyfr Mawr y Plant (first appearance of Wil Cwac Cwac)
[edit] Music
[edit] Film
- Ray Milland appears in The Bachelor Father, Strangers May Kiss, Just a Gigolo, Son of India, Bought, Ambassador Bill, and Blonde Crazy.
[edit] Broadcasting
- The BBC's Daventry radio transmitter increases its Welsh language output from a monthly to a fortnightly "Welsh interest" programme and includes a regular religious service broadcast entirely in Welsh.
[edit] Sport
- Rugby Union
- 7 February Wales beat Scotland 13–8 at the National Stadium, Cardiff.
[edit] Births
- 22 March - Leslie Thomas, novelist
- 27 December - John Charles, footballer
[edit] Deaths
- 3 March - Frank Russell, 2nd Earl Russell
- 13 March - Vernon Hartshorn MP, miners' leader and politician
- 13 March - Edward Thomas John, politician
- 28 July - John Neale Dalton, chaplain and tutor to the British royal family, settled in South Wales
- 27 December - Alfred Perceval Graves, Irish author settled in Wales
- date unknown
- A J Cook, miners' leader
- Sir Henry Reichel, academic