1935 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1935 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 - Charles Alfred Howell Green
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales - Gwili
[edit] Events
- 14 November - In the UK general election:
- Megan Lloyd George reverts from Independent Liberal to Liberal MP after a 4-year estrangement from the party leadership.
- Newly-elected MPs include Arthur Jenkins at Pontypool.
- Ten people are jailed at Blaina and a further 32 at Merthyr Tydfil during a period of industrial unrest in South Wales.
- Felinfoel Brewery in Llanelli becomes the first in Europe to sell beer in cans.
- Industrialist MP Henry Haydn Jones is knighted and becomes the owner of Aberllefenni Quarry.
- At Nine Mile Point Colliery in Cwmfelinfach [1], 164 miners take part in a "stay-down" strike lasting 177 hours.
[edit] Arts and literature
- Arwel Hughes joins the BBC's music department in Cardiff.
[edit] Awards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Caernarfon)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - E. Gwyndaf Evans
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Gwilym R. Jones
[edit] New books
- Rhys Davies - Honey and Bread
- Walford Davies - The Pursuit of Music
- Jack Jones - Black Parade
- Bertrand Russell - Religion and Science
- Howard Spring - Rachel Rosing
[edit] New drama
- Kitchener Davies - Cwm Glo
- Emlyn Williams - Night Must Fall
- Stephen J. Williams - Y dyn hysbys: comedi mewn tair act
[edit] Music
- John Glyn Davies - Cerddi Robin Goch
- Ivor Novello - Glamorous Night
[edit] Film
- Y Chwarelwr, the first Welsh language film
- Pink Shirts, an amateur film made by the Marquess of Anglesey and his family and written by Peter Fleming, satirizing the British Fascist movement.
[edit] Broadcasting
[edit] Sport
- Rugby - Swansea is the first British club side to defeat a touring New Zealand side.
[edit] Births
- 7 February -Cliff Jones, footballer
- 9 February - Paul Flynn, politician
- 29 March - Delme Bryn-Jones, operatic baritone
- 2 May - Richard Livsey, Baron Livsey of Talgarth, politician
- 27 May - Mal Evans, Beatles' roadie
- 24 June - Garfield Davies, Baron Davies of Coity, politician
- 23 October - Roger Roberts, Baron Roberts of Llandudno, politician
- 30 November - Sally Roberts Jones, poet and publisher
- date unknown
- John Ffowcs Williams, engineer
[edit] Deaths
- 3 March - Caradog Roberts, composer
- 18 May - T. E. Lawrence, "Lawrence of Arabia"
- 26 July - Albert Bethel, politician (born 1874)
- 12 August - Gareth Richard Vaughan Jones, journalist and secretary to Lloyd George
- 21 August - Matthew Vaughan-Davies, 1st Baron Ystwyth, politician
- 10 October - Samuel Evans, educationist
- 31 October - Noah Ablett, politician
- date unknown - Amy Dillwyn, businesswoman and novelist
