1931 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1931 to Wales and its people.

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

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.

Arts and literature

*Edward Tegla Davies becomes editor of "Yr Efrydydd".

Awards

*National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Bangor)

*National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - David James Jones
*National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Albert Evans Jones

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)

Music

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Film

*Ray Milland appears in "The Bachelor Father", "Strangers May Kiss", "Just a Gigolo", "Son of India", "Bought", "Ambassador Bill", and "Blonde Crazy".

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.

port

*Rugby Union
*Wales, under the captaincy of Jack Bassett, win the Five Nations Championship.
**7 February Wales beat Scotland 13–8 at the Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff.

Births

*22 March - Leslie Thomas, novelist
*27 December - John Charles, footballer

Deaths

*3 March - Frank Russell, 2nd Earl Russell
*13 March - Vernon Hartshorn MP, miners' leader and politician
*13 March - Edward Thomas John, politician
*22 June - Sir Henry Reichel, academic
*28 July - John Neale Dalton, chaplain and tutor to the British royal family, settled in South Wales
*2 November - Arthur Cook, miners' leader
*27 December - Alfred Perceval Graves, Irish author settled in Wales