1947 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1947 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

*Prince of Wales - "vacant"
*Princess of Wales - "vacant"
*Archbishop of Wales - David Lewis Prosser
*Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales - Crwys

Events

*1 January - Nationalisation of the coal-mining industry.
*1 March - Opening of Ysgol Gymraeg Dewi Sant, Llanelli (first Welsh-medium school).
*March - Chancellor of the Exchequer Hugh Dalton inadvertently reveals some of the contents of his Budget while on his way to the House to deliver his speech, effectively finishing his political career.
*23 April - Wreck of the "Samtampa" on Sker rocks and loss of the Mumbles lifeboat, "Edward, Prince of Wales".
*13 December - Royal Naval Air Station Dale, Pembrokeshire, closes.
*Founded in this year were:
**Age Concern Cymru
**Steel Company of Wales
**Wales Gas Board
*Sir Frederick John Alban becomes President of the Society of Incorporated Accountants and Chairman of the Welsh Hospitals Board.
*David Brynmor Anthony is awarded the Médaille de Vermeil de la Reconnaissance Française by the government of France.
*Ifan ab Owen Edwards is knighted.

Arts and literature

*Caradog Prichard begins writing for the "Daily Telegraph".
*First Cerdd Dant festival is held.
*The BBC Welsh Chorus is formed.

Awards

*National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Colwyn Bay)

*National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - John Tudor James
*National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Griffith John Roberts
*National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - "withheld"

New books

*William Ewart Berry - "British Mewspapers and their Controllers"
*J. Eirian Davies - "Awen y Wawr"
*Jack Jones - "Off to Philadelphia in the Morning"
*Michael Gareth Llewelyn - "White Wheat"
*John Cowper Powys – "Obstinate Cymric"
*Sir James Frederick Rees - "Studies in Welsh history"

Music

*David Wynne - "Sonata No. 1" for keyboard

Film

*Edmund Gwenn stars in "Miracle on 34th Street".

Broadcasting

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port

*Cricket - Wilfred Wooller is appointed Captain-Secretary of Glamorgan CCC.
*Rugby Union
**20 December - Wales beat Australia 6–0 at the National Stadium, Cardiff.

Births

*22 February - Bleddyn Williams, rugby player
*12 March - Rod Richards, politician
*18 March - Roger Kenneth Evans, politician
*27 April - Peter Ham, musician (died 1975)
*1 June - Jonathan Pryce, actor
*12 June - Alwyn Pritchard, statistician
*12 July - Gareth Edwards, rugby player
*17 July - Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
*28 August - Ian Bone, anarchist
*24 September (in Loughborough) - Mick Bates AM, politician
*5 October - Phil Carradice, writer and broadcaster
*16 October - Terry Griffiths, snooker player
*29 October - Val Feld, politician (d. 2001)
*16 November - Vaughan Hughes, journalist
*5 December - Don Touhig, politician
*"date unknown"
**Douglas Davies, theologian

Deaths

*10 January - Lillie Goodisson, nurse, 90s
*26 March - Charles Alexander Harris, governor of Newfoundland, 91
*23 May - Richard Griffith (Carneddog), poet and journalist, 85
*20 June - Sir John Edward Lloyd, historian, 86
*30 June - Jerry Shea, Welsh rugby union and rugby league player, 54
*7 July - James Henry Howard, minister and writer, 70
*23 July - David James Jones, philosopher, 60
*12 October - William Brace, politician, 82
*22 November - James J. Davis, United States politician, 74
*15 December - Arthur Machen, writer, 74