1930 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1930 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

*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.

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.

Awards

*National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Llanelli)

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

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"

Music

*"Caniedydd Newydd yr Ysgol Sul" (collection of hymns)

Film

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Broadcasting

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ports

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

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

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 - Jehoida Hodges, rugby player, 53
*October 7 - Margaret Verney, educationist, 85