1926 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1926 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 - Elfed

Events

*David Lloyd George becomes the first Welshman to lead the Liberal Party.
*1 May - A lockout of mineworkers leads to the declaration of the UK General Strike of 1926. Police and miners clash eighteen times in the course of industrial disputes in South Wales.
*October - Miners begin to return to work in large numbers.
*The first parachute jump from an RAF plane is made at RAF Sealand in Flintshire.
*Edward, Prince of Wales visits Llandrindod Wells for a scout jamboree.
*Orthopaedic surgeon Robert Jones is created a baronet (Jones of Rhyl).
*Sir William Henry Hoare Vincent represents India at the League of Nations.

Arts and literature

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Awards

*National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Swansea)

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

New books

*Joseph Alfred Bradney - "Memorandum, being an attempt to give a chronology of the decay of the Welsh language in the eastern part of the County of Monmouth"
*David Davies - "The Influence of the French Revolution on Welsh Life and Literature"
*Thomas Mardy Rees - "Seth Joshua and Frank Joshua"
*Bertrand Russell - "On Education, Especially in Early Childhood"

Music

*David John de Lloyd succeeds Walford Davies as Professor of Music at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.

Film

*Ivor Novello stars in "The Triumph of the Rat".

Broadcasting

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port

*Cricket - The South Wales and Monmouthshire Cricket Association is founded.
*Rugby league - Wales defeat New Zealand 34-8.

Births

*25 January - Richard Davies, actor
*2 May - Clive Jenkins, trade union leader (d. 1999)
*17 May - Tenniel Evans, actor
*27 July - Eddie Thomas, boxing champion and manager (d. 1997)
*23 September - Courtney Meredith, Wales and British Lions rugby player
*2 October - Jan Morris (as James Morris), author
*9 October - Ruth Ellis, murderess (d. 1955)
*20 December - Geoffrey Howe, politician
*30 December - Clifford Williams, actor and director
*"date unknown" - Sir Ronald Waterhouse, QC

Deaths

*7 February - William Evans Hoyle, director of the National Museum of Wales
*10 August - John Humphreys Davies, academic
*20 August - Billy Trew, Wales rugby union captain
*5 October - Dorothy Tennant (Lady Stanley), artist
*13 October - Eliseus Williams (Eifion Wyn), poet
*4 November - John Owen, Bishop of St David's
*30 November - Ellis Ellis-Griffith, politician
*"date unknown"
**Thomas Rees, academic
**John Williams, royal physician