1932 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1932 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
[edit]- Archbishop of Wales – Alfred George Edwards, Bishop of St Asaph[1]
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales
Events
[edit]- 25 January – Leif Jones is created Baron Rhayader.
- 1 March (Saint David's Day) – Members of Plaid Cymru on two occasions replace the Union Jack flying over Caernarfon Castle with a flag displaying the red Welsh Dragon.[3]
- c. August – The Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl, is completed.
- Plaid Cymru adopts self-government as its official policy.
- Hilary Marquand’s economic surveys of South Wales highlight the depressed conditions in the area during the Great Depression in the United Kingdom.
Arts and literature
[edit]- Frank Brangwyn completes the Empire Panels.
- Welsh-language newspaper Y Cymro is launched.
Awards
[edit]- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Port Talbot)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – D. J. Davies, "Mam"[4]
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – Thomas Eurig Davies, "A Ddioddefw a Orfu"[5]
New books
[edit]English language
[edit]- Margiad Evans – Country Dance
- Elisabeth Inglis-Jones – Crumbling Pageant[6]
- Howard Spring – Darkie and Co.[7]
- Hilda Vaughan – The Soldier and the Gentlewoman
- Francis Brett Young – The House Under the Water
Welsh language
[edit]- Richard Ithamar Aaron – Hanes Athroniaeth
- T. H. Parry-Williams – Canu Rhydd Cynnar
- David Walters (Eurof) – Pwerau'r Deufyd
Music
[edit]- W. Bradwen – Mab yr ystorm[8]
- Grace Williams
- Suite for orchestra
- Two Psalms for contralto, harp and strings[9]
Film
[edit]- 13 June – Port Talbot-born English actress Peg Entwistle signs a contract with RKO in the United States.
- 16 September – Peg Entwistle commits suicide by jumping from the letter "H" of the giant Hollywoodland sign.
- 20 October – Release of comedy horror The Old Dark House, set entirely in Wales but filmed wholly in Hollywood.
- Edmund Gwenn appears in Tell Me Tonight, Money for Nothing, Condemned to Death, Love on Wheels, Lord Babs and Frail Women.
Broadcasting
[edit]The broadcasting committee of the Welsh Parliamentary Labour Party obtains agreement from the BBC to broadcast a fortnightly programme and religious content in the Welsh language.[10]
Sport
[edit]- Boxing
- 3 February – Jack Petersen beats Dick Power to take the Welsh heavyweight title.[11]
- 23 May – Jack Petersen wins the British light-heavyweight title against Harry Crossley.[11]
- 12 July – Jack Petersen wins the British heavyweight title against Reggie Meen.[11]
Births
[edit]- 12 March – John Harris, dean of Brecon (died 2019)[12]
- 20 March – Garfield Owen, Wales dual-code rugby international
- 6 April – Leon Eagles, actor (died 1997)
- 28 May – John Savage, prime minister of Nova Scotia (died 2003)[13]
- 30 May – Ivor Richard, Baron Richard, politician (died 2018)[14]
- 31 May – Glyn Davies, footballer (died 2013)
- 22 June – Mary Wynne Warner, mathematician (died 1998)[15]
- 30 June – Derek Tapscott, footballer (died 2008)
- 10 July – Maureen Guy, mezzo-soprano (died 2015)[16]
- 27 July – Dennis Callan, footballer (died 2006)
- 2 August – Kenneth Bowen, concert tenor (died 2018)[17]
- 12 August – Gwilym Jenkins, statistician and systems engineer (died 1982)
- 31 August – Colin Gale, footballer (died 2008)
- 9 September – Alice Thomas Ellis, born Ann Margaret Lindholm in Liverpool, novelist (died 2005)[18]
- 8 October – Ray Reardon, snooker player[19] (died 2024)
- 18 October – Don Devereux, dual-code rugby player (died 1995)
- 24 October – Allan Rogers, politician[20]
- 16 November – Onllwyn Brace, Wales rugby union captain (died 2013)[21]
- 21 November – Alvan Williams, footballer (died 2003)
- 1 December – Cissy Davies, Olympic gymnast
- 7 December – Elystan Morgan, politician[22]
- 15 December – John Meurig Thomas, chemist (died 2020)[23]
- date unknown – Richard Cyril Hughes, historian[24]
Deaths
[edit]- 27 February – Dicky Owen, Wales rugby union international, 55 (suicide)[25]
- 3 March – Ernest Howard Griffiths, physicist, 80[26]
- 10 April – Gwyn Thomas, cricketer, 41
- 14 May – John Hughes, composer of Cwm Rhondda, 58[27]
- 8 June – Margaret Nevinson, suffrage campaigner, 74[28]
- 28 June – Thomas Phillips Price, landowner, industrialist and politician, 88
- 9 July – John Owen Williams (Pedrog), minister and poet[29]
- 10 July – Martha Hughes Cannon, Welsh-born US physician, politician and campaigner, 75[30]
- 20 July – Bill Beynon, British bantamweight boxing champion, 41 (killed in mining accident)[31]
- 23 July – Tenby Davies, half-mile world champion runner, 48
- 30 August – Conway Rees, Wales rugby union international, 62
- 11 September – Aneurin Rees Wales rugby union international, 74
- 16 September – Peg Entwistle, actress, 24 (suicide)[32]
- 26 October – William Howell Davies, merchant and politician, 80[33]
- 25 November
- John Williams, recipient of the Victoria Cross, 75[34]
- Hugh Hughes, trade union leader, 54[35]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Thomas Iorwerth Ellis. "Edwards, Alfred George (1848-1937), first archbishop of Wales". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ a b Meic Stephens (1998). The New Companion to the Literature of Wales. University of Wales Press. p. 362. ISBN 978-0-7083-1383-1.
- ^ Hughes, T. Meirion (2014). "The Red Dragon Saga". Caernarfon Through the Eye of Time. Talybont: Y Lolfa. pp. 96–106. ISBN 978-1-847-71930-0.
- ^ "Winners of the Chair". National Eisteddfod of Wales. 3 February 2020.
- ^ "Winners of the Crown". National Eisteddfod of Wales. 3 February 2020.
- ^ "Crumbling Pageant". Honno. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ Howard Spring (1932). Darkie and Co. Oxford University Press.
- ^ Huw Williams. "Jones, William Arthur (W. Bradwen; 1892-1970), musician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ^ Evans, John (2009). Journeying Boy: The Diaries of the Young Benjamin Britten 1928–1938. London: Faber & Faber. p. 174.
- ^ Mari A. Williams; Geraint H. Jenkins (2000). Let's Do Our Best for the Ancient Tongue: The Welsh Language in the Twentieth Century. University of Wales Press. ISBN 978-0-7083-1658-0.
- ^ a b c Mel Williams (2016). "Peterson, John Charles (Jack Petersen) (1911-1990), boxer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
- ^ "Deaths". Church Times. 27 September 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ Staff (23 May 2003). "John Savage". The Telegraph. London, UK. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
- ^ "Former Labour Cabinet Minister Lord Richard dies aged 85". ITV. 19 March 2018.
- ^ I. M. James and A. R. Pears, "Obituary: Mary Wynne Warner (1932–1998)" Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society 34(6)(December 2001): 745–752. DOI: 10.1112/S0024609302001467
- ^ "Maureen Guy, opera singer – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 24 February 2015. Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ "Kenneth Bowen, singer and teacher – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 4 September 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
- ^ Alice Thomas Ellis: obituary by Clare Colvin at The Guardian, 10 March 2005
- ^ "Ray Reardon". Welsh Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ Dod's Parliamentary Companion. Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Limited. 2000. p. 207. ISBN 978-0-905702-30-8.
- ^ "Former Newport scrum half Onllwyn Brace mourned". South Wales Argus. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ Charles Roger Dod; Vacher Dod Publishing, Limited; Robert Phipps Dod (2005). Dod's Parliamentary Companion. Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Limited. p. 569. ISBN 9780905702513.
- ^ Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain); Kenneth D. M. Harris; Peter P. Edwards (2008). Turning Points in Solid-state, Materials and Surface State: A Book in Celebration of the Life and Work of Sir John Meurig Thomas. Royal Society of Chemistry. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-85404-114-5.
- ^ Meic Stephens (23 September 1998). The new companion to the literature of Wales. University of Wales Press. p. 333. ISBN 978-0-7083-1383-1.
- ^ Smith, David; Williams, Gareth (1980). Fields of Praise: The Official History of The Welsh Rugby Union. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 132. ISBN 0-7083-0766-3.
- ^ Griffiths, Ezer; Falconer, Isobel (2004). "Griffiths, Ernest Howard (1851–1932)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online edition, subscription access). Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2008-04-09.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "HUGHES, JOHN (1873–1932), composer of the hymn-tune 'Cwm Rhondda'". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
- ^ John, Angela V. "Nevinson [née Jones], Margaret Wynne (1858–1932), women's rights activist." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 2004-09-23. Oxford University Press. Date of access 9 Mar. 2018.
- ^ Idwal Lewis. "Williams, John Owen (Pedrog); 1853-1932), Congregational minister and poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- ^ Martha Hughes Cannon; Angus Munn Cannon (1989). Letters from Exile: The Correspondence of Martha Hughes Cannon and Angus M. Cannon, 1886-1888. Signature Books. p. xxv. ISBN 978-0-941214-77-3.
- ^ "Billy Beynon Hill in Bryn to honour boxer's achievement". BBC News. 11 April 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- ^ "Young Actress Ends Life In Hollywood". The Lewiston Daily Sun. 20 September 1932. p. 11. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
- ^ W. G. Neale (1968). At the Port of Bristol: Members and problems, 1848-1890. 42. Port of Bristol Authority. p. 75.
- ^ "Grave of John Fielding VC at Llanfihangel Llantarnam Church". People's Collection Wales. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ Joyce Bellamy, Dictionary of Labour Biography, vol.I, pp.191-192