1921 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1921 to Wales and its people.
See also 1920 in Wales, other events of 1921, 1922 in Wales and the list of years in Wales.
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[edit] 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 - Dyfed
[edit] Events
- February - Ernest Evans becomes Liberal MP for Cardiganshire, winning the seat vacated by Matthew Vaughan-Davies, 1st Baron Ystwyth, on the latter's elevation to the peerage.
- December 23 - The Maid of Delos sinks off the coast of Dyfed, with 26 deaths.
- The Anglo-Persian Oil Company Limited begins work on the UK's first oil refinery at Llandarcy.
- Hugh Robert Jones founds the Byddin Ymreolaeth Cymru (“Home Rule Army”), which forms the basis for the development of Plaid Cymru.
- Cardiologist Thomas Lewis is knighted.
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] Awards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Caernarfon)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Robert John Rowlands
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Albert Evans-Jones
[edit] New books
- Saunders Lewis - The Eve of St John (play)
[edit] Music
- Ivor Novello & Peter Dion Titheradge -"And Her Mother Came Too"
[edit] Film
- Edmund Gwenn stars in a silent version of The Skin Game.
- Roger Livesey makes his screen debut in The Four Feathers.
[edit] Broadcasting
[edit] Sports
[edit] Births
- May 21 - Leslie Norris, poet (d. 2006)
- June 28 - R. Tudur Jones, theologian (d. 1998)
- August 31 - Raymond Williams, academic and writer (d. 1988)
- September 8 - Sir Harry Secombe, entertainer (d. 2001)
- October 12 - Kenneth Griffith, actor and director (d. 2006)
- date unknown - Marion Eames, novelist
[edit] Deaths
- July 6 - Alfred Onions, politician
- August 6 - Sir David Brynmor Jones, QC, politician
- date unknown
- John Jones (Myrddin Fardd), author
- James Winstone, politician
