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- Incumbents
- Events
- Arts and literature Awards New books English language Welsh language Music
- Film
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- Births
- Deaths
- See also
- References
{{Year in Wales header|1931}}This article is about the particular significance of the year 1931 to Wales and its people. Incumbents- Prince of Wales - Edward
- Princess of Wales – vacant
- Archbishop of Wales – Alfred George Edwards, Bishop of St Asaph
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Pedrog
Events- 3 March - Bertrand Russell succeeds to his brother's earldom.[1]
- 14 April - A meteorite falls to earth on farmland in Pontllynfi, near Caernarfon.[2]
- date unknown
- The Welsh School of Medicine is founded at Cardiff, later becoming the University of Wales College of Medicine.[3]
- Nancy Astor addresses a meeting in Cardiff on the subject of recruiting women into the police.
- Border Breweries (Wrexham) is formed by a merger.
Arts and literature- Edward Tegla Davies becomes editor of Yr Efrydydd.[4]
Awards- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Bangor)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - David James Jones[5]
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Albert Evans Jones
New booksEnglish language- Eliot Crawshay-Williams - Night in the Hotel
- Bertrand Russell - The Scientific Outlook
- Lily Tobias – My Mother's House
Welsh language- John Jenkins (Gwili) - Hanfod Duw a Pherson Crist
- Moelona - Beryl
- John Morris-Jones - Welsh Syntax: An Unfinished Draft[6]
- Jennie Thomas – Llyfr Mawr y Plant (first appearance of Wil Cwac Cwac)
Music- Grace Williams – Sextet for oboe, trumpet, violin, viola, cello and piano
Film- Ray Milland appears in The Bachelor Father, Strangers May Kiss, Just a Gigolo, Son of India, Bought, Ambassador Bill, and Blonde Crazy.
- Mary Glynne appears in Inquest[7]
Broadcasting- The BBC's Daventry radio transmitter increases its Welsh language output from a monthly to a fortnightly "Welsh interest" programme and includes a regular religious service broadcast entirely in Welsh.
Sport- Rugby union
- Wales, under the captaincy of Jack Bassett, win the Five Nations Championship.
- 7 February Wales beat Scotland 13–8 at the Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff.
Births- 10 January - Rosalind Howells, Baroness Howells of St Davids, politician
- 2 February - Glynn Edwards, actor
- 4 March - Gwilym Prichard, landscape painter (d. 2015)
- 20 March - Orig Williams, wrestler and TV presenter
- 22 March - Leslie Thomas, novelist (d. 2014)
- 11 April - Lewis Jones, rugby player
- 29 May – Christopher Evans, computer scientist (d. 1979)
- 23 June - Brian Sparks, Wales international rugby union player
- 2 July - Frank Williams, actor
- 13 July - Philip Jones, businessman and civil servant (d. 2000)
- 1 September - Mair Wynn Hughes, children's author
- 25 September - Dafydd Rowlands, Eisteddfod-winning author (d. 2001)
- 5 November - John Morris, Baron Morris of Aberavon, politician
- 27 November - Gareth Griffiths, Wales and British Lions rugby union player
- 27 December - John Charles, footballer (d. 2004)
- Brynley F. Roberts, scholar, librarian, National Library of Wales
Deaths- 22 February - Sir Hugh Vincent, solicitor and Wales international rugby player, 68
- 3 March - Frank Russell, 2nd Earl Russell, 65
- 13 March - Vernon Hartshorn MP, miners' leader and politician
- 13 March - Edward Thomas John, politician
- 14 April - John Bryn Roberts, lawyer and politician, 88
- 19 April - Evan Richards, Wales international rugby player, 69
- 12 May - Beddoe Rees, industrialist and politician
- 22 June - Sir Henry Reichel, academic
- 28 July - John Neale Dalton, chaplain and tutor to the British royal family, settled in South Wales, 91
- 7 October - William John Griffith, author
- 26 October - Edward Perkins Alexander, Wales rugby international, 68
- 2 November - Arthur Cook, miners' leader, 47
- 27 December - Alfred Perceval Graves, Irish author settled in Wales, 85
See also References 1. ^{{cite book|author=Ray Monk|title=Bertrand Russell: The Ghost of Madness, 1921-1970|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dvgPAQAAIAAJ|year=2001|publisher=Free Press|isbn=978-0-7432-1215-1}}
2. ^{{cite book|author=British Astronomical Association|title=Journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cA8TAQAAMAAJ|year=1931}}
3. ^{{cite book|author=Alun Roberts|title=The Welsh National School of Medicine, 1893-1931: The Cardiff Years|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lmquNwAACAAJ|year=2008|publisher=University of Wales Press|isbn=978-0-7083-2174-4}}
4. ^{{cite book|author=Pennar Davies|title=E. Tegla Davies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oJUCAAAAMAAJ|year=1983|publisher=University of Wales Press|isbn=978-0-7083-0842-4}}
5. ^{{cite book|author=Jonathan Coe|title=Like a Fiery Elephant: The Story of B. S. Johnson|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uUBNS-KL8u8C&pg=PA321|date=7 March 2013|publisher=Pan Macmillan|isbn=978-1-4472-4377-9|pages=321–}}
6. ^{{cite web|last1=Parry|first1=Sir Thomas|authorlink1=Thomas Parry (author)|title=MORRIS-JONES (formerly JONES), Sir JOHN (MORRIS) (1864-1929), scholar, poet, and critic|url=https://biography.wales/article/s-MORR-JOH-1864|website=Dictionary of Welsh Biography|date=1959}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6c226982|title=Inquest (1931)|website=British Film Institute|access-date=27 June 2018}}
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