# 1930 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1930 to Wales and its people.

## Incumbents

* Archbishop of Wales – Alfred George Edwards, Bishop of St Asaph
* Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Pedrog

## Events

* 17 March - The South Wales Daily Post and Cambria Daily Leader merge in Swansea.
* 9 May - An elephant from the Monmouth mop fair escapes, and wades in the River Monnow before recapture.
* 13 September - Rhosydd Quarry ceases slate production. Neighbouring Croesor Quarry also closes this year.
* 24 December - In London, Harry Grindell Matthews demonstrates his device to project pictures to the clouds.
* unknown date
** Production begins at Cefn Coed Colliery, the world's deepest anthracite mine.
** The Crumlin branch of the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal is closed.
** The first youth hostel of the Youth Hostels Association, the first in the UK, is opened at Pennant Hall in the Conwy valley near Llanrwst.
** 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, "Y Galilead"
* National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - William Jones

### New books
#### English language

* David Davies - The Problem of the Twentieth Century
* Saunders Lewis - MonicaKenneth 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

#### Welsh language

* Edward Tegla Davies - Y Doctor Bach

### Music

* The Three Valleys Festival is launched.
* Caniedydd Newydd yr Ysgol Sul (collection of hymns)
* Peter Warlock – Carillon Carilla
* Grace Williams - Hen Walia

## Film

* Symphony in Two Flats, starring Ivor Novello, an adaptation of Novello's West End play

## Broadcasting

* 9 March – The BBC Regional Programme service replaces BBC local stations.

## Sport

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

## Births

* 28 January - David Morris, politician (died 2007)
* 7 February - Peter Jones, sports broadcaster (died 1990)
* 7 March (in London) - Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, photographer (died 2017)
* 7 April - Cliff Morgan, rugby player and television presenter (died 2013)
* 10 May - June Knox-Mawer, née Ellis, romantic novelist and radio broadcaster (died 2006)
* 28 June - Edward Millward, politician (died 2020)
* 1 July - Ron Hughes, footballer
* 9 July - Stuart Williams, footballer (died 2013)
* 10 July - Wyn Roberts, Baron Roberts of Conwy, politician (died 2013)
* 14 July - R. H. Williams, rugby player
* 8 August - Terry Nation, screenwriter (died 1997)
* 28 August (in London) - Windsor Davies, actor (died 2019 in France)
* 1 September - Emrys James, actor (died 1989)
* 21 September - John Morgan, comedian (died 2004)
* 23 September - Ellis Evans, academic (died 2013)
* 14 October - Alan Williams, politician (died 2014)
* 19 October - Mavis Nicholson, television presenter (died 2022)
* 11 November - Vernon Handley, conductor (died 2008)
* 12 November - Irma Chilton, children's writer in Welsh and English (died 1990)
* 4 December - Brian Morris, Baron Morris of Castle Morris, poet and critic (died 2001)
* 12 December (in London) - Gwyneth Dunwoody, politician (died 2008)
* date unknown - Aneurin Jones, painter (died 2017)

## Deaths

* 18 January - Bobby Lloyd, rugby player, 41
* 26 January - Harry Jones, rugby player, 51
* 25 March - John Gwenogvryn Evans, palaeographer, 78
* 1 May - Richard Bell, politician, 70
* 28 May - Cliff Williams, Wales international rugby union player, 32
* 15 June - John Cynddylan Jones, theologian, 90
* 17 June - Hugh Robert Jones, Nationalist leader, 36
* 22 June - Mary Davies, singer, 75
* 23 June - Ben Davies, Wales international rugby player, 57
* June - David Davies, Archdeacon of Llandaff,
* August - Huw Robert Jones, politician, 35/6
* 15 August - R. Silyn Roberts, author, 59
* 13 September - Jehoida Hodges, rugby player, 53
* 30 September - Lewis Pryce, Archdeacon of Wrexham, 57
* 7 October - Margaret Verney, educationist, 85
* 8 November - William Williams, Dean of St Davids, 82
* 27 December - Alfred Mond, 1st Baron Melchett, industrialist, 62