This article is about the particular significance of the year 1922 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
Archbishop of Wales – Alfred George Edwards, Bishop of St AsaphWho was Who 1897–2007, 1991, Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Dyfed Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Sir Richard Henry Williams-Bulkeley, 12th Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Joseph Bailey, 2nd Baron Glanusk Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – John Ernest Greaves Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Herbert Davies-Evans Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John Hinds Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Lloyd Tyrell-Kenyon, 4th Baron Kenyon Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Henry Gladstone, later Baron Gladstone Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Robert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Sir Osmond Williams, 1st Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Ivor Herbert, 1st Baron Treowen Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Sir Herbert Williams-Wynn, 7th Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – John Philipps, 1st Viscount St Davids Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Arthur Walsh, 3rd Baron Ormathwaite (until 20 January);Obituary, The Times, 15 March 1937 Charles Coltman-Rogers (from 20 January)
Events 1 January - The Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway is incorporated into the Great Western Railway. 25 January - A letter written by Ifan ab Owen Edwards to the children's periodical Cymru'r Plant results in establishment of the Welsh youth organisation Urdd Gobaith Cymru. February - The last fighting ship completes fitting out and commissioning at Pembroke Dock, Royal Navy light cruiser HMS Capetown. 26 April - The last ship is launched from Pembroke Dock, Royal Fleet Auxiliary tanker Oleander. 18 October - In a by-election at Newport, caused by the death of Liberal MP Lewis Haslam, Reginald Clarry wins the seat for the Conservatives. 22 October - David Lloyd George is replaced by Bonar Law as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, after the Conservatives leave the Coalition Government. 23 December - Cargo ship Maid of Delos sinks in St George's Channel off Skomer with all 26 crew killed.
Arts and literature Wilfred Mitford Davies sets up the first Welsh children's book publisher, Cymru'r Plant. The Gregynog Press is established by the sisters Margaret and Gwendoline Davies (granddaughters of Victorian industrialist David Davies) of Gregynog Hall. The University of Wales Press is established.
Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Ammanford) National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - J. Lloyd-Jones, "Y Gaeaf" National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Robert Beynon, "Y Tannau Coll"
New books English language J. O. Francis - Cross Currents (play) Henry Jones - A Faith that Enquires Arthur Machen - The Secret Glory
Welsh language D. Ambrose Jones - J. Glyn Davies
Music 10 October - Contralto Leila Megane makes the first recording of Sir Edward Elgar's Sea Pictures, with Elgar himself conducting. Walford Davies is knighted for his services to music.
Film The Last King of Wales, starring Charles Ashton Lyn Harding makes an early screen appearance in When Knighthood Was in Flower. Ivor Novello stars in The Bohemian Girl
Broadcasting Preparations begin for the start of radio broadcasting by the BBC in Cardiff; the first broadcast will take place in February 1923.
Sport Rugby union - Wales wins the Five Nations championship. Football (soccer) Cardiff City FC win the Welsh Cup Porth F.C. win the Welsh Football League, but are suspended from the SWMFA for failing to pay their debts. Garden Village Football Club is formed.
Births 2 January – D. Geraint James, physician (d. 2010)‘James, Dr (David) Geraint’, Who's Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 8 May 2014 15 January – Emlyn Davies, rugby international (d. 2016) 16 February – Sir Geraint Evans, opera singer (d. 1992)Goodwin, Noël: "Evans, Sir Geraint Llewellyn (1922–1992)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 14 Dec 2008 14 March – Colin Fletcher, pioneering backpacker and writer (d. 2007) 24 March – Arthur "Waring" Bowen, solicitor and charity worker 16 April (in London) Kingsley Amis, novelist associated with Swansea (d. 1995) Rees Stephens, Welsh international rugby union captain (d. 1998) 21 April – Allan Watkins, England Test cricketer (d. 2011) 7 May Gwyn Hughes, footballer (d. 1999) Monica Jones, lecturer in English literature, a lover of Philip Larkin (d. 2001) 11 June – Tom Cole, Welsh-American racing driver (d. 1953) 26 June – William Griffiths, hockey player (d. 2010) 4 July (in the United States) – Phyllis Kinney, expert on Welsh folk music (d. 2026) 18 July Ray Cale, dual code international rugby player (d. 2006) Ray Lambert, footballer (d. 2009) 20 July – Ruth Bidgood (née Jones), poet (d. 2022) 10 August – Bert Evans, Welsh-American footballer (d. 2008) 12 September – Arthur Daniels, rugby league player (d. 2001) 3 October – Hugh James, aviator (d. 2015) 31 October – Talfryn Thomas, comedy actor (d. 1982) 18 December – Maldwyn Jones, historian (d. 2007) 22 December – Eryl Davies, teacher and school inspector (d. 1982) date unknown Thomas Nathaniel Davies, painter (d. 1996) Denis Griffiths, tenor (d. 2001)
Deaths 29 January – George Owen, footballer, 56 4 February – Sir Henry Jones, philosopher, 69 25 February – Mary Jane Evans, teacher, preacher and actress, 34 9 April – Constance Jones, English-born philosopher and educator, 74 22 April – W. Llewelyn Williams, lawyer and historian, 55 3 May – Dick Kedzlie, Wales international rugby player, 59 14 May – William Abraham ("Mabon"), politician, 79 16 May – Thomas Powel, Celtic scholar, 76/77 2 June – Sir John David Rees, politician, 67 20 June – John Williams, politician, 60 8 July – James Bevan Edwards, army officer and politician, 86 6 August – Thomas Pryce-Jenkins, Wales international rugby player, 60 12 August – Arthur Griffith, Irish-born nationalist politician of Welsh descent, 50 22 August – John Bryn Edwards, ironmaster, 33 12 September – George Rowles, Wales international rugby player, 56 28 September – Charlie Newman, Wales rugby union captain, 65 21 December – William Morris (Rhosynnog), Baptist minister, 79 25 December – Percy Jones, former world boxing champion, 29 27 December – Thomas William Rhys Davids, Pali scholar, 79
See also 1922 in Northern Ireland
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