1936 in Wales

Centuries:	18th; 19th; 20th; 21st;
Decades:	1910s; 1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s;
See also:	List of years in Wales; 1936 in The United Kingdom Ireland Scotland

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1936 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

Prince of Wales – Edward (until 20 January)
Princess of Wales – vacant
Archbishop of Wales – Charles Green, Bishop of Bangor[1]
Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales
- Gwili (outgoing)
- J.J. (incoming)

Events

20 January - Edward, Prince of Wales, accedes to the throne as Edward VIII, King of the United Kingdom.
March - Jim Griffiths, later the first Secretary of State for Wales, is elected member for Llanelli[2] following the death in office of the sitting MP.
May - Colonial Secretary Jimmy Thomas is forced to resign from politics after a scandal involving Stock Exchange dealings.
8 September - In an incident known as Llosgi'r ysgol fomio (The burning of the bombing school), or, Tân yn Llŷn (Fire in Llŷn), a sabotage attack on Penyberth aerodrome is carried out by Lewis Valentine, D. J. Williams and Saunders Lewis.[3]
19 November - Dowlais Ironworks ceases steel production at its original Dowlais works. On a visit to the depressed areas of the South Wales Valleys King Edward VIII comments that "These works brought all these people here. Something should be done to get them at work again."[4] The remark is much misquoted.
October - Saunders Lewis courts further controversy by appearing to praise Adolf Hitler.[5]
Six men and one woman are jailed after an anti-Fascist demonstration at Tonypandy.
Of 118 men from the South Wales coalfield who enlist in the International Brigade, 34 are killed.
Treforest Trading Estate opens.

Arts and literature

Awards

National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Fishguard)
National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Simon B. Jones
National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - David Jones

New books

Rex Barker - Christ In The Valley of Unemployment
Ambrose Bebb - Crwydro'r Cyfandir
Margiad Evans - Creed
Geraint Goodwin - The Heyday in the Blood
W. F. Grimes - The Megalithic Monuments of Wales
I. D. Hooson - Cerddi a Baledi
Kate Roberts (author) - Traed mewn cyffion
Bertrand Russell - Which Way to Peace?
Dylan Thomas - Twenty-five Poems,[6] including "And death shall have no dominion"
Ethel Lina White - The Wheel Spins (The Lady Vanishes)

New drama

Saunders Lewis - Buchedd Garmon

Music

John Glyn Davies - Cerddi Portinllaen
Arwel Hughes - Fantasia for strings
Ivor Novello - Careless Rapture

Film

Visit of David Lloyd George to Germany (shot by David Lloyd George's private secretary)

Broadcasting

Sport

Rugby Union
- 14 March - Wales beats Ireland 3–0 at Cardiff Arms Park

Births

9 January - Mike Davies, tennis player and sports (died 2015 in the United States)
7 February - Keith Rowlands, rugby union player and administrator (died 2006)
14 March - John Meirion Morris, sculptor (died 2020)
16 March - Vic Rouse, footballer
1 May - Elizabeth Rees-Williams, socialite
12 May - Phil Edwards, boxer[7]
23 May - Jennifer Daniel, actress
27 June - Clive Thomas, football referee
6 July - Redvers Sangoe, light-heavyweight boxer (died 1964)
30 July - Haydn Morgan, Welsh international rugby union player
2 September - Gwyn Thomas, poet and academic (died 2016)[8]
20 September - Andrew Davies, screenwriter
25 September - Michael Davies, Catholic writer (died 2004)
15 October - Timothy Stamps, Minister of Health in Zimbabwe (died 2017 in Zimbabwe)
7 November - Dame Gwyneth Jones, opera singer
18 November - Brian Huggett, golfer[9]

Deaths

9 January
- David Phillips Jones, Wales international rugby player, 54
- "Buller" Williams, Wales international rugby player
20 January - George V (Prince of Wales, 1901–1910), 70
7 February - John Henry Williams, sitting MP for Llanelli, 66
23 February - Harry Jones, Welsh-born prospector and politician in British Columbia, 95
20 March - William Napier Bruce, lawyer, 78[10]
5 May - Percy Bennett, Wales international rugby player, 66
16 May - John Jenkins (Gwili), poet and archdruid, 63[11]
13 June - William Elsey, Wales international rugby player, 65
3 August - John Alf Brown, Wales international rugby player, 54
2 September - William Rees, priest and writer, 77
28 October - George Barker, politician, 78
29 October - Dan Griffiths, Wales international rugby player, 79
11 November - Sir Edward German, English composer of Welsh descent, 71
15 December - Reese J. Llewellyn, Welsh-American businessman, 64[12]

References

C. J. Litzenberger; Eileen Groth Lyon (2006). The Human Tradition in Modern Britain. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-7425-3735-4.
Cameron Hazlehurst; Sally Whitehead; Christine Woodland (1996). A Guide to the Papers of British Cabinet Ministers 1900-1964. Cambridge University Press. pp. 163. ISBN 978-0-521-58743-3.
Llafur. Llafur. 2000. p. 60.
Joan Abse (2000). Letters from Wales. Seren. p. 303. ISBN 978-1-85411-270-5.
Richard Wyn Jones (15 May 2014). The Fascist Party in Wales?: Plaid Cymru, Welsh Nationalism and the Accusation of Fascism. University of Wales Press. p. 97. ISBN 978-1-78316-156-0.
Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.
Jones, Wynford (2007). Benny's Boys: The Stable of Benny Jacobs. St Helens, Merseyside: Colourplan Design & Print. pp. 48–50. ISBN 978-0-9551082-1-1.
"Wales' former national poet Gwyn Thomas dies". bbc.co.uk. 14 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
Alliss, Peter (1983). The Who's Who of Golf. Orbis Publishing. p. 250. ISBN 0-85613-520-8.
Rees, Sir James Frederick. "BRUCE , WILLIAM NAPIER". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
"Jenkins, John (Gwili) (1872-1936), poet, theologian, and man of lettersauthor=Robert Thomas Jenkins". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
"L. A. Industrialist Dies in New York". Oakland Tribune. December 16, 1936. p. 7. Retrieved May 15, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.

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[1] C. J. Litzenberger; Eileen Groth Lyon (2006). The Human Tradition in Modern Britain. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-7425-3735-4.

[2] Cameron Hazlehurst; Sally Whitehead; Christine Woodland (1996). A Guide to the Papers of British Cabinet Ministers 1900-1964. Cambridge University Press. pp. 163. ISBN 978-0-521-58743-3.

[3] Llafur. Llafur. 2000. p. 60.

[4] Joan Abse (2000). Letters from Wales. Seren. p. 303. ISBN 978-1-85411-270-5.

[5] Richard Wyn Jones (15 May 2014). The Fascist Party in Wales?: Plaid Cymru, Welsh Nationalism and the Accusation of Fascism. University of Wales Press. p. 97. ISBN 978-1-78316-156-0.

[6] Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.

[7] Jones, Wynford (2007). Benny's Boys: The Stable of Benny Jacobs. St Helens, Merseyside: Colourplan Design & Print. pp. 48–50. ISBN 978-0-9551082-1-1.

[8] "Wales' former national poet Gwyn Thomas dies". bbc.co.uk. 14 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.

[9] Alliss, Peter (1983). The Who's Who of Golf. Orbis Publishing. p. 250. ISBN 0-85613-520-8.

[10] Rees, Sir James Frederick. "BRUCE , WILLIAM NAPIER". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 18 April 2015.

[11] "Jenkins, John (Gwili) (1872-1936), poet, theologian, and man of lettersauthor=Robert Thomas Jenkins". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 August 2019.

[12] "L. A. Industrialist Dies in New York". Oakland Tribune. December 16, 1936. p. 7. Retrieved May 15, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.