This article is about the particular significance of the year 1922 to Wales and its people. Motto: (Welsh for Wales forever) Anthem: (Welsh for Land of My Fathers) Capital Cardiff (Caerdydd) Largest city Cardiff (Caerdydd) Official language(s) Welsh, English Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Rhodri Morgan AM Unification    - by Gruffudd ap Llywelyn 1056... The Welsh (Cymry) are an ethnic group or nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language, which is a Celtic language. ...

See also 1921 in Wales, other events of 1922, 1923 in Wales and the list of years in Wales. Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... This page indexes the individual year in Wales pages. ...

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 - vacant

The Prince of Wales Feathers. This Heraldic badge of the Heir Apparent is derived from the ostrich feathers borne by Edward, the Black Prince. ... Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David Windsor; later The Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972) was King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India from the death of his father, George V (1910–36), on... George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 - 20 January 1936) was the first British monarch belonging to the House of Windsor, as a result of his creating it from the British branch of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. ... Camilla Mountbatten-Windsor, the current Princess of Wales. ... The Province of Wales in the Anglican Communion was created in 1920, as the Church in Wales, independent from the Church of England (of which the four Welsh dioceses had previously been part). ... Alfred George Edwards (1848-1937) was elected the first Archbishop of the disestablished Church in Wales. ... Druid can refer to: a priest of the religion of the ancient Celts, see Druidry. ... The Eisteddfod (from Welsh eistedd, to sit; plural is eisteddfodau) is a Welsh festival of literature, music, and song. ...

Events

• October - David Lloyd George is replaced by Andrew Bonar Law as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, after the Conservatives leave the Coalition Government.
• The Welsh youth organisation Urdd Gobaith Cymru is founded by Ifan ab Owen Edwards.
• Wilfred Mitford Davies sets up the first Welsh children's book publisher, Cymru'r Plant.

David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor, OM, PC (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945) was a British statesman who guided Britain and the Commonwealth of Nations through World War I and the postwar settlement as the Liberal Party Prime Minister, 1916-1922. ... Andrew Bonar Law (16 September 1858–30 October 1923) was a Conservative British statesman and Prime Minister. ... The Prime Minister is in practice the most important political office in the United Kingdom. ... The Eisteddfod Yr Urdd is a welsh arts festival similar to that of the national eisteddfod, but for people between the ages of 5-24. ...

Arts and literature

Awards

• National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Ammanford)

• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - J. Lloyd-Jones
• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Robert Beynon

The Eisteddfod (from Welsh eistedd, to sit; plural is eisteddfodau) is a Welsh festival of literature, music, and song. ... Ammanford (Welsh: Rhydaman) is the fourth largest town in the county of Carmarthenshire, Wales with a population 5,299 according to the 2001 census. ...

New books

Music

Film

• Lyn Harding makes an early screen appearance in When Knighthood Was in Flower.
• Ivor Novello stars in The Bohemian Girl

Lyn Harding October 12, 1867 to December 26, 1952 (real name David Llewellyn Harding) was a Welsh actor who spent 40 years on the stage before entering British made silent films, talkies and radio. ... Ivor Novello David Ivor Davies (January 15, 1893 – March 6, 1951), better known as Ivor Novello, was a Welsh composer, singer and actor who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the early 20th century. ... The Bohemian Girl is an operetta composed by Michael Balfe with a libretto by Alfred Bunn. ...

Broadcasting

Sports

Births

• February 16 - Sir Geraint Evans, opera singer
• March 19 - Tommy Cooper, comedian
• date unknown
  • Talfryn Thomas, comedy actor

February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The Welsh baritone Geraint Llewellyn Evans (16 February 1922 – 19 September 1992) was a well-known opera singer, noted for such roles as Papageno in The Magic Flute, Falstaff, and title-role of Wozzeck, among others. ... March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ... Tommy Cooper (March 19, 1921 – April 15, 1984) was a British comedian and magician born in Caerphilly, Wales. ... Biography Talfryn Thomas was a Welsh character actor best known for a variety of supporting rôles on British television of the 1970s. ...

Deaths

• June 20 - John Williams, politician
• August 12 - Arthur Griffith, Irish-born nationalist politician of Welsh descent
• Thomas John Price Jenkins, rugby player
• Henry Jones, philosopher
• John Ward, archaeologist
• Llewelyn Williams, lawyer and historian