1930 in Wales

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

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