1920 in Wales
overview of Wales-related events during the year of 1920
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1920 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
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
Archbishop of Wales – Alfred George Edwards, Bishop of St Asaph (elected 7 April 1920)
Events
22 January - Grant of the royal charter founding the University of Wales, Swansea.
31 March - The Welsh Church Act 1914 and Welsh Church (Temporalities) Act 1919 come into force, resulting in the creation of the Church in Wales after disestablishment, and appointment of the first Archbishop of Wales. The new Diocese of Monmouth is created.
September - Report of the departmental committee on the organisation of secondary education in Wales, chaired by William Napier Bruce.
9 November - In a notorious murder trial at Carmarthen, solicitor Harold Greenwood is found not guilty of poisoning his wife.
3 December - Five crew members from the Rhoscolyn lifeboat are lost off Llanddwyn, Anglesey.
21 December - 1920 Rhondda West by-election: William John retains the seat for Labour after the resignation of William Abraham.
Mortimer Wheeler becomes Director of the National Museum of Wales.
More people are employed in the coal industry in Wales in this year than ever before or since.
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