This article is about the particular significance of the year 1921 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey â Sir Richard Henry Williams-Bulkeley, 12th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire â Joseph Bailey, 2nd Baron Glanusk
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire â John Ernest Greaves
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire â Herbert Davies-Evans
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire â John Hinds
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire â Lloyd Tyrell-Kenyon, 4th Baron Kenyon
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire â Henry Gladstone, later Baron Gladstone
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan â Robert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire â Sir Osmond Williams, 1st Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire â Ivor Herbert, 1st Baron Treowen
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire â Sir Herbert Williams-Wynn, 7th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire â John Philipps, 1st Viscount St Davids
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire â Arthur Walsh, 3rd Baron Ormathwaite
Events
Arts and literature
Awards
New books
English language
Welsh language
New drama
Music
Film
Sport
Births
- 5 February (in Birkenhead) - Marion Eames, novelist (d. 2007)
- 16 February - Bob Evans, rugby union international (d. 2003)
- 19 March - Tommy Cooper, comedian (d. 1984)
- 3 March - David James, cricketer (d. 2002)
- 21 March - Antony Hopkins, composer, pianist, conductor and broadcaster (d. 2014)
- 4 April - Eileen Beasley, teacher and campaigner (d. 2012)
- 9 April - Jack Jones, footballer (d. 2001)
- 6 May - Ted Morris, footballer (d. 2000)
- 21 May - Leslie Norris, poet (d. 2006)
- 28 May - Rhys Probert, aeronautical engineer (d. 1980)
- 4 June - Allen Forward, Wales international rugby union player (d. 1994)
- 8 June - Alwyn Williams, geologist (d. 2004)
- 28 June - R. Tudur Jones, theologian (d. 1998)
- 16 August - Roger Ashton (footballer), footballer (d. 1985)
- 31 August - Raymond Williams, academic and writer (d. 1988)
- 8 September - Sir Harry Secombe, entertainer (d. 2001)
- 13 September - Handel Greville, Wales international rugby union player (d. 2014)
- 15 September - Billy Cleaver, Wales international rugby union player and colliery manager (d. 2003)
- 12 October - Kenneth Griffith, actor and director (d. 2006)
- 3 October â Graham Davies, footballer (d. 2003)
- 18 October â Billy James, footballer (d. 1980)
- 17 December - Ron Davies, photographer (d. 2013)
- 21 December - T. Harri Jones, poet and academic (d. 1965)
Deaths
- 11 February - William Evans (Tonyrefail), minister and author, 82
- 25 February - John Thomas of Llanwrtyd, composer, 81
- 29 April - Billy Matthews, footballer, 37/38
- 6 June - James Havard Thomas, sculptor, 66
- 5 July - Alfred Onions, politician, 62
- 13 July - Emily Davies, educationist, 90
- 21 July - Tom Deacon - Wales international rugby union player
- 27 July
- John Jones (Myrddin Fardd), author, 85
- (in London) - James Winstone, miners' leader and politician, 58
- 6 August (in Ilfracombe) - Sir David Brynmor Jones QC, lawyer and historian, 68 or 69
- 23 August (in Oswestry) - Francis Jayne, bishop and academic, 76
- 31 August (in Coorparoo, Queensland) - Thomas Rees, mayor of Brisbane, Australia, 76
- 3 October - William Rhys-Herbert, composer, conductor, organist and pianist, 53
- 9 October - Gwyneth Bebb, lawyer, 31
- 11 October - Willie Thomas, Wales international rugby captain, 55
- 12 November - Edward Windsor Richards, engineer, 90
- 15 December - Hopkin Maddock, Wales international rugby player, 40
- 16 December - Owen Morgan, journalist, 85
- 21 December - Joseph Morewood Staniforth, editorial cartoonist, 57 or 58
See also
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