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See also 1954 in Wales, other events of 1955, 1956 in Wales and the list of years in Wales.

Contents 1 Incumbents 2 Events 3 Arts and literature 3.1 Awards 3.2 New books 3.3 Music 4 Film 5 Broadcasting 5.1 Welsh language television 5.2 English language television 6 Sports 7 Births 8 Deaths

[edit] Incumbents

• Prince of Wales - vacant (Charles, Prince of Wales, had not been officially designated with the title)
• Princess of Wales - vacant
• Archbishop of Wales - John Morgan

[edit] Events

• Cardiff becomes the official capital of Wales.
• The Farmers Union of Wales breaks away from the National Farmers Union.
• Sir Charles Evans leads the mountaineering expedition that conquers Kanchenjunga.
• Kylie Minogue's mother, Carol Jones, emigrates from Maesteg to Australia.

[edit] Arts and literature

• The Gold Medal for Architecture is introduced to the National Eisteddfod.

[edit] Awards

• National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Pwllheli)

• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Gwilym Ceri Jones
• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - W. J. Gruffydd
• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - William Thomas Gruffydd

• Emyr Humphreys wins the Somerset Maugham Award for Hear and Forgive.

[edit] New books

• Kingsley Amis - That Uncertain Feeling
• Islwyn Ffowc Elis - Ffenestri Tua'r Gwyll
• Stuart Evans - Elegy for the Death of a Clown
• Gwilym Thomas Hughes - Ei Seren tan Gwmwl
• Saunders Lewis - Siwan (play)
• Richard Vaughan - Son of Justin

[edit] Music

• Grace Williams - Penillion

[edit] Film

• Stanley Baker plays Richmond in Laurence Olivier's film of Richard III.
• The Constant Husband, starring Rex Harrison, includes some Welsh dialogue.

[edit] Broadcasting

• The Welsh Home Service becomes available on VHF from Wenvoe.

[edit] Welsh language television

[edit] English language television

[edit] Sports

• Cricket - Wilfred Wooller becomes an England Test selector.
• Welsh Sports Personality of the Year - John Disley

[edit] Births

• March 4 - Joey Jones, footballer
• date unknown - Amanda Levette, architect
• date unknown - Alun Pugh, politician
• date unknown - Janet Ryder, politician

[edit] Deaths

• September 28 - Lionel Wilmot Brabazon Rees, Victoria Cross recipient
• October 15 - Thomas Jones (TJ), founder of Coleg Harlech
• date unknown - Ambrose Bebb, author
• date unknown - Harry Parr Davies, songwriter
• date unknown - Victor Nash-Williams, archaeologist