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- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Sir Richard Henry Williams-Bulkeley, 12th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Joseph Bailey, 2nd Baron Glanusk[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – John Ernest Greaves[3]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Herbert Davies-Evans[4]
- 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[5]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Robert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Sir Osmond Williams, 1st Baronet[6]
- 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[7]
- 5 February (in Birkenhead) - Marion Eames, novelist (d. 2007)[21]
- 16 February - Bob Evans, rugby union international (d. 2003)
- 19 March - Tommy Cooper, comedian (d. 1984)[22]
- 3 March - David James, cricketer (d. 2002)
- 21 March - Antony Hopkins, composer, pianist, conductor and broadcaster (d. 2014)[23]
- 4 April - Eileen Beasley, teacher and campaigner (d. 2012)[24]
- 9 April - Jack Jones, footballer (d. 2001)[25]
- 6 May - Ted Morris, footballer (d. 2000)
- 21 May - Leslie Norris, poet (d. 2006)[26]
- 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)[27]
- 28 June - R. Tudur Jones, theologian (d. 1998)[28]
- 16 August - Roger Ashton (footballer), footballer (d. 1985)
- 31 August - Raymond Williams, academic and writer (d. 1988)[29]
- 8 September - Sir Harry Secombe, entertainer (d. 2001)[30]
- 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)[31]
- 3 October – Graham Davies, footballer (d. 2003)
- 18 October – Billy James, footballer (d. 1980)
- 17 December - Ron Davies, photographer (d. 2013)
- 21 December - T. Harri Jones, poet and academic (d. 1965)[32]
- 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[33]
- 5 July - Alfred Onions, politician, 62[34]
- 13 July - Emily Davies, educationist, 90[35]
- 21 July - Tom Deacon - Wales international rugby union player
- 27 July
- 6 August (in Ilfracombe) - Sir David Brynmor Jones QC, lawyer and historian, 68 or 69[38]
- 23 August (in Oswestry) - Francis Jayne, bishop and academic, 76[39]
- 31 August (in Coorparoo, Queensland) - Thomas Rees, mayor of Brisbane, Australia, 76[40]
- 3 October - William Rhys-Herbert, composer, conductor, organist and pianist, 53[41]
- 9 October - Gwyneth Bebb, lawyer, 31[42]
- 11 October - Willie Thomas, Wales international rugby captain, 55
- 12 November - Edward Windsor Richards, engineer, 90[43]
- 15 December - Hopkin Maddock, Wales international rugby player, 40
- 16 December - Owen Morgan, journalist, 85[44]
- 21 December - Joseph Morewood Staniforth, editorial cartoonist, 57 or 58[45]
Dod's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland, Including All the Titled Classes. Dod. 1921. p. 356.
National Museum of Wales (1935). Adroddiad Blynyddol. The Museum. p. 3.
The county families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. Dalcassian Publishing Company. 1860. p. 443.
Ivor Bulmer-Thomas (1936). Gladstone of Hawarden: A Memoir of Henry Neville, Lord Gladstone of Hawarden. Murray. p. 197.
F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results, 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949 p550
James A. Davies (1991). Leslie Norris. University of Wales Press. p. 10.
Clausen, George. "James Havard Thomas." In Memorial Exhibition of Sculpture and Drawings by the Late J. Havard Thomas (1845–1921). London: Leicester Galleries, 1922, 5–10.
"Obituary". The Etude. T. Presser: 769. 1921.