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{{Short description|UK-related events during the year of 1926}} |
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{{Year in United Kingdom|1926 |
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[[1926 English cricket season]]<br /> |
[[1926 English cricket season]]<br /> |
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[[Football in the United Kingdom|Football]]: [[1925–26 in English football|England]] {{!}} [[1925–26 in Scottish football|Scotland]]<br /> |
[[Football in the United Kingdom|Football]]: [[1925–26 in English football|England]] {{!}} [[1925–26 in Scottish football|Scotland]]<br /> |
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[[1926 in British radio]]<br /> |
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[[1926 in British television]]<br /> |
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[[1926 in British music]]<br /> |
[[1926 in British music]]<br /> |
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Events from the year ''' |
Events from the year '''1926 in the United Kingdom'''. The year was dominated by the [[1926 United Kingdom general strike|general strike]]. |
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==Incumbents== |
==Incumbents== |
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* [[Monarch of the United Kingdom|Monarch]] – [[George V]] |
* [[Monarch of the United Kingdom|Monarch]] – [[George V]] |
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* [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] – [[Stanley Baldwin]] ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]) |
* [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] – [[Stanley Baldwin]] ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]) |
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* [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament]] – [[List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1924|34th]] |
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==Events== |
==Events== |
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* 1 January – [[Law of Property Act 1925]] and [[Administration of Estates Act 1925]] come into effect modernising the laws on [[real estate]] and [[intestacy]].<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.willandprobatemagazine.co.uk/the-rules-of-intestacy.html|title=The rules of intestacy|last=King|first=Michael|date=July 2012|website=Will and Probate Magazine|access-date=2018-01-02}}</ref> |
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* 2 January – contributory [[old age pension]]s payable to those between 65 and 70 years of age under the provisions of the Widows', Orphans', and Old-Age Contributory Pensions Act of 1925. |
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* 2 January – Contributory [[old age pension]]s payable to those between 65 and 70 years of age under the provisions of the Widows', Orphans', and Old-Age Contributory Pensions Act of 1925. |
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* 16 January – [[BBC]] [[radio play]] about worker's revolution causes a panic in [[London]]. |
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* 16 January – A [[British Broadcasting Company]] [[radio play]] by [[Ronald Knox]] about workers' revolution in London causes a panic among those who have not heard the preliminary announcement that it is a satire on broadcasting.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hoaxes.org/archive/permalink/the_bbc_radio_panic|title=The BBC Radio Panic, 1926|website=[[Museum of Hoaxes]]|access-date=2019-11-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103085814/http://hoaxes.org/archive/permalink/the_bbc_radio_panic|archive-date=2015-01-03|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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* 26 January – [[John Logie Baird]] demonstrates a mechanical television system in London.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Hutchinson Factfinder|publisher=Helicon|year=1999|isbn=1-85986-000-1 }}</ref> |
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* 26 January – Scottish inventor [[John Logie Baird]] demonstrates his pioneering [[mechanical television]] system (which he calls a "televisor") at his London laboratory for members of the [[Royal Institution]] and a reporter from ''[[The Times]]''.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Hutchinson Factfinder|publisher=Helicon|year=1999|isbn=1-85986-000-1 }}</ref> |
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* 31 January – British and Belgian troops leave [[Cologne]]. |
* 31 January – British and Belgian troops leave [[Cologne]]. |
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* 9 February – |
* 9 February – Flooding of London suburbs. |
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* c. February – K2 [[red telephone box]] introduced, chiefly in London area.<ref>{{cite book|first=Neil|last=Johannessen|title=Telephone Boxes|location=Princes Risborough|publisher=Shire Publications|year=1994|isbn=0-7478-0250-5}}</ref> |
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* 6 March – the [[Shakespeare Memorial Theatre]] in [[Stratford-upon-Avon]] is destroyed by fire. |
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* 6 March – The [[Shakespeare Memorial Theatre]] in [[Stratford-upon-Avon]] is destroyed by fire. |
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* 17 March – [[University of Reading]] chartered, the only institution to be newly granted full university status in the U.K. in the interwar period.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reading.ac.uk/about/about-history.asp|title=The University's History|publisher=University of Reading|accessdate=2009-04-30}}</ref> |
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* 17 March – [[University of Reading]] chartered, the only institution to be newly granted full university status in the U.K. in the interwar period.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reading.ac.uk/about/about-history.asp|title=The University's History|publisher=University of Reading|access-date=2009-04-30|archive-date=27 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120527132842/http://www.reading.ac.uk/about/about-history.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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* 1 May – coal miners' strike begins in Britain over planned pay reductions. |
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* 1 May – Coal miners' strike begins in Britain over planned pay reductions. |
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* 3 May – A [[1926 United Kingdom general strike|general strike]] begins in support of the miners' strike at midnight 3–4 May. |
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* 4 May – The [[British Broadcasting Company|BBC]] broadcasts five news bulletins a day as no newspapers are published due to the general strike. |
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* 9 May – Martial law in Britain because of the general strike. |
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* 10 May – Talks between government and strikers begin. |
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* 12 May – the general strike ends.<ref name="Pocket On This Day">{{cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-14-102715-0|year=2006}}</ref> |
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* 12 May – The general strike ends at midnight 12–13 May without concessions to the strikers; coal miners remain on strike.<ref name="Pocket On This Day">{{cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-14-102715-0|year=2006}}</ref> |
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* 15 July – Re-Election of Ministers Act (1919) Amendment Act abolishes [[ministerial by-election]]s.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Pugh|first=Martin| author-link = Martin Pugh (author)|year=2002|title='Queen Anne is dead': The Abolition of Ministerial By-Elections, 1867–1926|journal=Parliamentary History|volume=21|issue=3|pages=351–366|issn=0264-2824|doi=10.1111/j.1750-0206.2002.tb00238.x}}</ref> |
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* 25 July – [[Timeline of the BBC|BBC history]]: The previously experimental long-wave station 5XX moves from [[Chelmsford]] to [[Daventry]] and becomes the first station to achieve near national coverage. The Daventry station will later become the main transmitter of the [[BBC National Programme]]. |
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* 24 July – First [[greyhound racing]] track in Britain opens in [[Manchester]].<ref name=CBH>{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Alan|last2=Palmer |first2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages=366–368|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref> |
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* 6 August – American swimmer [[Gertrude Ederle]] becomes the first woman to swim the [[English Channel]] from France to England.<ref name="Pocket On This Day"/> |
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* 6 August – American swimmer [[Gertrude Ederle]] becomes the first woman to swim the [[English Channel]], from France to England.<ref name="Pocket On This Day"/> |
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* 7 August – The first [[British Grand Prix]] held at the [[Brooklands]] circuit near [[Weybridge]].<ref name="Pocket On This Day"/> |
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* 18 August – the [[Miners' Federation of Great Britain]] begins negotiations with the government. |
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* 18 August – The [[Miners' Federation of Great Britain]] begins negotiations with the government. |
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* 30 August – cricketer [[Jack Hobbs]] scores 316 runs at match at [[Lord's]], the highest individual total scored at that ground.<ref name="Pocket On This Day"/> |
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* 30 August – Cricketer [[Jack Hobbs]] scores 316 runs at match at [[Lord's]], the highest individual total scored at that ground.<ref name="Pocket On This Day"/> |
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* 29 November – coal miners agree to end the national dispute and return to work. A majority of the Miners Federation have voted to continue the strike but with less than the required two-thirds majority. |
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* 29 November – Coal miners agree to end their national dispute and return to work. A majority of the Miners Federation have voted to continue the strike but with less than the required two-thirds majority. |
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* December – [[Imperial Chemical Industries]] formed by merger of [[Brunner Mond]], [[Nobel Enterprises|Nobel Explosives]], the [[United Alkali Company]], and the [[British Dyestuffs Corporation]]. |
* December – [[Imperial Chemical Industries]] formed by merger of [[Brunner Mond]], [[Nobel Enterprises|Nobel Explosives]], the [[United Alkali Company]], and the [[British Dyestuffs Corporation]]. |
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* 2 December – |
* 2 December – The [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[Stanley Baldwin]] ends the [[martial law]] that had been declared due to the general strike. |
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* 3 December – [[Agatha Christie]] disappears from her home in [[Surrey]]; on 14 December she is found in a [[Harrogate]] hotel (under her husband's mistress's surname) by journalist [[Peter Ritchie Calder|Ritchie Calder]]. |
* 3 December – [[Agatha Christie]] disappears from her home in [[Surrey]]; on 14 December she is found in a [[Harrogate]] hotel (under her husband's mistress's surname) by journalist [[Peter Ritchie Calder|Ritchie Calder]]. |
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* 7 December – The Council for the Preservation of Rural England, later the [[Campaign to Protect Rural England]] (CPRE), is founded by [[Patrick Abercrombie]] to limit [[urban sprawl]] and ribbon development. |
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* 15 December |
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* 15 December – [[Legitimacy Act 1926]] permits the [[Legitimation#Family law|legitimisation]] of a child born to unmarried parents by their subsequent marriage to each other. |
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** [[Legitimacy Act 1926]] permits the [[Legitimation#Family law|legitimisation]] of a child born to unmarried parents by their subsequent marriage to each other. |
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** Judicial Proceedings (Regulation of Reports) Act, intended to restrict press reporting of salacious details in divorce cases.<ref>{{cite journal|first=Stephen|last=Cretney|volume=9|journal=Child & Family Law Quarterly|pages=43-|year=1997|title='Disgusted, Buckingham Palace...' – The Judicial Proceedings (Regulation of Reports) Act 1926}}</ref> |
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** [[Electricity (Supply) Act 1926|Electricity (Supply) Act]] creates the [[Central Electricity Board]] to set up the [[National Grid (UK)|National Grid]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-chl/w-places_collections/w-collections-main/w-collections-highlights/w-collections-lighting-electricity.html |title=Lighting by electricity |publisher=[[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|The National Trust]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629091025/http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-chl/w-places_collections/w-collections-main/w-collections-highlights/w-collections-lighting-electricity.html |archive-date=29 June 2011 }}</ref> |
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* 31 December – [[William Henry Hadow|Hadow]] report on ''The Education of the Adolescent'' published.<ref name=HDA>{{cite web|title=Education in England: a history|first=Derek|last=Gillard|year=2018|url=https://education-uk.org/history/timeline.html|publisher=HDA|access-date=2020-10-24}}</ref> |
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===Undated=== |
===Undated=== |
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* New Ways, a house for [[Wenman Joseph Bassett-Lowke]] in [[Northampton]], is designed by German architect [[Peter Behrens]]; it is "a pioneer of modern architecture in Britain".<ref>{{cite book|author=The Twentieth Century Society|author-link=The Twentieth Century Society|title=100 Houses 100 Years|location=London|publisher=Batsford|year=2017|isbn=978-1-84994-437-3|chapter=1926}}</ref> |
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* [[Electricity (Supply) Act 1926|Electricity (Supply) Act]] creates the [[Central Electricity Board]] to set up the [[National Grid (UK)|National Grid]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-chl/w-places_collections/w-collections-main/w-collections-highlights/w-collections-lighting-electricity.html |title=Lighting by electricity |publisher=[[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|The National Trust]] |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629091025/http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-chl/w-places_collections/w-collections-main/w-collections-highlights/w-collections-lighting-electricity.html |archivedate=29 June 2011 |df= }}</ref> |
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* First appearance of the [[Gill Sans]] [[sans-serif]] [[typeface]], designed by [[Eric Gill]] for [[Douglas Cleverdon]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Paul|last=Townsend|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/20654194@N07/2060073382/|title=Douglas Cleverdon Book Publishers|publisher=Flickr.com|date=20 October 2009|access-date=2011-01-07|archive-date=25 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225155924/https://www.flickr.com/photos/20654194@N07/2060073382/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itcfonts.com/Ulc/OtherArticles/GillCockerel.htm|title=Eric Gill & The Cockerel Press|publisher=Itcfonts.com|access-date=2011-01-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729035625/http://www.itcfonts.com/Ulc/OtherArticles/GillCockerel.htm|archive-date=29 July 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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* K2 [[red telephone box]] introduced, chiefly in London area.<ref>{{cite book|first=Neil|last=Johannessen|title=Telephone Boxes|location=Princes Risborough|publisher=Shire Publications|year=1994|isbn=0-7478-0250-5}}</ref> |
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* New Ways, a house for [[Wenman Joseph Bassett-Lowke]] in [[Northampton]], is designed by German architect [[Peter Behrens]]; it is "a pioneer of modern architecture in Britain".<ref>{{cite book|author=[[The Twentieth Century Society]]|title=100 Houses 100 Years|location=London|publisher=Batsford|year=2017|isbn=978-1-84994-437-3|chapter=1926}}</ref> |
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* First appearance of the [[Gill Sans]] [[sans-serif]] [[typeface]], designed by [[Eric Gill]] for [[Douglas Cleverdon]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Paul|last=Townsend|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/20654194@N07/2060073382/|title=Douglas Cleverdon Book Publishers|publisher=Flickr.com|date=20 October 2009|accessdate=2011-01-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itcfonts.com/Ulc/OtherArticles/GillCockerel.htm|title=Eric Gill & The Cockerel Press|publisher=Itcfonts.com|accessdate=2011-01-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729035625/http://www.itcfonts.com/Ulc/OtherArticles/GillCockerel.htm|archive-date=29 July 2012|dead-url=yes|df=dmy-all}}</ref> |
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==Publications== |
==Publications== |
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* [[Hugh MacDiarmid]]'s [[Scots language]] poem ''[[A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle]]''. |
* [[Hugh MacDiarmid]]'s [[Scots language]] poem ''[[A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle]]''. |
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* [[A. A. Milne]]'s children's book ''[[Winnie-the-Pooh]]''. |
* [[A. A. Milne]]'s children's book ''[[Winnie-the-Pooh]]''. |
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* [[Dorothy L. Sayers]]' [[Lord Peter Wimsey]] novel ''[[Clouds of Witness]]''. |
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==Births== |
==Births== |
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[[File:Warren Mitchell.jpg| |
[[File:Warren Mitchell.jpg|150px|thumb|[[Warren Mitchell]]]] |
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[[File:Moira Shearer 1954.jpg| |
[[File:Moira Shearer 1954.jpg|150px|thumb|[[Moira Shearer]]]] |
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[[File:Gillian_Lynne_Olivier_Awards2013.jpg|150px|thumb|[[Gillian Lynne]]]] |
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[[File:Queen Elizabeth II official portrait for 1959 tour (retouched) (cropped) (3-to-4 aspect ratio).jpg|150px|thumb|[[Elizabeth II]]]] |
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[[File:Geoffrey Howe 2003.jpg|150px|thumb|[[Geoffrey Howe]]]] |
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* 1 January – [[Laurie Clough]], cricketer (died 2008)<ref name="LABAT">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34533/a_Batting_by_Team.html|title=List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Laurie Clough|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=5 September 2011}}</ref> |
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* 3 January – [[George Martin]], producer of [[The Beatles]] (died 2016) |
* 3 January – [[George Martin]], producer of [[The Beatles]] (died 2016) |
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* 4 January – [[Don Arden]], music manager (died 2007) |
* 4 January – [[Don Arden]], music manager (died 2007) |
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* 5 January – [[Robin Leigh-Pemberton, Baron Kingsdown]], peer, banker (died 2013) |
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* 13 January |
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** [[Craigie Aitchison (painter)|Craigie Aitchison]], painter (died 2009) |
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** [[Michael Bond]], author and creator of [[Paddington Bear]] (died 2017) |
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* 14 January – [[Warren Mitchell]], actor (died 2015) |
* 14 January – [[Warren Mitchell]], actor (died 2015) |
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* 17 January – [[Moira Shearer]], actress and dancer (died 2006) |
* 17 January – [[Moira Shearer]], actress and dancer (died 2006) |
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* 19 January – [[Bob Wooler]], disc jockey (died 2002) |
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* 20 January – [[Sarah Conlon]], campaigner (died 2008) |
* 20 January – [[Sarah Conlon]], campaigner (died 2008) |
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* 26 January |
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** [[Ronnie Hilton]], singer and radio presenter (died 2001) |
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** [[Charles Tidbury|Charles Henderson Tidbury]], brewing executive (died 2003) |
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* 10 February |
* 10 February |
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** [[Danny Blanchflower]], footballer and football manager (died 1993) |
** [[Danny Blanchflower]], footballer and football manager (died 1993) |
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** [[Hazel Court]], actress (died 2008) |
** [[Hazel Court]], actress (died 2008) |
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* 11 February – [[Alexander Gibson (conductor)|Alexander Gibson]], conductor and founder of [[Scottish Opera]] (died 1995) |
* 11 February – [[Alexander Gibson (conductor)|Alexander Gibson]], conductor and founder of [[Scottish Opera]] (died 1995) |
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* 12 February – [[Paul Hamlyn]], publisher and philanthropist (born in Germany; died 2001) |
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* 16 February |
* 16 February |
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** [[David C. H. Austin]], rose breeder (died 2018) |
** [[David C. H. Austin]], rose breeder (died 2018) |
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* 20 February – [[Gillian Lynne]], choreographer (died 2018) |
* 20 February – [[Gillian Lynne]], choreographer (died 2018) |
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* 22 February – [[Kenneth Williams]], actor (died 1988) |
* 22 February – [[Kenneth Williams]], actor (died 1988) |
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* 24 February – [[Reg Freeson]], politician (died 2006) |
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* 1 March |
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** [[Barbara Clegg]], actress and scriptwriter |
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** [[Bryan Jennett]], neurosurgeon (died 2008) |
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* 2 March – [[George P. L. Walker]], geologist (died 2005) |
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* 5 March – [[Norman Macfarlane, Baron Macfarlane of Bearsden]], Scottish industrialist and politician (died 2021) |
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* 6 March – [[Ken Whyld]], chess player and chess writer (died 2003) |
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* 8 March – [[Edith MacArthur]], actress (died 2018) |
* 8 March – [[Edith MacArthur]], actress (died 2018) |
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* 11 March |
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** [[Derek Benfield]], actor (died 2009) |
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** [[Dennis Wilshaw]], footballer (died 2004) |
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* 12 March – [[Gudrun Ure]], actress (died 2024) |
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* 14 March – [[Lita Roza]], singer (died 2008) |
* 14 March – [[Lita Roza]], singer (died 2008) |
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* 19 March – [[Tony Collins (footballer)|Tony Collins]], English football player and manager (died 2021) |
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* 22 March – [[Alastair Reid (poet)|Alastair Reid]], Scottish poet and scholar of South American literature (died 2014) |
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* 24 March – [[Tony Streather]], army officer (died 2018) |
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* 26 March – [[Frank Newby]], structural engineer (died 2001) |
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* 27 March – [[Louis Blom-Cooper]], lawyer (died 2018) |
* 27 March – [[Louis Blom-Cooper]], lawyer (died 2018) |
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* 31 March – [[John Fowles]], novelist (died 2005) |
* 31 March – [[John Fowles]], novelist (died 2005) |
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* 1 April – [[William Macpherson (judge)|William Macpherson]], Scottish [[High Court of Justice|High Court]] judge (died 2021)<ref>{{cite news|last=Flockhart|first=Gary|title=Sir William Macpherson: Judge in Stephen Lawrence murder inquiry dies aged 94|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/uk-news/sir-william-macpherson-judge-stephen-lawrence-murder-inquiry-dies-aged-94-3134995|work=[[The Scotsman]]|location=Edinburgh|access-date=2021-02-15|date=2021-02-15}}</ref> |
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* 2 April – [[Robert Holmes (scriptwriter)|Robert Holmes]], scriptwriter (died 1986) |
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* 3 April – [[Timothy Bateson]], actor (died 2009) |
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* 6 April – [[Ian Paisley]], politician (died 2014) |
* 6 April – [[Ian Paisley]], politician (died 2014) |
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* 8 April – [[David Neil MacKenzie]], linguist (died 2001) |
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* 9 April – [[Gerry Fitt]], politician (died 2005) |
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* 11 April – [[Gervase de Peyer]], clarinetist (died 2017) |
* 11 April – [[Gervase de Peyer]], clarinetist (died 2017) |
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* 13 April – [[John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough]], aristocrat (died 2014) |
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* 21 April – HRH Princess Elizabeth of York, later [[Elizabeth II]], Queen of the United Kingdom and 15 other [[Commonwealth realms]] |
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* 17 April – [[Gordon Rollings]], actor (died 1985) |
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* 20 April – [[Cy Laurie]], clarinetist (died 2002) |
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* 21 April |
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** [[Arthur Rowley]], footballer (died 2002) |
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** Queen [[Elizabeth II]] (died 2022) |
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* 22 April – [[James Stirling (architect)|James Stirling]], architect (died 1992) |
* 22 April – [[James Stirling (architect)|James Stirling]], architect (died 1992) |
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* 24 April – [[Lady Elizabeth Cavendish]], aristocrat and courtier (died 2018) |
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* 26 April – [[David Coleman]], television sports broadcaster (died 2013) |
* 26 April – [[David Coleman]], television sports broadcaster (died 2013) |
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* 29 April – [[Leonard Fenton]], actor and director (died 2022) |
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* 30 April – [[Edmund Cooper]], author and poet (died 1982) |
* 30 April – [[Edmund Cooper]], author and poet (died 1982) |
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* 3 May – [[Eric Sams]], musicologist and Shakespeare scholar (died 2004) |
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* 4 May – [[David Stoddart, Baron Stoddart of Swindon]], politician (died 2020) |
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* 5 May – [[Maurice Taylor (bishop)|Maurice Taylor]], Scottish [[Roman Catholic]] bishop (died 2023) |
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* 8 May – [[David Attenborough]], broadcaster and naturalist |
* 8 May – [[David Attenborough]], broadcaster and naturalist |
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* 12 May – [[John Shipley Rowlinson]], chemist and academic (died 2018) |
* 12 May – [[John Shipley Rowlinson]], chemist and academic (died 2018) |
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* 14 May – [[Eric Morecambe]], comedian (died 1984) |
* 14 May – [[Eric Morecambe]], comedian (died 1984) |
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* 17 May – [[Cicely Berry]], voice coach (died 2018) |
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* 23 June – [[Lawson Soulsby]], parasitologist (died 2017) |
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* 15 May – [[Anthony Shaffer (writer)|Anthony Shaffer]] (died 2001) and [[Peter Shaffer]] (died 2016), playwrights |
* 15 May – [[Anthony Shaffer (writer)|Anthony Shaffer]] (died 2001) and [[Peter Shaffer]] (died 2016), playwrights |
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* 17 May |
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* 26 June – [[Rex Hunt (governor)|Sir Rex Hunt]], diplomat (died 2012) |
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** [[Cicely Berry]], voice coach (died 2018) |
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** [[Tenniel Evans]], actor (died 2009) |
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** [[David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie]], Scottish soldier, politician (died 2023) |
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* 19 May – [[Edward Parkes]], engineer and academic (died 2019) |
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* 22 May – [[John Morrison, 2nd Viscount Dunrossil]], peer and diplomat (died 2000) |
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* 23 May – [[Desmond Carrington]], actor and broadcaster (died 2017) |
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* 24 May – [[Stanley Baxter]], Scottish actor and screenwriter |
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* 25 May – [[David Wynne (sculptor)|David Wynne]], sculptor (died 2014) |
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* 28? May – [[Colin Hutton]], rugby union, rugby league player (died 2017) |
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* 29 May – [[Katie Boyle]], Italian-British actress, television personality, and game-show panelist (died 2018) |
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* 1 June – [[Johnny Berry]], footballer (died 1994) |
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* 8 June |
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** [[Meredith Belbin]], researcher and management consultant |
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** [[Cranley Onslow]], politician (died 2001) |
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** [[David Williams (crime writer)|David Williams]], crime writer (died 2003) |
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* 11 June – [[John Aspinall (zoo owner)|John Aspinall]], zoo owner (died 2000) |
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* 17 June – [[Alan Walters]], economist (died 2009) |
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* 20 June – [[Ernest Arthur Bell]], biochemist (died 2006) |
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* 23 June – [[Lawson Soulsby]], parasitologist (died 2017) |
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* 25 June – Dame [[Margaret Anstee]], diplomat (died 2016) |
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* 26 June |
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**[[Felicity Green]], fashion journalist |
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**[[Rex Hunt (governor)|Sir Rex Hunt]], diplomat (died 2012) |
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** [[Reg Newton]], professional football goalkeeper (died 1976) |
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* 29 June – [[Denys Graham]], Welsh actor (died 2024) |
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* 4 July – [[Willoughby Goddard]], actor (died 2008) |
* 4 July – [[Willoughby Goddard]], actor (died 2008) |
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* 5 July – [[Anthony Purssell]], brewing executive, businessman and former athlete |
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* 7 July – [[Bobby McIlvenny]], Northern Irish footballer (died 2016) |
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* 8 July – [[Ian Gilmour, Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar|Ian Gilmour]], Conservative politician (died 2007) |
* 8 July – [[Ian Gilmour, Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar|Ian Gilmour]], Conservative politician (died 2007) |
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* 18 July |
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* 21 July – [[Bill Pertwee]], actor (died 2013) |
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** [[Elizabeth Jennings (poet)|Elizabeth Jennings]], poet (died 2001) |
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** [[Robert Sloman]], actor and journalist (died 2005) |
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* 21 July |
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** [[Bill Pertwee]], actor (died 2013) |
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** [[Karel Reisz]], Czech-born film director (died 2002) |
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* 22 July – [[Bryan Forbes]], film director (died 2013) |
* 22 July – [[Bryan Forbes]], film director (died 2013) |
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* 27 July – [[Nina Lawson]], wig-maker (died 2008) |
* 27 July – [[Nina Lawson]], wig-maker (died 2008) |
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* 30 July – [[Thomas Patrick Russell]], High Court judge (died 2002) |
* 30 July – [[Patrick Russell (judge)|Thomas Patrick Russell]], High Court judge (died 2002) |
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* 1 August – [[Hannah Hauxwell]], farmer and TV personality (died 2018) |
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* 3 August – [[Anthony Sampson]], journalist and biographer (died 2004) |
* 3 August – [[Anthony Sampson]], journalist and biographer (died 2004) |
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* 9 August – [[Willie Finlay]], Scottish professional football player and coach (d. [[2014]]) |
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* 11 August – [[Bernard Ashley (businessman)|Bernard Ashley]], businessman (died 2009) |
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* 13 August – [[Dennis Eagan]], field hockey player (died 2012) |
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* 16 August – [[Christopher Polge]], biologist (died 2006) |
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* 17 August – [[George Melly]], jazz singer (died 2007) |
* 17 August – [[George Melly]], jazz singer (died 2007) |
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* 19 August |
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** [[George Daniels (watchmaker)|George Daniels]], horologist (died 2011) |
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** [[Martin Halliday]], physician (died 2008) |
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* 27 August – [[Pat Coombs]], actress (died 2002) |
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* 4 September – [[George William Gray]], Scottish-born chemist, pioneer of [[liquid crystal]] technology (died 2013) |
* 4 September – [[George William Gray]], Scottish-born chemist, pioneer of [[liquid crystal]] technology (died 2013) |
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* 6 September |
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** [[Maurice Cowling]], historian (died 2005) |
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** [[Arthur Oldham]], composer and choirmaster (died 2003) |
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* 7 September – [[Patrick Jenkin]], Conservative politician (died 2016) |
* 7 September – [[Patrick Jenkin]], Conservative politician (died 2016) |
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* 12 September – [[Dave Valentine]], Scottish representative rugby union and rugby league footballer (died 1976) |
* 12 September – [[Dave Valentine]], Scottish representative rugby union and rugby league footballer (died 1976) |
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* 17 September – [[Reginald Marsh (actor)|Reginald Marsh]], actor (died 2001) |
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* 18 September – [[Thomas Hetherington]], barrister (died 2007) |
* 18 September – [[Thomas Hetherington]], barrister (died 2007) |
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* 24 September – [[Aubrey Burl]], archaeologist<ref>"(Harry) Aubrey (Woodruff) Burl". ''Contemporary Authors Online''. Gale, 2005. Retrieved on 25 November 2009.</ref> (died 2020) |
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* 25 September – [[Stafford Beer]], theorist and author (died 2002) |
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* 2 October – [[Jan Morris]], born James Morris, travel writer (died 2020) |
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* 9 October – [[Ruth Ellis]], nightclub hostess, last woman hanged in the UK (died 1955) |
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* 20 October – [[Austen Kark]], television executive (died 2002) |
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* 21 October – [[Leonard Rossiter]], actor (died 1984) |
* 21 October – [[Leonard Rossiter]], actor (died 1984) |
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* 23 October – [[Janet Young, Baroness Young]], politician (died 2002) |
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* 31 October – [[Jimmy Savile]], disc jockey, broadcast presenter, philanthropist and serial sex offender (died 2011) |
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* 5 November – [[John Berger]], art critic, novelist and painter (died 2017) |
* 5 November – [[John Berger]], art critic, novelist and painter (died 2017) |
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* 6 November – [[Frank Carson]], comedian (died 2012) |
* 6 November – [[Frank Carson]], comedian (died 2012) |
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* 8 November – [[John Louis Mansi]], actor (died 2010) |
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* 11 November – [[Harold Perkin]], social historian (died 2004) |
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* 12 November – [[Robert Goff, Baron Goff of Chieveley]], lawyer and judge (died 2016) |
* 12 November – [[Robert Goff, Baron Goff of Chieveley]], lawyer and judge (died 2016) |
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* 14 November – [[Quentin Crewe]], journalist and writer (died 1998) |
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* 20 November – [[John Gardner (British writer)|John Gardner]], writer (died 2007) |
* 20 November – [[John Gardner (British writer)|John Gardner]], writer (died 2007) |
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* 25 November |
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**[[Terry Hall (ventriloquist)|Terry Hall]], ventriloquist (died 2007) |
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**[[Terry Kilburn]], actor |
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* 20 December – [[Geoffrey Howe]], politician (died 2015) |
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**[[Peter Wright (dancer)|Peter Wright]], ballet director and choreographer |
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* 25 December – [[Barry Driscoll]], painter and sculptor (died 2006) |
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* 28 November – [[David Alexander (Royal Marines officer)|David Alexander]], Royal Marines general (died 2017) |
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* 17 December – [[John Poole (sculptor)|John Poole]], sculptor (died 2009) |
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* 20 December – [[Geoffrey Howe, Baron Howe of Aberavon]], politician (died 2015) |
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* 22 December – [[Roberta Leigh]], writer, artist and television producer (died 2014) |
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* 25 December – [[Barry Driscoll]], painter and sculptor (died 2006) |
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* 26 December – [[Timothy Dudley-Smith]], Anglican bishop and hymn writer (died 2024) |
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* 30 December – [[Stan Tracey]], jazz musician (died 2013) |
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* 6 January – [[John Bowers (bishop)|John Bowers]], Anglican suffragan Bishop of Thetford (born 1854) |
* 6 January – [[John Bowers (bishop)|John Bowers]], Anglican suffragan Bishop of Thetford (born 1854) |
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* 28 January – [[Ernest Troubridge|Sir Ernest Troubridge]], admiral (born 1862) |
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* 1 February – [[William Heap Bailey]], Scottish footballer (born 1847) |
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* 7 February – [[William Evans Hoyle]], director of the National Museum of Wales (born 1855) |
* 7 February – [[William Evans Hoyle]], director of the National Museum of Wales (born 1855) |
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* 8 February – [[William Bateson]], geneticist (born 1861) |
* 8 February – [[William Bateson]], geneticist (born 1861) |
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* 13 February – [[Francis Ysidro Edgeworth]], Anglo-Irish political economist (born 1845) |
* 13 February – [[Francis Ysidro Edgeworth]], Anglo-Irish political economist (born 1845) |
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* 13 February – [[Reginald Hargreaves]], cricketer (born 1852) |
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* 3 March – Sir [[Sidney Lee]], biographer (born 1859) |
* 3 March – Sir [[Sidney Lee]], biographer (born 1859) |
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* 29 March – [[Charles |
* 29 March – [[Charles Crook]], teacher, trade unionist and politician (born 1862) |
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* 4 April – [[Thomas Burberry]], businessman and inventor (born 1835) |
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* 9 May – [[J. M. Dent]], publisher (born 1849) |
* 9 May – [[J. M. Dent]], publisher (born 1849) |
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* 21 May – [[Ronald Firbank]], novelist (born 1886) |
* 21 May – [[Ronald Firbank]], novelist (born 1886) |
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* 24 May – [[Thomas Erskine Holland|Sir Thomas Erskine Holland]], academic lawyer (born 1835) |
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* 8 June – [[Emily Hobhouse]], welfare campaigner (born 1860) |
* 8 June – [[Emily Hobhouse]], welfare campaigner (born 1860) |
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* 2 July – [[Laurence George Bomford]], artist (born 1847) |
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* 12 July – [[Gertrude Bell]], archaeologist, writer, spy, and administrator known as the "Uncrowned Queen of Iraq" (born 1868) |
* 12 July – [[Gertrude Bell]], archaeologist, writer, spy, and administrator known as the "Uncrowned Queen of Iraq" (born 1868) |
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* 1 August – [[Israel Zangwill]], novelist, poet and playwright (born 1864) |
* 1 August – [[Israel Zangwill]], novelist, poet and playwright (born 1864) |
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* 13 October – [[Eliseus Williams]] ("Eifion Wyn"), poet (born 1867) |
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* 4 November – [[John Owen (bishop of St David's)|John Owen]], Bishop of St David's (born 1854) |
* 4 November – [[John Owen (bishop of St David's)|John Owen]], Bishop of St David's (born 1854) |
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* 15 November – [[Marjory Newbold]], political activist (born 1883) |
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* 4 December – [[Ferdinand Begg]], Scottish stockbroker and politician (born 1847) |
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* 8 December – [[Sarah Doudney]], novelist, children's writer and hymnist (born 1841) |
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1926 in the United Kingdom |
Other years |
1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 |
Constituent countries of the United Kingdom |
England | Northern Ireland | Scotland | Wales |
Popular culture |
Events from the year 1926 in the United Kingdom. The year was dominated by the general strike.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]- 1 January – Law of Property Act 1925 and Administration of Estates Act 1925 come into effect modernising the laws on real estate and intestacy.[1]
- 2 January – Contributory old age pensions payable to those between 65 and 70 years of age under the provisions of the Widows', Orphans', and Old-Age Contributory Pensions Act of 1925.
- 16 January – A British Broadcasting Company radio play by Ronald Knox about workers' revolution in London causes a panic among those who have not heard the preliminary announcement that it is a satire on broadcasting.[2]
- 26 January – Scottish inventor John Logie Baird demonstrates his pioneering mechanical television system (which he calls a "televisor") at his London laboratory for members of the Royal Institution and a reporter from The Times.[3]
- 31 January – British and Belgian troops leave Cologne.
- 9 February – Flooding of London suburbs.
- c. February – K2 red telephone box introduced, chiefly in London area.[4]
- 6 March – The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon is destroyed by fire.
- 17 March – University of Reading chartered, the only institution to be newly granted full university status in the U.K. in the interwar period.[5]
- 1 May – Coal miners' strike begins in Britain over planned pay reductions.
- 3 May – A general strike begins in support of the miners' strike at midnight 3–4 May.
- 4 May – The BBC broadcasts five news bulletins a day as no newspapers are published due to the general strike.
- 9 May – Martial law in Britain because of the general strike.
- 10 May – Talks between government and strikers begin.
- 12 May – The general strike ends at midnight 12–13 May without concessions to the strikers; coal miners remain on strike.[6]
- 15 July – Re-Election of Ministers Act (1919) Amendment Act abolishes ministerial by-elections.[7]
- 24 July – First greyhound racing track in Britain opens in Manchester.[8]
- 6 August – American swimmer Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim the English Channel, from France to England.[6]
- 7 August – The first British Grand Prix held at the Brooklands circuit near Weybridge.[6]
- 18 August – The Miners' Federation of Great Britain begins negotiations with the government.
- 30 August – Cricketer Jack Hobbs scores 316 runs at match at Lord's, the highest individual total scored at that ground.[6]
- 29 November – Coal miners agree to end their national dispute and return to work. A majority of the Miners Federation have voted to continue the strike but with less than the required two-thirds majority.
- December – Imperial Chemical Industries formed by merger of Brunner Mond, Nobel Explosives, the United Alkali Company, and the British Dyestuffs Corporation.
- 2 December – The Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin ends the martial law that had been declared due to the general strike.
- 3 December – Agatha Christie disappears from her home in Surrey; on 14 December she is found in a Harrogate hotel (under her husband's mistress's surname) by journalist Ritchie Calder.
- 7 December – The Council for the Preservation of Rural England, later the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), is founded by Patrick Abercrombie to limit urban sprawl and ribbon development.
- 15 December
- Legitimacy Act 1926 permits the legitimisation of a child born to unmarried parents by their subsequent marriage to each other.
- Judicial Proceedings (Regulation of Reports) Act, intended to restrict press reporting of salacious details in divorce cases.[9]
- Electricity (Supply) Act creates the Central Electricity Board to set up the National Grid.[10]
- 31 December – Hadow report on The Education of the Adolescent published.[11]
Undated
[edit]- New Ways, a house for Wenman Joseph Bassett-Lowke in Northampton, is designed by German architect Peter Behrens; it is "a pioneer of modern architecture in Britain".[12]
- First appearance of the Gill Sans sans-serif typeface, designed by Eric Gill for Douglas Cleverdon.[13][14]
Publications
[edit]- Patrick Abercrombie's tract The Preservation of Rural England.
- Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot novel The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.
- Georgette Heyer's historical romance novel These Old Shades.
- D. H. Lawrence's novel The Plumed Serpent.
- Hugh MacDiarmid's Scots language poem A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle.
- A. A. Milne's children's book Winnie-the-Pooh.
- Dorothy L. Sayers' Lord Peter Wimsey novel Clouds of Witness.
Births
[edit]- 1 January – Laurie Clough, cricketer (died 2008)[15]
- 3 January – George Martin, producer of The Beatles (died 2016)
- 4 January – Don Arden, music manager (died 2007)
- 5 January – Robin Leigh-Pemberton, Baron Kingsdown, peer, banker (died 2013)
- 13 January
- Craigie Aitchison, painter (died 2009)
- Michael Bond, author and creator of Paddington Bear (died 2017)
- 14 January – Warren Mitchell, actor (died 2015)
- 17 January – Moira Shearer, actress and dancer (died 2006)
- 19 January – Bob Wooler, disc jockey (died 2002)
- 20 January – Sarah Conlon, campaigner (died 2008)
- 26 January
- Ronnie Hilton, singer and radio presenter (died 2001)
- Charles Henderson Tidbury, brewing executive (died 2003)
- 10 February
- Danny Blanchflower, footballer and football manager (died 1993)
- Hazel Court, actress (died 2008)
- 11 February – Alexander Gibson, conductor and founder of Scottish Opera (died 1995)
- 12 February – Paul Hamlyn, publisher and philanthropist (born in Germany; died 2001)
- 16 February
- David C. H. Austin, rose breeder (died 2018)
- John Schlesinger, film director (died 2003)
- 20 February – Gillian Lynne, choreographer (died 2018)
- 22 February – Kenneth Williams, actor (died 1988)
- 24 February – Reg Freeson, politician (died 2006)
- 1 March
- Barbara Clegg, actress and scriptwriter
- Bryan Jennett, neurosurgeon (died 2008)
- 2 March – George P. L. Walker, geologist (died 2005)
- 5 March – Norman Macfarlane, Baron Macfarlane of Bearsden, Scottish industrialist and politician (died 2021)
- 6 March – Ken Whyld, chess player and chess writer (died 2003)
- 8 March – Edith MacArthur, actress (died 2018)
- 11 March
- Derek Benfield, actor (died 2009)
- Dennis Wilshaw, footballer (died 2004)
- 12 March – Gudrun Ure, actress (died 2024)
- 14 March – Lita Roza, singer (died 2008)
- 19 March – Tony Collins, English football player and manager (died 2021)
- 22 March – Alastair Reid, Scottish poet and scholar of South American literature (died 2014)
- 24 March – Tony Streather, army officer (died 2018)
- 26 March – Frank Newby, structural engineer (died 2001)
- 27 March – Louis Blom-Cooper, lawyer (died 2018)
- 31 March – John Fowles, novelist (died 2005)
- 1 April – William Macpherson, Scottish High Court judge (died 2021)[16]
- 2 April – Robert Holmes, scriptwriter (died 1986)
- 3 April – Timothy Bateson, actor (died 2009)
- 6 April – Ian Paisley, politician (died 2014)
- 8 April – David Neil MacKenzie, linguist (died 2001)
- 9 April – Gerry Fitt, politician (died 2005)
- 11 April – Gervase de Peyer, clarinetist (died 2017)
- 13 April – John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough, aristocrat (died 2014)
- 17 April – Gordon Rollings, actor (died 1985)
- 20 April – Cy Laurie, clarinetist (died 2002)
- 21 April
- Arthur Rowley, footballer (died 2002)
- Queen Elizabeth II (died 2022)
- 22 April – James Stirling, architect (died 1992)
- 24 April – Lady Elizabeth Cavendish, aristocrat and courtier (died 2018)
- 26 April – David Coleman, television sports broadcaster (died 2013)
- 29 April – Leonard Fenton, actor and director (died 2022)
- 30 April – Edmund Cooper, author and poet (died 1982)
- 3 May – Eric Sams, musicologist and Shakespeare scholar (died 2004)
- 4 May – David Stoddart, Baron Stoddart of Swindon, politician (died 2020)
- 5 May – Maurice Taylor, Scottish Roman Catholic bishop (died 2023)
- 8 May – David Attenborough, broadcaster and naturalist
- 12 May – John Shipley Rowlinson, chemist and academic (died 2018)
- 14 May – Eric Morecambe, comedian (died 1984)
- 15 May – Anthony Shaffer (died 2001) and Peter Shaffer (died 2016), playwrights
- 17 May
- Cicely Berry, voice coach (died 2018)
- Tenniel Evans, actor (died 2009)
- David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie, Scottish soldier, politician (died 2023)
- 19 May – Edward Parkes, engineer and academic (died 2019)
- 22 May – John Morrison, 2nd Viscount Dunrossil, peer and diplomat (died 2000)
- 23 May – Desmond Carrington, actor and broadcaster (died 2017)
- 24 May – Stanley Baxter, Scottish actor and screenwriter
- 25 May – David Wynne, sculptor (died 2014)
- 28? May – Colin Hutton, rugby union, rugby league player (died 2017)
- 29 May – Katie Boyle, Italian-British actress, television personality, and game-show panelist (died 2018)
- 1 June – Johnny Berry, footballer (died 1994)
- 8 June
- Meredith Belbin, researcher and management consultant
- Cranley Onslow, politician (died 2001)
- David Williams, crime writer (died 2003)
- 11 June – John Aspinall, zoo owner (died 2000)
- 17 June – Alan Walters, economist (died 2009)
- 20 June – Ernest Arthur Bell, biochemist (died 2006)
- 23 June – Lawson Soulsby, parasitologist (died 2017)
- 25 June – Dame Margaret Anstee, diplomat (died 2016)
- 26 June
- Felicity Green, fashion journalist
- Sir Rex Hunt, diplomat (died 2012)
- Reg Newton, professional football goalkeeper (died 1976)
- 29 June – Denys Graham, Welsh actor (died 2024)
- 4 July – Willoughby Goddard, actor (died 2008)
- 5 July – Anthony Purssell, brewing executive, businessman and former athlete
- 7 July – Bobby McIlvenny, Northern Irish footballer (died 2016)
- 8 July – Ian Gilmour, Conservative politician (died 2007)
- 12 July – Cec Thompson, rugby league footballer (died 2011)
- 18 July
- Elizabeth Jennings, poet (died 2001)
- Robert Sloman, actor and journalist (died 2005)
- 21 July
- Bill Pertwee, actor (died 2013)
- Karel Reisz, Czech-born film director (died 2002)
- 22 July – Bryan Forbes, film director (died 2013)
- 27 July – Nina Lawson, wig-maker (died 2008)
- 30 July – Thomas Patrick Russell, High Court judge (died 2002)
- 1 August – Hannah Hauxwell, farmer and TV personality (died 2018)
- 3 August – Anthony Sampson, journalist and biographer (died 2004)
- 9 August – Willie Finlay, Scottish professional football player and coach (d. 2014)
- 11 August – Bernard Ashley, businessman (died 2009)
- 13 August – Dennis Eagan, field hockey player (died 2012)
- 16 August – Christopher Polge, biologist (died 2006)
- 17 August – George Melly, jazz singer (died 2007)
- 19 August
- George Daniels, horologist (died 2011)
- Martin Halliday, physician (died 2008)
- 27 August – Pat Coombs, actress (died 2002)
- 4 September – George William Gray, Scottish-born chemist, pioneer of liquid crystal technology (died 2013)
- 6 September
- Maurice Cowling, historian (died 2005)
- Arthur Oldham, composer and choirmaster (died 2003)
- 7 September – Patrick Jenkin, Conservative politician (died 2016)
- 12 September – Dave Valentine, Scottish representative rugby union and rugby league footballer (died 1976)
- 17 September – Reginald Marsh, actor (died 2001)
- 18 September – Thomas Hetherington, barrister (died 2007)
- 24 September – Aubrey Burl, archaeologist[17] (died 2020)
- 25 September – Stafford Beer, theorist and author (died 2002)
- 2 October – Jan Morris, born James Morris, travel writer (died 2020)
- 9 October – Ruth Ellis, nightclub hostess, last woman hanged in the UK (died 1955)
- 20 October – Austen Kark, television executive (died 2002)
- 21 October – Leonard Rossiter, actor (died 1984)
- 23 October – Janet Young, Baroness Young, politician (died 2002)
- 31 October – Jimmy Savile, disc jockey, broadcast presenter, philanthropist and serial sex offender (died 2011)
- 5 November – John Berger, art critic, novelist and painter (died 2017)
- 6 November – Frank Carson, comedian (died 2012)
- 8 November – John Louis Mansi, actor (died 2010)
- 11 November – Harold Perkin, social historian (died 2004)
- 12 November – Robert Goff, Baron Goff of Chieveley, lawyer and judge (died 2016)
- 14 November – Quentin Crewe, journalist and writer (died 1998)
- 20 November – John Gardner, writer (died 2007)
- 25 November
- Terry Hall, ventriloquist (died 2007)
- Terry Kilburn, actor
- Peter Wright, ballet director and choreographer
- 28 November – David Alexander, Royal Marines general (died 2017)
- 17 December – John Poole, sculptor (died 2009)
- 20 December – Geoffrey Howe, Baron Howe of Aberavon, politician (died 2015)
- 22 December – Roberta Leigh, writer, artist and television producer (died 2014)
- 25 December – Barry Driscoll, painter and sculptor (died 2006)
- 26 December – Timothy Dudley-Smith, Anglican bishop and hymn writer (died 2024)
- 30 December – Stan Tracey, jazz musician (died 2013)
Deaths
[edit]- 6 January – John Bowers, Anglican suffragan Bishop of Thetford (born 1854)
- 28 January – Sir Ernest Troubridge, admiral (born 1862)
- 1 February – William Heap Bailey, Scottish footballer (born 1847)
- 7 February – William Evans Hoyle, director of the National Museum of Wales (born 1855)
- 8 February – William Bateson, geneticist (born 1861)
- 13 February – Francis Ysidro Edgeworth, Anglo-Irish political economist (born 1845)
- 13 February – Reginald Hargreaves, cricketer (born 1852)
- 3 March – Sir Sidney Lee, biographer (born 1859)
- 29 March – Charles Crook, teacher, trade unionist and politician (born 1862)
- 4 April – Thomas Burberry, businessman and inventor (born 1835)
- 9 May – J. M. Dent, publisher (born 1849)
- 21 May – Ronald Firbank, novelist (born 1886)
- 24 May – Sir Thomas Erskine Holland, academic lawyer (born 1835)
- 8 June – Emily Hobhouse, welfare campaigner (born 1860)
- 2 July – Laurence George Bomford, artist (born 1847)
- 12 July – Gertrude Bell, archaeologist, writer, spy, and administrator known as the "Uncrowned Queen of Iraq" (born 1868)
- 1 August – Israel Zangwill, novelist, poet and playwright (born 1864)
- 25 September – Herbert Booth, Salvationist, third son of William and Catherine Booth (born 1862)
- 28 September – Helen Allingham, watercolour painter and illustrator (born 1848)
- 5 October – Dorothy Tennant (Lady Stanley), artist (born 1855)
- 12 October – Edwin Abbott Abbott, schoolmaster and theologian (born 1838)
- 13 October – Eliseus Williams ("Eifion Wyn"), poet (born 1867)
- 4 November – John Owen, Bishop of St David's (born 1854)
- 15 November – Marjory Newbold, political activist (born 1883)
- 4 December – Ferdinand Begg, Scottish stockbroker and politician (born 1847)
- 8 December – Sarah Doudney, novelist, children's writer and hymnist (born 1841)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ King, Michael (July 2012). "The rules of intestacy". Will and Probate Magazine. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ "The BBC Radio Panic, 1926". Museum of Hoaxes. Archived from the original on 3 January 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- ^ The Hutchinson Factfinder. Helicon. 1999. ISBN 1-85986-000-1.
- ^ Johannessen, Neil (1994). Telephone Boxes. Princes Risborough: Shire Publications. ISBN 0-7478-0250-5.
- ^ "The University's History". University of Reading. Archived from the original on 27 May 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2009.
- ^ a b c d Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
- ^ Pugh, Martin (2002). "'Queen Anne is dead': The Abolition of Ministerial By-Elections, 1867–1926". Parliamentary History. 21 (3): 351–366. doi:10.1111/j.1750-0206.2002.tb00238.x. ISSN 0264-2824.
- ^ Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 366–368. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ Cretney, Stephen (1997). "'Disgusted, Buckingham Palace...' – The Judicial Proceedings (Regulation of Reports) Act 1926". Child & Family Law Quarterly. 9: 43-.
- ^ "Lighting by electricity". The National Trust. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011.
- ^ Gillard, Derek (2018). "Education in England: a history". HDA. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ The Twentieth Century Society (2017). "1926". 100 Houses 100 Years. London: Batsford. ISBN 978-1-84994-437-3.
- ^ Townsend, Paul (20 October 2009). "Douglas Cleverdon Book Publishers". Flickr.com. Archived from the original on 25 February 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
- ^ "Eric Gill & The Cockerel Press". Itcfonts.com. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
- ^ "List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Laurie Clough". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
- ^ Flockhart, Gary (15 February 2021). "Sir William Macpherson: Judge in Stephen Lawrence murder inquiry dies aged 94". The Scotsman. Edinburgh. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ "(Harry) Aubrey (Woodruff) Burl". Contemporary Authors Online. Gale, 2005. Retrieved on 25 November 2009.