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* 7 January – [[Gerald Durrell]], naturalist, zookeeper, author and television presenter (at [[Jamshedpur]], India) (died 1995)
* 7 January – [[Gerald Durrell]], naturalist, zookeeper, author and television presenter (at [[Jamshedpur]], India) (died 1995)
* 8 January – [[James Saunders (playwright)|James Saunders]], playwright (died 2004)
* 8 January – [[James Saunders (playwright)|James Saunders]], playwright (died 2004)
* 13 January – [[David Francis Clyde]], physician (died 2002)
* 26 January – [[Desmond Cassidi]], admiral (died 2019)
* 26 January – [[Desmond Cassidi]], admiral (died 2019)
* 31 January – [[Fred Brown (virologist)|Fred Brown]], virologist (died 2004)
* 31 January – [[Fred Brown (virologist)|Fred Brown]], virologist (died 2004)
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* 17 February – [[Ron Goodwin]], composer and conductor (died 2003)
* 17 February – [[Ron Goodwin]], composer and conductor (died 2003)
* 7 March – [[Richard Vernon]], actor (died 1997)
* 7 March – [[Richard Vernon]], actor (died 1997)
* 11 March – [[Peter R. Hunt]], film director (died 2002)
* 14 March – [[John Jacobs (English golfer)|John Jacobs]], English golfer (died 2017)
* 14 March – [[John Jacobs (English golfer)|John Jacobs]], English golfer (died 2017)
* 15 March – [[Francis Dennis Ramsay]], portrait painter (died 2009)
* 15 March – [[Francis Dennis Ramsay]], portrait painter (died 2009)
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* 25 April – [[Tony Christopher, Baron Christopher]], businessman
* 25 April – [[Tony Christopher, Baron Christopher]], businessman
* 1 May – [[Helen Bamber]], psychotherapist and academic (died 2014)
* 1 May – [[Helen Bamber]], psychotherapist and academic (died 2014)
* 4 May – [[Rex Roe]], air marshal (died 2002)
* 11 May – [[Rhodes Boyson]], English educator and politician (died 2012)
* 11 May – [[Rhodes Boyson]], English educator and politician (died 2012)
* 14 May – [[Tristram Cary]], composer (died 2008)
* 14 May – [[Tristram Cary]], composer (died 2008)
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** [[Stan Stennett]], Welsh comedian, actor and jazz musician (died [[2013 in the United Kingdom|2013]])
** [[Stan Stennett]], Welsh comedian, actor and jazz musician (died [[2013 in the United Kingdom|2013]])
** [[Alexander Trocchi]], Scottish writer (died [[1984 in the United Kingdom|1984]])
** [[Alexander Trocchi]], Scottish writer (died [[1984 in the United Kingdom|1984]])
* 11 August – [[Michael Argyle (psychologist)|Michael Argyle]], psychologist (died 2002)
* 12 August
* 12 August
** [[Norris McWhirter]], co-founder of the ''Guinness Book of Records'' (died 2004)
** [[Norris McWhirter]], co-founder of the ''Guinness Book of Records'' (died 2004)
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* 10 September – [[Dick Lucas (minister)|Dick Lucas]], minister and cleric
* 10 September – [[Dick Lucas (minister)|Dick Lucas]], minister and cleric
* 15 September – [[John Eden, Baron Eden of Winton]], politician (died [[2020 in the United Kingdom|2020]])
* 15 September – [[John Eden, Baron Eden of Winton]], politician (died [[2020 in the United Kingdom|2020]])
* 22 September [[William Franklyn]], actor (died 2006)
* 22 September
** [[William Franklyn]], actor (died 2006)
** [[Stratford Johns]], actor (died 2002)
* 23 September – [[Denis Twitchett]], Cambridge scholar and Chinese historian (died 2006)
* 23 September – [[Denis Twitchett]], Cambridge scholar and Chinese historian (died 2006)
* 1 October
* 1 October
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** [[Tommy Watt]], jazz bandleader (died 2006)
** [[Tommy Watt]], jazz bandleader (died 2006)
* 1 November – [[Dickson Mabon]], politician (died 2008)
* 1 November – [[Dickson Mabon]], politician (died 2008)
* 9 November – [[Ken Ashton]], journalist and trade unionist (died 2002)
* 10 November – [[Richard Burton]], actor (died 1984)
* 10 November – [[Richard Burton]], actor (died 1984)
* 11 November
* 11 November

Revision as of 09:42, 26 September 2021

1925 in the United Kingdom
Other years
1923 | 1924 | 1925 (1925) | 1926 | 1927
Constituent countries of the United Kingdom
England | Northern Ireland | Scotland | Wales
Popular culture

Events from the year 1925 in the United Kingdom.

Incumbents

Events

Undated

Publications

Births

Deaths

See also

References

  1. ^ "New Tweed Bridge". Shields Daily News. 16 January 1925. p. 4.
  2. ^ "Administration of Estates Act 1925 (c. 23)". Revised Statutes from The UK Statute Law Database. OPSI. Archived from the original on 25 September 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
  3. ^ a b Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 365–366. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
  4. ^ "Wheels of Industry". Commercial Motor. 16 June 1925. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  5. ^ Hadley Center Ranked EWP.
  6. ^ Tomalin, Norman (1998). Daventry Calling the World (PDF). Whitby: Caedmon. ISBN 0-905355-46-6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  7. ^ Philip, Alan Butt (1975). The Welsh Question: Nationalism in Welsh Politics, 1945–1970. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. ISBN 0-7083-0537-7.
  8. ^ Burns, R. W. (1998). Television: An International History of the Formative Years. London: Institution of Electrical Engineers. p. 264. ISBN 9780852969144.
  9. ^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
  10. ^ "Buses". Exploring 20th century London. Museum of London. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
  11. ^ Jones, Eric; Gwyn, David (1989). "The Dam Disaster". Dolgarrog: an Industrial History. Caernarfon: Gwynedd Archives. pp. 113–25. ISBN 0-901337-50-1.
  12. ^ McCartney, Innes (2002). Lost Patrols: Submarine Wrecks of the English Channel. Penzance: Periscope. ISBN 9781904381044.
  13. ^ "Vauxhall's history in Luton". Where I Live – Beds, Herts & Bucks. BBC. August 2002. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  14. ^ The Nobel Peace Prize 1925.
  15. ^ "Merseytravel". Retrieved 7 April 2008.[dead link]
  16. ^ McMurry, Enfys (1999). Hearst's Other Castle. Bridgend: Seren. ISBN 1-85411-228-7.
  17. ^ a b Leavis, Q.D. (1965). Fiction and the Reading Public (rev. ed.). London: Chatto & Windus.
  18. ^ "Former Bishop of Clifton Mervyn Alexander dies, aged 85". The BBC. 15 August 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
  19. ^ Whitmore, Greg (6 April 2020). "Honor Blackman – a life in pictures". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  20. ^ "Obituary: Margaret Thatcher". BBC News. 8 April 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  21. ^ Stevenson, Olive (7 January 2010). "Young, Priscilla Helen Ferguson". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/97837. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  22. ^ "Ian MacNaughton". BFI. Retrieved 21 April 2021.