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* 24 May – [[Thomas Erskine Holland|Sir Thomas Erskine Holland]], academic lawyer (born [[1835]])
* 24 May – [[Thomas Erskine Holland|Sir Thomas Erskine Holland]], academic lawyer (born [[1835]])
* 8 June – [[Emily Hobhouse]], welfare campaigner (born 1860)
* 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)
* 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)
* 1 August – [[Israel Zangwill]], novelist, poet and playwright (born 1864)

Revision as of 11:59, 10 April 2020

1926 in the United Kingdom
Other years
1924 | 1925 | 1926 (1926) | 1927 | 1928
Individual countries of the United Kingdom
England | Northern Ireland | Scotland | Wales
Sport, television, music

Events from the year 1926 in the United Kingdom. The year is dominated by the general strike.

Incumbents

Events

Undated

Publications

Births

Warren Mitchell
Moira Shearer
Gillian Lynne
Elizabeth II
Geoffrey Howe

Deaths

Sidney Lee
Sarah Doudney

See also

References

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  7. ^ Johannessen, Neil (1994). Telephone Boxes. Princes Risborough: Shire Publications. ISBN 0-7478-0250-5.
  8. ^ The Twentieth Century Society (2017). "1926". 100 Houses 100 Years. London: Batsford. ISBN 978-1-84994-437-3.
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  10. ^ "Eric Gill & The Cockerel Press". Itcfonts.com. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
  11. ^ "(Harry) Aubrey (Woodruff) Burl". Contemporary Authors Online. Gale, 2005. Retrieved on November 25, 2009.