1992 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1992 in the United Kingdom.
victory for the Conservative Party
; "Black Wednesday
" (16 September), the suspension of Britain's membership of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism; and an Annus Horribilis
for the Royal Family
.
Overview
1992 in the United Kingdom is notable for a fourth term General ElectionUnited Kingdom general election, 1992
The United Kingdom general election of 1992 was held on 9 April 1992, and was the fourth consecutive victory for the Conservative Party. This election result was one of the biggest surprises in 20th Century politics, as polling leading up to the day of the election showed Labour under leader Neil...
victory for the Conservative Party
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
; "Black Wednesday
Black Wednesday
In politics and economics, Black Wednesday refers to the events of 16 September 1992 when the British Conservative government was forced to withdraw the pound sterling from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism after they were unable to keep it above its agreed lower limit...
" (16 September), the suspension of Britain's membership of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism; and an Annus Horribilis
Annus horribilis
Annus horribilis is a Latin phrase meaning "horrible year", or alternatively, "year of horrors". It alludes to annus mirabilis meaning "year of wonders".-Elizabeth II:...
for the Royal Family
British Royal Family
The British Royal Family is the group of close relatives of the monarch of the United Kingdom. The term is also commonly applied to the same group of people as the relations of the monarch in her or his role as sovereign of any of the other Commonwealth realms, thus sometimes at variance with...
.
Incumbents
- Monarch - Elizabeth II
- Prime Minister - John MajorJohn MajorSir John Major, is a British Conservative politician, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990–1997...
, ConservativeConservative Party (UK)The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
January
- January - Statistics show that economic growth returned during the final quarter of 1991 after five successive quarters of contraction.
- 9 January
- Liberal Democrat leader Paddy AshdownPaddy AshdownJeremy John Durham Ashdown, Baron Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon, GCMG, KBE, PC , usually known as Paddy Ashdown, is a British politician and diplomat....
proposes a £3billion package which would cut create 400,000 jobs in 12 months. - Alison Halford, Britain's most senior policewoman, is suspended from duty for a second time following a police authority meeting.
- Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown
- 10 January - The first full week of 1992 sees some 4,000 jobs lost across Britain, as the nation's recession continues. Almost 20% of those job cuts have been by GEC, Britain's leading telecommunications manufacturer, where 750 redundancies are announced today.
- 14 January - The Bank of Credit and Commerce InternationalBank of Credit and Commerce InternationalThe Bank of Credit and Commerce International was a major international bank founded in 1972 by Agha Hasan Abedi, a Pakistani financier. The Bank was registered in Luxembourg with head offices in Karachi and London. Within a decade BCCI touched its peak...
goes into liquidation. - 17 January
- In an IRAIrish Republican ArmyThe Irish Republican Army was an Irish republican revolutionary military organisation. It was descended from the Irish Volunteers, an organisation established on 25 November 1913 that staged the Easter Rising in April 1916...
bomb attack near OmaghOmaghOmagh is the county town of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated where the rivers Drumragh and Camowen meet to form the Strule. The town, which is the largest in the county, had a population of 19,910 at the 2001 Census. Omagh also contains the headquarters of Omagh District Council and...
, seven construction workers are killed and seven others injured. This is the highest number of casualties in an IRA attack since 1988. - The first MORI poll of 1992 shows the ConservativesConservative Party (UK)The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
three points ahead of LabourLabour Party (UK)The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
on 42%, while the Liberal Democrats have their best showing yet with 16% of the vote.
- In an IRA
- 18 January - John Major announces that the general election will be held on 9 April.
- 29 January - The Department of Health reveals that AIDSAIDSAcquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
cases among heterosexuals increased by 50% between 1990 and 1991. - 30 January - John MajorJohn MajorSir John Major, is a British Conservative politician, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990–1997...
agrees a weapons control deal with new Russian premier Boris YeltsinBoris YeltsinBoris Nikolayevich Yeltsin was the first President of the Russian Federation, serving from 1991 to 1999.Originally a supporter of Mikhail Gorbachev, Yeltsin emerged under the perestroika reforms as one of Gorbachev's most powerful political opponents. On 29 May 1990 he was elected the chairman of...
at 10 Downing Street10 Downing Street10 Downing Street, colloquially known in the United Kingdom as "Number 10", is the headquarters of Her Majesty's Government and the official residence and office of the First Lord of the Treasury, who is now always the Prime Minister....
.
February
- 2 February - Neil KinnockNeil KinnockNeil Gordon Kinnock, Baron Kinnock is a Welsh politician belonging to the Labour Party. He served as a Member of Parliament from 1970 until 1995 and as Labour Leader and Leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition from 1983 until 1992 - his leadership of the party during nearly nine years making him...
, Labour PartyLabour Party (UK)The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
leader, denies reports that he had a "KremlinKremlinA kremlin , same root as in kremen is a major fortified central complex found in historic Russian cities. This word is often used to refer to the best-known one, the Moscow Kremlin, or metonymically to the government that is based there...
connection" during the 1980s. - 6 February - The Queen celebrates her Ruby Jubilee.
- 7 February - Signature of the Maastricht TreatyMaastricht TreatyThe Maastricht Treaty was signed on 7 February 1992 by the members of the European Community in Maastricht, Netherlands. On 9–10 December 1991, the same city hosted the European Council which drafted the treaty...
. - 8 February–23 February - Great Britain and Northern Ireland compete at the Winter Olympics1992 Winter OlympicsThe 1992 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVI Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 8 to 23 February 1992 in Albertville, France. They were the last Winter Olympics to be held the same year as the Summer Olympics, and the first where the Winter Paralympics...
in AlbertvilleAlbertvilleAlbertville is a commune in the Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.The town is best known for hosting the 1992 Winter Olympics.-Geography:...
, France, but do not win any medals. - 9 February - Prime Minister John MajorJohn MajorSir John Major, is a British Conservative politician, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990–1997...
speaks of his hopes that the recession will soon be over as the economy is now showing signs of recovery. - 15 February - Neil KinnockNeil KinnockNeil Gordon Kinnock, Baron Kinnock is a Welsh politician belonging to the Labour Party. He served as a Member of Parliament from 1970 until 1995 and as Labour Leader and Leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition from 1983 until 1992 - his leadership of the party during nearly nine years making him...
, Labour Party leader, speaks of his belief that the Conservative government's failure to halt the current recession will win his party the forthcoming general election. - 18 February - David StevensDavid StevensDavid Stevens or Dave Stevens may refer to:* David Stevens, Baron Stevens of Ludgate , Conservative Independent peer in the House of Lords* David Stevens * David Stevens, vocalist for the band We Came as Romans...
, head of community relations, blames the recession for the recent rise in crime across Britain - most of all in deprived areas. - 20 February - Hopes of an end to the recession are dashed by government figures which reveal that GDP fell by 0.3% in the final quarter of 1991.
- 23 February - The London Business SchoolLondon Business SchoolLondon Business School is an international business school and a constituent college of the federal University of London, located in central London, beside Regent's Park...
predicts an economic growth rate of 1.2% for this year, sparking hopes that the recession is nearing its end. - March - Toyota launches the TMUK-built Carina E at the Geneva Motor Show.
March
- 6 March - ParliamentParliament of the United KingdomThe Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories, located in London...
passes the Further and Higher Education ActFurther and Higher Education Act 1992The Further and Higher Education Acts 1992 made changes in the funding and administration of further education and higher education within the United Kingdom. The most visible result was to allow thirty-five polytechnics to become universities. In addition the Act created bodies to fund higher...
, allowing polytechnicsPolytechnic (United Kingdom)A polytechnic was a type of tertiary education teaching institution in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. After the passage of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 they became universities which meant they could award their own degrees. The comparable institutions in Scotland were...
to become new universitiesNew UniversitiesThe term new universities has been used informally to refer to several different waves of new universities created or renamed as such in the United Kingdom. As early as 1928, the term was used to describe the then-new civic universities, such as Bristol University and the other "red brick...
. - 11 March
- John MajorJohn MajorSir John Major, is a British Conservative politician, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990–1997...
announces that the election will be held on 9 April. - Shadow Chancellor John Smith condemns the recent BudgetBudgetA budget is a financial plan and a list of all planned expenses and revenues. It is a plan for saving, borrowing and spending. A budget is an important concept in microeconomics, which uses a budget line to illustrate the trade-offs between two or more goods...
as a "missed opportunity" by the Conservatives, saying that they did "nothing" for jobs, training, skills, construction or economic recovery.
- John Major
- 13 March - The first ecumenical church in Britain, the Christ the Cornerstone Church in Milton KeynesMilton KeynesMilton Keynes , sometimes abbreviated MK, is a large town in Buckinghamshire, in the south east of England, about north-west of London. It is the administrative centre of the Borough of Milton Keynes...
is opened. - 17 March - Shadow Chancellor John Smith announces that there will be no tax reductions this year if Labour win the election.
- 19 March
- Buckingham PalaceBuckingham PalaceBuckingham Palace, in London, is the principal residence and office of the British monarch. Located in the City of Westminster, the palace is a setting for state occasions and royal hospitality...
announces that DukePrince Andrew, Duke of YorkPrince Andrew, Duke of York KG GCVO , is the second son, and third child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh...
and Duchess of YorkSarah, Duchess of YorkSarah, Duchess of York is a British charity patron, spokesperson, writer, film producer, television personality and former member of the British Royal Family. She is the former wife of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, whom she married from 1986 to 1996...
are to separate after six years of marriage. - Unemployment has reached 2,647,300 - 9.4% of the British workforce, the highest level since late 1987.
- Buckingham Palace
- 24 March
- Election campaigningUnited Kingdom general election, 1992The United Kingdom general election of 1992 was held on 9 April 1992, and was the fourth consecutive victory for the Conservative Party. This election result was one of the biggest surprises in 20th Century politics, as polling leading up to the day of the election showed Labour under leader Neil...
becomes dominated by the "War of Jennifer's EarWar of Jennifer's EarThe War of Jennifer's Ear is the name given to a 1992 controversy in United Kingdom politics, between the opposition Labour Party and the governing Conservative Party...
". - The editors of PunchPunch (magazine)Punch, or the London Charivari was a British weekly magazine of humour and satire established in 1841 by Henry Mayhew and engraver Ebenezer Landells. Historically, it was most influential in the 1840s and 50s, when it helped to coin the term "cartoon" in its modern sense as a humorous illustration...
, Britain's oldest satirical magazine, announce that it will be discontinued due to massive losses. It has been in circulation since 1841.
- Election campaigning
- 26 March - TelevisionTelevisionTelevision is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
entertainer Roy CastleRoy CastleRoy Castle OBE was an English dancer, singer, comedian, actor, television presenter and musician. He attended Honley High School, where there is now a building in his name...
(59), who currently presents Record BreakersRecord BreakersRecord Breakers was a British children's TV show, themed around world records and produced by the BBC and originally presented by Roy Castle with twin brothers Norris McWhirter and Ross McWhirter. It was broadcast on BBC1 from 15 December 1972 to 21 December 2001...
, announces that he is suffering from lung cancerLung cancerLung cancer is a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. If left untreated, this growth can spread beyond the lung in a process called metastasis into nearby tissue and, eventually, into other parts of the body. Most cancers that start in lung, known as primary...
. - 29 March - John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer and father of Princess Diana, dies suddenly from pneumoniaPneumoniaPneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung—especially affecting the microscopic air sacs —associated with fever, chest symptoms, and a lack of air space on a chest X-ray. Pneumonia is typically caused by an infection but there are a number of other causes...
at the age of 68.
April
- April – Statistics show that the first quarter of this year saw the economy grow for the second quarter running, the sequel to five successive quarters of detraction, though the growth was still too narrow for the recession to be declared over.
- 1 April - The latest opinion polls show a narrow lead for Labour, which would force a hung parliamentHung parliamentIn a two-party parliamentary system of government, a hung parliament occurs when neither major political party has an absolute majority of seats in the parliament . It is also less commonly known as a balanced parliament or a legislature under no overall control...
in the election next week. - 4 April - Party PoliticsParty Politics (horse)Party Politics was a Thoroughbred racehorse most famous for his victory in the 1992 Grand National at Aintree Racecourse, ridden by Carl Llewellyn, trained by Nick Gaselee and owned by Patricia Thompson...
becomes the tallest horse to win the Grand NationalGrand NationalThe Grand National is a world-famous National Hunt horse race which is held annually at Aintree Racecourse, near Liverpool, England. It is a handicap chase run over a distance of four miles and 856 yards , with horses jumping thirty fences over two circuits of Aintree's National Course...
. - 5 April - At his pre-election speech, Neil Kinnock promises a strong economic recovery if he leads the Labour party to election victory on Thursday.
- 6 April - Women's Royal Army CorpsWomen's Royal Army CorpsThe Women's Royal Army Corps was the corps to which all women in the British Army except medical, dental and veterinary officers and chaplains and nurses belonged from 1949 to 1992.-History:The...
disbanded, its members being fully absorbed into the regular British ArmyBritish ArmyThe British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
. - 7 April - The final MORI poll before the general election shows Labour one point ahead of the Conservatives on 39%, while the Liberal Democrats continue to enjoy a surge in popularity with 20% of the vote. Most opinion polls show a similar situation, hinting at either a narrow Labour majority or a hung parliament.
- 9 April - General ElectionUnited Kingdom general election, 1992The United Kingdom general election of 1992 was held on 9 April 1992, and was the fourth consecutive victory for the Conservative Party. This election result was one of the biggest surprises in 20th Century politics, as polling leading up to the day of the election showed Labour under leader Neil...
: The Conservative PartyConservative Party (UK)The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
are re-elected for a fourth term, in their first election under John MajorJohn MajorSir John Major, is a British Conservative politician, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990–1997...
's leadership. Their majority is reduced to 21 seats but they have attracted more than 14,000,000 votes - the highest number of votes ever attracted in a general election. Notable retirements from parliament at this election include Margaret ThatcherMargaret ThatcherMargaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990...
(Conservative prime minister for over eleven years until her resignation seventeen months ago) and the former Labour Party leader Michael FootMichael FootMichael Mackintosh Foot, FRSL, PC was a British Labour Party politician, journalist and author, who was a Member of Parliament from 1945 to 1955 and from 1960 until 1992...
. - 10 April
- Provisional Irish Republican ArmyProvisional Irish Republican ArmyThe Provisional Irish Republican Army is an Irish republican paramilitary organisation whose aim was to remove Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom and bring about a socialist republic within a united Ireland by force of arms and political persuasion...
detonates two bombs at the Baltic ExchangeBaltic ExchangeThe Baltic Exchange is the world's only independent source of maritime market information for the trading and settlement of physical and derivative contracts...
in central London, killing three. - With the government's victory in the election confirmed, John Major assures the public that he will lead the country out of recession that has blighted it for nearly two years.
- Provisional Irish Republican Army
- 11 April - Publication of The SunThe Sun (newspaper)The Sun is a daily national tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom and owned by News Corporation. Sister editions are published in Glasgow and Dublin...
newspaper's iconic front page headline 'It's The Sun Wot Won ItIt's The Sun Wot Won It"It's The Sun Wot Won It" is a famous headline that appeared on the front-page of The Sun on Saturday 11 April 1992, and has since become a political catch phrase in the United Kingdom.-Origin:...
', as the tabloid newspaper claims it won the general election for the Conservatives with its anti-Kinnock front page headline on election day. - 13 April
- Neil KinnockNeil KinnockNeil Gordon Kinnock, Baron Kinnock is a Welsh politician belonging to the Labour Party. He served as a Member of Parliament from 1970 until 1995 and as Labour Leader and Leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition from 1983 until 1992 - his leadership of the party during nearly nine years making him...
resigns as leader of the Labour PartyLabour Party (UK)The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
following the defeat of his party in the General Election. he had led the party for eight-and-a-half years since October 1983, and was the longest serving opposition leader in British political history. - The Princess RoyalAnne, Princess RoyalPrincess Anne, Princess Royal , is the only daughter of Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh...
announces her divorce from Capt Mark PhillipsMark Phillips-Ancestry:-Issue:-Sources:...
after 18 years of marriage, having separated in 1989.
- Neil Kinnock
- 16 April - Unemployment has now risen 23 months in succession, but the March rise in unemployment was the smallest monthly rise so far.
- 17–20 April - Lost Gardens of HeliganLost Gardens of HeliganThe Lost Gardens of Heligan, near Mevagissey in Cornwall, are one of the most popular botanical gardens in the UK. The style of the gardens is typical of the nineteenth century Gardenesque style, with areas of different character and in different design styles.The gardens were created by members of...
in CornwallCornwallCornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
first opened to the public. - 27 April - Betty BoothroydBetty BoothroydBetty Boothroyd, Baroness Boothroyd, OM, PC is a British politician, who served as Member of Parliament for West Bromwich and West Bromwich West from 1973 to 2000, initially for the Labour Party and, from 1992 to 2000, as Speaker of the House of Commons...
, 62-year-old Labour MP for West Bromwich WestWest Bromwich West- Elections in the 2000s :- Elections in the 1990s :-Notes and references:...
in the West MidlandsWest Midlands (county)The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a 2009 estimated population of 2,638,700. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. The...
, is elected as Speaker of the House of CommonsSpeaker of the British House of CommonsThe Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, the United Kingdom's lower chamber of Parliament. The current Speaker is John Bercow, who was elected on 22 June 2009, following the resignation of Michael Martin...
, the first woman to hold the position.
May
- 6 May - John Major promises British voters improved services and more money to spend.
- 12 May - Plans are unveiled for a fifth terminal at Heathrow Airport, which is now the busiest airport in the world.
- May - Twenty-two "Maastricht RebelsMaastricht RebelsThe Maastricht Rebels were British Members of Parliament belonging to the then governing Conservative Party who refused to support the government of John Major in a series of votes in the House of Commons on the issue of the implementation of the Maastricht Treaty in British law.The Maastrict...
" vote against the government on the second reading of the European Communities (Amendment) Bill. - 17 May - Nigel MansellNigel MansellNigel Ernest James Mansell OBE is a British racing driver who won both the Formula One World Championship and the CART Indy Car World Series...
gains the 26th Grand PrixGrand Prix motor racingGrand Prix motor racing has its roots in organised automobile racing that began in France as far back as 1894. It quickly evolved from a simple road race from one town to the next, to endurance tests for car and driver...
win of his racing career at ImolaImolathumb|250px|The Cathedral of Imola.Imola is a town and comune in the province of Bologna, located on the Santerno river, in the Emilia-Romagna region of north-central Italy...
, San MarinoSan MarinoSan Marino, officially the Republic of San Marino , is a state situated on the Italian Peninsula on the eastern side of the Apennine Mountains. It is an enclave surrounded by Italy. Its size is just over with an estimated population of over 30,000. Its capital is the City of San Marino...
. He is now the most successful British driver in Grand Prix races, and the fourth worldwide.
June
- June - Cones HotlineCones HotlineThe Cones Hotline was a hotline introduced in June 1992 by the then Prime Minister, John Major to allow members of the public to enquire about roadworks on the country's roads and report areas where traffic cones had been deployed on a road for no apparent reason...
introduced enabling members of the public to complain about traffic coneTraffic coneTraffic cones, also called traffic pylons, road cones, highway cones, safety cones, construction cones or witches' hats or safety wizards, are usually cone-shaped markers that are placed on roads or footpaths to temporarily redirect traffic in a safe manner...
s being deployed on a road for no apparent reason. - 7 June - A controversial new biography of Diana, Princess of WalesDiana, Princess of WalesDiana, Princess of Wales was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, whom she married on 29 July 1981, and an international charity and fundraising figure, as well as a preeminent celebrity of the late 20th century...
, Diana: Her True Story, written by Andrew MortonAndrew Morton (writer)Andrew David Morton is a former British Fleet Street journalist, a notable writer and biographer.Before moving into a career in journalism, he attended grammar school, then studied history at the University of Sussex....
, is published, revealing that she has made five suicide attempts following her discovery that The Prince of Wales had resumed an affair with his previous girlfriend Mrs Parker-Bowles shortly after Prince William's birth in 1982. - 17 June - Almost 2,700,000 people are now out of work as unemployment continues to rise.
- 25 June - GDPGross domestic productGross domestic product refers to the market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period. GDP per capita is often considered an indicator of a country's standard of living....
is reported to have fallen by 0.5% in the first quarter of this year as the recession continues. - 30 June - Margaret ThatcherMargaret ThatcherMargaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990...
takes her place in the House of LordsHouse of LordsThe House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....
as Baroness Thatcher, nineteen months after resigning as Prime MinisterPrime Minister of the United KingdomThe Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the Head of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Sovereign, to Parliament, to their political party and...
.
July
- July - Statistics show that the economy contracted during the second quarter of this year.
- 2 July - The IRAIrish Republican ArmyThe Irish Republican Army was an Irish republican revolutionary military organisation. It was descended from the Irish Volunteers, an organisation established on 25 November 1913 that staged the Easter Rising in April 1916...
admits to murdering three men whose bodies were found by the army at various locations around ArmaghArmaghArmagh is a large settlement in Northern Ireland, and the county town of County Armagh. It is a site of historical importance for both Celtic paganism and Christianity and is the seat, for both the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of Ireland, of the Archbishop of Armagh...
last night. The men are believed to have been informers employed by MI5MI5The Security Service, commonly known as MI5 , is the United Kingdom's internal counter-intelligence and security agency and is part of its core intelligence machinery alongside the Secret Intelligence Service focused on foreign threats, Government Communications Headquarters and the Defence...
. - 10 July - One of the first major signs of economic recovery is shown as inflation falls from 4.3% to 3.9%.
- 17 July
- John Smith is elected leader of the Labour Party.
- Official opening of Manchester MetrolinkManchester MetrolinkMetrolink is a light rail system in Greater Manchester, England. It consists of four lines which converge in Manchester city centre and terminate in Bury, Altrincham, Eccles and Chorlton-cum-Hardy. The system is owned by Transport for Greater Manchester and operated under contract by RATP Group...
, the first new-generation light railLight railLight rail or light rail transit is a form of urban rail public transportation that generally has a lower capacity and lower speed than heavy rail and metro systems, but higher capacity and higher speed than traditional street-running tram systems...
system with street running in the British Isles.
- 21 July - British AirwaysBritish AirwaysBritish Airways is the flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom, based in Waterside, near its main hub at London Heathrow Airport. British Airways is the largest airline in the UK based on fleet size, international flights and international destinations...
announces a takeover of USAir. - 23 July - Three months after losing the general election, Labour finish four points ahead of the Conservatives in a MORI poll, with 43% of the vote.
- 25 July–9 August - Great Britain and Northern IrelandGreat Britain and Northern Ireland at the 1992 Summer OlympicsThe United Kingdom competed as Great Britain at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. A total of 371 athletes represented Great Britain and the team won twenty medals, five gold, three silver and twelve bronze...
compete at the Olympics1992 Summer OlympicsThe 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...
in BarcelonaBarcelonaBarcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
and win 5 gold, 3 silver and 12 bronze medals. - 27 July - Alan ShearerAlan ShearerAlan Shearer OBE, DL is a retired English footballer. He played as a striker in the top level of English league football for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United and for the England national team...
becomes BritainUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
's most expensive footballer in a £3.6 million transfer from SouthamptonSouthampton F.C.Southampton Football Club is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints, based in the city of Southampton, Hampshire. The club gained promotion to the Championship from League One in the 2010–2011 season after being relegated in 2009. Their home ground is the St Mary's Stadium, where the club...
to Blackburn RoversBlackburn Rovers F.C.Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....
. Shearer, who turns 22 next month, was a member of EnglandEngland national football teamThe England national football team represents England in association football and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England is the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside Scotland, whom they played in the world's first...
's Euro 92 national squad, having scored on his debut in a friendly international against FranceFrance national football teamThe France national football team represents the nation of France in international football. It is fielded by the French Football Federation , the governing body of football in France, and competes as a member of UEFA, which encompasses the countries of Europe...
earlier this year.
August
- 20 August - Intimate photographs of the Duchess of YorkSarah, Duchess of YorkSarah, Duchess of York is a British charity patron, spokesperson, writer, film producer, television personality and former member of the British Royal Family. She is the former wife of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, whom she married from 1986 to 1996...
and a Texan businessman, John Bryan, are published in the Daily Mirror. - 27 August - Hugh McKiben (aged 19) becomes the 3,000th victim of the sectarian violence in Northern IrelandNorthern IrelandNorthern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
which began in 1969.
September
- 5 September - Italian supercar manufacturer FerrariFerrariFerrari S.p.A. is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1929, as Scuderia Ferrari, the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street-legal vehicles as Ferrari S.p.A. in 1947...
announces that its Formula OneFormula OneFormula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1 and referred to officially as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of single seater auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The "formula" designation in the name refers to a set of rules with which...
division will be designing and manufacturing cars in Britain. - 13 September - Nigel Mansell announces his retirement from Formula One racing.
- 16 September - "Black WednesdayBlack WednesdayIn politics and economics, Black Wednesday refers to the events of 16 September 1992 when the British Conservative government was forced to withdraw the pound sterling from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism after they were unable to keep it above its agreed lower limit...
" sees the government suspending Britain's membership of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism following a wave of speculation against the PoundPound sterlingThe pound sterling , commonly called the pound, is the official currency of the United Kingdom, its Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, British Antarctic Territory and Tristan da Cunha. It is subdivided into 100 pence...
. - 17 September - There is more bad news for the economy as unemployment is at a five-year high of 2,845,508, and experts warn that it will soon hit 3,000,000 for the first time since early 1987.
- 18 September - The latest MORI poll shows the Labour Party four points ahead of the Conservatives at 43%, following the events of Black Wednesday two days earlier.
- 24 September - David MellorDavid MellorDavid John Mellor, QC is a British politician, non-practising barrister, broadcaster, journalist and football pundit. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet of Prime Minister John Major as Chief Secretary to the Treasury and Secretary of State for National Heritage , before...
resigns as Heritage Minister amid tabloid press speculation that he had been conducting an adulterousAdulteryAdultery is sexual infidelity to one's spouse, and is a form of extramarital sex. It originally referred only to sex between a woman who was married and a person other than her spouse. Even in cases of separation from one's spouse, an extramarital affair is still considered adultery.Adultery is...
affair with actress Antonia de SanchaAntonia de SanchaAntonia de Sancha is an actress and businesswoman known to have had an affair with British Conservative Member of Parliament and Cabinet member David Mellor in 1992...
. - 30 September - The Royal MintRoyal MintThe Royal Mint is the body permitted to manufacture, or mint, coins in the United Kingdom. The Mint originated over 1,100 years ago, but since 2009 it operates as Royal Mint Ltd, a company which has an exclusive contract with HM Treasury to supply all coinage for the UK...
introduces a new 10-pence coin which is lighter and smaller than the previous coin.
October
- October
- First Cochrane CentreCochrane CollaborationThe Cochrane Collaboration is a group of over 28,000 volunteers in more than 100 countries who review the effects of health care interventions tested in biomedical randomized controlled trials. A few more recent reviews have also studied the results of non-randomized, observational studies...
opens. - Statistics show a return to economic growth for the third quarter of this year.
- First Cochrane Centre
- 9 October - Two suspected IRA bombs explode in London, but there are no injuries.
- 13 October - The government announces the closure of a third of Britain's deep coal mines, with the loss of 31,000 jobs.
- 14 October - The England football team begins its qualification campaign for the 1994 FIFA World Cup1994 FIFA World CupThe 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 15th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in nine cities across the United States from June 17 to July 17, 1994. The United States was chosen as the host by FIFA on July 4, 1988...
with a 1-1 draw against NorwayNorway national football teamThe Norway national football team represents Norway in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of Norway, the governing body for football in Norway. Norway's home ground is Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo and their head coach is Egil Olsen...
at Wembley Stadium. - 15 October - The value of the pound sterlingPound sterlingThe pound sterling , commonly called the pound, is the official currency of the United Kingdom, its Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, British Antarctic Territory and Tristan da Cunha. It is subdivided into 100 pence...
is reported to have dipped further as the recession deepens. - 16 October - The government attempts to tackle the recession by cutting the base interest rate to 8% - the lowest since June 1988.
- 19 October - John Major announces that only ten deep coal mines will be closed.
- 25 October - Around 100,000 people protest in London against the government's pit closure plans.
- 26 October - British SteelBritish SteelBritish Steel was a major British steel producer. It originated as a nationalised industry, the British Steel Corporation , formed in 1967. This was converted to a public limited company, British Steel PLC, and privatised in 1988. It was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index...
announces a 20% production cut as a result in falling demand from its worldwide customer base. - 30 October - IRA terrorists force a taxi driver to drive to Downing StreetDowning StreetDowning Street in London, England has for over two hundred years housed the official residences of two of the most senior British cabinet ministers: the First Lord of the Treasury, an office now synonymous with that of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and the Second Lord of the Treasury, an...
at gunpoint and once there they detonate a bomb, but there are no injuries.
November
- 11 November - The Church of EnglandChurch of EnglandThe Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
votes to allow women to become priests. - 12 November
- British Telecom reports a £1.03 billion profit for the half year ending 30 September - a fall of 36.2% on the previous half year figure, as a result of the thousands of redundancies it has made this year due to the recession.
- Unemployment has continued to climb and is now approaching 2,900,000. It has risen every month since June 1990, when it was below 1,700,000. The current level has not been seen since mid-1987.
- 16 November - Hoxne HoardHoxne HoardThe Hoxne Hoard is the largest hoard of late Roman silver and gold discovered in Britain, and the largest collection of gold and silver coins of the fourth and fifth century found anywhere within the Roman Empire...
discovered by metal detectorist Eric Lawes in SuffolkSuffolkSuffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
. - 19 November - The High CourtHigh Court of JusticeThe High Court of Justice is, together with the Court of Appeal and the Crown Court, one of the Senior Courts of England and Wales...
rules that doctors can disconnect feeding tubes from Tony BlandTony BlandAnthony David Bland was a supporter of Liverpool F.C. injured in the Hillsborough disaster. He suffered severe brain damage that left him in a persistent vegetative state whereby the hospital, with the support of his parents, applied for a court order allowing him to 'die with dignity'...
, a 21-year-old man who has been in a comaComaIn medicine, a coma is a state of unconsciousness, lasting more than 6 hours in which a person cannot be awakened, fails to respond normally to painful stimuli, light or sound, lacks a normal sleep-wake cycle and does not initiate voluntary actions. A person in a state of coma is described as...
since the Hillsborough disasterHillsborough disasterThe Hillsborough disaster was a human crush that occurred on 15 April 1989 at Hillsborough, a football stadium, the home of Sheffield Wednesday F.C. in Sheffield, England, resulting in the deaths of 96 people, and 766 being injured, all fans of Liverpool F.C....
on 15 April 1989. Mr Bland, of LiverpoolLiverpoolLiverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
, suffered massive brain damage in the disaster which claimed the lives of 95 people and doctors treating him say that there is no reasonable possibility that he could recover consciousness and in his current condition would be unlikely to survive more than five years. - 20 November - Fire breaks out in Windsor Castle, badly damaging the castle and causing over £50 million worth of damage.
- 24 November - The Queen describes this year as an Annus HorribilisAnnus horribilisAnnus horribilis is a Latin phrase meaning "horrible year", or alternatively, "year of horrors". It alludes to annus mirabilis meaning "year of wonders".-Elizabeth II:...
(horrible year) due to various scandals damaging the image of the Royal Family, as well as the Windsor Castle fire. - 26 November - The Queen is to be taxed from next year, marking the end of almost 60 tax-free years for the British monarchy.
- 29 November - Ethnic minorities now account for more than 3,000,000 (over 5%) of the British population.
December
- 1 December - The first episode of the children's series The Animals of Farthing Wood.
- 3 December - 65 people are injured by an IRAIrish Republican ArmyThe Irish Republican Army was an Irish republican revolutionary military organisation. It was descended from the Irish Volunteers, an organisation established on 25 November 1913 that staged the Easter Rising in April 1916...
bomb in ManchesterManchesterManchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
city centre but there are no fatalities. - 9 December - The separation of Charles, Prince of WalesCharles, Prince of WalesPrince Charles, Prince of Wales is the heir apparent and eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Since 1958 his major title has been His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales. In Scotland he is additionally known as The Duke of Rothesay...
and Diana, Princess of WalesDiana, Princess of WalesDiana, Princess of Wales was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, whom she married on 29 July 1981, and an international charity and fundraising figure, as well as a preeminent celebrity of the late 20th century...
is announced following months of speculation about their marriage, but there are no plans for a divorce and prime minister John Major announces that Diana could still become Queen. - 11 December - The last MORI poll of 1992 shows Labour thirteen points ahead of the Conservatives on 47%, just three months after several polls had shown the latter in the lead. Black Wednesday, which has damaged much of the government's reputation for monetary excellence, is largely blamed for the fall in Conservative support.
- 12 December - Marriage of Anne, Princess RoyalAnne, Princess RoyalPrincess Anne, Princess Royal , is the only daughter of Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh...
, and Timothy LaurenceTimothy LaurenceVice Admiral Sir Timothy James Hamilton Laurence, KCVO, CB, ADC is a senior British naval officer and the second husband of HRH The Princess Royal, the only daughter of HM The Queen...
. - 16 December -
- - Four people are injured by IRA bombs in Oxford StreetOxford StreetOxford Street is a major thoroughfare in the City of Westminster in the West End of London, United Kingdom. It is Europe's busiest shopping street, as well as its most dense, and currently has approximately 300 shops. The street was formerly part of the London-Oxford road which began at Newgate,...
, London. - - JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese carmaker Toyota opens a factory at BurnastonBurnastonBurnaston is a village located in Derbyshire, just south of the city of Derby.The village is famous for its huge Toyota car plant - one of several British car plants built by Japanese carmakers as part of cost-saving measures to avoid such expenses as import duties and shipping costs...
, near DerbyDerbyDerby , is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands region of England. It lies upon the banks of the River Derwent and is located in the south of the ceremonial county of Derbyshire. In the 2001 census, the population of the city was 233,700, whilst that of the Derby Urban Area was 229,407...
, which produces the CarinaToyota CarinaReleased in Japan August 1977, the next-generation Carina was available in Germany in December 1977 and in other European countries during 1978. In most markets it was fitted with the same 1,588 cc 2T engine as its predecessor. In the Carina, an output of was claimed...
family saloon.
- - Four people are injured by IRA bombs in Oxford Street
- 17 December - The national unemployment level has risen to more than 2,900,000, with the unemployment rate in the south-east of England now above 10% for the first time.
- 23 December - The Queen's Royal Christmas MessageRoyal Christmas MessageThe Queen's Christmas Message is a broadcast made by the sovereign of the Commonwealth realms to the Commonwealth of Nations each Christmas. The tradition began in 1932 with a radio broadcast by George V on the British Broadcasting Corporation Empire Service...
is leaked in The SunThe Sun (newspaper)The Sun is a daily national tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom and owned by News Corporation. Sister editions are published in Glasgow and Dublin...
newspaper, 48 hours ahead of its traditional Christmas Day broadcast on television. - 31 December - The ORACLEORACLE (teletext)ORACLE was a commercial teletext service first broadcast on ITV in 1974 and later on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom, finally ending on both channels at 23:59 GMT on 31 December 1992....
teletextTeletextTeletext is a television information retrieval service developed in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s. It offers a range of text-based information, typically including national, international and sporting news, weather and TV schedules...
service is discontinued on ITVITVITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
and Channel 4Channel 4Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
to be replaced by a new service operated by the Teletext Ltd.Teletext Ltd.Teletext Ltd was the provider of teletext and digital interactive services for ITV, Channel 4 and Five in the United Kingdom.-Origins:Teletext Ltd started providing teletext services for ITV and Channel 4 on 1 January 1993, replacing the previous Oracle service which had lost the franchise...
consortium. It had been launched on ITV in 1974 and had been used by Channel 4 since its inception in 1982.
Undated
- Inflation has fallen to a six-year low to 3.7%.
- The Saatchi GallerySaatchi GalleryThe Saatchi Gallery is a London gallery for contemporary art, opened by Charles Saatchi in 1985 in order to exhibit his collection to the public. It has occupied different premises, first in North London, then the South Bank by the River Thames and currently in Chelsea. Saatchi's collection, and...
in London stages the Young British ArtistsYoung British ArtistsYoung British Artists or YBAs is the name given to a loose group of visual artists who first began to exhibit together in London, in 1988...
exhibition, featuring Damien HirstDamien HirstDamien Steven Hirst is an English artist, entrepreneur and art collector. He is the most prominent member of the group known as the Young British Artists , who dominated the art scene in Britain during the 1990s. He is internationally renowned, and is reportedly Britain's richest living artist,...
's "shark", The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone LivingThe Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone LivingThe Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living is an artwork created in 1991 by Damien Hirst, an English artist and a leading member of the "Young British Artists" . It consists of a tiger shark preserved in formaldehyde in a vitrine. It was originally commissioned in 1991 by...
. - Stella RimingtonStella RimingtonDame Stella Rimington, DCB is a British author, who was the Director General of MI5 from 1992 to 1996. She was the first female DG of MI5, and the first DG whose name was publicised on appointment...
is appointed as the first female Director General of MI5. - Barbara MillsBarbara MillsDame Barbara Jean Lyon Mills, DBE, QC was a British barrister. She held various senior public appointments including Director of Public Prosecutions, and was widely seen as a pioneer for women gaining such appointments in the higher echelons of the legal profession...
is appointed as the first female Director of Public ProsecutionsDirector of Public Prosecutions (England and Wales)The Director of Public Prosecutions of England and Wales is a senior prosecutor, appointed by the Attorney General. First created in 1879, the office was unified with that of the Treasury Solicitor less than a decade later before again becoming independent in 1908...
. - Graham NortonGraham NortonGraham William Walker, known by his stage name Graham Norton , is an Irish actor, comedian, television presenter and columnist...
debuts on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. - Most leading retailers, including WH Smith, withdraw vinyl records from stock due to a sharp decline in sales brought on by the rising popularity of compact discCompact DiscThe Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
s and audio cassettes.
Publications
- Douglas AdamsDouglas AdamsDouglas Noel Adams was an English writer and dramatist. He is best known as the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which started life in 1978 as a BBC radio comedy before developing into a "trilogy" of five books that sold over 15 million copies in his lifetime, a television...
' novel Mostly HarmlessMostly HarmlessMostly Harmless is a novel by Douglas Adams and the fifth book in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series. It is described on the cover of the first editions as "The fifth book in the increasingly inaccurately named Hitchhikers Trilogy"...
. - Iain BanksIain BanksIain Banks is a Scottish writer. He writes mainstream fiction under the name Iain Banks, and science fiction as Iain M. Banks, including the initial of his adopted middle name Menzies...
' novel The Crow RoadThe Crow RoadThe Crow Road is a novel by the Scottish writer Iain Banks, published in 1992.-Plot introduction:Prentice McHoan's life, growing up in a complex but coherent Scottish family with many mysteries is described, seen through his preoccupations with death, sex, relationships, drink and God, with the...
. - Louis de BernièresLouis de BernièresLouis de Bernières is a British novelist most famous for his fourth novel, Captain Corelli's Mandolin. In 1993 de Bernières was selected as one of the "20 Best of Young British Novelists", part of a promotion in Granta magazine...
' novel The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal GuzmanThe Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal GuzmanThe Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman is a novel by Louis de Bernières, first published in 1992. It is the last of his Latin American trilogy, following on from The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts and Señor Vivo and the Coca Lord....
. - Nick HornbyNick HornbyNick Hornby is an English novelist, essayist and screenwriter. He is best known for the novels High Fidelity, About a Boy, and for the football memoir Fever Pitch. His work frequently touches upon music, sport, and the aimless and obsessive natures of his protagonists.-Life and career:Hornby was...
's novel Fever PitchFever PitchFever Pitch: A Fan's Life is the title of a 1992 autobiographical book by British author Nick Hornby. The book is the basis for two films: Fever Pitch was released in 1997, and Fever Pitch in 2005...
. - Ian McEwanIan McEwanIan Russell McEwan CBE, FRSA, FRSL is a British novelist and screenwriter, and one of Britain's most highly regarded writers. In 2008, The Times named him among their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945"....
's novel Black DogsBlack DogsBlack Dogs is a 1992 novel by the Booker Prize-winning British author Ian McEwan.-Summary:The novel concerns the aftermath of the Nazi era in Europe, and how the fall of the Berlin Wall in the late 1980s affected those who once saw Communism as a way forward for society...
. - Terry PratchettTerry PratchettSir Terence David John "Terry" Pratchett, OBE is an English novelist, known for his frequently comical work in the fantasy genre. He is best known for his popular and long-running Discworld series of comic fantasy novels...
's DiscworldDiscworldDiscworld is a comic fantasy book series by English author Sir Terry Pratchett, set on the Discworld, a flat world balanced on the backs of four elephants which, in turn, stand on the back of a giant turtle, Great A'Tuin. The books frequently parody, or at least take inspiration from, J. R. R....
novels Small Gods and Lords and LadiesLords and Ladies (novel)Lords and Ladies is the fourteenth Discworld book by Terry Pratchett. It was originally published in 1992.-Synopsis:At the end of Witches Abroad, Magrat Garlick, Nanny Ogg and Granny Weatherwax left Genua bound for home, in Lancre...
; and his Johnny MaxwellJohnny MaxwellJohnny Maxwell is a fictional character in a series of three children's books by Terry Pratchett. He is a young boy living in the typical late-20th-century English town of Blackbury .Johnny has a difficult home life...
novel Only You Can Save MankindOnly You Can Save MankindOnly You Can Save Mankind is the first novel in the Johnny Maxwell trilogy of children's books and fifth young adult novel by Terry Pratchett, author of the Discworld sequence of books. The following novels in the Johnny Maxwell Trilogy are Johnny and the Dead and Johnny and the Bomb...
. - Barry UnsworthBarry UnsworthBarry Unsworth is a British novelist who is known for novels with historical themes. He has published 15 novels, and has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times, winning once for the 1992 novel Sacred Hunger....
's novel Sacred HungerSacred HungerSacred Hunger is a historical novel by Barry Unsworth first published in 1992. It shared the Booker Prize that year with Michael Ondaatje's The English Patient....
.
January
- 1 January
- Corey BarnesCorey BarnesCorey Barnes is an English professional footballer who plays for Darlington, as a midfielder.-Career:Born in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, Barnes made his senior debut at the age of 16 for Darlington on 3 March 2009, against Notts County...
, footballer - Andrai JonesAndrai JonesAndrai Ricardo Jones is an English footballer who plays as a Defender for Bury.-Career:Jones began his career playing for youth side Kingsley United Football Club in Toxteth, Liverpool....
, footballer - Jack WilshereJack WilshereJack Andrew Garry Wilshere is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Arsenal and the England national team....
, footballer
- Corey Barnes
- 4 January - Jamie GriffithsJamie GriffithsJamie Griffiths is an English footballer who plays for Football League Championship club Ipswich Town as a midfielder.-Ipswich Town:...
, footballer - 5 January - Louis AlmondLouis AlmondLouis James Almond is an English professional football player. He plays as a forward for Barrow AFC on loan from Blackpool.-Career:...
, footballer - 8 January - Kenny McLeanKenny McLeanKenneth "Kenny" McLean is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Scottish Premier League club St. Mirren, as a central or left midfielder....
, footballer - 10 January - Daniel Boateng, footballer
- 14 January - Tom EavesTom EavesThomas "Tom" James Eaves is an English football player who plays for Bolton Wanderers.-Oldham Athletic:He joined Oldham Athletic's Centre of Excellence as a youth player at Under-15 age group having previously been at Crewe Alexandra.He made his Football League debut on 23 January 2010 as a...
, footballer - 15 January - John BostockJohn BostockJohn Joseph Bostock is an English footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Tottenham Hotspur.-Crystal Palace:...
, footballer - 16 January - Josh DawkinJosh DawkinJoshua George "Josh" Dawkin is an English-born Welsh footballer who plays for Kettering Town on loan from Norwich City as a midfielder.-Career:Born in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, Dawkin has represented Wales at under-17 and 19 levels...
, footballer - 22 January - Reece ConnollyReece ConnollyReece William Connolly is an English footballer and currently plays for Farnborough on loan from Aldershot Town.-Early career:Connolly started as a schoolboy at Crystal Palace before joining Aldershot Town...
, footballer - 24 January - Becky DownieBecky DownieRebecca Lauren Downie is a British gymnast from Nottingham, England.-Early career:Downie began training in gymnastics at the age of 7 at Bigwood Gymnastics Club before moving to Notts Gymnastics Club as she continued to succeed. There, coached by Claire Starkey, she has won many junior titles...
, gymnast - 30 January - Thomas Ince, footballer
- 31 January - James HurstJames Hurst (footballer)James Hurst is an English footballer who plays for Shrewsbury Town on loan from West Bromwich Albion as a defender.-Career:...
, footballer
February
- 1 February
- Kamil Ahmet ÇörekçiKamil Ahmet ÇörekçiKamil Ahmet Çörekçi also known as Kamil Tevfik is a Turkish Cypriot professional footballer who currently plays as a defensive midfielder for Bucaspor in the Süper Lig. Born in London, Çörekçi attended Cateram High School and was a key member of the Redbridge District team Coached by Benn Goddard...
, footballer - Lewis HornerLewis HornerLewis Horner is an English-born Scottish footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Scottish Third Division club East Stirlingshire on loan from Hibernian.-Hibernian:...
, footballer
- Kamil Ahmet Çörekçi
- 2 February - Ben CoxBen CoxOliver Benjamin Cox is an English cricketer who plays county cricket for Worcestershire.Cox has been associated with Worcestershire for some years, having played at Under-13, Under-15 and Under-17 level, although not originally as a wicket-keeper.He captained the Under-17 side against Somerset...
, cricketer - 7 February - Jose BaxterJose BaxterJose Baxter is an English footballer who plays for Tranmere Rovers on loan from Everton as a striker. He has represented England youth teams at every age group up to Under-17's.-Early life:He was born in Bootle, liverpool...
, footballer - 8 February - Carl JenkinsonCarl JenkinsonCarl Daniel Jenkinson is a footballer with dual English and Finnish nationality who plays for Arsenal as a defender. He has a British father and a Finnish mother, and has represented both England and Finland at youth international level....
, footballer - 9 February - Josh FullerJosh FullerJoshua Piers "Josh" Fuller is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Northern Counties East League side Grimsby Borough...
, footballer - 11 February
- Blair DunlopBlair DunlopBlair Dunlop is an English actor and musician. He used to attend Repton School, Derbyshire, England, the same school as attended by Roald Dahl, author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. He has now taken a year out before university to concentrate on his musical aspirations...
, actor and musician - Georgia GroomeGeorgia Groome-Career:Groome was one of the eight young adventurers on Serious Amazon in 2006 for CBBC. Groome had a well received starring role in the 2008 film Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging....
, actress
- Blair Dunlop
- 14 February - Freddie HighmoreFreddie HighmoreAlfred Thomas "Freddie" Highmore is an English actor. He is best known for his roles in the films Finding Neverland, Five Children and It, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Arthur and the Invisibles, August Rush, The Golden Compass, The Spiderwick Chronicles, and Toast.-Early life:Highmore was...
, actor - 17 February - Reiss BeckfordReiss BeckfordReiss Beckford is an English gymnast from Enfield, London. In October 2010 he was part of the team which won the silver medal for England in the gymnastics in the men's artistic all-around team event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games...
, gymnast - 20 February - Sam MantomSam MantomSamuel Stephen Mantom is an English footballer playing as a midfielder for West Bromwich Albion in the Premier League.-Career:Prior to joining West Bromwich Albion he was a youth player for Walsall F.C...
, footballer - 21 February
- Chris BrownChris Brown (footballer born 1992)Christopher Robert Brown is a professional English footballer who plays as a defender for Droylsden.-Career:Brown made his debut on 1 September for Rochdale in their 2–1 home defeat to Bradford City in the Football League Trophy, replacing David Flitcroft in the 85th minute as a substitute...
, footballer - Phil JonesPhil Jones (footballer)Philip Anthony "Phil" Jones is an English footballer who plays for Manchester United and the England national team. Before joining Manchester United, Jones played for Blackburn Rovers at both youth and senior levels...
, footballer
- Chris Brown
- 26 February - James EvertonJames EvertonJames Everton is a radio presenter and producer in the United Kingdom. He currently presents regular shows on Q Radio , 97.4 Rock FM in Preston, Lancashire and The Hits Radio Breakfast .-Early career:...
, radio presenter
March
- 4 March
- Kieran DuffieKieran DuffieKieran Duffie is a professional Football player currently playing as a Defender for Falkirk F.C. in the Scottish First Division.-Falkirk:...
, footballer - Daniel LloydDaniel Lloyd (racing driver)Daniel Lloyd is a British racing car driver and the incumbent champion of the Renault Clio UK Winter Cup.Lloyd was born in Huddersfield. After competing in the Skip Barber National Championship in the first half of 2010, he made his début in the British Touring Car Championship at Croft.-External...
, racing car driver
- Kieran Duffie
- 10 March - Andy HutchinsonAndy HutchinsonAndrew Leslie "Andy" Hutchinson is an English footballer who plays for Lincoln City as a striker.-Career:Born in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, Hutchinson was drafted into The Imps squad during the 2008-2009 season. He made 4 appearances in total in his first season, scoring his first professional goal of...
, footballer - 12 March - Chris AtkinsonChris Atkinson (footballer)Christopher 'Chris' Atkinson is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Darlington of the Conference National on loan from Huddersfield Town.-Huddersfield Town:...
, footballer - 13 March
- George MacKayGeorge MacKay (actor)-Biography:MacKay was born in London, England. At the age of five, he produced, directed and created his very own production of the play Peter and the Wolf with his friends playing the characters...
, actor - Kaya ScodelarioKaya ScodelarioKaya Rose Scodelario is a British actress and model. She is best known for her role as Effy Stonem in the E4 drama Skins.-Skins :...
, actress and model
- George MacKay
- 16 March
- Danny IngsDanny IngsDaniel William John "Danny" Ings is a professional English footballer who plays as a forward for Burnley.-Career:Ings signed an apprentice contract with Bournemouth in May 2008...
, footballer - Michael PerhamMichael PerhamMichael Perham is a young adventurer from Potters Bar who, at the age of 17 years and 164 days, became the youngest person to sail around the world solo in the 50 ft racing yacht totallymoney.com, completing his journey on 27 August 2009...
, youngest person to sail the Atlantic Ocean single-handed
- Danny Ings
- 17 March - Eliza Hope Bennett, actress and singer
- 22 March
- Luke FreemanLuke FreemanLuke Anthony Freeman is an English footballer who plays for Stevenage on loan from Arsenal as a striker.-Club career:Born in Dartford, Kent, Freeman first played for local side White Oak Wanderers in Bexley before representing Gravesham and subsequently being signed by Charlton Athletic. He was...
, footballer - Michael JacobsMichael Jacobs (footballer)Michael Jacobs is an English footballer currently playing for Northampton Town.-Career:Jacobs affectionatly known as "Crackers" or "The Rothwell Ronaldo" played in three pre-season matches which included a man of the match performance against Stamford...
, footballer
- Luke Freeman
- 24 March - Billy BodinBilly BodinBilly Paul Bodin is a Welsh footballer who plays for Torquay United on loan from Swindon Town as a forward or as an attacking midfielder...
, footballer - 25 March - Craig LynchCraig LynchCraig Thomas Lynch is an English footballer who plays for Sunderland as a forward.-Career:Born in Durham, County Durham, Lynch turned professional in 2010 after two season in Sunderland's academy....
, footballer - 27 March - Mark GillespieMark Gillespie (footballer)Mark Gillespie is an English professional footballer currently playing for Football League One side Carlisle United.-Early career:...
, footballer - 28 March - Liam HessLiam HessLiam Hess is a British actor.He is most famous for playing Louis Fairhead in the prime-time BBC TV show Casualty...
, actor
April
- 4 April - Lucy May BarkerLucy May BarkerLucy May Barker is a British stage and screen actress. She was born and brought up in Lincoln, Lincolnshire.-Career:Most notably, Lucy played Ilse in the original London cast of the four-time Olivier Award-winning Spring Awakening which opened in February 2009 at the Lyric Hammersmith...
, stage and actress - 11 April - Rod McDonald, footballer
- 14 April - Shaun Jeffers, footballer
- 15 April - Kayelden BrownKayelden BrownKayelden Courtney L. Brown is an English-born Welsh footballer who plays as a midfielder for West Bromwich Albion.-Club career:...
, footballer - 20 April - Andy HallsAndy HallsAndrew Thomas "Andy" Halls is an English footballer who plays as a defender for Stockport County.-Stockport County:Born in Urmston, Greater Manchester, Halls made his senior début for Stockport County on 11 April 2009 as part of a 1–0 defeat to Leeds United...
, footballer - 21 April - Mark CullenMark Cullen (footballer)Mark Cullen is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Bury, on loan from Hull City.-Career:Born in Ashington, Northumberland, Cullen joined the Hull City youth system on a two-year scholarship in June 2008. He made his first team debut as a 67th minute substitute in a 4–1 defeat against...
, footballer - 26 April - Danielle HopeDanielle HopeDanielle Hope is an English actress and singer. She is the winner of the BBC talent contest Over The Rainbow and as a result is currently playing the part of Dorothy in the Andrew Lloyd Webber production of The Wizard of Oz, which began performances in the West End at the London Palladium in...
, actress and singer - 28 April - Abdulai Bell-BaggieAbdulai Bell-BaggieAbdulai Hindolo Bell-Baggie is a professional football winger, who plays for Football League One club Yeovil Town.Born in Sierra Leone, Bell-Baggie has represented both the England under-16 and England under-17 national teams...
, footballer
May
- 5 May - Craig ClayCraig ClayCraig William Clay is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for League Two Chesterfield.-Playing career:Clay started his career at Chesterfield, signing his first professional contract in summer 2010. He made his debut for the club on 18 September 2010, in a 3-0 win over Cheltenham Town...
, footballer - 9 May - Dan BurnDan BurnDaniel Johnson Burn is an English footballer who plays for Fulham. A defender, he made his debut in the Football League for Darlington in 2009. He has agreed a deal to join Fulham at the end of the 2010–11 season....
, footballer - 12 May - Luke HubbinsLuke HubbinsLuke Anthony Hubbins is an English footballer who plays for Birmingham City. He made his professional debut in August 2010 in the Football League Cup while on loan to Notts County...
, footballer - 14 May - Jerome FedericoJerome FedericoJerome Joshua Federico is an English footballer currently playing for Conference National side Hayes & Yeading United.-Career:...
, footballer - 16 May
- Gavin HetheringtonGavin HetheringtonGavin Hetherington is a British actor and dancer. He is most famous for his involvements in Disney productions, including The Cheetah Girls: One World.-Career:...
, actor and dancer - Greg KaziboniGreg KaziboniGreg Kaziboni is an English footballer currently playing for Northampton Town in the English League Two.-Career:Kaziboni was picked up by Northampton Town, while Greg was playing for local side Gregory Celtic. He was given a squad number in January 2011 and made his Football League debut against...
, footballer - John MarquisJohn MarquisJohn Edward Marquis is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Millwall.-Career:Born in Lewisham, London, Marquis made his professional debut for Millwall in September 2009....
, footballer
- Gavin Hetherington
- 24 May
- Aidan ChippendaleAidan ChippendaleAidan Luke Chippendale is an English footballer who plays for Inverness Caledonian Thistle as a winger, on loan from Huddersfield Town.-Career:...
, footballer - Lewis GregoryLewis GregoryLewis Gregory is an English cricketer who plays for Somerset County Cricket Club. A right-handed batsman and right-arm seam bowler, Gregory made his major cricket debut in 2010, representing Somerset against the touring Pakistanis....
, cricketer - Ryan LeonardRyan LeonardRyan Ian Leonard is an English footballer who plays for Football League Two club Southend United, having previously played for Plymouth Argyle, Weston-super-Mare and Tiverton Town.-Playing career:...
, footballer
- Aidan Chippendale
- 25 May - Callum McNishCallum McNishCallum Leander W. McNish is an English footballer, who currently plays for Exeter City after a successful trial with the club.-Club career:McNish began his football career at Watford playing left midfield...
, footballer - 26 May - Nathan KorantengNathan KorantengNathan Papa Kwabana Twum Koranteng is an English footballer currently playing for Woking as a winger.-Career:Born in London, Koranteng signed for Conference National team Tamworth on loan in September 2009...
, footballer - 28 May - Thomas James CarrollTom Carroll (English footballer)Thomas James Carroll is an English professional footballer who plays for Tottenham Hotspur.-Career:Carroll attended Parmiter's School in Garston, Hertfordshire, near his home town of Watford, and he captained the school football team at district and county level...
, footballer - 29 May - Gregg SulkinGregg SulkinGregg Sulkin is an English actor. He made his film debut in the 2006 British release Sixty Six, and subsequently became known for appearing in the Disney comedy series As the Bell Rings and Wizards of Waverly Place. In 2010, he starred in the television movie Avalon High.-Life and career:Sulkin...
, actor
June
- 1 June
- Felix DrakeFelix DrakeFelix an English child actor and bass guitar player known for playing Wolfie in The Story of Tracy Beaker. His acting debut came in 2001, where he appeared alongside childhood friends in a production of Terry Deary's 'A Horrible Christmas', which was performed in front of an audience of 150...
, actor and bass guitar - Lateef Elford-AlliyuLateef Elford-AlliyuLateef Elford-Alliyu is an English professional footballer currently playing for West Bromwich Albion, as a striker.-Club career:...
, footballer
- Felix Drake
- 4 June - Carl ForsterCarl ForsterCarl Forster is a professional English rugby league player who plays for St Helens in the engage Super League. He plays predominantly as a prop, and signed for Saints from local amateur club Pilkington Recs in 2009. The 2011 season was his first as a professional with St Helens. He enjoyed Grand...
, rugby league player - 5 June - Nathan ByrneNathan ByrneNathan William Byrne is an English footballer who plays for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur.-Playing career:Byrne played for St Albans City, before becoming a Tottenham Hotspur player, signing professional forms in June 2010. In February 2011, he was loaned out to Brentford of League One...
, footballer - 12 June - Laura JonesLaura Jones (gymnast)Laura Victoria Jones is a British gymnast selected for the Great Britain team at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games but had to drop out due to injury, to be replaced by Imogen Cairns....
, gymnast - 20 June - Curtis MainCurtis MainCurtis Lee Main is an English footballer who plays for Middlesbrough as a striker. He previously played in the Football League and the Conference National for Darlington.-Darlington:Main was born in South Shields, Tyne and Wear...
, footballer - 28 June - Tom FisherTom Fisher (footballer)Thomas Michael Fisher is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Hyde on loan from . He has previously played for .-Stockport County:...
, footballer
July
- 1 July
- Theo CowanTheo CowanTheo Cowan is a British actor. Theo is best known for his semi-regular role on BBC Doctors playing the part of Steven O'Connell. As well as Doctors Theo has worked on A CBBC Newsround special playing the brother of the protagonist which starred David Tennant...
, actor - Ben GreenhalghBen GreenhalghBen James "Ben" Greenhalgh is an English professional footballer who is currently a free agent after leaving Italian club Calcio Como. He was the winner of reality show Football's Next Star in 2010 which bagged him a professional contract with Serie A giants Inter Milan.- Career :Ben left his first...
, footballer
- Theo Cowan
- 5 July - Max BrickMax BrickMax Brick is an English diver who represents Southampton Diving Academy and specialises in the 10 metre platform event.At the 2009 British Championships Brick won gold in the synchronised platform event in partnership with Jack Clewlow, and came 4th in the individual event...
, diver - 8 July
- Kelsey-Beth CrossleyKelsey-Beth CrossleyKelsey-Beth Crossley is an English actress from Fleetwood, Lancashire, who plays the part of Scarlett Nicholls, the secret teenage daughter of deceased millionaire Tom King and Carrie Nicholls on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale...
, actress - Benjamin GrosvenorBenjamin GrosvenorBenjamin Grosvenor is a classical pianist from the United Kingdom. He is also a vegetarian. He won the piano section of the BBC Young Musician of the Year 2004 competition. In 2010 he joined BBC Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme, which he completes in 2012.- Family :Grosvenor is the youngest...
, classical pianist
- Kelsey-Beth Crossley
- 21 July - Jessica BardenJessica BardenJessica Barden is an English actress who was a regular cast member on Coronation Street.In 2007 it was announced that she would play the part of Kayleigh Morton on the ITV Soap Opera Coronation Street...
, actress - 25 July - Peter Gregory, footballer
- 27 July - Tom BradshawTom Bradshaw (footballer born 1992)Thomas William C. "Tom" Bradshaw is an English-born Welsh footballer who plays for Shrewsbury Town as a striker. He went to Penglais School in Aberystwyth.-Club career:...
, footballer - 30 July - Kevin GrocottKevin GrocottKevin James Grocott is an English footballer who plays as a right back for Mickleover Sports FC.-Playing career:Grocott spent time in the youth teams of both Derby County and Notts County, before he signed with Burton Albion...
, footballer
August
- 13 August - Keanu Marsh-BrownKeanu Marsh-BrownKeanu Marsh-Brown is an English football player who is a free agent after being released by Fulham.-Playing career:Marsh-Brown graduated through the Fulham Academy to sign professional forms in summer 2009. In November 2010, there were reports that both Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City were...
, footballer - 21 August - Brad KavanaghBrad KavanaghBrad Lewis Kavanagh is an English actor and singer-songwriter, originally from Whitehaven, Cumbria.-Acting career:Kavanagh made his acting debut in the West End in Billy Elliot the Musical as Billy's best friend, Michael, at the age of 11...
, actor and singer-songwriter - 25 August - Angelica MandyAngelica MandyAngelica Joyce Mandy is an English actress, best known for her role in the Harry Potter films as Gabrielle Delacour.-Acting career:...
, actress - 30 August - Jessica HenwickJessica HenwickJessica Yu Li Henwick is a British-born Eurasian actress. Her debut role was in the 2010 CBBC television programme Spirit Warriors, as the lead character Bo.She is the first East Asian actress to play the lead role in a BBC series....
, actress
September
- 2 September - Cameron DarkwahCameron DarkwahCameron Kwaku Darkwah is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Conference National side Stockport County. He is currently on loan at Mossley.-Stockport County:...
, footballer - 9 September - Cameron CrightonCameron CrightonCameron Crighton is a British actor, he has had small guest parts on various television shows and is currently portraying Kevin Smith on Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks.-Career:...
, actor - 17 September - William BullerWilliam Buller (racing driver)William Buller is a British racing driver.-T Cars:After successful spells in both karting and mini stocks, Buller made his circuit racing debut in the 2007 T Cars championship; the series designed for aspiring racing drivers between fourteen and seventeen years of age...
, driver - 28 September
- Kristian CoxKristian CoxKristian Cox is an English football striker who was released by Port Vale in 2011.-Playing career:Cox started his career in the youth ranks at Port Vale. He was handed the number 23 shirt for the 2010–11 season, making his debut in a 2–1 defeat at Crewe Alexandra on 15 January 2011 under new...
, footballer - Keir GilchristKeir GilchristKeir David Peters Gilchrist is a Canadian actor. Gilchrist is known for playing teen Marshall Gregson on Showtime's original series United States of Tara, and for starring in the 2010 drama-comedy It's Kind of a Funny Story....
, actor
- Kristian Cox
- 30 September - Cyrus ChristieCyrus ChristieCyrus Sylvester Frederick Christie is an English football player. He is a defender who currently plays for Football League Championship team Coventry City.-Career:...
, footballer
October
- 7 October - Kane FerdinandKane FerdinandKane Ryan Ferdinand is an English born Irish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Southend United.-Club career:Ferdinand came through Southend United's youth system, making his professional debut on 1 January 2011, playing 90 minutes in their 2–0 away win at Oxford United in League Two...
, footballer - 9 October
- Darcy Isa, actress
- Kofi Lockhart-AdamsKofi Lockhart-AdamsKofi Lockhart-Adams is a footballer who plays for Barnet as a forward.-Career:Lockhart-Adams began his career in the youth teams at Reading and Leyton Orient, before joining Barnet's youth team. Following a series of injuries to first-team regulars, manager Ian Hendon called him into the...
, footballer
- 22 October - Carrie FletcherCarrie FletcherCarrie Hope Fletcher is a former child actress who was born in South Harrow, London, England. Carrie is the younger sister of Tom Fletcher, the founding member of the British pop/rock band McFly.-Career:...
, actress - 26 October - Johnny GormanJohnny GormanRory John McCaughan "Johnny" Gorman is an English-born Northern Ireland international footballer signed to Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers.-Career:Gorman joined Wolves Academy in 2009, after six years at Manchester United...
, footballer - 29 October
- Jacqueline JossaJacqueline JossaJacqueline Mary Jossa is an English actress from Bexley, London, best known for her role in the BBC soap opera EastEnders as Lauren Branning.Jossa was born in the London Borough of Bexley...
, actress - Brad SingletonBrad SingletonBradley Singleton is a professional rugby league player, currently playing for Leeds Rhinos of Super League. His position of preference is prop forward, and he made his début in Super League XVI, coming off the bench in a 46-12 win over Salford City Reds...
, rugby league player
- Jacqueline Jossa
November
- November - Maia Krall FryMaia Krall FryMaia Krall Fry is an English actress and Director. After gaining recognition for directing the feature film 'Ebony Road', Maia went on to direct the short film 'Six Degrees' produced by Steel Mill Pictures.-Career:...
, actress and director - 1 November - Alexander DavidsonAlex Davidson (rugby league)Alexander Davidson is an English professional rugby league player, who currently plays for the Salford City Reds of Super League. As an amateur, he played second row, but has played mainly at prop in the professional game. Davidson signed for Salford's Academy from amateur club Blackbrook Royals,...
, rugby league player - 5 November - Cameron LancasterCameron LancasterCameron Paul Lancaster is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Tottenham Hotspur.-Early life:Lancaster was born in Camden and raised in Muswell Hill...
, footballer - 15 November - Tom CoultonTom CoultonThomas Philip Coulton is an English footballer, who is currently unattached.-Career:Coulton started his career at Arsenal but later signed for Barnet. He made his Barnet debut on 4 January 2011 in their 2–4 loss against Stevenage. He was released by Barnet at the end of the 2010/2011...
, footballer - 20 November - Michael Doughty, footballer
- 22 November - Lauren BrutonLauren BrutonLauren Bruton is an English female football striker, currently playing for FA Women's Premier League side Arsenal Ladies...
, female football striker - 29 November - Steph FraserSteph FraserStephanie Fraser , is a pop-folk, singer-songwriter from Lancashire, England.-Career:Fraser has toured extensively in the UK and Canada including 2007 performances at the BBC Radio 2 Blackpool Illuminations Switch On Event where she played in front of 19,000 people and shared the bill with McFly,...
, pop-folk, singer-songwriter
December
- 2 December - Reece LyneReece LyneReece Lyne is an English rugby league player for Hull in the European Super League. He plays on the wing.-References:...
, rugby league player - 3 December - Joseph McMannersJoseph McMannersJoseph McManners is an English actor and singer. He lives on a non-working farm in Petham near Canterbury and recently left Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys for Tonbridge School after being awarded a drama and academic scholarship.-Singing career:McManners decided to become a singer after he...
, actor - 17 December - Thomas LawThomas LawThomas John Law is a British actor. He is the fourth actor to play Peter Beale in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders...
, actor - 18 December
- Connor GoldsonConnor GoldsonConnor Goldson is an English football defender who can play at either right back or centre back and plays for Shrewsbury Town.-Playing career:...
, footballer defender - Aaron King, footballer
- Connor Goldson
- 21 December - Dale JenningsDale Jennings (footballer born 1992)Dale Jennings is an English footballer who plays for Bayern Munich II.-Tranmere Rovers:Jennings played youth football at Liverpool before being released as schoolboy...
, footballer striker - 24 December - Melissa SuffieldMelissa SuffieldMelissa Hollie Suffield is a British actress from London, best known for her role in the BBC soap opera EastEnders as Lucy Beale. Her first appearance on the show was 28 October 2004 and her last on 27 August 2010.-Career:...
, actress
Deaths
- 2 January - Joyce ButlerJoyce ButlerJoyce Shore Butler, born Joyce Shore Wells was a British Labour Co-operative politician.Butler was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham, and Woodbrooke College....
, Labour Co-operativeLabour Co-operativeLabour and Co-operative describes those candidates in British elections standing on behalf of both the Labour Party and the Co-operative Party, based on a national agreement between the two parties....
Member of ParliamentMember of ParliamentA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(born 19101910 in the United KingdomEvents from the year 1910 in the United Kingdom.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King Edward VII , King George V*Prime Minister - H. H...
) - 9 January - Bill NaughtonBill NaughtonWilliam John Francis Naughton, or Bill Naughton was an Irish-born British playwright and author, best known for his play Alfie.-Early life:...
, playwright (born 19101910 in the United KingdomEvents from the year 1910 in the United Kingdom.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King Edward VII , King George V*Prime Minister - H. H...
) - 11 January - W. G. HoskinsW. G. HoskinsWilliam George Hoskins CBE FSA was a British local historian who founded the first university department of English Local History. His great contribution to the study of history was in the field of landscape history...
, historian (born 19081908 in the United KingdomEvents from the year 1908 in the United Kingdom.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King Edward VII*Prime Minister - Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Liberal , H. H...
) - 23 January - Freddie BartholomewFreddie BartholomewFrederick Cecil Bartholomew , known for his acting work as Freddie Bartholomew, was an English-American child actor. One of the most famous child actors of all time, he became very popular in 1930s Hollywood films...
, actor (born 19241924 in the United KingdomEvents from the year 1924 in the United Kingdom. This is a General Election year.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King George V*Prime Minister - Stanley Baldwin, Conservative , Ramsay MacDonald, Labour , Stanley Baldwin, Conservative-Events:* 1 January - Meteorological Office issues its first broadcast...
) - 4 February - Alan DaviesAlan Davies (footballer)Alan Davies was an English-born Welsh international footballer whose regular position was on the right wing, although he could also play on the left. Davies began his football career with Manchester United, before spending time with Newcastle United, Charlton Athletic, Carlisle United, Swansea...
, footballer (born 19611961 in the United KingdomEvents from the year 1961 in the United Kingdom.-Incumbents:*Monarch – Elizabeth II*Prime Minister – Harold Macmillan, Conservative Party-Events:*1 January...
) - 16 February - Angela CarterAngela CarterAngela Carter was an English novelist and journalist, known for her feminist, magical realism, and picaresque works...
, novelist and journalist (born 19401940 in the United KingdomEvents from the year 1940 in the United Kingdom. This year is dominated by World War II.- Incumbents :* Monarch - King George VI* Prime Minister - Neville Chamberlain, national coalition , Winston Churchill, coalition- Events :...
) - 1 March - Howard Payne, hammer thrower (born 19311931 in South Africa-Events:* 11 December - Statute of Westminster grants sovereignty to the British dominions* 19 December - The South Africa beat Ireland 8-3 in Ireland...
) - 2 March - Jackie MudieJackie MudieJohn "Jackie" Knight Mudie was a Scottish international footballer who played as a forward. He won seventeen caps for his country, helping the Scots to qualify for the 1958 FIFA World Cup....
, footballer (born 19301930 in the United KingdomEvents from the year 1930 in the United Kingdom.-Incumbents:* Monarch - King George V* Prime Minister - Ramsay MacDonald, Labour-Events:* 1 February - The Times publishes its first crossword....
) - 3 March - G. L. S. ShackleG. L. S. ShackleGeorge Lennox Sharman Shackle was an English economist. He made a practical attempt to challenge classical rational choice theory and has been characterised as a "post-Keynesian," though he is influenced as well by Austrian economics; he has been described as drawing "Keynesian conclusions from...
, economist (born 19031903 in the United KingdomEvents from the year 1903 in the United Kingdom.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King Edward VII*Prime Minister - Arthur Balfour, Conservative-Events:* 1 January - Edward VII is proclaimed Emperor of India....
) - 14 March - Elfrida VipontElfrida VipontElfrida Vipont was the pen name of Elfrida Vipont Foulds , a British children's author. She was also a schoolteacher and a prominent member of the Society of Friends in England.-Parentage and education:...
, children's author (born 1902) - 18 March - Jack KelseyJack KelseyAlfred John "Jack" Kelsey was a Welsh international football goalkeeper, who also played for Arsenal. He is regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers to play for Wales.- Early career :...
, former footballer (born 19291929 in the United KingdomEvents from the year 1929 in the United Kingdom.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King George V*Prime Minister - Stanley Baldwin, Conservative , Ramsay MacDonald, Labour-Events:...
) - 10 April - Peter D. MitchellPeter D. MitchellPeter Dennis Mitchell, FRS was a British biochemist who was awarded the 1978 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his discovery of the chemiosmotic mechanism of ATP synthesis.Mitchell was born in Mitcham, Surrey, England....
, biochemist (born 19201920 in the United KingdomEvents from the year 1920 in the United Kingdom.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King George V*Prime Minister - David Lloyd George, coalition-Events:* 10 January - The steamer Treveal is wrecked in the English Channel; 35 people lose their lives....
) - 19 April
- Benny HillBenny HillBenny Hill was an English comedian and actor, notable for his long-running television programme The Benny Hill Show.-Early life:...
, comedian and actor (born 1924) - Frankie HowerdFrankie HowerdFrancis Alick "Frankie" Howerd OBE was an English comedian and comic actor whose career, described by fellow comedian Barry Cryer as "a series of comebacks", spanned six decades.-Early career:...
, comedian and actor (born 19171917 in the United KingdomEvents from the year 1917 in the United Kingdom. This year is dominated by World War I.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King George V*Prime Minister - David Lloyd George, coalition-Events:...
)
- Benny Hill
- 4 May - Gregor MackenzieGregor MackenzieJames Gregor Mackenzie was a British Labour Party politician.Mackenzie was educated at the Royal Technical College and Glasgow University...
, Labour PartyLabour Party (UK)The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
politician (born 19271927 in the United KingdomEvents from the year 1927 in the United Kingdom.1927 saw the renaming of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, recognising in name the Irish free state's independence, it having come into existence with the Anglo-Irish Treaty...
) - 13 May - F. E. McWilliamF. E. McWilliamF.E. McWilliam , was a British surrealist sculptor, born in Banbridge, County Down. He worked in stone, wood and bronze chiefly.-Biography:...
, sculptor (born 19091909 in the United KingdomEvents from the year 1909 in the United Kingdom.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King Edward VII*Prime Minister - H. H. Asquith, Liberal-Events:* 1 January - National old age pension scheme comes into force....
) - 22 May - Elizabeth DavidElizabeth DavidElizabeth David CBE was a British cookery writer who, in the mid-20th century, strongly influenced the revitalisation of the art of home cookery with articles and books about European cuisines and traditional British dishes.Born to an upper-class family, David rebelled against social norms of the...
, cookery writer (born 19131913 in the United KingdomEvents from the year 1913 in the United Kingdom.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King George V*Prime Minister - H. H. Asquith, Liberal-Events:* 1 January - British Board of Film Censors receives the authority to classify and censor films....
) - 24 May
- Francis Thomas BaconFrancis Thomas BaconFrancis Thomas Bacon OBE FREng F.R.S. was an English engineer who developed the first practical hydrogen–oxygen fuel cell.- Life and works :...
, engineer (born 19041904 in the United KingdomEvents from the year 1904 in the United Kingdom.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King Edward VII*Prime Minister - Arthur Balfour, Conservative-Events:* 1 January - Number plates are introduced as cars are licensed for the first time...
) - Joan SandersonJoan SandersonJoan Sanderson was an English television and stage actress. During a long career she invariably played dragonish dowagers, stuck-up spinsters and suburban matrons.-Theatre:...
, actress (born 19121912 in the United KingdomEvents from the year 1912 in the United Kingdom.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King George V*Prime Minister - H. H. Asquith, Liberal-Events:* 1 January - Post Office takes over National Telephone Company....
)
- Francis Thomas Bacon
- 27 May - Peter JenkinsPeter Jenkins (journalist)Peter George James Jenkins was a British journalist and Associate Editor of The Independent. During his career he wrote regular columns for The Guardian, The Sunday Times as well as the The Independent....
, journalist (born 19341934 in the United KingdomEvents from the year 1934 in the United Kingdom.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King George V*Prime Minister - Ramsay MacDonald, national coalition-Events:...
) - 3 June - Robert MorleyRobert MorleyRobert Adolph Wilton Morley, CBE was an English actor who, often in supporting roles, was usually cast as a pompous English gentleman representing the Establishment...
, actor (born 19081908 in the United KingdomEvents from the year 1908 in the United Kingdom.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King Edward VII*Prime Minister - Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Liberal , H. H...
) - 20 June - Charles GrovesCharles GrovesSir Charles Barnard Groves CBE was an English conductor. He was known for the breadth of his repertoire and for encouraging contemporary composers and young conductors....
, conductor (born 19151915 in the United KingdomEvents from the year 1915 in the United Kingdom. This year is dominated by World War I, which had broken out in the August of the previous year.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King George V*Prime Minister - H. H...
) - 25 June - James StirlingJames Stirling (architect)Sir James Frazer Stirling FRIBA was a British architect. He is considered to be among the most important and influential British architects of the second half of the 20th century...
, architect (born 19261926 in the United KingdomEvents from the year 1926 in the United Kingdom. The year is dominated by the General Strike.-Incumbents:*Monarch – King George V*Prime Minister – Stanley Baldwin, Conservative-Events:...
) - 29 June - Elie KedourieElie KedourieElie Kedourie C.B.E., FBA was a British historian of the Middle East. He wrote from a conservative perspective, dissenting from many points of view taken as orthodox in the field...
, historian (born 1926, Iraq) - 10 July - Albert PierrepointAlbert PierrepointAlbert Pierrepoint is the most famous member of the family which provided three of the United Kingdom's official hangmen in the first half of the 20th century...
, Chief Executioner (born 19051905 in the United KingdomEvents from the year 1905 in the United Kingdom.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King Edward VII*Prime Minister - Arthur Balfour, Conservative , Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Liberal-Events:...
) - 12 July - Ted FentonTed FentonEdward "Ted" Fenton was manager of English football club West Ham United between 1950 and 1961.- West Ham United :...
, former footballer and football manager (born 19141914 in the United KingdomEvents from the year 1914 in the United Kingdom. This year sees the start of World War I.-Incumbents:* Monarch - King George V* Prime Minister - H. H...
) - 23 July - Rosemary SutcliffRosemary SutcliffRosemary Sutcliff CBE was a British novelist, and writer for children, best known as a writer of historical fiction and children's literature. Although she was primarily a children's author, the quality and depth of her writing also appeals to adults; Sutcliff herself once commented that she wrote...
, novelist (born 19201920 in the United KingdomEvents from the year 1920 in the United Kingdom.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King George V*Prime Minister - David Lloyd George, coalition-Events:* 10 January - The steamer Treveal is wrecked in the English Channel; 35 people lose their lives....
) - 26 July - Richard Martin BinghamRichard Martin BinghamRichard Martin Bingham, TD, QC was a British barrister and politician who later served as a judge.-Education and Army career:...
, Member of Parliament and judge (born 19151915 in the United KingdomEvents from the year 1915 in the United Kingdom. This year is dominated by World War I, which had broken out in the August of the previous year.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King George V*Prime Minister - H. H...
) - 31 July - Leonard CheshireLeonard CheshireGroup Captain Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire, Baron Cheshire, VC, OM, DSO and Two Bars, DFC was a highly decorated British RAF pilot during the Second World War....
, RAF pilot (born 19171917 in the United KingdomEvents from the year 1917 in the United Kingdom. This year is dominated by World War I.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King George V*Prime Minister - David Lloyd George, coalition-Events:...
) - 1 August - Leslie FoxLeslie FoxLeslie Fox was a British mathematician noted for his contribution to numerical analysis.Fox studied mathematics as a scholar of Christ Church, Oxford graduating with a First in 1939 and continued to undertake research in the engineering department. While working on his D.Phil...
, mathematician (born 19181918 in the United KingdomEvents from the year 1918 in the United Kingdom. This year sees the end of World War I after four years, which Britain and its allies won, and a major advance in women's suffrage.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King George V...
) - 9 August - Patrick Devlin, Baron DevlinPatrick Devlin, Baron DevlinPatrick Arthur Devlin, Baron Devlin, PC was a British lawyer, judge and jurist. He wrote a report on Britain's involvement in Nyasaland in 1959...
, judge (born 19051905 in the United KingdomEvents from the year 1905 in the United Kingdom.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King Edward VII*Prime Minister - Arthur Balfour, Conservative , Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Liberal-Events:...
) - 23 August - Donald Stewart, Scottish National PartyScottish National PartyThe Scottish National Party is a social-democratic political party in Scotland which campaigns for Scottish independence from the United Kingdom....
Member of Parliament (born 19201920 in the United KingdomEvents from the year 1920 in the United Kingdom.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King George V*Prime Minister - David Lloyd George, coalition-Events:* 10 January - The steamer Treveal is wrecked in the English Channel; 35 people lose their lives....
) - 29 August - Mary NortonMary Norton (author)Mary Norton, née Pearson, was an English children's author. Her books include The Borrowers series.-Background:...
, author (born 19031903 in the United KingdomEvents from the year 1903 in the United Kingdom.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King Edward VII*Prime Minister - Arthur Balfour, Conservative-Events:* 1 January - Edward VII is proclaimed Emperor of India....
) - 5 September - Christopher TraceChristopher TraceChristopher Leonard Trace was an English actor and television presenter, best remembered for his nine years as a presenter of the BBC children's programme Blue Peter.-Career:...
, actor and television presented (born 19331933 in the United KingdomEvents from the year 1933 in the United Kingdom.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King George V*Prime Minister - Ramsay MacDonald, national coalition-Events:* January - The London Underground diagram designed by Harry Beck is introduced to the public....
) - 19 September - Geraint EvansGeraint EvansSir Geraint Llewellyn Evans was a Welsh baritone or bass-baritone noted for operatic roles including Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, and the title roles in Falstaff and Wozzeck...
, baritone (born 19221922 in the United KingdomThe social and political problems of most prominence in the United Kingdom in 1922 showed a further departure from those that chiefly occupied public attention during World War I, and the country had by then almost returned to its normal condition...
) - 28 September - William Douglas-HomeWilliam Douglas-HomeWilliam Douglas Home was court-martialled in World War II for his refusal to obey orders as a British army officer and later became a successful British dramatist.-Early life:...
, tank officer, writer and dramatist, and brother of former prime minister Alec Douglas-HomeAlec Douglas-HomeAlexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel, KT, PC , known as The Earl of Home from 1951 to 1963 and as Sir Alec Douglas-Home from 1963 to 1974, was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 1963 to October 1964.He is the last...
(born 19121912 in the United KingdomEvents from the year 1912 in the United Kingdom.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King George V*Prime Minister - H. H. Asquith, Liberal-Events:* 1 January - Post Office takes over National Telephone Company....
) - 3 October - Ken WilmshurstKen WilmshurstKenneth Stanley David Wilmshurst was an Olympic athlete from England. He specialised in the triple jump and long jump events during his career....
, triple jumper (born 19311931 in the United KingdomEvents from the year 1931 in the United Kingdom.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King George V*Prime Minister - Ramsay MacDonald, Labour and national coalition-Events:* 6 January - Sadler's Wells Theatre opens in London....
) - 6 October - Denholm ElliottDenholm ElliottDenholm Mitchell Elliott, CBE was an English film, television and theatre actor with over 120 film and television credits...
, actor (born 19221922 in the United KingdomThe social and political problems of most prominence in the United Kingdom in 1922 showed a further departure from those that chiefly occupied public attention during World War I, and the country had by then almost returned to its normal condition...
) - 19 October - Magnus PykeMagnus PykeDr. Magnus Alfred Pyke was a British scientist and media figure, who, although apparently quite eccentric and playing up to the mad scientist stereotype, succeeded in explaining science to a lay audience...
, scientist (born 19081908 in the United KingdomEvents from the year 1908 in the United Kingdom.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King Edward VII*Prime Minister - Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Liberal , H. H...
) - 29 October - Kenneth MacMillanKenneth MacMillanSir Kenneth MacMillan was a British ballet dancer and choreographer. He was artistic director of the Royal Ballet in London between 1970 and 1977.-Early years:...
, ballet dancer and choreographer (born 19291929 in the United KingdomEvents from the year 1929 in the United Kingdom.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King George V*Prime Minister - Stanley Baldwin, Conservative , Ramsay MacDonald, Labour-Events:...
) - 22 December - Ted Willis, Baron Willis, television dramatist (born (19141914 in the United KingdomEvents from the year 1914 in the United Kingdom. This year sees the start of World War I.-Incumbents:* Monarch - King George V* Prime Minister - H. H...
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- - Monica DickensMonica DickensMonica Enid Dickens, MBE was an English writer, the great-granddaughter of Charles Dickens.-Biography:...
, author and great granddaughter of Charles DickensCharles DickensCharles John Huffam Dickens was an English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period. Dickens enjoyed a wider popularity and fame than had any previous author during his lifetime, and he remains popular, having been responsible for some of English literature's most iconic...
(born 19151915 in the United KingdomEvents from the year 1915 in the United Kingdom. This year is dominated by World War I, which had broken out in the August of the previous year.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King George V*Prime Minister - H. H...
) - - Ted CrokerTed CrokerEdgar Alfred Croker was an English football administrator. He was Secretary of the Football Association from 1973 to 1989.-Life and Career:...
, former Secretary of the Football Association (born 19241924 in the United KingdomEvents from the year 1924 in the United Kingdom. This is a General Election year.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King George V*Prime Minister - Stanley Baldwin, Conservative , Ramsay MacDonald, Labour , Stanley Baldwin, Conservative-Events:* 1 January - Meteorological Office issues its first broadcast...
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- - Monica Dickens
- 26 December - Edmund Davies, Baron Edmund-DaviesEdmund Davies, Baron Edmund-DaviesHerbert Edmund Edmund-Davies, Baron Edmund-Davies, PC was a British judge.Born Herbert Edmund Davies at Mountain Ash in Mid Glamorgan, he was the third son of Morgan John Davies and Elizabeth Maud Edmunds...
, judge (born 19061906 in the United KingdomEvents from the year 1906 in the United Kingdom.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King Edward VII*Prime Minister - Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Liberal-Events:...
) - 28 December - Cardew RobinsonCardew RobinsonDouglas John Cardew Robinson was a British comic, whose craft was rooted in the music hall and Gang Shows.-Early life and career:Robinson was educated at Harrow County School for Boys...
, comic (born 19171917 in the United KingdomEvents from the year 1917 in the United Kingdom. This year is dominated by World War I.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King George V*Prime Minister - David Lloyd George, coalition-Events:...
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