1992 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1992 in the United Kingdom.

Overview

1992 in the United Kingdom is notable for a fourth term General Election
United 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 Major
    John Major
    Sir 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...

    , Conservative
    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...


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 Ashdown
      Paddy Ashdown
      Jeremy 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.
  • 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 International
    Bank of Credit and Commerce International
    The 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 IRA
      Irish Republican Army
      The 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 Omagh
      Omagh
      Omagh 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 Conservatives
      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...

       three points ahead of Labour
      Labour 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.
  • 18 January - John Major announces that the general election will be held on 9 April.
  • 29 January - The Department of Health reveals that AIDS
    AIDS
    Acquired 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 Major
    John Major
    Sir 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 Yeltsin
    Boris Yeltsin
    Boris 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 Street
    10 Downing Street
    10 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 Kinnock
    Neil Kinnock
    Neil 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
    Labour 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 "Kremlin
    Kremlin
    A 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 Treaty
    Maastricht Treaty
    The 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 Olympics
    1992 Winter Olympics
    The 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 Albertville
    Albertville
    Albertville 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 Major
    John Major
    Sir 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 Kinnock
    Neil Kinnock
    Neil 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 Stevens
    David Stevens
    David 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 School
    London Business School
    London 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 - Parliament
    Parliament of the United Kingdom
    The 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 Act
    Further and Higher Education Act 1992
    The 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 polytechnics
    Polytechnic (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 universities
    New Universities
    The 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 Major
      John Major
      Sir 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 Budget
      Budget
      A 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.
  • 13 March - The first ecumenical church in Britain, the Christ the Cornerstone Church in Milton Keynes
    Milton Keynes
    Milton 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 Palace
      Buckingham Palace
      Buckingham 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 Duke
      Prince Andrew, Duke of York
      Prince 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 York
      Sarah, Duchess of York
      Sarah, 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.
  • 24 March
    • Election campaigning
      United 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...

       becomes dominated by the "War of Jennifer's Ear
      War of Jennifer's Ear
      The 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 Punch
      Punch (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.
  • 26 March - Television
    Television
    Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...

     entertainer Roy Castle
    Roy Castle
    Roy 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 Breakers
    Record Breakers
    Record 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 cancer
    Lung cancer
    Lung 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 pneumonia
    Pneumonia
    Pneumonia 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 parliament
    Hung parliament
    In 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 Politics
    Party 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 National
    Grand National
    The 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 Corps
    Women's Royal Army Corps
    The 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 Army
    British Army
    The 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 Election
    United 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...

    : 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...

     are re-elected for a fourth term, in their first election under John Major
    John Major
    Sir 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 Thatcher
    Margaret Thatcher
    Margaret 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 Foot
    Michael Foot
    Michael 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 Army
      Provisional Irish Republican Army
      The 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 Exchange
      Baltic Exchange
      The 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.
  • 11 April - Publication of The Sun
    The 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 It
    It'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 Kinnock
      Neil Kinnock
      Neil 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 Party
      Labour 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 Royal
      Anne, Princess Royal
      Princess Anne, Princess Royal , is the only daughter of Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh...

       announces her divorce from Capt Mark Phillips
      Mark Phillips
      -Ancestry:-Issue:-Sources:...

       after 18 years of marriage, having separated in 1989.
  • 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 Heligan
    Lost Gardens of Heligan
    The 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 Cornwall
    Cornwall
    Cornwall 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 Boothroyd
    Betty Boothroyd
    Betty 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 West
    West Bromwich West
    - Elections in the 2000s :- Elections in the 1990s :-Notes and references:...

     in the West Midlands
    West 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 Commons
    Speaker of the British House of Commons
    The 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 Rebels
    Maastricht Rebels
    The 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 Mansell
    Nigel Mansell
    Nigel 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 Prix
    Grand Prix motor racing
    Grand 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 Imola
    Imola
    thumb|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 Marino
    San Marino
    San 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 Hotline
    Cones Hotline
    The 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 cone
    Traffic cone
    Traffic 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 Wales
    Diana, Princess of Wales
    Diana, 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 Morton
    Andrew 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 - GDP
    Gross domestic product
    Gross 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 Thatcher
    Margaret Thatcher
    Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990...

     takes her place in the House of Lords
    House of Lords
    The 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 Minister
    Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
    The 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 IRA
    Irish Republican Army
    The 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 Armagh
    Armagh
    Armagh 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 MI5
    MI5
    The 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 Metrolink
      Manchester Metrolink
      Metrolink 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 rail
      Light rail
      Light 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 Airways
    British Airways
    British 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 Ireland
    Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 1992 Summer Olympics
    The 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 Olympics
    1992 Summer Olympics
    The 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 Barcelona
    Barcelona
    Barcelona 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 Shearer
    Alan Shearer
    Alan 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 Britain
    United Kingdom
    The 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 Southampton
    Southampton 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 Rovers
    Blackburn 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 England
    England national football team
    The 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 France
    France national football team
    The 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 York
    Sarah, Duchess of York
    Sarah, 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 Ireland
    Northern Ireland
    Northern 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 Ferrari
    Ferrari
    Ferrari 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 One
    Formula One
    Formula 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 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...

    " sees the government suspending Britain's membership of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism following a wave of speculation against the Pound
    Pound sterling
    The 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 Mellor
    David Mellor
    David 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 adulterous
    Adultery
    Adultery 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 Sancha
    Antonia de Sancha
    Antonia 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 Mint
    Royal Mint
    The 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 Centre
      Cochrane Collaboration
      The 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.
  • 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 Cup
    1994 FIFA World Cup
    The 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 Norway
    Norway national football team
    The 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 sterling
    Pound sterling
    The 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 Steel
    British Steel
    British 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 Street
    Downing Street
    Downing 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 England
    Church of England
    The 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 Hoard
    Hoxne Hoard
    The 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 Suffolk
    Suffolk
    Suffolk 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 Court
    High Court of Justice
    The 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 Bland
    Tony Bland
    Anthony 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 coma
    Coma
    In 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 disaster
    Hillsborough disaster
    The 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 Liverpool
    Liverpool
    Liverpool 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 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:...

    (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 IRA
    Irish Republican Army
    The 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 Manchester
    Manchester
    Manchester 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 Wales
    Charles, Prince of Wales
    Prince 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 Wales
    Diana, Princess of Wales
    Diana, 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 Royal
    Anne, Princess Royal
    Princess Anne, Princess Royal , is the only daughter of Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh...

    , and Timothy Laurence
    Timothy Laurence
    Vice 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 Street
      Oxford Street
      Oxford 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.
    • - Japan
      Japan
      Japan 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 Burnaston
      Burnaston
      Burnaston 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 Derby
      Derby
      Derby , 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 Carina
      Toyota Carina
      Released 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.
  • 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 Message
    Royal Christmas Message
    The 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 Sun
    The 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 ORACLE
    ORACLE (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....

     teletext
    Teletext
    Teletext 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 ITV
    ITV
    ITV 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 4
    Channel 4
    Channel 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 Gallery
    Saatchi Gallery
    The 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 Artists
    Young British Artists
    Young 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 Hirst
    Damien Hirst
    Damien 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 Living
    The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living
    The 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 Rimington
    Stella Rimington
    Dame 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 Mills
    Barbara Mills
    Dame 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 Prosecutions
    Director 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 Norton
    Graham Norton
    Graham 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 disc
    Compact Disc
    The 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 Adams
    Douglas Adams
    Douglas 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 Harmless
    Mostly Harmless
    Mostly 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 Banks
    Iain Banks
    Iain 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 Road
    The Crow Road
    The 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 Bernières
    Louis de Bernières
    Louis 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 Guzman
    The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman
    The 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 Hornby
    Nick Hornby
    Nick 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 Pitch
    Fever Pitch
    Fever 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 McEwan
    Ian McEwan
    Ian 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 Dogs
    Black Dogs
    Black 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 Pratchett
    Terry Pratchett
    Sir 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 Discworld
    Discworld
    Discworld 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 Ladies
    Lords 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 Maxwell
    Johnny Maxwell
    Johnny 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 Mankind
    Only You Can Save Mankind
    Only 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 Unsworth
    Barry Unsworth
    Barry 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 Hunger
    Sacred Hunger
    Sacred 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 Barnes
      Corey Barnes
      Corey 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 Jones
      Andrai Jones
      Andrai 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 Wilshere
      Jack Wilshere
      Jack Andrew Garry Wilshere is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Arsenal and the England national team....

      , footballer
  • 4 January - Jamie Griffiths
    Jamie Griffiths
    Jamie Griffiths is an English footballer who plays for Football League Championship club Ipswich Town as a midfielder.-Ipswich Town:...

    , footballer
  • 5 January - Louis Almond
    Louis Almond
    Louis 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 McLean
    Kenny McLean
    Kenneth "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 Eaves
    Tom Eaves
    Thomas "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 Bostock
    John Bostock
    John Joseph Bostock is an English footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Tottenham Hotspur.-Crystal Palace:...

    , footballer
  • 16 January - Josh Dawkin
    Josh Dawkin
    Joshua 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 Connolly
    Reece Connolly
    Reece 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 Downie
    Becky Downie
    Rebecca 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 Hurst
    James 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 Çörekçi
      Kamil Ahmet Çörekçi
      Kamil 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 Horner
      Lewis Horner
      Lewis 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
  • 2 February - Ben Cox
    Ben Cox
    Oliver 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 Baxter
    Jose Baxter
    Jose 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 Jenkinson
    Carl Jenkinson
    Carl 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 Fuller
    Josh Fuller
    Joshua Piers "Josh" Fuller is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Northern Counties East League side Grimsby Borough...

    , footballer
  • 11 February
    • Blair Dunlop
      Blair Dunlop
      Blair 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 Groome
      Georgia 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
  • 14 February - Freddie Highmore
    Freddie Highmore
    Alfred 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 Beckford
    Reiss Beckford
    Reiss 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 Mantom
    Sam Mantom
    Samuel 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 Brown
      Chris 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 Jones
      Phil 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
  • 26 February - James Everton
    James Everton
    James 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 Duffie
      Kieran Duffie
      Kieran Duffie is a professional Football player currently playing as a Defender for Falkirk F.C. in the Scottish First Division.-Falkirk:...

      , footballer
    • Daniel Lloyd
      Daniel 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
  • 10 March - Andy Hutchinson
    Andy Hutchinson
    Andrew 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 Atkinson
    Chris 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 MacKay
      George 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 Scodelario
      Kaya Scodelario
      Kaya 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
  • 16 March
    • Danny Ings
      Danny Ings
      Daniel 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 Perham
      Michael Perham
      Michael 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
  • 17 March - Eliza Hope Bennett, actress and singer
  • 22 March
    • Luke Freeman
      Luke Freeman
      Luke 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 Jacobs
      Michael 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
  • 24 March - Billy Bodin
    Billy Bodin
    Billy 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 Lynch
    Craig Lynch
    Craig 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 Gillespie
    Mark Gillespie (footballer)
    Mark Gillespie is an English professional footballer currently playing for Football League One side Carlisle United.-Early career:...

    , footballer
  • 28 March - Liam Hess
    Liam Hess
    Liam 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 Barker
    Lucy May Barker
    Lucy 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 Brown
    Kayelden Brown
    Kayelden Courtney L. Brown is an English-born Welsh footballer who plays as a midfielder for West Bromwich Albion.-Club career:...

    , footballer
  • 20 April - Andy Halls
    Andy Halls
    Andrew 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 Cullen
    Mark 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 Hope
    Danielle Hope
    Danielle 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-Baggie
    Abdulai Bell-Baggie
    Abdulai 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 Clay
    Craig Clay
    Craig 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 Burn
    Dan Burn
    Daniel 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 Hubbins
    Luke Hubbins
    Luke 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 Federico
    Jerome Federico
    Jerome Joshua Federico is an English footballer currently playing for Conference National side Hayes & Yeading United.-Career:...

    , footballer
  • 16 May
    • Gavin Hetherington
      Gavin Hetherington
      Gavin 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 Kaziboni
      Greg Kaziboni
      Greg 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 Marquis
      John Marquis
      John 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
  • 24 May
    • Aidan Chippendale
      Aidan Chippendale
      Aidan Luke Chippendale is an English footballer who plays for Inverness Caledonian Thistle as a winger, on loan from Huddersfield Town.-Career:...

      , footballer
    • Lewis Gregory
      Lewis Gregory
      Lewis 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 Leonard
      Ryan Leonard
      Ryan 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
  • 25 May - Callum McNish
    Callum McNish
    Callum 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 Koranteng
    Nathan Koranteng
    Nathan 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 Carroll
    Tom 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 Sulkin
    Gregg Sulkin
    Gregg 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 Drake
      Felix Drake
      Felix 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-Alliyu
      Lateef Elford-Alliyu
      Lateef Elford-Alliyu is an English professional footballer currently playing for West Bromwich Albion, as a striker.-Club career:...

      , footballer
  • 4 June - Carl Forster
    Carl Forster
    Carl 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 Byrne
    Nathan Byrne
    Nathan 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 Jones
    Laura 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 Main
    Curtis Main
    Curtis 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 Fisher
    Tom 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 Cowan
      Theo Cowan
      Theo 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 Greenhalgh
      Ben Greenhalgh
      Ben 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
  • 5 July - Max Brick
    Max Brick
    Max 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 Crossley
      Kelsey-Beth Crossley
      Kelsey-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 Grosvenor
      Benjamin Grosvenor
      Benjamin 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
  • 21 July - Jessica Barden
    Jessica Barden
    Jessica 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 Bradshaw
    Tom 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 Grocott
    Kevin Grocott
    Kevin 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-Brown
    Keanu Marsh-Brown
    Keanu 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 Kavanagh
    Brad Kavanagh
    Brad 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 Mandy
    Angelica Mandy
    Angelica 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 Henwick
    Jessica Henwick
    Jessica 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 Darkwah
    Cameron Darkwah
    Cameron 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 Crighton
    Cameron Crighton
    Cameron 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 Buller
    William 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 Cox
      Kristian Cox
      Kristian 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 Gilchrist
      Keir Gilchrist
      Keir 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
  • 30 September - Cyrus Christie
    Cyrus Christie
    Cyrus 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 Ferdinand
    Kane Ferdinand
    Kane 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-Adams
      Kofi Lockhart-Adams
      Kofi 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 Fletcher
    Carrie Fletcher
    Carrie 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 Gorman
    Johnny Gorman
    Rory 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 Jossa
      Jacqueline Jossa
      Jacqueline 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 Singleton
      Brad Singleton
      Bradley 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

November

  • November - Maia Krall Fry
    Maia Krall Fry
    Maia 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 Davidson
    Alex 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 Lancaster
    Cameron Lancaster
    Cameron 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 Coulton
    Tom Coulton
    Thomas 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 Bruton
    Lauren Bruton
    Lauren Bruton is an English female football striker, currently playing for FA Women's Premier League side Arsenal Ladies...

    , female football striker
  • 29 November - Steph Fraser
    Steph Fraser
    Stephanie 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 Lyne
    Reece Lyne
    Reece 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 McManners
    Joseph McManners
    Joseph 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 Law
    Thomas Law
    Thomas 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 Goldson
      Connor Goldson
      Connor 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
  • 21 December - Dale Jennings
    Dale 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 Suffield
    Melissa Suffield
    Melissa 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 Butler
    Joyce Butler
    Joyce 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-operative
    Labour Co-operative
    Labour 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 Parliament
    Member of Parliament
    A 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 1910
    1910 in the United Kingdom
    Events from the year 1910 in the United Kingdom.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King Edward VII , King George V*Prime Minister - H. H...

    )
  • 9 January - Bill Naughton
    Bill Naughton
    William John Francis Naughton, or Bill Naughton was an Irish-born British playwright and author, best known for his play Alfie.-Early life:...

    , playwright (born 1910
    1910 in the United Kingdom
    Events from the year 1910 in the United Kingdom.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King Edward VII , King George V*Prime Minister - H. H...

    )
  • 11 January - W. G. Hoskins
    W. G. Hoskins
    William 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 1908
    1908 in the United Kingdom
    Events from the year 1908 in the United Kingdom.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King Edward VII*Prime Minister - Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Liberal , H. H...

    )
  • 23 January - Freddie Bartholomew
    Freddie Bartholomew
    Frederick 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 1924
    1924 in the United Kingdom
    Events 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 Davies
    Alan 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 1961
    1961 in the United Kingdom
    Events from the year 1961 in the United Kingdom.-Incumbents:*Monarch – Elizabeth II*Prime Minister – Harold Macmillan, Conservative Party-Events:*1 January...

    )
  • 16 February - Angela Carter
    Angela Carter
    Angela Carter was an English novelist and journalist, known for her feminist, magical realism, and picaresque works...

    , novelist and journalist (born 1940
    1940 in the United Kingdom
    Events 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 1931
    1931 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 Mudie
    Jackie Mudie
    John "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 1930
    1930 in the United Kingdom
    Events 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. Shackle
    G. L. S. Shackle
    George 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 1903
    1903 in the United Kingdom
    Events 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 Vipont
    Elfrida Vipont
    Elfrida 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 Kelsey
    Jack Kelsey
    Alfred 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 1929
    1929 in the United Kingdom
    Events 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. Mitchell
    Peter D. Mitchell
    Peter 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 1920
    1920 in the United Kingdom
    Events 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 Hill
      Benny Hill
      Benny 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 Howerd
      Frankie Howerd
      Francis 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 1917
      1917 in the United Kingdom
      Events 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:...

      )
  • 4 May - Gregor Mackenzie
    Gregor Mackenzie
    James Gregor Mackenzie was a British Labour Party politician.Mackenzie was educated at the Royal Technical College and Glasgow University...

    , Labour Party
    Labour 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 1927
    1927 in the United Kingdom
    Events 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. McWilliam
    F. E. McWilliam
    F.E. McWilliam , was a British surrealist sculptor, born in Banbridge, County Down. He worked in stone, wood and bronze chiefly.-Biography:...

    , sculptor (born 1909
    1909 in the United Kingdom
    Events 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 David
    Elizabeth David
    Elizabeth 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 1913
    1913 in the United Kingdom
    Events 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 Bacon
      Francis Thomas Bacon
      Francis 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 1904
      1904 in the United Kingdom
      Events 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 Sanderson
      Joan Sanderson
      Joan 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 1912
      1912 in the United Kingdom
      Events 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....

      )
  • 27 May - Peter Jenkins
    Peter 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 1934
    1934 in the United Kingdom
    Events from the year 1934 in the United Kingdom.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King George V*Prime Minister - Ramsay MacDonald, national coalition-Events:...

    )
  • 3 June - Robert Morley
    Robert Morley
    Robert 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 1908
    1908 in the United Kingdom
    Events from the year 1908 in the United Kingdom.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King Edward VII*Prime Minister - Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Liberal , H. H...

    )
  • 20 June - Charles Groves
    Charles Groves
    Sir 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 1915
    1915 in the United Kingdom
    Events 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 Stirling
    James 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 1926
    1926 in the United Kingdom
    Events 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 Kedourie
    Elie Kedourie
    Elie 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 Pierrepoint
    Albert Pierrepoint
    Albert 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 1905
    1905 in the United Kingdom
    Events 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 Fenton
    Ted Fenton
    Edward "Ted" Fenton was manager of English football club West Ham United between 1950 and 1961.- West Ham United :...

    , former footballer and football manager (born 1914
    1914 in the United Kingdom
    Events 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 Sutcliff
    Rosemary Sutcliff
    Rosemary 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 1920
    1920 in the United Kingdom
    Events 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 Bingham
    Richard Martin Bingham
    Richard 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 1915
    1915 in the United Kingdom
    Events 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 Cheshire
    Leonard Cheshire
    Group 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 1917
    1917 in the United Kingdom
    Events 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 Fox
    Leslie Fox
    Leslie 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 1918
    1918 in the United Kingdom
    Events 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 Devlin
    Patrick Devlin, Baron Devlin
    Patrick 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 1905
    1905 in the United Kingdom
    Events 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 Party
    Scottish National Party
    The Scottish National Party is a social-democratic political party in Scotland which campaigns for Scottish independence from the United Kingdom....

     Member of Parliament (born 1920
    1920 in the United Kingdom
    Events 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 Norton
    Mary Norton (author)
    Mary Norton, née Pearson, was an English children's author. Her books include The Borrowers series.-Background:...

    , author (born 1903
    1903 in the United Kingdom
    Events 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 Trace
    Christopher Trace
    Christopher 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 1933
    1933 in the United Kingdom
    Events 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 Evans
    Geraint Evans
    Sir 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 1922
    1922 in the United Kingdom
    The 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-Home
    William Douglas-Home
    William 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-Home
    Alec Douglas-Home
    Alexander 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 1912
    1912 in the United Kingdom
    Events 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 Wilmshurst
    Ken Wilmshurst
    Kenneth 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 1931
    1931 in the United Kingdom
    Events 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 Elliott
    Denholm Elliott
    Denholm Mitchell Elliott, CBE was an English film, television and theatre actor with over 120 film and television credits...

    , actor (born 1922
    1922 in the United Kingdom
    The 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 Pyke
    Magnus Pyke
    Dr. 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 1908
    1908 in the United Kingdom
    Events from the year 1908 in the United Kingdom.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King Edward VII*Prime Minister - Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Liberal , H. H...

    )
  • 29 October - Kenneth MacMillan
    Kenneth MacMillan
    Sir 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 1929
    1929 in the United Kingdom
    Events 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 (1914
    1914 in the United Kingdom
    Events 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...

    )
  • 25 December -
    • - Monica Dickens
      Monica Dickens
      Monica Enid Dickens, MBE was an English writer, the great-granddaughter of Charles Dickens.-Biography:...

      , author and great granddaughter of Charles Dickens
      Charles Dickens
      Charles 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 1915
      1915 in the United Kingdom
      Events 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 Croker
      Ted Croker
      Edgar 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 1924
      1924 in the United Kingdom
      Events 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...

      )
  • 26 December - Edmund Davies, Baron Edmund-Davies
    Edmund Davies, Baron Edmund-Davies
    Herbert 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 1906
    1906 in the United Kingdom
    Events from the year 1906 in the United Kingdom.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King Edward VII*Prime Minister - Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Liberal-Events:...

    )
  • 28 December - Cardew Robinson
    Cardew Robinson
    Douglas 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 1917
    1917 in the United Kingdom
    Events 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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