- 1016
| Nov 30 | Knut becomes King of England. | |
- 1066
| Jan 05 | (or possibly the 4th) Edward de Belijder the Confessor, king of England (1043-66), dies. | Ref: 5 |
- 1109
| Apr 21 | Anselmus philosopher/archbishop of Canterbury, dies. | Ref: 5 |
- 1118
| Dec 21 | Thomas Becket archbishop of Canterbury, is born. | Ref: 15 |
- 1175
| Nov 20 | St.Edmund of Abington, English archbishop, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1189
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- 1222
| Aug 04 | Richard de Clare, English nobleman, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1228
| Jul 09 | Death of Stephen Langton (b.ca.1155), Archbishop of Canterbury. It was Langton who formulated the original division of the Bible into chapters in the late 1100s. | Ref: 5 |
- 1240
| Nov 16 | St.Edmund of Abington, English archbishop, dies at age 64. | Ref: 70 |
- 1262
| Jul 15 | Richard de Clare, English nobleman, dies at age 40. | Ref: 70 |
- 1292
| Dec 08 | John Peckham English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62. | Ref: 5 |
- 1301
| Feb 07 | Edward of Caernarion (later Edward II) becomes first prince of Wales. | Ref: 5 |
- 1327
| Feb 01 | Edward III is coronated King of England at Westminster Abbey, Middlesex. | Ref: 53 |
- 1341
| Nov 10 | Henry Percy Northumberland, English statesman, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1364
| May 20 | Sir Henry Percy, knight and supporter of Henry IV, aka Harry Hotspur, dies. | Ref: 5 |
- 1382
| Jan 14 | Richard II marries Anne of Bohemia in the chapel of the palace at Westminster. Archbishop of Canterbury crowns Anne queen. Elaborate feasts and tournaments. Legend has it that Anne introduced sidesaddle riding to England. A general amnesty is published for surviving insurgents of last year's Peasant's Revolt. | |
- 1406
| Nov 06 | Sir John Falstaff, English knight, dies. | Ref: 62 |
- 1408
| Feb 20 | Henry Percy Northumberland, English statesman, dies at age 66. | Ref: 70 |
- 1414
| Feb 19 | Thomas Arundel archbishop of Canterbury/chancellor of England, dies. | Ref: 5 |
- 1422
| Aug 13 | William Caxton first English printer (Histories of Troy), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1468
| Mar 28 | Charles I Duke of Savoy, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1477
| Feb 07 | Sir Thomas More, English statesman and writer, famous for Utopia, later executed for refusing to accept Henry VIII as the head of the church, is born. | Ref: 68 |
- 1489
| Jul 02 | Birth of Thomas Cranmer, first Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury (1533-1556) and primary author of the 'Book of Common Prayer' and 'Thirty-Nine Articles' of the Anglican Church. | Ref: 5 |
- 1503
| Feb 15 | Henry Deane Archbishop of Canterbury (1501-03), dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 18 | Henry Tudor becomes the Prince of Wales (later Henry VIII) | Ref: 5 |
- 1515
| Dec 24 | Thomas Wolsey appointed English Lord Chancellor. | Ref: 5 |
- 1530
| Nov 29 | Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, adviser to England's King Henry VIII, dies. | Ref: 5 |
- 1532
| May 16 | Sir Thomas More resigns as English Lord Chancellor. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 24 | Robert Dudley Leicester, English favorite of Queen Elizabeth I, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1533
| Mar 30 | Thomas Cranmer becomes archbishop of Canterbury. | Ref: 5 |
- 1534
| Apr 17 | Sir Thomas More confined in London Tower. | Ref: 5 |
- 1535
| Jul 01 | Sir Thomas More went on trial in England charged with treason. | Ref: 5 |
- 1537
| Oct 12 | Edward VI, king of England (1547-53), the only son of Henry VIII (king of England) by his third wife Jane Seymour, is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Oct 24 | Jane Seymour, the third wife of England's King Henry VIII, died 12 days after giving birth to Prince Edward, later King Edward VI. | Ref: 70 |
- 1545
| Mar 02 | Sir Thomas Bodley England, diplomat/scholar, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1546
| Mar 10 | Thomas Elyot English diplomat (Boke named the Governor), dies at 46. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 26 | Thomas Elyot British diplomat, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 29 | Cardinal Beaton English archbishop of St Andrews, murdered | Ref: 5 |
- 1549
| Mar 20 | Thomas Seymour of Sudely English Lord Admiral, beheaded. | Ref: 5 |
- 1550
| Feb 02 | English Edward Seymour duke of Somerset, freed. | Ref: 5 |
- 1551
| Apr 20 | John Dudley becomes English Earl Marshal. | Ref: 5 |
- 1552
| Feb 01 | Sir Edward Coke, English jurist who helped the development of English law with his arguments for the supremacy of common law over royal prerogative, is born. | Ref: 2 |
- 1554
| Nov 30 | Roman Catholicism was (briefly) restored to England, under the reign of Mary Tudor, the daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. In the process, "Bloody Mary" had Thomas Cranmer, Hugh Latimer, Nicholas Ridley and nearly 300 other Protestant leaders burned at the stake. | Ref: 5 |
- 1556
| Mar 22 | Cardinal Reginald Pole becomes archbishop of Canterbury. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 10 | The Englishman Richard Chancellor is drowned off Aberdeenshire on his return from a second voyage to Russia. | Ref: 2 |
- 1559
| Jan 29 | Sir Thomas Pope English politician, benefactor, dies at about 52. | Ref: 5 |
- 1560
| Aug 19 | James (The Admirable) Crichton, English adventurer, is born in Eliock Scotland. | Ref: 68 |
- 1563
| Jun 01 | Robert Cecil Earl of Salisbury, English chief minister (1598-1625), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1567
| Feb 09 | (or 10th) Lord Darnley (Henry Stuart), the second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, is murdered his sick-bed in a house in Edinburgh when the house blows up. | Ref: 2 |
| Nov 10 | Robert Devereux Essex, English soldier, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1571
| Jan 22 | Robert Bruce Cotton English antiquary, politician, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1573
| Oct 07 | William Laud, English Archbishop of Canterbury (1633-45), is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1577
| Jul 09 | Thomas De La Warr, English official; one of the founders of the Virginia colony, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1582
| Jul 03 | James (The Admirable) Crichton, English adventurer, dies in Mantua, Italy. | Ref: 68 |
- 1588
| Jan 12 | John Winthrop, the first governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, is born. | Ref: 2 |
| Feb 12 | John Winthrop English attorney/puritan/1st Governor of Massachusetts, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 04 | Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, English favorite of Queen Elizabeth I, dies at age 56. | Ref: 70 |
- 1590
| Apr 06 | Francis Walsingham English Secretary of State, dies at about 57. | Ref: 5 |
- 1592
| Apr 20 | John Eliot St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 28 | George Villiers first duke of Buckingham/English Admiral, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 28 | George Villiers duke of Buckingham, royal minister to James I, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1593
| Mar 23 | English Congressionalist Henry Barrow accused of slander. | Ref: 5 |
- 1595
| Oct 18 | Edward Winslow, English founder of Plymouth Colony, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1599
| Apr 25 | Oliver Cromwell, Puritan lord protector of England (1653-58), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1603
| Dec 10 | William Gilbert Queen Elizabeth's physician, dies at 59. | Ref: 5 |
- 1604
| Feb 29 | John Whitgift Archbishop of Canterbury (1583-1604), dies at about 74. | Ref: 5 |
- 1608
| Dec 06 | George Monck/Monk English general/Governor of Scotland, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1609
| Feb 18 | Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon, English lord chancellor/PM (1660-67), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 01 | Sir Matthew Hale, English legal scholar, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1611
| Mar 04 | George Abbot appointed archbishop of Canterbury. | Ref: 5 |
- 1612
| Jan 17 | Thomas Fairfax Lord Fairfax, English Parliamentary General, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 24 | Robert Cecil first Earl of Salisbury/PM (1598-1612), dies at 48. | Ref: 5 |
- 1613
| Jan 28 | Sir Thomas Bodley, British soldier, dies. | Ref: 68 |
- 1618
| Jun 07 | Thomas De La Warr, English official; one of the founders of the Virginia colony, dies at age 40. | Ref: 70 |
- 1621
| Apr 23 | Sir William Penn, English admiral and father of PA's founder, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1626
| Feb 02 | Charles I is crowned King of England. | Ref: 2 |
| Oct 04 | Richard Cromwell lord protector of England (1658-59), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1628
| Jan 30 | George Villiers 2nd duke of Buckingham England, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 12 | John Bull thought to have composed British national anthem (God Save The King), dies. | Ref: 5 |
- 1631
| Jun 21 | John Smith, the man saved by Pocahontas, dies in London, England. | Ref: 68 |
- 1632
| Feb 20 | Thomas Osborne Duke of Leeds, English PM (1690-94)/founder (Tories), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1633
| Nov 11 | George Savile Halifax, British statesman, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1634
| Sep 03 | Sir Edward Coke England, jurist/politician (defended common law), dies at age 82. | Ref: 70 |
- 1641
| May 16 | Sir Dudley North, English economist and merchant, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1642
| Jan 10 | King Charles I & family flee London for Oxford. | Ref: 5 |
- 1643
| Dec 08 | John Pym English House of Commons member, dies at about 59. | Ref: 5 |
- 1644
| Oct 14 | William Penn, colonist: founder of the colony of Pennsylvania as a haven for Quakers, is born. | Ref: 4 |
- 1649
| Mar 26 | John Winthrop Puritan & 1st Governor (Massachusetts Bay Colony), dies at age 61. | Ref: 2 |
- 1650
| May 24 | John Churchill first duke of Marlborough, English general strategist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1651
| Mar 04 | John Baron Somers (Whig), William III's chief minister (1696-1700), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1653
| Sep 03 | Roger North, English lawyer, historian and biographer, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 16 | Oliver Cromwell takes on dictatorial powers with the title of lord protector of England, Scotland and Ireland. | Ref: 2 |
- 1655
| May 08 | Edward Winslow, English founder of Plymouth Colony, dies at age 59. | Ref: 70 |
- 1657
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- 1658
| Apr 19 | Robert Rich 2nd earl of Warwick English Lord High Admiral, dies at 70. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 03 | Oliver Cromwell, English soldier and statesman; Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland (1653-8), dies at 59. | Ref: 70 |
- 1660
| May 29 | Sarah Jennings Marlborough, English wife of John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough; active in Queen Anne's court, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1661
| Dec 05 | Robert Haley earl of Oxford/English premier (Whig, 1710-14), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1665
| Feb 06 | Anne Stuart Queen of England (1702-14), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1668
| Dec 22 | Stephen Day first British colonial printer, dies. | Ref: 5 |
- 1670
| Jan 03 | George Monck English General (-to the-sea), dies at 61. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 16 | Sir William Penn, English admiral and father of PA's founder, dies at age 49. | Ref: 70 |
- 1674
| Dec 09 | Edward Hyde first earl of Clarendon English PM (1660-67), dies at 65. | Ref: 5 |
- 1675
| Jul 28 | Death of Bulstrode Whitelocke 69, an influential English lawyer during the Commonwealth of Oliver Cromwell. Among Whitelocke's last words: 'There has been one true religion in the world; and that is the work of the Spirit of God in the hearts and souls of men'. | Ref: 5 |
- 1676
| Aug 26 | Sir Robert Walpole, Whig statesman and British Prime Minister, is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Nov 01 | Sir Matthew Hale, English legal scholar, dies at age 67. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 25 | Sir Matthew Hale, English legal scholar, dies at age 67. | Ref: 70 |
- 1684
| Feb 22 | William Pulteney London, statesman (Earl of Bath), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 22 | William Pulteney Bath, English Whig politician; opposed Sir Robert Walpole, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Apr 05 | William Brouncker 2nd viscount/1st president of Royal Society, dies. | Ref: 5 |
- 1687
| Apr 16 | George Villiers, Buckingham, English politician, 2nd duke of Buckingham, dies at age 59. | Ref: 70 |
- 1689
| Apr 18 | George Jeffreys first Baron Jeffreys of Wem/infamous judge, dies. | Ref: 5 |
- 1690
| Apr 22 | John Carteret Earl Granville (C), English chief minister (1722-42), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1691
| Dec 31 | Sir Dudley North, English economist and merchant, dies at age 50. | Ref: 70 |
- 1692
| Feb 29 | Edward Cave England, printer (Gentlemen's Magazine), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1695
| Apr 05 | George Savile, first marquis of Halifax, British statesman, dies at age 61. | Ref: 70 |
- 1696
| Dec 22 | James Oglethorpe, English founder of the British colony of Georgia, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1702
| Jan 17 | Thomas Franklin English smith/uncle of B Franklin, dies. | Ref: 5 |
- 1708
| Nov 15 | William Pitt the Elder (Whig) UK PM (1756-61, 66-68) `Great Commoner', secretary of state of England whose strategies helped win the Seven Years War, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1711
| Dec 31 | Duke of Marlborough fired as English army commander. | Ref: 5 |
- 1712
| Jul 12 | Lord Richard Cromwell, English lord protector (1658-9), dies at age 85. | Ref: 70 |
| Oct 14 | George Grenville, English first lord of the Treasury (1763-5), is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 15 | Sidney first Earl of Godolphine English minister of Finance, dies at 67. | Ref: 5 |
- 1713
| May 25 | John Stuart 3rd earl of Bute, English premier (1760-63), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1718
| Jul 30 | Death of William Penn, 74, English Quaker and founder of American colony of PA. Penn permitted in his colony all forms of public worship compatible with monotheism and religious liberty. | Ref: 5 |
- 1721
| Jan 02 | John Manners, Marquis of Granby, British military commander, commander-in-chief of English forces during the Seven Years War, is born. | Ref: 17 |
| Feb 05 | James Stanhope first earl of Stanhope English General, dies at 47. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 14 | William August [Duke of Cumberland] English army leader, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 02 | John Manners Granby, English army officer; hero of the Seven Years' War | Ref: 70 |
- 1722
| Apr 13 | Charles Leslie Irish controversialist, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 16 | John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough and military commander, dies. | Ref: 62 |
- 1723
| Jul 10 | Sir William Blackstone England, jurist (Blackstone's Commentaries), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1724
| Apr 06 | Duke of Newcastle becomes English minister of Foreign Affairs. | Ref: 5 |
- 1725
| May 21 | Robert Haley earl of Oxford English Whig-premier (1710-4), dies at 63. | Ref: 5 |
- 1727
| Jan 02 | James Wolfe, commanded British Army (captured Québec), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1730
| May 13 | Charles Watson-Wentworth 2nd marquis of Rockingham (Whig) British PM (1765-66, 1782), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1732
| Apr 13 | Frederick Lord North, British prime minister (1770-82), is born. | Ref: 2 |
| Dec 06 | Warren Hastings England, first Governorernor-General of India (1773-84), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1734
| Mar 01 | Roger North, English lawyer, historian and biographer, dies at age 80. | Ref: 70 |
- 1735
| Jan 09 | John Jervis, Earl of St Vincent, English admiral, First Lord of the Admiralty (1801-04), is born. | Ref: 17 |
- 1737
| May 13 | William Lansdowne, English statesman; viceroy of Canada (1883-88), viceroy of India (1888-94) secretary of state for war (1895-1900) and foreign secretary (1900-06), is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1738
| Apr 14 | Duck of Portland (C) British PM (1783, 1807-09), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 31 | Charles Lord Cornwallis solider/statesman "fire when ready Gridley", is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1742
| Feb 09 | British ex-premier Walpole becomes earl of Orford. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 16 | Earl of Wilmington becomes British premier. | Ref: 5 |
- 1744
| Oct 18 | Sarah Jennings Marlborough, English wife of John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough; active in Queen Anne's court, dies at age 84. | Ref: 5 |
- 1745
| Mar 18 | Robert Walpole, first British prime minister (1721-42), dies at age 68. | Ref: 68 |
| Mar 29 | Robert Walpole first British premier (1722-42), dies at 68. | Ref: 5 |
- 1746
| Feb 10 | English Pelham government resigns. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 14 | Henry Pelham appointed English premier. | Ref: 5 |
- 1750
| May 02 | John Andre, British Major who conspired with Benedict Arnold, is born. | Ref: 17 |
- 1753
| May 26 | Willem Maurits Earl of Nassau/Governor of Zeeuws-Flanders, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 03 | Charles Earl Stanhope, England, radical politician/scientist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1754
| Mar 18 | Duke of Newcastle becomes English premier. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 09 | William Bligh nasty ship's captain (HMS Bounty), is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Sep 10 | William Bligh, British naval officer who was the victim of two mutinies, the most famous on the HMS Bounty which was taken over by Fletcher Christian, is born. | Ref: 2 |
- 1755
| Jul 09 | British General Edward Braddock is killed by French and Indian troops in the French and Indian War. | Ref: 2 |
| Sep 29 | Robert Lord Clive, founded British empire in India, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1757
| May 30 | Henry Addington Viscount Sidmouth (C), British PM (1801-04), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1758
| Sep 29 | Horatio Nelson, British naval commander who defeated the French and her allies on numerous occasions during the age of Napoleon, is born. | Ref: 2 |
- 1759
| May 28 | William Pitt the Younger (C), English PM (1783-1801, 1804-06), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 13 | James Wolfe commanded British Army (captured Québec), dies at age 32. | Ref: 70 |
| Oct 25 | Baron Grenville (Whig) British PM (1806-07), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1760
| Mar 28 | Thomas Clarkson English abolitionist (Negro Emancipation), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 10 | Gerard George Clifford head of East-Indian Company, dies at 75. | Ref: 5 |
- 1762
| Aug 12 | George IV, named Prince Regent in 1811 when his father was declared insane, is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Nov 01 | Spencer Perceval (Tory), the only British prime minister to be assassinated, British PM (1809-12), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1763
| Jan 02 | John Casteret Earl Granville English premier, dies at 72. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 12 | John Casteret appointed British minister of foreign affairs. | Ref: 5 |
- 1764
| Mar 13 | Charles Earl Grey (Whig), British Prime Minister (1830-34), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 19 | Sir John Barrow England, founded Royal Geographical Society, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 21 | Willaim Sydney Smith, British seaman during the Napoleonic Wars, is born. | Ref: 2 |
| Jul 07 | William Pulteney Bath, English Whig politician; opposed Sir Robert Walpole, dies at age 80. | Ref: 70 |
- 1766
| May 09 | John Byron back in England after trip around the world. | Ref: 5 |
- 1768
| Mar 03 | Virginia's Governor Francis Fauquier dies. John Blair, president of the Council, serves as acting governor until the appointment and arrival of Governor Botetourt. | Ref: 93 |
| May 16 | Cornelis Writer fleet supervisor, dies at about 81. | Ref: 5 |
- 1769
| Apr 24 | Arthur Wellesley, general during the Napoleonic Wars, Duke of Wellington, is born. | Ref: 2 |
| May 01 | Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, British PM (C) (1828-30), English general; defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo (1815), British PM (C) (1828-30), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 06 | Sir Isaac Brock, British politician and soldier; important figure in War of 1812, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1770
| Jan 25 | Francis Burdett British politician, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 18 | John Manners Granby, English army officer; hero of the Seven Years' War, dies at age 49. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 13 | George Grenville, English first lord of the Treasury (1763-5), dies at age 58 | Ref: 70 |
- 1771
| May 14 | Robert Owen England, factory owner/socialist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1772
| May 20 | William Congreve English officer (design fire rocket), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1773
| Jul 23 | Sir Thomas Brisbane, English soldier and astronomical observer, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1776
| Feb 23 | John Walter II London, chief proprietor (The London Times, 1812-47), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 15 | Duchess of Kingston found guilty of bigamy. | Ref: 5 |
- 1778
| Jan 13 | Sir Isaac Goldsmid, English financier, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| May 11 | William Pitt Sr, English premier (1756-61, 66-68), dies at age 69. | Ref: 5 |
- 1779
| Mar 15 | William Lamb (Whig) Viscount Melbourne, British Prime Minister (1834, 1835-41) and adviser to Queen Victoria, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1780
| Feb 14 | William Blackstone English lawyer, dies at age 56. | Ref: 5 |
- 1781
| Jul 05 | Sir Stamford Raffles, founded Singapore; discovered Rafflesia Arnoldi [w/Joseph Arnold], an East Indian fungus, is born. | Ref: 68 |
- 1782
| Nov 01 | Viscount Goderich (Tory), British PM (1827-28), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1783
| Jan 19 | William Pitt becomes the youngest Prime Minister of England at age 24. | Ref: 2 |
| Dec 07 | William Pitt Jr (24) becomes British premier. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 19 | William Pitt the Younger becomes youngest Prime Minister of England at age 24. | Ref: 5 |
- 1784
| Jan 28 | George HG Earl of Aberdeen English Secretary of State, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 20 | Adam Black Edinburgh Scotland, politician/publisher, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1787
| Jun 28 | Sir Henry G W Smith leader of British-Indian forces, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1788
| Jan 31 | The Young Pretender, [Bonnie Prince], Charles Edward Stuart, dies at age 67 | Ref: 2 |
| Feb 05 | Sir Robert "Bobbie" Peel British PM (1834-46), founded Tories, founder of the London Police Force ("Bobbies" is derived from his name), is born. | Ref: 4 |
- 1789
| Mar 16 | Francis Chesney, English soldier, explorer and Middle East traveler | Ref: 70 |
- 1790
| Apr 30 | John Cockerill English/Belgian industrialist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1791
| Jun 20 | Thomas Edward Bowdich, English traveler and scientific writer, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1792
| Mar 10 | John Stuart 3rd earl of Bute/English premier (1760-63), dies at 78. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 12 | John George Lambton London, statesman (1st Earl of Durham), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 18 | Lord John Russel, Prime Minister of England from 1846 to 1852 and 1865 to 1866 is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Oct 17 | Birth of John Bowring, English statesman, linguist, merchant, theologian and author of the hymn, "In the Cross of Christ I Glory." | Ref: 5 |
- 1794
| Jul 12 | British Admiral Lord Nelson loses his right eye at the siege of Calvi, in Corsica. | Ref: 2 |
- 1795
| Apr 05 | Sir Henry Havelock British soldier (War in Afghanistan 1838-39), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1796
| Jul 18 | Feargus O'Connor County Cork, leader of the English Chartists, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1797
| Sep 16 | Sir Anthony Panizzi Librarian at the British Museum, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 16 | Lord Cardigan, leader of the famed Light Brigade, is born. | Ref: 2 |
| Dec 26 | John Wilkes English journalist/Higher/Lower house leader, dies at 72. | Ref: 5 |
- 1799
| Mar 29 | Edward Stanley Earl Derby (C), British Prime Minister (1852, 1858-59, 1866-68), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1800
| Apr 16 | George Charles Bingham, British soldier, commanded the Light Brigade during the famous charge, is born. | Ref: 2 |
- 1801
| Feb 07 | John Rylands England, merchant/philanthropist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 28 | Ralph Abercromby English army commander (North Holland), dies at 66. | Ref: 5 |
- 1802
| Feb 27 | William George Frederick Cavendish Bentinck Lord George Bentinck, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1804
| Mar 07 | John Wedgwood founder (Royal Horticulture Society), dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 03 | Richard Cobden, English economist and politician, is born. | Ref: 2 |
| Dec 19 | Mary Bright British PM Rockingham, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 21 | Benjamin Disraeli (Tory) British PM (1868, 1874-80), is born. | Ref: 17 |
- 1805
| May 07 | William Lansdowne, English statesman; viceroy of Canada (1883-88), viceroy of India (1888-94) secretary of state for war (1895-1900) and foreign secretary (1900-06), dies at age 67. | Ref: 70 |
| Jul 05 | Robert Fitzroy English naval officer; commanded the H.M.S. Beagle, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Oct 05 | Charles Cornwallis, English soldier and statesman, dies at age 66. | Ref: 70 |
| Oct 21 | Horatio Nelson, 47, English naval commander, is killed at the Battle of Trafalgar. | Ref: 70 |
| Oct 23 | Horatio Nelson military: British Navy: Battle of Trafalgar hero; is killed during that battle. | Ref: 4 |
- 1806
| Jan 09 | Funeral procession of Admiral Lord Nelson attracts thousands to the streets of London. | Ref: 10 |
| Jan 23 | William Pitt the Younger, PM Great Britain (1783-1806), dies at 46. | Ref: 5 |
- 1808
| Dec 22 | Thomas Cook England, tour director (Thomas Cook & Son), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1809
| Dec 29 | William E. Gladstone, British prime minister who established a system of national education, reformed Parliament and worked unsuccessfully for Irish home rule. | Ref: 2 |
- 1811
| Mar 14 | August Henry Fitzroy English premier (1768-70), dies at 75. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 16 | John Bright, British Victorian radical who founded the Anti-Corn Law League, is born. | Ref: 2 |
- 1812
| Oct 13 | Sir Isaac Brock, British politician and soldier; important figure in War of 1812, dies at age 43. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 14 | Charles J Canning English earl/1st viceroy of British-Indies, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1816
| Jan 27 | Samuel Hood first Viscount Hood/admiral, dies. | Ref: 5 |
- 1818
| Jun 21 | Sir Richard Wallace, English art collector and philanthropist, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Aug 22 | Warren Hastings first governor-general of India (1773-84), dies at 85. | Ref: 5 |
- 1819
| Mar 11 | Henry Tate English sugar producer (Tate Gallery), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 26 | Prince Albert, husband to Queen Victoria, is born. | Ref: 15 |
- 1822
| Jan 28 | Birth of William D. Longstaff, English philanthropist. A close acquaintance of Dwight L. Moody and Ira D. Sankey, Longstaff is better remembered today as author of the hymn, "Take Time to Be Holy". | Ref: 5 |
- 1823
| Apr 30 | George JD Campbell Scottish/British Minister to Indies (1868-74/80-85), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1824
| Jan 10 | Thomas Edward Bowdich, English traveler and scientific writer, dies at age 32. | Ref: 70 |
- 1826
| Jul 05 | Sir Stamford Raffles, founded Singapore; discovered Rafflesia Arnoldi [w/Joseph Arnold], an East Indian fungus; dies. | Ref: 68 |
- 1829
| May 16 | William Congreve English officer, dies at 56. | Ref: 5 |
- 1830
| Feb 03 | Robert Cecil Marquess of Salisbury (C), British PM (1885-1902), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1832
| Dec 12 | Abraham C Wertheim Dutch banker/MP (liberal), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1833
| Jan 21 | Norman Willis union leader (Britain's Trades Union Congress), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 28 | Charles George Gordon London England, military hero/general (China, Khartoum), is born. | Ref: 68 |
- 1834
| Jan 30 | Lord Avebury [John Lubbock], British banker/politician, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1835
| Feb 15 | Henry Hunt British politician, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 17 | William Henry Ireland forger (Shakespearean manuscripts), dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 18 | William Lamb Lord Melbourne forms British government. | Ref: 5 |
| May 13 | John Nash British town planner/architect (Regent's Park), dies. | Ref: 5 |
- 1836
| Jul 08 | Joseph Chamberlain, British statesman, is born in London England. | Ref: 68 |
| Sep 07 | Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman British PM (L) (1905-08), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 30 | Frederick Charles Cavendish, English statesman, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1837
| Dec 02 | Dr. Joseph Bell, British physician believed to be the prototype of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's detective Sherlock Holmes, is born. | Ref: 2 |
- 1838
| Dec 03 | Octavia Hill British reformer, leader of open-space movement, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1839
| Dec 07 | Redvers H Buller English general/large landowner: Natal, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1840
| Mar 30 | Charles Booth, English shipowner and sociologist, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1841
| Jan 25 | John Arbuthnot Fisher Ceylon, first Baron Fisher/admiral of the fleet, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 26 | Evelyn Baring Earl Cromer English Consul-General (Egypt), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1844
| Feb 15 | Henry Addington Lord Sidmouth British premier (1801-04), dies at 86. | Ref: 5 |
- 1845
| Feb 14 | Quinton Hogg, English philanthropist, is born. | Ref: 2 |
| Feb 16 | Quinton Hogg, English philanthropist, is born. | Ref: 2 |
| Jul 17 | Charles, Earl Grey, Whig statesman and Prime Minister (1830-34), dies at age 81. | Ref: 70 |
- 1846
| May 17 | Edmund Bishop, English secretary of Thomas Carlyle, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 27 | Charles Stewart Parnell, the "Uncrowned King of Ireland," is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Jul 27 | Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish nationalist member of British parliament (1875-91), is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1847
| May 07 | Archibald Primrose Earl of Rosebery (Liberal), British PM (1894-95), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 30 | Alice Sophia Stopford Green, Ireland, proponent of Irish independence, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1848
| Jul 25 | Arthur Earl Balfour (C), British PM (1902-05) (Balfour Declaration), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1849
| Feb 13 | Lord Randolph Churchill, English politician, Winston Churchill's father and member of Parliament, is born. | Ref: 2 |
- 1850
| Jan 29 | Ebenezer Howard London, pioneer of garden cities, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 24 | Horatio Herbert Kitchener England, original Order of Merit member, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 02 | Sir Robert Peel, British PM (1834-46), founded Tories, founder of the London Police Force ("Bobbies" is derived from his name), dies. | Ref: 4 |
- 1852
| Sep 12 | HH Asquith (L) British PM (1908-16), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 14 | Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, British PM (C) (1828-30), English general; defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo (1815), British PM (C) (1828-30), dies at age 83. | Ref: 70 |
- 1853
| Jan 16 | Sir Ian Hamilton, English general, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Jan 17 | David Loyd George, English Prime Minister, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1854
| Jan 07 | Herbert John Gladstone, English statesman, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Feb 09 | Edward Carson first Baron Carson, lawyer/leader (Irish Unionist Party), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 23 | Alfred Milner Giessen Germany, British Governor (Cape colony), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 24 | Louis Mountbatten Admiral (WWI), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1856
| Mar 26 | David Alfred Thomas Glamorganshire UK, first Viscount Rhondda, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 30 | Richard Burdon Haldane, Scottish lawyer, philosopher, and statesman, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Aug 15 | J Keir Hardie first Labour representative in British Parliament, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1857
| Feb 22 | Lord Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scout Movement (in England), is born. | Ref: 2 |
- 1858
| Jan 11 | Harry Gordon Selfridge, British businessman, is born in Ripon WI. | Ref: 68 |
| Jan 22 | Frederick Lugard British captain/baron (Congo), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 17 | Robert Owen, Welsh manufacturer and social reformer, dies at age 87. | Ref: 70 |
- 1859
| Jan 11 | Lord George Nathaniel Curzon, First Baron and First Marquis Curzon of Kedleston, British statesman and viceroy of India, is born. | Ref: 17 |
| Apr 27 | Sir Isaac Goldsmid, English financier, dies at age 81. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 05 | British Admiral Earl Jellicoe, Commander of the Atlantic fleet 1910-16, Governor-General of New Zealand is born. | Ref: 68 |
- 1860
| Jan 27 | Sir Thomas Brisbane, English soldier and astronomical observer, dies at age 86. | Ref: 70 |
| Feb 20 | Henry Drummond English banker/religious leader, dies at 69. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 09 | Emily Hobhouse, English reformer and social worker, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Oct 12 | Sir Henry G W Smith leader of British-Indian forces, dies at 73. | Ref: 5 |
- 1861
| Jun 19 | Earl Douglas Haig, British officer, Commander-in-Chief of expeditionary forces in France, 1915-1919, is born. | Ref: 17 |
| Dec 14 | George HG earl of Aberdeen English Minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 76. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 19 | Constance [Clara] Garnett Brighton England, Russian-English translator, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1862
| Apr 25 | Edward Grey English viscount of Fallodon/minister of Foreign affairs, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1863
| Jan 17 | David Lloyd George, British Prime Minister during World War I (L-PM-Britain, 1916-22), is born. | Ref: 2 |
- 1864
| Jul 18 | Philip Snowden, English Labor Party leader, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Nov 25 | British Jewish statesman Benjamin Disraeli declared in a speech: 'Man is a being born to believe, and if no church comes forward with all the title deeds of truth, he will find altars and idols in his own heart and his own imagination.' | Ref: 5 |
- 1865
| Feb 15 | Nicholas Wiseman first Archbishop of Westminster (1850-65), dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 28 | Sir Samuel Cunard, British shipbuilder, dies at age 77. | Ref: 70 |
| Apr 30 | Robert Fitzroy English naval officer; commanded the H.M.S. Beagle, dies at age 59. | Ref: 70 |
- 1866
| Oct 12 | Ramsay MacDonald, British statesman, PM (1924, 1929-31), is born. | Ref: 17 |
| Dec 29 | Joseph Limburg liberal Second-Member of parliament (1905-19), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1867
| Aug 03 | Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin, British PM (1923-29, 1935-37), is born. | Ref: 17 |
- 1868
| Feb 29 | First British government of Disraeli forms. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 28 | James Thomas Brudenell 7th earl of Cardigan, dies at about 70. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 02 | Benjamin Disraeli resigns as Prime Minister of England following liberal victory. | Ref: 5 |
- 1869
| Mar 18 | [Arthur] Neville Chamberlain British Prime Minister (C, 1937-40), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1871
| Mar 19 | Joseph McGinnity Rock Island IL, baseball pitcher (New York Giants), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 28 | Frederick Pethick-Lawrence, English women's suffrage movement leader, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1872
| Jan 30 | Francis Chesney, English soldier, explorer and Middle East traveler, dies at age 82. | Ref: 70 |
| Feb 28 | Douglas McGarel Hogg, English lawyer and politician, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Jul 14 | Frederick Birkenhead, English lord chancellor (1919-22), is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1873
| May 01 | David Livingstone, missionary, explorer, the Livingstone of “Dr. Livingstone, I presume,” dies at age 60. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 22 | L[eopold] S[tennett] Amery, British politician, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1874
| Feb 21 | Benjamin Disraeli replaces William Gladstone as English premier. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 14 | Count Alexander of Athlone, Governor-General (South-Africa/Canada), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 20 | Viscount Palmerston (Whig) British PM (1855-65), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 30 | Sir Winston Churchill (C) British PM (1940-45, 1951-55, Nobel 1953), is born in Blenheim Palace. | Ref: 5 |
- 1875
| Dec 12 | Aleister Edward S Crowley, British occultist, is born in Leamington, England. | Ref: 68 |
- 1877
| Aug 15 | Thomas Edward Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia), soldier, archaeologist, adventurer, and author, is born in Wales | Ref: 62 |
- 1878
| Mar 16 | William Banting English undertaker, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| May 28 | Lord John Russel, Prime Minister of England from 1846 to 1852 and 1865 to 1866, dies. | Ref: 68 |
- 1879
| Apr 18 | Anthony Pannizim principal librarian (British Museum), dies. | Ref: 5 |
| May 19 | Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, American-born English politician; first woman in the British House of Commons, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| May 19 | Lord Waldorf Astor England, 2nd viscount (C)/publisher (London Observer), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1880
| May 06 | Baron W Edmund Archangel & Ironside, British fieldmarshal, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1881
| Mar 09 | Ernest Bevin British minister of Labour/Foreign affairs, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 16 | Edward Frederick Wood first Earl of Halifax/ambassador to US (1940-46), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 19 | Benjamin Disraeli author, statesman: “No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition.”; dies at age 76. | Ref: 17 |
- 1882
| May 06 | Frederick Charles Cavendish, English statesman, dies at age 45. | Ref: 70 |
- 1883
| Jan 03 | Clement Attlee, Britain’s prime minister [1945-1951; head of Labour Party], is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Jan 07 | Andrew Browne Irish/British admiral (WWII), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 20 | Betram Home Ramsay English admiral/Commander Allied Naval Forces, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 06 | Lord Birkett England, judge (Nuremburg Trials), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 22 | Arthur James Cook, England, union leader (coal miners), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1884
| Nov 04 | Harry George Ferguson, British designer, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1885
| Jan 05 | Art (Arthur) Fletcher baseball: shortstop: NY Giants [World Series: 1911-1913, 1917], Philadelphia Phillies; 3rd base coach: NY Yankees [1927-1945]; manager: Philadelphia Phillies [1923-1926]; dies. | Ref: 4 |
| Jan 26 | British General Charles "Chinese" Gordon is killed on the palace steps in Khartoum by Sudanese Mahdists in Africa, is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Apr 01 | Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill (Hozier) British barones, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1886
| Feb 12 | 2nd British government of Salisbury forms. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 26 | William Gladstone is replaced by Lord Salisbury as Prime Minister of England. | Ref: 2 |
- 1887
| May 01 | Alan Gordon Cunningham Irish/British general/director of Palestine (1945-48), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 05 | Lord Geoffrey Fisher of Lambeth archbishop of Canterbury, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 19 | Pieter Blussé van Alblas liberal minister of Finance, dies at 75. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 26 | Anthony G de Rothschild Britain, philanthropist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 17 | Field Marshal Bernard (Law) ‘Monty’ Montgomery British Army commander of ground forces at Normandy landing [1944]; British Eighth Army; died Mar 24, 1976 | Ref: 4 |
- 1889
| Apr 24 | Sir [Richard] Stafford Cripps, English Minister of Plane-manufacturing (1942-45), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1890
| Jul 11 | Arthur Tedder, English deputy commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force | Ref: 70 |
| Jul 20 | Sir Richard Wallace, English art collector and philanthropist, dies at age 72. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 22 | Harry Pollitt chairman British communist (1956-60), dies. | Ref: 5 |
- 1891
| Oct 06 | Charles Stewart Parnell, the "Uncrowned King of Ireland," dies in Brighton, England at age 45. | Ref: 68 |
- 1892
| Apr 13 | Arthur Harris Cheltenham, Marshal of the RAF, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 07 | Kevin O'Higgins, Irish statesman, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1893
| Feb 09 | Canal builder De Lesseps & others sentenced to prison for fraud. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 27 | Karl Mannheim Hung/German/British sociologist (Ideology & Utopia), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 03 | Allan Wilson British/Rhodesian major, dies in battle. | Ref: 5 |
- 1894
| Feb 10 | [Maurice] Harold MacMillan London, (C) British PM (1957-63), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1895
| Jan 24 | Lord Randolph Churchill, English politician and father of Winston Churchill, dies at age 45. | Ref: 70 |
| Mar 28 | James McCudden, the first RAF pilot to receive the Victoria Cross, is born. | Ref: 2 |
| May 24 | Henry Irving becomes first theatrical knight. | Ref: 5 |
- 1896
| Jan 25 | John Moores British gambling magnate/multi-millionaire, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 19 | Mrs Simpson [Bessie Wallis Warfield), Duchess of Windsor, divorcee, is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Nov 16 | Sir Oswald Mosley, English fascist leader, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1897
| Apr 08 | Heinrich von Stephan UK politician, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 14 | Barbara Baroness Wootton of Abinger English Lower house leader, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 12 | Anthony Eden Earl of Avon ©, British PM (1955-57), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1898
| Apr 08 | Cecil [Maurice] Bowra British classics expert (Greek experience), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 19 | William Gladstone, English statesman and four-time prime minister (1868-74, 1880-85, 1886, 1892-94), dies at age 88. | Ref: 70 |
- 1899
| Dec 11 | Andrew "Andy" Wauchope British general-major, dies in battle. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 11 | Lord Winchester British marquis/major, dies in battle. | Ref: 5 |
- 1900
| Mar 06 | John Henry Pyle Pafford librarian (University of London), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 31 | Henry WFA English duke of Gloucester/earl of Ulters, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 24 | George J D Campbell British minister of Indies (1868-74, 80-85), dies at 76. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 25 | Lord [Hubert Miles] Gladwyn [Jebb] MP (Liberal), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 31 | John Power Irish baronet/whiskey manufacturer, dies in battle. | Ref: 5 |
- 1901
| Feb 15 | Christmas Humphreys England, lawyer/writer/Buddhist (Awakening of Zen), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 07 | A F [Tony] Pugsley British rear-admiral (Walcheren attack (1944)), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1902
| Jan 17 | Geoffrey W Lloyd British minister of Brandstoffen/Energy (1951-55), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 26 | Cecil John Rhodes diamond tycoon; founded Rhodes Scholarships at Oxford University; the African country of Rhodesia [now Zimbabwe] was named after him; dies at age 48. | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 22 | Megan Lloyd George English politician, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 06 | Walter Dawson British Air Chief marshall, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 09 | Richard A Butler England, Dutch Minister of Finance/Foreign affairs, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1903
| Jan 17 | Qunitin Hogg, English philanthropist and social reformer, dies at age 57. | Ref: 70 |
| Jan 28 | Dame Kathleen Lonsdale crystallographer (1st woman in Royal Society), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 26 | Geoffrey Worthington Air vice-marshall, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 17 | Douglas Packard British Lieutenant General, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 02 | Sir Alec Douglas-Home, British prime minister (1963-4) and foreign secretary (1960-3, 1970-4), is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1904
| May 24 | Kenneth Buckley British Rear-Admiral, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1905
| Jan 26 | Marquess of Bath English large landowner/multi-millionaire, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 16 | Lord Franks British ambassador (to US), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 23 | Lord Carew Ireland, judge (dressage), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 20 | Harry Campion statistician/founder (British Central Statistical Office), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 05 | Henry Campbell-Bannerman (Liberal) becomes PM of England. | Ref: 5 |
- 1906
| Feb 01 | English Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Grey's wife Dorothy fatally injured. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 11 | Denis Barnett British air chief marshal, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 27 | H Algernon F "Algy" Rumbold English diplomat (South Africa/Tibet), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 09 | Todd Naylor "Hugh" Gaitskell MP (Labour Party), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 18 | Edgar Unsworth Justice of Appeals (Gibralter), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 28 | Mary Ralton director (British WRAC), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 05 | British government-Balfour resigns. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 16 | Lord Margadale English Conservative parliament leader/large landowner, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 20 | Dick White head of British secret service (MI-5/MI-6), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1907
| Mar 11 | Margaret Herbison British minister (Lab), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 17 | Charles Cawley British chief scientist/minister of power, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 23 | Matthew Campbell British senior civil servant, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 28 | Patrick Browne British Lord justice of appeal, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 31 | Valston Hancock British air marshal, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1908
| Apr 05 | British premier Henry Campbell-Bannerman resigns. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 08 | Lord Herbert Henry Asquith succeeds Henry Campbell-Bannerman as British Prime Minister. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 08 | Neil Lawson British high court judge, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 22 | Henry Campbell-Bannerman British premier (1905-08), dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 23 | Herbert Telley British actuary, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 10 | Henry Diamond Irish Nationalist MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 12 | Winston Churchill marries Clementine. | Ref: 10 |
- 1909
| Jan 31 | Foley Newns British colonial administrator, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 15 | Harold Beeley British diplomat, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 08 | Hugh Murphy English multi-millionaire, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 13 | Gilbert Inglefield Mayor of London (1967-68), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 17 | Patrick Reilly British diplomat, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 01 | Ethel Jane Cain original UK Speaking Clock voice, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 10 | Lord Harold Francis Collison British union leader (agriculture workers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 17 | Edward Playfair British senior civil servant, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 20 | John Arkell director of administration (BBC), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1910
| Feb 21 | Douglas R S Bader British pilot (WWII), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 16 | Andrew Miller-Jones British TV pioneer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 06 | Desmond Dreyer British Admiral, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 22 | John Hunt, English mountaineer, explorer and army officer, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1911
| Jan 26 | Charles Wentworth Dilke English undersecretary of State, dies at 67. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 29 | George Burns British Major-General, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 11 | Fitzroy Maclean British diplomat soldier politician/historian, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 17 | Earl of Lauderdale, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 28 | Randolph Churchill, English author, journalist and politician, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| May 29 | James Marjoribanks British ambassador, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1912
| Jan 19 | Francis David Charteris Earl of Wemyss & March/Scottish landowner, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 28 | William "Bill" Henson, English diplomat (Prague 1939), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 16 | Maitland Mackie Lord Lieutenant (Aberdeenshire), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 21 | Patrick Murphy English multi-millionaire, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 12 | James McKay lord provost of Edinburgh, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 27 | James Callaghan (L) British Prime Minister (1976-79), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 12 | Harold Maguire British air marshal, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 06 | Hugh Martell British Vice Admiral, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 10 | Edward Gardner Queen's Court/MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 16 | Enoch Powell England, (C), racist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 13 | Octavia Hill, English activist and leader of the British open-space movement, dies at age 73. | Ref: 70 |
- 1913
| Jan 02 | Ernest Sidey British air marshal, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 08 | John Grandy British Royal Air Force-marshal, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 27 | Frank Allaun British MP (L), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 29 | Jack Jones British trade unionist (CH), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 13 | Bernard Chacksfield Air Vice-Marshal, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 06 | Kenneth Horne English paper manufacturer/multi-millionaire, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 06 | Ronald Harris British first Church Estates Commissioner, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 17 | Lord Hirshfield chartered accountant, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 26 | First British woman magistrate appointed-Emily Duncan. | Ref: 10 |
| May 28 | Lord Avebury [John Lubbock] British banker/politician, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| May 31 | Peter Gibson British Rear-Admiral, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1914
| Feb 13 | Earl Cadogan British large landowner (Military Cross), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 04 | Sir John Beith, British diplomat, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 23 | Andrew Martin Lord-Lieutenant (Lechestershire England), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 08 | Lord Murton of Lindisfrarne, deputy chairman (Comm House of Lords), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 18 | Anthony Fell British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 27 | Lord Erroll of Hale British minister, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 02 | Joseph Chamberlain, British statesman, dies in Birmingham England. | Ref: 68 |
| Dec 27 | Ivan Sutton British concert promoter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1915
| Jan 30 | John D Profumo England, politician (C), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 19 | John Freeman British politician (Labour)/ambassador/TV host, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 22 | Lord Airedale British Lord (Socialist Democrat), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 06 | John Arnold British high court judge, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 09 | Richard Janvrin British Vice Admiral, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 10 | Denis Thatcher, husband of British PM Margaret (1979-90), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 20 | William David Ormsby-Harlech, British ambassador to the US 1961-65, confidant of JFK, is born. | Ref: 68 |
| May 29 | Lord Huntingfield British agent to UN Secreteriat, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1916
| Feb 01 | Gordon Hobday Lord Lieutenant (Nottinghamshire), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 25 | Ian Wallace British CEO, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 11 | (James) Harold Wilson, British Prime Minister [1964-1970, 1974-1976]; politician: head of British Labor party; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 17 | Donald Gibson British Vice-Admiral, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 22 | Earl of Oxford & Asquith Governor (Seychelles), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 24 | Roden Cutler Governor (New South Wales), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 05 | Horatio H Kitchener British General (Sudan), dies at 65. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 01 | Roland Robert Tuck, British fighter ace during World War II, is born. | Ref: 2 |
| Jul 09 | Sir Edward Heath (C) British PM (1970-74), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 23 | Charles Booth, English shipowner and sociologist, dies at age 76. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 05 | Asquith resigns as the British Prime Minister; replaced by Lloyd George. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 05 | David Lloyd George replaces Herbert Asquith as the British prime minister. | Ref: 2 |
| Dec 07 | David Lloyd George replaces resigning H H Asquith as British PM. | Ref: 5 |
- 1917
| Jan 04 | Maurice Wohl English broker/multi-millionaire, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 27 | Dunboyne Lord, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 27 | Merrivale Lord, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 17 | Edmund Bishop, English Secretary of Thomas Carlyle, dies at 70. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 12 | Tom Normanton British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 26 | Jean Graham Hall circuit court judge (England), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 22 | Leo Abse biographer/MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 13 | Paul Osmond British senior civil servant, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 24 | Derek Hodgson British high court judge, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 27 | Earl of Inchcape English large landowner/industrialist (P&O), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1918
| Jan 28 | Trevor Skeet British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 08 | Lord Max Rayne English broker/multi-millionaire, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 10 | Gordon Pirie England, Group Captain, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 10 | Idwal Pugh British ombudsman, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 11 | Richard Wainwright MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 11 | William Perrie British prison governor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 12 | Edward John Stanley 18th Earl of Derby, English landowner/multi-millionaire, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 13 | John Johnston British diplomat (Rhodesia, Malaysia), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 01 | Kirby Laing English contractor/multi-millionaire, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1919
| Mar 23 | Michael Lyne British air Vice-marshal, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 02 | Sir Ian Hunter England, impresario, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 05 | Sir Douglas Henley British auditor-general, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 01 | Alwyn Farquharson Scottish clan-captain/large landowner, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 28 | Duke of Rutland British land owner/multi-millionaire, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1920
| Jan 02 | Duke of Devonshire English large landowner/art collector, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 28 | Lord Butterfield is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 18 | Walter Clegg MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 06 | John Henderson Lord-Lieutenant (Berkshire England), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 10 | Basil Kelly Lord Justice of Appeals (Northern Ireland), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 20 | William Simpson British trade union leader, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 27 | William Crawshay Lord-Lieutenant of Gwent, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 29 | Robin Haydon British diplomat, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1921
| Feb 09 | B M Ducat-Amos Air Commandant/director (RAF Nursing Service), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 12 | Winston Churchill becomes British, minister of Colonies. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 29 | Hugh Neill Lord-Lieutenant (South Yorkshire), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 30 | Countess of Sutherland English great land owner/multi-millionaire, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 05 | Lady Fisher founder (British Women Caring Trust), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 06 | Lord Moore of Wolvercote, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 13 | James Wilson British Lieutenant-General, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 26 | Harry Knutton Major-General/Director-General (London City & Guilds Institute), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 01 | 12th Lord Middleton English large landowner/multi-millionaire, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 06 | Robert Fell CEO (British Stock Exchange), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 13 | Syd[ney G] Vincent British mine workers leader, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 17 | John Garlick British senior civil servant, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 20 | John Harrison British Vice Admiral/surgeon, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 25 | First woman British barrister qualified. | Ref: 10 |
| May 29 | George Terry chief constable (Sussex England), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 31 | Andrew Grima British jeweller, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 02 | Robert Runcie archbishop of Canterbury, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1922
| Jan 20 | Lord James Hanson English industrialist/House of Lords (Conservative), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 13 | Lord Pym of Sandy British minister of foreign affairs, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 17 | Megan Bull, British head mistress (Holloway Jail), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 09 | Michael Palliser head of British diplomatic service, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 13 | John George Vanderbile Henry Spencer-Churchill [11th Duke of Marlborough] English large landowner, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 16 | Leo Tindermans British statesman, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 16 | Russell Wood treasurer (Queen Elizabeth), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 28 | John Alderson chief constable (Devon & Cornwall UK), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 27 | Wilfrid Bourne QC/Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1923
| Feb 07 | George H H Lascelles English earl of Harewood/leader (Covent Garden), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 11 | Ronald Arculus British diplomat, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 15 | Justice Drake British justice, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 25 | Roger Parker Lord Justice of Appeal, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 02 | Sir Hugh Overton British diplomat, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 03 | John Smith English large landowner/financier/MP (C), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 05 | Stanley Orme chairman (British Labour Party), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 05 | George Edward Stanhope Molyneúx Herbert 5th Earl of Carnarvon/egyptologist, dies at 56. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 12 | E C Meade British chartered accountant, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 11 | Lord Vincent Gordon "Gordy" Lindsay White English industrialist/multi-millionaire, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 12 | Lord Laing English biscuit manufacturer/pilot/multi-millionaire, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 17 | Michael Beetham Marshal (RAF), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 20 | Stanley Baldwin, becomes PM of UK. | Ref: 5 |
| May 20 | Hugh Beach British General, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 22 | Stanley Baldwin succeeds Andrew Bonar Law as British premier. | Ref: 5 |
| May 27 | Lord Freyberg British Colonel of General Staff, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 29 | Earl of Morley Lord Lieutenant (Devon), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 29 | Richard Worsley quarter master General, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1924
| Jan 19 | 7th Earl of Carnarvon English large landowner, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 23 | Ramsey MacDonald forms first Labour government in Britain. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 24 | 8th Earl Spencer English large landowner/father of Diane, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 27 | William van Straubenzee British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 08 | Joe Black baseball player, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 16 | Peter Webster British High Court Judge, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 24 | William Pillar British Admiral, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 27 | M M Shearer former Lord Lieutenant of Shetland, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 29 | David Beattie British Governor-General of New Zealand, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 31 | Harry Cubitt 4th Lord Ashcombe ("Mad Harry"), English landowner, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 18 | Lord Mason of Barnsley MP (Lab)/British defense secretary, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 17 | Thomas Baird Vice-Admiral, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 20 | Peter Shore MP (Labour), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 28 | Lord Rippon British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 28 | Reginald Eyre solicitor/MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 06 | Stanley Baldwin becomes PM of England. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 27 | William van Straubenzee British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 19 | Peter Prowtiny English real estate developer/multi-millionaire, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1925
| Jan 22 | Leslie Silver English paint manufacturer/multi-millionaire, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 26 | Desmond Cassidi British admiral, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 27 | Geoffrey Tucker British political consultant, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 31 | Fred Catherwood MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 11 | Peter Berger British Vice-Admiral, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 11 | James Miskin QC/recorder of London, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 20 | George N Curzon British Foreign minister (1919-22), dies at 66. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 26 | Lord Graham of Edmonton House of Lords (chief opposition whip), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 26 | Lord Hooson QC crown court recorder, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 27 | Lord Plumb MEP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 29 | Lord Justice Beldam, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 30 | John Wells MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 03 | Tony Benn British minister of technology (1968), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 06 | John Knox British supreme court justice, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 06 | Marcus Worsley Lord-Lieutenant of North Yorkshire, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 09 | Tom Jackson British union leader (Post Office), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 25 | Anthony Christopher British trade unionist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 08 | Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle lord of appeal in ordinary, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 10 | Edward Fursdon British Major-General (defense council), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 11 | Rhodes Boyson MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 12 | Alfred Milner British Governor (Cape Colony)/minister, dies at 71. | Ref: 5 |
| May 21 | George Lloyd of Dolobran becomes British High Director of Egypt. | Ref: 5 |
| May 22 | John [Denton Pinkstone] French British field marshall (WWI), dies at 72. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 27 | Geoffrey Tucker British political consultant, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1926
| Feb 12 | Paul Hamlyn English publisher/multi-millionaire (Octopus), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 20 | Cameron Rusby British Vice-Admiral, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 24 | Reginald Freeson British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 27 | Sir Peter Emery British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 06 | Ian Paisley North Ireland, clergyman/MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 09 | Lord Fitt MP (Belfast Ireland), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 17 | Arthur Hockaday director-General (Commonwealth War Graves Commission), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 08 | Sir David [Frederick] Attenborough London England, environmentalist/zoologist/TV host (BBC), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 09 | Francis Kennedy British diplomat, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 17 | Lord Chamberlain Earl of Airilet, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 08 | Emily Hobhouse, English reformer and social worker, dies at age 66. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 13 | Carl (Daniel) ‘Oisk’ Erskine baseball: pitcher: Brooklyn Dodgers [World Series: 1949, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956/all-star: 1954], LA Dodgers, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1927
| Jan 09 | Houston S Chamberlain British/German race theorist, dies at 71. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 28 | James Callaghan British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 10 | Nigel Bagnall British field marshal, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 10 | Viscount Cowdray British financier/multi-millionaire, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 11 | Ron Todd British trade unionist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 26 | Jonathan Tod Vice-Admiral (England), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 27 | Lord Fanshawe of Richmond MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 30 | Lord Armstrong of Ilminster, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 02 | Kenneth (Peacock) Tynan, British drama critic, is born. | Ref: 17 |
| Apr 05 | John Gilbert MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 01 | Lord Bathurst English earl/large landowner/multi-millionaire, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 09 | John McDermott Lord Justice of Appeal (Northern Ireland), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 16 | John Walford solicitor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 18 | Richard Body MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 31 | Isabel Stoate British diplomat, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 31 | James Eberle British Admiral/director (Royal Institute of International Affairs), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 17 | Johnny (John Calvin) Klippstein baseball: pitcher: Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Redlegs, LA Dodgers [World Series: 1959], Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, Minnesota Twins [World Series: 1965], Detroit Tigers; son-in-law of former pitcher Emil ‘Dutch’ Leonard, is born. | Ref: 4 |
- 1928
| Jan 29 | Earl Douglas Haig, British officer, Commander-in-Chief of expeditionary forces in France, 1915-1919, dies at age 66. | Ref: 17 |
| Jan 30 | Douglas Haig British field marshal (Sudan/Boer war/WWI), dies at 66. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 15 | Hubert H Asquith premier Great-Britain (1908-16), dies at 75. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 25 | Keith Williamson British RAF marshal, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 12 | Roland Moyle British deputy chairman (Police Complaints Authority), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 20 | Anthony Blond British publisher (The Publishing Game, Book Book), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 23 | 11th duke of Beaufort English large landowner/multi-millionaire, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 23 | Alfred Morris British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 30 | Richard Trant British General, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 09 | Brian Cubbon British senior civil servant, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 15 | Richard Evans British diplomat, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 18 | P G Hammersley British Rear-Admiral, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 24 | Peter Griffiths MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 28 | Albert Booth British government minister, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 19 | Richard Burdon Haldane, Scottish lawyer, philosopher, and statesman, dies at age 72. | Ref: 2 |
- 1929
| Feb 24 | David Houston Major-General/Lord Lieutenant of Sutherland, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 02 | Donald Gosling English parkeerplaatsenmagnaat/multi-millionaire, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 06 | Hal Miller British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 15 | Jocelyn Barrow deputy chair person (British Broadcast Standards), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 29 | [John] Jeremy Thorpe British MP (Liberal), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 09 | Anthony Lloyd Lord Justice of Appeal, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 10 | Marquess of Downshire, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 11 | Edward Anson British Vice-Admiral, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 18 | Lord St John of Fawsley, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 28 | Patrick McNair-Wilson MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 28 | Alice Sophia Stopford Green, Irish historian and strong supporter of Irish independence, dies at age 81. | Ref: 70 |
| May 29 | Anthony Grant British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1930
| Jan 17 | Bill Benyon English large landowner/Conservative Lower house leader, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 24 | Bernard Matthews English turkey farmer/multi-millionaire, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 27 | Roger Sims British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 28 | David Morris British MEP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 01 | Peter Tapsell British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 11 | Earl of Rosebery, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 15 | C F Payne Cleveland OH, British chief constable, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 20 | Bill Walker British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 06 | Herbert John Gladstone, English statesman, dies at age 76. | Ref: 70 |
| Mar 12 | Antony Acland provost of Eton/British ambassador to US, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 19 | Arthur J Balfour British theologist/premier (1902-05), dies at 81. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 30 | David Staple joint president (Council of Churches for Britain & Ireland), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 10 | Lord Morton of Shauna, senator (College of Justice, Scotland), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 11 | James Alan Ferman secretary (British Board of Film Classification), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 16 | Desmond Langley Governor (Bermuda), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 30 | Frederick Birkenhead, English lord chancellor (1919-22), dies at age 58. | Ref: 70 |
| Nov 27 | Roger Sims British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1931
| Jan 09 | Geoffrey Wragg British reorganizer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 28 | Timothy Kitson former MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 09 | Geoffrey Wragg British reorganizer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 14 | Lord Rossmore, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 15 | W K Reid British ombudsman, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 24 | Inge Bernstein British judge, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 25 | Edward Kellett-Bowman British MEP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 27 | Andrew Sloan Chief Constable (Strathcourt), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 29 | Evelyn de Rothschild English banker/multi-millionaire, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 29 | Lord Tebbit British CH, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 29 | Sylvia Law British town planner, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 17 | John Chalstrey alderman/Lord Mayor (London), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 19 | Denis Henry British high court judge, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 10 | Lord Michael Mustill of Pateley Bridge, Lord Justice of Appeal, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 13 | William Utting chief inspector (British Social Services), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 27 | John Chapple British chief of General Staff, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 09 | Whitey (Dorrel Norman Elvert) Herzog baseball: Washington Nationals, Washington Senators, KC Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers; manager: SL Cardinals, CA Angels, is born. | Ref: 4 |
- 1932
| Jan 27 | Neville Trotter British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 01 | John Nott British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 11 | Dennis Skinner MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 24 | Everard Goodman English real estate developer (TOPS Estates), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 27 | Lord Young of Graffham CEO (Cables & Wireless), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 11 | Nigel Lawson British government official (The Power Game), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 15 | David Alliance Iran/British textile factory/multi-millionaire, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 03 | Nourse British lord justice, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 15 | David Bolton director (British Royal United Service for Defense), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 06 | Viscount Coke English large landowner/art collector, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 10 | Earl of Rothes, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 17 | Rodric Braithwaite British ambassador to USSR, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 23 | James Lester MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 24 | James Anderton Chief constable (Manchester England), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 24 | Terence Heiser British senior civil servant, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 28 | Lord Timothy Renton MP (Conservative), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 31 | George Vallings British Vice-Admiral, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 27 | Neville Trotter British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1933
| Jan 13 | Nurdin Jivraj Tanzanian/British hotel magnate (Buckingham International), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 17 | Bruno Schroder British baron/banker/multi-millionaire, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 27 | 6th marquess of Bute Scottish large landowner/bibliophile, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 21 | John Hall English real estate developer/multi-millionaire, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 21 | Michael Heseltine Welsh/British minister of Defense (1986)/MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 01 | Frederick Lord Chelmsford viceroy of British-India (1916-21), dies at 64. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 04 | Robin Phillips English multi-millionaire manufacturer (hand-dryer), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 17 | Tim Rathbone MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 25 | Helen Paling British circuit judge, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| May 24 | Christopher Staughton British Lord Justice of Appeal, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1934
| Feb 25 | Michael Wheeler-Booth Clerk of the Parliaments, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 11 | Keith Speed British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 22 | Sheila Cameron QC, Vicar-General (Province of Canterbury), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 27 | David Hancock secretary (British Department of Education & Science), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 02 | Sir Peter Middleton, British permanent secretary (Treasury), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 02 | Christopher France British permanent secretary (Department of Health), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 03 | John Lelliott English contractor/multi-millionaire, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 22 | John K Barlow English rubberplanter/financier/multi-millionaire, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 22 | Viscount Portman British landowner/multi-millionaire, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 10 | William Lithgow Scottish industrialist/multi-millionaire, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 06 | John Storey Bonington UK, mountain climber (Annapurna I in 1970), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1935
| Feb 09 | Paul Flynn MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 14 | David Wilson British Governor (Hong Kong), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 22 | Ineke [R M] Haas-Berger Dutch MP (PvdA), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 26 | Earl of Kinnoull, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 04 | Lord Ichayra secretary-general (British Banking Assn), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 13 | Kenneth Hayr air marshal, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 23 | David Evans MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 08 | Viscount Falkland British peer (Liberal-Democrat), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 19 | Thomas Edward Lawrence, "Lawrence of Arabia", dies in a motorcycle accident in Dorset England at age 46. | Ref: 68 |
| May 23 | Juliet Campbell British ambassador (to Luxembourg), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 28 | Kenneth Kleinwort English banker/multi-millionaire, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 29 | Martin Garrod Commandant General (Royal Marines), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 07 | Stanley Baldwin appointed Prime Minister of Britain. | Ref: 10 |
| Nov 20 | British Admiral Earl Jellicoe, Commander of the Atlantic fleet 1910-16, Governor-General of New Zealand, dies. | Ref: 68 |
| Dec 29 | Tony Bramall England, auto dealer/multi-millionaire (Harrogate), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1936
| Feb 20 | Roy Beggs British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 20 | Lord Mark Saville of Newdigate British high court judge, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 22 | Philip Ely, President (British Law Society), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 05 | Michael Livesay British Admiral/president (RN College Greenwich), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 09 | Michael Somare British foreign affairs minister (Paupa & New Guinea), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 16 | James Rand British judge (Advocate General), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 17 | Lord Justice Aldous, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 26 | Edward Cazalet British High Court Judge, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 29 | Jacob Rothschild English banker/multi-millionaire, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 08 | Neville Purvis British Vice Admiral (Chief of Fleet Support), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 10 | Anthony Mullens British Lieutenant-General (Deputy chief of defense), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 10 | Michael Stone English broker/multi-millionaire (Man Group), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 14 | Edmond Allenby English fieldmarshal in Egypt, dies at 74. | Ref: 5 |
| May 27 | Benjamin Bathurst vice chief of British Defense Staff, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 27 | Lord Holme president British Liberal Party, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1937
| Feb 14 | John MacGregor British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 24 | Jerry Wiggin British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 20 | Mark Saville QC, British high court judge, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 26 | Lord Chetwode, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 03 | Simon Brown, British high court judge, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 17 | Brian Sedgemore British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 17 | Terry Dicks British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 08 | Michael Simmons Air Marshal (British Ministry of Defense), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 13 | John Cope MP/Paymaster General, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 15 | Philip Snowden, English Labor Party leader, dies at age 72. | Ref: 70 |
| May 28 | Neville Chamberlain became prime minister of Britain. | Ref: 70 |
| Nov 09 | Ramsay MacDonald, British statesman, PM (1924, 1929-31), dies. | Ref: 17 |
- 1938
| Jan 10 | Ivan Twigden English contractor/multi-millionaire (Twigden PLC), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 26 | Margaret Daly British MEP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 15 | Lord Justice Ward British judge, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 20 | Mona Mitchell Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Alexandra, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 25 | British Lord Halifax becomes Foreign Minister. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 02 | Alan Lewis English textile factory/multi-millionaire, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 11 | Malcolm Keith Speed British high court judge, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 12 | Norman Hogg British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 30 | Martin Dunne Lord-Lieutenant (Warwickshire), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 16 | Michael Hirst chief constable (Leicestershire England), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 23 | Russell Hillhouse under-secretary Scottish Office, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 16 | Stuart Bell MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 31 | John Prescott British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1939
| Feb 11 | Bryan Gould MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 05 | Terry Curry English multi-millionaire, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 20 | Earl of Seafield [Ginger] English large landowner, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| Apr 03 | Malcolm Thornton MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 25 | Veronica Sutherland British diplomat, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 26 | Roger Buckley British High Court Judge, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 17 | Hugh Dykes MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 18 | Patrick Cormack MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 19 | 17th Earl of Pembroke English landowner/director (Emily), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 26 | Gerald Ronson English multi-millionaire, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 29 | Martin Garrod Commandant General Royal Marines, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 31 | Terry Waite, Anglican Church envoy/Lebanese hostage (1987-91), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 25 | Christopher Wates English real estate developer/multi-millionaire, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1940
| Jan 21 | Marquis of Tavistock English large landowner/multi-millionaire, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 06 | Anne Campbell MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 10 | William Cash MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 14 | Chay Blyth English sailor (Alone in Order to the World), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 15 | Joseph Limburg liberal 2nd-Member of parliament (1905-19), dies at 75. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 09 | Just months after he was chased (literally) out of office, Neville Chamberlain, the British Prime Minister at the outbreak of the European war, dies at age 71. | Ref: 70 |
- 1941
| Jan 08 | Lord Robert Baden-Powell founder of the Boy Scout movement, dies at 83. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 01 | Robert Walmsley British Vice-Admiral, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 14 | John Butterfill MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 21 | Charlie Shelburne English earl/large landowner, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 27 | Paddy Ashdown New Delhi India, first leader of Britain's Social/Liberal Democrat Party, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 06 | Ann Winterton British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 19 | Lord Vestey British food magnate/billionaire (Union International), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 17 | Max Stafford-Clark artistic director (Royal Court Theatre), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 26 | John Battle MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 16 | John McWilliams MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 24 | Martin Mogg governor (British Durham Prison), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 05 | David Wilson English contractor/multi-millionaire, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1942
| Jan 29 | Richard Needham British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 11 | James Couchman MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 12 | Chananjit Vohra Kenyan/British hotel magnate/multi-millionaire, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 20 | David O'Dowd Chief Constable (Northamptonshire), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 28 | Neil Kinnock Wales, leader of the British opposition (Labour), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 30 | George Esson Chief Constable (Dumfries & Galloway), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 02 | Graham Bright private secretary to British PM, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 08 | Norman Lamont MP/Chancellor of Exchequer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 14 | Lord McAlpine English contractor/multi-millionaire, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 18 | Keith Hellawell Chief Constable (West Yorkshire), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 20 | Simon Keswick British financier/merchant (Hong Kong), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 27 | Roger Freeman British minister of transport, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1943
| Jan 24 | John Burns English minister of Local Government (1905-14), dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 11 | Iain Cameron British brigadier, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 11 | Win Griffiths MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 16 | James Beaton British GC, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 02 | Gordon Black English industrialist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 29 | John Major, British Prime Minister (C, 1990-97), is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Apr 08 | Tony Banks English politician (Lab), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 28 | Ray Mitchell governor (Albany Prison, England), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 31 | Earl of Macclesfield, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 24 | Tatton Sykes English baron/large landowner, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1944
| Jan 11 | Henry Cecil British organizer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 28 | James Cran British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 17 | Bernie Grant British politician (Labour), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 20 | Roger Knapman British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 23 | James Cousins British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 23 | O C Wingate British General-Major (Burma), dies in air crash. | Ref: 5 |
| May 18 | Peter Ryan British national director (Police Training), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1945
| Jan 02 | Betram Home Ramsay English Admiral/Commander Naval Forces (Normandy), dies at 61. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 20 | Peter Beckwith English real estate developer/multi-millionaire, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 28 | Nick Raynsford British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 29 | James Nicholson British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 10 | John Hayes Secretary-General (British Law Society), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 14 | K M Jenkins British director of personnel (Royal Mail), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 20 | Tim Yeo British MP/Under-Secretary (State of Environment), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 26 | David Lloyd George British (L) premier (1916-22), dies at 82. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 02 | Lord Skelmersdale British minister (C), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 22 | Robert Key MP/British undersecretary for National Heritage, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 17 | D A S Pennefather Major-General/Commandant (General Royal Marines), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 23 | Elliott Bernerd English broker/multi-millionaire, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 24 | Steven Norris British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 29 | Lord Fraser of Carmyllie Minister of State (Scotland), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 31 | Linda Davies British Judge, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 26 | Winston Churchill resigned as Britain's prime minister after his Conservatives were soundly defeated by the Labor Party. Clement Attlee became the new prime minister. | Ref: 5 |
- 1946
| Jan 30 | Lord Mackay of Drumadoon British QC, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 10 | Keith Mans MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 15 | Clare Short British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 15 | John Greenway British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 23 | Ken (Kenneth George) Boswell baseball: NY Mets [World Series: 1969, 1973], Houston Astros, is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Mar 04 | Michael Ashcroft English entrepreneur/multi-millionaire (Hawley-ADT), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 05 | Winston Churchill delivered his famous Iron Curtain Speech at Fulton, MO, “From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.” | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 03 | John Virgo British snooker player, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 06 | Paul Beresford MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 22 | Archy Kirkwood MP (L-D), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1947
| Feb 01 | Adam Ingram British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 25 | Lewis Moonie British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 19 | John Beckwith English real estate developer/multi-millionaire, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 24 | Alan Sugar English multi-millionaire/computer manufacturer (Amstrad), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 11 | Michael Hindley British Member of European Parliament, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 08 | Harry Gordon Selfridge, British businessman, dies in London England. | Ref: 68 |
| May 16 | Rosie Barnes MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 12 | Sir Ian Hamilton, English general, dies at age 94. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 01 | Aleister Edward S Crowley, British occultist, dies at age 72 in Brighton, England. | Ref: 68 |
| Dec 14 | Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin, British PM (1923-29, 1935-37), dies at age 80. | Ref: 17 |
- 1948
| Jan 16 | Christopher Moran English financier/multi-millionaire, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 28 | Gareth Roscoe legal adviser (BBC), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 20 | John Browne group chief executive, British Petroleum Company, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 12 | Virginia Bottomley British minister of state health/secretary (Heritage), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 30 | Nigel Jones British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 10 | Thomas Spencer Member of European Parliament (Conservative), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 21 | Lord Egremont English large landowner/multi-millionaire, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 24 | Benzion Freshwater English multi-millionaire, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 10 | Winston Churchill visits The Hague | Ref: 2 |
| Nov 24 | Steve (Stephen Wayne) Yeager baseball: catcher: LA Dodgers [World Series: 1974, 1977, 1978, 1981: shared 3-way MVP award], Seattle Mariners, is born. | Ref: 4 |
- 1949
| Feb 23 | Maureen Hicks British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 12 | David Mellor Secretary of the British treasury/MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 23 | Walter Sweeney MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1950
| Jan 28 | Glyn Ford British MEP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 03 | Michael Dickinson British reorganizer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 16 | Peter Hain British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 25 | Anthony Lloyd British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 22 | Lewis Biggs curator (Tate Gallery-North Liverpool), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 17 | A A Johnson MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 17 | Keith Bradley MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 16 | Douglas McGarel Hogg, English lawyer and politician, dies at age 78. | Ref: 5 |
- 1951
| Jan 28 | Gordon Prentice British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 29 | Earl Howe England, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 31 | Presiley Baxendale British QC, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 01 | Andrew Smith British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 20 | Gordon Brown British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 23 | Nicholas Kenyon controller (BBC Radio 3), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 14 | Ernest Bevin, English statesman and trade unionist, dies at age 70. | Ref: 70 |
| Apr 25 | Ian McCartney MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 26 | Lynne Jones MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 17 | Simon Hughes MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 13 | Future British PM Margaret Roberts Thatcher marries Denis Thatcher. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 22 | Gerald Grosvenor English 6th duke of Westminster/billionaire, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 27 | William Waldorf 4th viscount Astor/English large landowner, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1952
| Jan 05 | Victor Alexander John Hope viceroy of India (1936-43), dies at 64. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 26 | David Amess, MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 21 | Sir [Richard] Stafford Cripps, English minister of Plane-manufacturing, English chancellor of the exchequer (1947-50), dies at age 63. | Ref: 5 |
- 1953
| Feb 15 | Derek Conway British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 23 | Geoffrey Clifton-Brown British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 13 | Stephen Byers MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 24 | British statesman Winston Churchill was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. | Ref: 70 |
| May 06 | Tony Blair British PM (Labour, 1997- ), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 16 | David Maclean British minister of state, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 17 | Nicholas Bacon premier baronet of England, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 25 | Jane Priest Perth Australia, Prince Charles' lover, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1954
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| Apr 13 | Barbara Roche MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1955
| Mar 29 | Henry Bellingham MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 16 | Charlotte Morrison English large landowner/multi-millionaire, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 23 | Robert H Woltjer classical/AR-First-Member of parliament, dies at 76. | Ref: 5 |
| May 06 | John Hutton MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 20 | Nigel Griffiths MP (Labour), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 23 | John Stevens MEP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 07 | Clement Attlee resigns as chairman of England's Labour Party. | Ref: 5 |
- 1956
| Jan 26 | Simon Howard English large landowner (Castle Howard), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 20 | Phillip Oppenhein British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 23 | Andrew Mitchell British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 19 | Lionel K P "Buster" Crabb British diver (WWII), dies at 47. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 15 | Jaki Graham British personality, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1957
| Jan 09 | British Prime Minister Anthony Eden resigns, citing health reasons. (Also 18) | Ref: 17 |
| Jan 10 | Anthony Eden resigns & Harold Macmillan becomes PM Britain. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 21 | Arthur L Bowley English statistician/economist, dies at 87. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 16 | Leslie Hore-Belisha [Lord Halifax], British Minister of Transport, dies at 63. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 27 | Nicholas Hawkins MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 31 | Stephen Jones British milliner, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 10 | Harold MacMillan becomes British PM. | Ref: 5 |
- 1958
| Jan 27 | Alan Milburn British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 11 | Michael Jackson controller (BBC2), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 27 | Alan Milburn British MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1959
| May 06 | Charles Hendry MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 23 | Edward Halifax English viscount/viceroy of India, dies at 78. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 23 | Lord Irwin ambassador to US (1940-46), dies at 78. | Ref: 5 |
- 1960
| Jan 17 | Chili Davis Kingston Jamaica, outfielder (California Angels), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 25 | Harry George Ferguson, British designer, dies at age 75. | Ref: 70 |
- 1961
| Feb 05 | Anthony G de Rothschild British philanthropist, dies at 73. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 18 | Pamella Bordes New Dehli India, British parliament prostitute, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 10 | Frederick Pethick-Lawrence, English women's suffrage movement leader, dies at age 89. | Ref: 70 |
- 1962
| Jan 10 | Jim Lindeman US baseball outfielder (New York Mets), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 09 | Martin D Lascelles grandson of English princess Mary, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1963
| Feb 18 | Todd "Hugh" Gaitskell leader British Labour Party, dies at 56. | Ref: 5 |
- 1964
| May 02 | Nancy Witcher Astor, American-born English politician; first woman in the British House of Commons, dies at age 84. | Ref: 70 |
| Oct 16 | Harold Wilson of the Labor Party assumed office as prime minister of Great Britain, succeeding Conservative Sir Alec Douglas-Home. | Ref: 6 |
- 1965
| Jan 15 | Sir Winston Churchill suffers a severe stroke. | Ref: 2 |
| Jan 24 | Winston Churchill PM of Britain © (1940-45, 51-55, Nobel 1953), dies from a cerebral thrombosis at the age of 90 in London, England. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 30 | British state funeral for Winston Churchill draws a million mourners. | Ref: 18 |
- 1966
| May 14 | Megan Lloyd George English politician, dies at 64. | Ref: 5 |
- 1967
| Feb 25 | Nick Leeson British banker (Baring bank), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 01 | First British ombudsman sir Edward Compton begins work. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 03 | Arthur Tedder, English deputy commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force, dies at age 76. | Ref: 70 |
| Oct 08 | Clement Attlee Britain’s prime minister [1945-1951]; head of Labour Party; dies at age 84. | Ref: 70 |
- 1968
| Mar 15 | British minister of Foreign affairs George Brown resigns. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 06 | Randolph Churchill, English author, journalist and politician, dies at age 57. | Ref: 70 |
- 1969
| Apr 17 | Bernadette Devlin elected to British House of Commons. | Ref: 5 |
- 1970
| May 14 | RAF-leader Andreas Baader freed after serving 2 years in West Berlin. | Ref: 5 |
- 1971
| Apr 01 | Dame Kathleen Lonsdale, British crystallographer, dies at age 68. | Ref: 70 |
- 1973
| Mar 22 | There was an attempt to abduct Princess Anne in "The Mall" in London | Ref: 62 |
- 1974
| Mar 04 | Harold Wilson replaces resigning Ed Heath as British premier. | Ref: 5 |
- 1975
| Feb 11 | Mrs. Margaret Thatcher becomes the first woman to lead the British Conservative Party. | Ref: 2 |
| Feb 20 | Margaret Thatcher elected leader of British Conservative Party. | Ref: 5 |
- 1976
| Mar 24 | Field Marshal Bernard (Law) ‘Monty’ Montgomery British Army commander of ground forces at Normandy landing [1944]; British Eighth Army; dies at age 88 | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 05 | Harold Wilson resigns as James Callaghan becomes PM of England. | Ref: 5 |
- 1977
| Jan 11 | Sir (Robert) Anthony Eden British Prime Minister [1955-1957]; dies. | Ref: 4 |
| Jan 14 | Anthony Eden British premier (1955-57), dies at 79. | Ref: 5 |
- 1978
| May 17 | John Selwyn Brooke Selwyn Lloyd speaker of house of commons, dies. | Ref: 5 |
- 1979
| May 03 | Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatcher is chosen to become Britain's first female prime minister as the Tories ousted the incumbent Labor government in parliamentary elections. (Xenia Daily Gazette, p 4A, 5/3/2000) | Ref: 2 |
| Sep 05 | Earl of Mountbatten funeral held in Bruma. | Ref: 5 |
- 1980
| Jul 26 | Kenneth (Peacock) Tynan, British drama critic, dies. | Ref: 17 |
| Dec 03 | Sir Oswald Mosley, English fascist leader, dies at age 84. | Ref: 70 |
- 1981
| Apr 09 | Imprisoned IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands won election to the British Parliament. | Ref: 6 |
| Apr 10 | Imprisoned IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands won election to the British Parliament. | Ref: 5 |
| May 05 | Irish Republican Army hunger-striker Bobby Sands died at the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland in his 66th day without food. | Ref: 68 |
| May 15 | Zara Anne Elizabeth Phillips daughter of Princess Anne-10th in succession to British throne | Ref: 5 |
- 1982
| Mar 09 | Richard A Butler England, minister of Finance, dies at 79. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 05 | Lord Carrington, British foreign sect resigns due to Falkland Island war. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 24 | Sarah Churchill actress, dies at 67. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 18 | Lord George Nathaniel Curzon, First Baron and First Marquis Curzon of Kedleston, British statesman and viceroy of India, dies. | Ref: 17 |
- 1984
| Apr 05 | Arthur Travors Harris marshal of British RAF, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| May 15 | Lionel Charles Robbins British economist, dies at 85. | Ref: 5 |
- 1985
| Jan 04 | Brian Gwynne Horrocks English Lieutenant-General (A Full Life), dies at 89. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 26 | William David Ormsby-Harlech, British ambassador to the US 1961-65, confidant of JFK, dies. | Ref: 68 |
- 1986
| Jan 06 | British Defense Secretary Michael Heseltine resigns. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 24 | Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson, the Duchess of Windsor, for whom King Edward VIII had given up the British throne, died in Paris at age 89. | Ref: 68 |
| Dec 29 | [Maurice] Harold Macmillan former British PM (1957-63), dies in Sussex, England, at 92. | Ref: 5 |
- 1990
| Mar 10 | Michael Stewart UK Secretary of State (1965-66, 68-70), dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 20 | Margaret Thatcher fails to defeat Heseltine's bid for party leadership. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 28 | Margaret Thatcher resigned as prime minister of Britain during an audience with Queen Elizabeth II, who conferred the premiership on John Major. | Ref: 70 |
- 1991
| May 23 | Peter T Thwaites British Brigadier-General/playwright (Love or money), dies. | Ref: 5 |
- 1992
| Mar 29 | Earl Spencer father of Lady Diana, dies at 68 | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 09 | John Major, (Conservative Party) elected Prime Minister of England. | Ref: 5 |
| May 09 | Mike Tyrell [Red Baron] British air acrobat, dies in an accident. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 25 | Helen B M Fennell Joseph English/South Afr anti-apartheid, dies at 87. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 25 | Ted Croker RAF-pilot/secretary English soccer team (sponsoring), dies. | Ref: 5 |
- 1993
| Apr 18 | Beirut-hostage Terry Anderson marries Madeleine Bassil. | Ref: 5 |
| May 21 | John Frost English Lieutenant-Colonel (operation Market Garden 1944), dies at 80. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 21 | Philip Christison British general (Rangoon), dies at 100. | Ref: 5 |
- 1994
| Jan 08 | Lady Caithness wife of British undersecretary, commits suicide. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 15 | Queen Elizabeth falls off her horse & breaks her left wrist. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 09 | Arnold Smith British first Secretary-General of Commonwealth (1965-75), dies at 79. | Ref: 5 |
| May 12 | John Smith British Labour Party chairman (1992-94), dies at 55. | Ref: 5 |
| May 27 | Norman Cook British museum curator, dies at 87. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 21 | Britain's Labor Party elects Tony Blair its new leader succeeding the late John Smith. (XDG, p 4A, 7/21/2004) | Ref: 83 |
| Dec 10 | Keith Joseph British MP (C), dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 11 | Stanislaw Maczek Polish/British general-major (WWII), dies at 102. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 24 | John Keith Wright English Assistant Secretary of State (1971-84), dies at 66. | Ref: 5 |
- 1995
| Jan 06 | Edward Sutcliffe judge (British Central Criminal Court), at age 77. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 31 | James Johnson English MP (Labour, 1950-83), dies at 86. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 13 | Joan A C Ramsey nee Hamilton lady Ramsey of Canterbury, dies at 84. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 14 | Roger de Grey English chairman of Royal Academy (1984-93), dies at 76. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 15 | Viscount Camrose British large landowner/Conservative, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 16 | Lord Lovat [Shimi], Scottish landowner, dies at 83. | Ref: 5 |
| May 24 | Sir (James) Harold Wilson British Prime Minister [1964-1970, 1974-1976]; politician: head of British Labor party, dies of cancer in London at age 79. | Ref: 4 |
| May 30 | Thomas Dorrington Tomlinson British national park warden, dies at 87. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 09 | Sir Alec Douglas-Home, British prime minister (1963-4) and foreign secretary (1960-3, 1970-4), dies at age 92. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 19 | Queen Elizabeth askes Prince Charles & Diana to divorce. | Ref: 5 |
- 1996
| Jan 01 | Arleigh Albert Burke British Admiral, dies at 94. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 20 | David Robin Francis Guy Greville 8th Duke of Warwick, dies at 61. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 17 | Bentley Bridgewater British Museum secretary, dies at 84. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 27 | George Ian Murray 10th Duke of Atholl, dies at 64. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 08 | Jack Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill commando, dies at 89. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 30 | David Michael Ifshin British political campaign organiser, dies at 46. | Ref: 5 |
| May 07 | Henry Diamond Irish Nationalist MP, dies at 87. | Ref: 5 |
- 1997
| May 01 | Toni Blair elected PM of UK. | Ref: 5 |
| May 02 | Tony Blair became, at age 44, Britain's youngest prime minister in 185 years. | Ref: 70 |
| Aug 31 | Diana, Britain’s Princess of Wales, was killed in an early-morning car crash in Paris, France. Also killed was her millionaire companion, Harrods department store heir, Dodi Fayed. The couple was being chased by aggressive paparazzie (photographers) on motorcycles at the time of the crash. | Ref: 4 |
| Sep 05 | Diana, Princess of Wales is buried at The Westminster Abbey. Diana's brother, at the funeral oration, took aim at the media who he said made the princess "the most hunted person of the modern age." Elton John sang a rewritten version of Candle in the Wind to "England's rose". The song was originally a tribute to film legend Marilyn Monroe, whose own tragic life, like Diana's, ended at the age of just 36. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 11 | Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams became the first political ally of the IRA to meet a British leader in 76 years as he conferred with Prime Minister Tony Blair in London. | Ref: 70 |
- 1998
| Nov 08 | John Hunt, English mountaineer, explorer and army officer, dies at age 88. | Ref: 70 |
- 2001
| Jun 10 | British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Labor Party swept to a second term. | Ref: 70 |
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