2011 in the United Kingdom

none July 2024 2011 Countries of the United Kingdom England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales Popular culture Football: England Scotland Wales 2011 British Grand Prix 2011 English cricket season 2011 in British television 2011 in British music 2011 in British radio UK in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 Events from the year 2011 in the United Kingdom. 3 Incumbents Monarch – Elizabeth II Prime Minister – David Cameron (Coalition) Events January 1 January – Inmates riot at Ford Open Prison near Arundel, West Sussex. Windows are smashed and part of the prison is set on fire by prisoners, whose rioting was believed to have been sparked by staff attempts to breathalyse prisoners, amid allegations that alcohol had been smuggled into the prison.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12102266 Ford open prison riot tackled by specialist officers BBC News 1 January 2011 2 January 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110102080440/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12102266 2 January 2011 live 2 January – The Montenegrin Embassy in London writes to Scottish Labour leader Iain Gray, correcting factual inaccuracies and asking him to explain comments he made during First Minister's Questions in December 2010, about the country being involved in "war crimes", "ethnic cleansing" and "a United Nations peace-keeping mission"http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/220688/Montenegro-fury-over-Gray-s-claims-of-ethnic-cleansing/ Montenegro fury over Gray's claims of ethnic cleansing 2 January 2011 Sunday Express 3 January 2011 Londonhttp://www.heraldscotland.com:80/news/politics/diplomatic-fury-after-labour-leader-s-ethnic-cleansing-jibe-1.1077459 Diplomatic fury after Labour leader's ethnic cleansing jibe Hutcheon Paul 2 January 2011 Sunday Herald 3 January 2011 Glasgow 4 January – Value-added tax increased to 20% from 17.5%.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12099638 VAT rises from 17.5% to 20% 4 January 2010 BBC News 4 January 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110104050234/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12099638 4 January 2011 live 5 January – Music retailer HMV announces the closure of 60 stores following disappointing Christmas sales – a move which will see the firm lose 10% of its stores and will cost up to 900 people their jobs. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12117510 HMV to close 60 stores as sales and shares slump BBC News 5 January 2011 23 January 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110120064351/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12117510 20 January 2011 live 7 January The England cricket team wins The Ashes series 3–1 in Australia. Former Labour MP David Chaytor is jailed for 18 months for fraudulently claiming more than £20,000 in expenses.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12127327 MPs' expenses: David Chaytor jailed over false claims 7 January 2010 BBC News 7 January 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110107050637/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12127327 7 January 2011 live The film The King's Speech, with Colin Firth playing the role of the stuttering George VI, is released in the UK. It won four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, on 27 February. 9 January – An investigation by The Guardian reveals details of how Metropolitan police officer Mark Kennedy infiltrated dozens of protest groups in 22 countries using the pseudonym Mark Stone.https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/jan/09/undercover-office-green-activists Undercover officer spied on green activists The Guardian London 9 January 2011 31 December 2011 13 January – 2011 Oldham East and Saddleworth by-election: Debbie Abrahams for Labour holds the seat with a 42.1% vote share and a majority of 3,558 against the Liberal Democrats. The by-election was triggered after previous MP Phil Woolas was found guilty of making false statements against an opponent during the original campaign. 15 January – Three former Church of England bishops are ordained as priests in the new Roman Catholic Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham at Westminster Cathedral.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12197985 Ex-Anglican bishops ordained as Catholics 15 January 2010 BBC News 15 January 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110115052746/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12197985 15 January 2011 live 18 January – A gay couple win a discrimination case against Christian hoteliers who refused to let them stay in a double room.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jan/18/gay-couple-win-case-hoteliers Gay couple wins discrimination case against Christian hoteliers The Guardian 18 January 2011 31 December 2011 Owen Bowcott 21 January News of the World phone hacking affair: Andy Coulson, the former editor of the News of the World, resigns from his position as David Cameron's communications director, citing "continued coverage of events connected to my old job at the News of the World".Coulson resigns due to phone-hacking scandal The Spy Report Media Spy 21 January 2011 http://www.mediaspy.org/report/2011/01/21/uk-coulson-resigns-due-to-phone-hacking-scandal/ 26 January 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110127012817/http://www.mediaspy.org/report/2011/01/21/uk-coulson-resigns-due-to-phone-hacking-scandal/ 27 January 2011 Tony Blair appears before the Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq War.https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/jan/21/chilcot-inquiry-blair-jonathan-freedland The Chilcot inquiry's moment of astonishing emotional intensity The Guardian 21 January 2011 31 December 2011 Alan Johnson resigns as Shadow Chancellor, he is succeeded by Ed Balls.https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/jan/20/alan-johnson-quits-labour-balls Alan Johnson resigns as shadow chancellor The Guardian 21 January 2011 31 December 2011 25 January Statistics reveal that the UK economy contracted by 0.5% during the final quarter of last year. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12272717 UK economy suffers 0.5% contraction BBC News 25 January 2011 27 January 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110126152135/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12272717 26 January 2011 live Sky Sports presenter Andy Gray is sacked for sexist comments made about a female football official.https://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/jan/25/andy-gray-sacked-sky Andy Gray sacked by Sky for 'unacceptable and offensive behaviour' The Guardian 25 January 2011 31 December 2011 26 January Prime Minister David Cameron announces that Sinn Féin's Gerry Adams has resigned from the House of Commons by accepting the notional office of profit under the Crown of Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead.http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_08_11.htm British Treasury 26 January 2011http://www.independent.ie/national-news/elections/adams-resigns-from-westminister-seat-2512403.html https://archive.today/20120804150049/http://www.independent.ie/national-news/elections/adams-resigns-from-westminister-seat-2512403.html dead 4 August 2012 Adams resigns from Westminister seat Irish Independent 26 January 2011 Speaker John Bercow later clarifies that Adams has been appointed to the role following a denial of his acceptance.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12294406 John Bercow says Gerry Adams is not an MP BBC News 26 January 2011 27 January 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110127092833/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12294406 27 January 2011 live Yemshaw v London Borough of Hounslow is decided in the Supreme Court, giving legal recognition to the concept of abusive power and control. February 1 February – ZH (Tanzania) v Secretary of State for the Home Department is decided in the Supreme Court, requiring the best interests of children to be taken into account in deportation cases. 2 February – BBC executive Craig Oliver is chosen to replace Andy Coulson as Prime Minister David Cameron's Director of Communications.https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/feb/02/craig-oliver-andy-coulson-no-10-communications-chief BBC editor Craig Oliver replaces Andy Coulson as No 10 communications chief The Guardian Nicholas Watt James Robinson 2 February 2011 5 February 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110203063456/http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/feb/02/craig-oliver-andy-coulson-no-10-communications-chief 3 February 2011 live 5 February – David Cameron criticises "state multiculturism" in his first speech as prime minister on radicalisation and causes of terrorism. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12371994 State multiculturalism has failed, says David Cameron BBC News 5 February 2011 7 February 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110206050919/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12371994 6 February 2011 live 9 February Former head teacher Jean Else has her Damehood revoked by the Queen, having previously being found guilty of misconduct. She is the first person to have the honour revoked.https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-12405158 Manchester 'super head' Dame has honour revoked BBC News 9 February 2011http://www.theguardian.com/education/2011/feb/10/super-head-damehood-revoked Former super-head is first to have damehood revoked 10 February 2011 The Guardian Project Merlin, an agreement on aspects of banking activity in the United Kingdom, is agreed between the coalition government and the country's four major high street banks.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12402469 Banks agree Project Merlin lending and bonus deal BBC News 9 February 2011 12 February 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110210134202/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12402469 10 February 2011 live Welsh becomes an official language of the United Kingdom.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-11934239 'Historic' assembly vote for new Welsh language law BBC News 7 December 2010 2 December 2025 10 February Former Labour MP Jim Devine is convicted of two counts of fraud for falsely claiming £8,385 in expenses. Devine is the first MP to stand trial in the United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal and is later sentenced to 16 months imprisonment.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12403945 Former MP Jim Devine guilty over expenses BBC News 10 February 2011 The House of Commons votes 234–22 against prisoners receiving the right to vote.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12409426 MPs reject prisoner votes plan BBC News 10 February 2011 10 February 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110210083704/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12409426 10 February 2011 live 22 February – Four British are among the hundreds of people killed by the 6.3 magnitude earthquake in New Zealand's second largest city of Christchurch. March thumb|Results of the Welsh Devolution referendum announced 3 March 2011 Barnsley Central by-election: Dan Jarvis for Labour holds the seat with a 60.8% vote share and a majority of 11,771, with the Liberal Democrats finishing in sixth place. 2011 Welsh devolution referendum: Voters in Wales approve plans to give the Welsh Assembly more powers. 9 March – The Serious Fraud Office arrests Robert and Vincent Tchenguiz in connection with the collapse of the Icelandic Kaupthing Bank.https://www.theguardian.com/business/2011/mar/09/tchenguiz-brothers-arrested-kaupthing-collapse-iceland The Guardian 10 March 2011 31 December 2011 Tchenguiz brothers arrested in Kaupthing investigation 11 March – Light aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal (1981), flagship of the Royal Navy, is decommissioned, as part of the naval restructuring portion of the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review.Final farewell for decommissioned warship HMS Ark Royal https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-12706441 BBC News 11 March 2011 11 March 2011 18 March – Former British Airways software engineer Rajib Karim, of Newcastle upon Tyne is jailed for 30 years after he was earlier convicted of plotting to blow up a plane. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12788224 Terror plot BA man Rajib Karim gets 30 years BBC News 18 March 2011 20 March 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110318231900/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12788224 18 March 2011 live 19 March – Operation Unified Protector: British, French and American military initiate air strikes in Libya following United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/mar/19/libya-air-strikes-gaddafi-france Allied strikes sweep Libya as west intervenes in conflict The Guardian 20 March 2011 31 December 2011 26 March – Hundreds of thousands of people march in London against government budget cuts, with the protests later turning violent.The Daily Telegraphhttps://www.theguardian.com/society/blog/2011/mar/26/march-for-the-alternative-live-blog-updates? March for the Alternative – Saturday 26 March part 2 TheGuardian.com 26 March 2011 27 March The 2011 United Kingdom census is conducted.2011 Census: population estimates for the United Kingdom, 27 March 2011 https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/2011-census-population-estimates-for-the-united-kingdom-27-march-2011 www.bl.uk 10 January 2022 A 47-year-old taxi driver, Christopher Halliwell, is charged with the murder of Sian O'Callaghan.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-12874160 Man charged with Sian O'Callaghan murder BBC News 27 March 2011 27 March 2011http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23936639-taxi-driver-faces-court-accused-of-killing-clubber-sian-ocallaghan.do Taxi driver accused of killing Sian O'Callaghan remanded in custody BBC News 24 March 2011 25 March 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110401174552/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23936639-taxi-driver-faces-court-accused-of-killing-clubber-sian-ocallaghan.do 1 April 2011 30 March – The landmark case of Jones v Kaney is decided in the Supreme Court: an expert witness can be sued for professional negligence.[2011] UKSC 13. 31 March – Caroline 1914 is decommissioned in Belfast. April thumb|Prince William and Catherine Middleton on the balcony of Buckingham Palace during their wedding 1 April – The Daily Sport and Sunday Sport tabloid newspapers cease publication and enter administration.http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=46915&c=1 Paul McNally Daily Sport ceases publication and calls in administrators Press Gazette 1 April 2011 4 April 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110605201341/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=46915&c=1 5 June 2011 3 April – The UK's last circus elephant is retired.Steven Morris Anne says goodbye to the circus https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/apr/07/anne-the-elephant-goodbye-circus The Guardian 7 April 2011 7 April 2011 3 https://web.archive.org/web/20110413064732/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/07/anne-the-elephant-goodbye-circus 13 April 2011 live 4 April – As part of the government's package of welfare reforms, the one-and-a-half million people in the UK who are claiming Incapacity Benefit begin to receive letters asking them to attend a work capability assessment. The tests are part of government plans to reduce the number of long-term claimants and will take until 2014 to complete.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12954116 Incapacity benefit crackdown begins after pilot scheme BBC News 4 April 2011 5 April 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110405193507/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12954116 5 April 2011 live 5 April – Police investigating the murder of Sian O'Callaghan identify human remains found at a second site as those of Swindon woman Becky Godden-Edwards,https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-12970112 Sian O'Callaghan police identify body found in Eastleach BBC News 5 April 2011 5 April 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110405190812/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-12970112 5 April 2011 live who was last seen alive in 2002 at the age of 20. 6 April The mandatory retirement age begins to be phased out,Clive Coleman Default retirement age scrapped allowing people to work beyond 65 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-12982824 BBC News 6 April 2011 7 April 2011 and will be fully abolished by 1 October.Compulsory retirement age at 65 fully abolished https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15127835 BBC News 1 October 2011 1 October 2011 The Competition Commission release their investigation orderhttp://www.competition-commission.org.uk/inquiries/ref2010/ppi_remittal/pdf/PPI_Market_Investigation_Order_(2011).pdf Payment Protection Insurance Market Investigation Order Competition Commission 2011 22 August 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20120119233021/http://www.competition-commission.org.uk//inquiries/ref2010/ppi_remittal/pdf/PPI_Market_Investigation_Order_(2011).pdf 19 January 2012 usurpedRobert Peston Robert Peston https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13330858 Banking industry gives up on PPI mis-selling battle BBC News 9 May 2011 24 October 2013 designed to prevent future mis-selling of payment protection insurance (PPI); most rules will come into force in October. 13 April – 53-year-old actor Brian Regan, most famous for his role as Terry Sullivan in the former Channel 4 TV soap Brookside, is charged – along with another man – with the murder of a man who was fatally shot in Aigburth, Merseyside, on 24 February.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-13059167 Former Brookside star Brian Regan charged with murder BBC News 13 April 2011 16 April 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110415091349/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-13059167 15 April 2011 live 24 April – Senior Liberal Democrat minister Chris Huhne threatens legal action over "untruths" told by Conservative MP's opposed to the Alternative Vote System, 11 days before the referendum. He also warns that the dispute could damage the coalition government. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-13181756 AV campaign rows causing coalition conflict, says Huhne BBC News 24 April 2011 28 April 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110425042146/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-13181756 25 April 2011 live 27 April – The Office for National Statistics reveals that the economy had returned to growth during the first quarter of the year, growing by 0.5%. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13206430 UK economy grows by 0.5% in first quarter of 2011 BBC News 27 April 2011 28 April 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110428042103/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13206430 28 April 2011 live 29 April – Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine Middleton marry in Westminster Abbey.Prince William of Wales & Catherine https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/royals/prince-william-of-wales-catherine Westminster Abbey 8 October 2022 en A public holiday is held to celebrate the day, which in conjunction with the May bank holiday, makes a four-day weekend. May 5 May thumb|Ballot in the 2011 Alternative vote referendumElections are held for the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly and the Northern Ireland Assembly. Local elections are held on the same day together with the referendum on whether to adopt the Alternative Vote electoral system for elections to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-13290372 UK elections: Who is voting where today? Graham Satchell BBC News 5 May 2011 6 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110506100120/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-13290372 6 May 2011 live Claude Choules, the oldest living British born male and the last combat veteran of World War I, dies aged 110 in Australia, where he has lived since 1926. His death leaves 110-year-old Norfolk woman Florence Green, a Women's Royal Air Force waitress, as the conflict's last verified veteran of any status.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13289607 Last WWI combat veteran Claude Choules dies aged 110 BBC News 5 May 2011 6 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110506022350/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13289607 6 May 2011 live 6 May 2011 Scottish Parliament election: The Scottish National Party secure a victory, winning an overall majority in the Scottish parliament.Scottish election: SNP wins election BBC News, 6 May 2011 2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum: Voters reject proposals to introduce the alternative voting system in the UK by a two-thirds majority. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-13297573 Vote 2011: UK rejects alternative vote BBC News 7 May 2011 15 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110513090031/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-13297573 13 May 2011 live 2011 Leicester South by-election: Labour candidate Jonathan Ashworth wins the seat with a vote share of 57.8% and a majority of 12,078. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-13313729 Labour candidate wins Leicester South by-election BBC News 6 May 2011 15 May 2011 2011 United Kingdom local elections: The counting of votes in local elections in England and Northern Ireland continues with the Labour Party making gains and the Liberal Democrats losing seats.7 May 2011 Vote 2011: Nick Clegg quit calls after council losses BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-13303885 live 15 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110513090105/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-13303885 13 May 2011Watt Nicholas 6 May 2011 Election results show collapse in support for Lib Dems The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/may/06/election-results-collapse-lib-dems?CMP=twt_fd 15 May 2011 7 May 2011 Northern Ireland Assembly election: Counting finishes with the DUP winning 38 of the 108 seats, and Sinn Féin following with 29 seats.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-13320482 NI election: Robinson dedicates DUP win to Ronan kerr BBC News 8 May 2011 15 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110513084722/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-13320482 13 May 2011 live 2011 National Assembly for Wales election: The Welsh Labour Party win 30 of the 60 Welsh Assembly seats in Thursday's election and plan to form a one-party government. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-13315241 Vote 2011: Labour to dictate terms of government deal BBC News 7 May 2011 15 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110513090224/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-13315241 13 May 2011 live 12 May – Queen Elizabeth II becomes the second-longest-reigning British monarch. 13 May – The Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales announces a reinstatement of the rule of abstinence from eating red meat on Fridays for its followers. The practice, last observed officially in 1984, will be reintroduced on 16 September to coincide with the first anniversary of the Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the United Kingdom.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/8512721/Catholics-told-to-abstain-from-eating-meat-on-Fridays..html Catholics told to abstain from eating meat on Fridays Telegraph Media Group The Telegraph Martin Evans 14 May 2011 15 May 2011 London 14 May – The city of Manchester celebrates as Manchester United seal their record 19th top division league title and Manchester City win the FA Cup to end their 35-year wait for a major trophy.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/13401504 Manchester revels in FA Cup final & Premier League joy BBC News 14 May 2011 14 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110514191951/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/front_page/13401504.stm 14 May 2011 live 17–20 May – Queen Elizabeth II makes a state visit to the Republic of Ireland, the first by a reigning monarch of the United Kingdom to Dublin since 1911.Announcement of programme for Ireland visit http://www.royal.gov.uk/LatestNewsandDiary/Pressreleases/2011/AnnouncementofprogrammeforIrelandvisit7April2011.aspx The British Monarchy 7 April 2011 9 April 2011 22 May – The Royal Navy ends its training role in Iraq, concluding the British military Operation Telic there.Royal Navy ends Operation Telic mission in Iraq https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13488078 BBC News 22 May 2011 22 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110522112010/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13488078 22 May 2011 live 28 May – In a repeat of the 2009 final, Manchester United lose 3–1 to FC Barcelona in the 2011 UEFA Champions League final at Wembley Stadium, London.Barcelona 3-1 Man Utd https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/13576522 BBC News 28 May 2011 27 February 2024 June 10 June – 2011 Belfast West by-election: Sinn Féin's Paul Maskey wins the seat.Sinn Fein's Paul Maskey wins West Belfast by-election https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-13718129 BBC News 10 June 2011 11 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110610112645/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-13718129 10 June 2011 live 15 June St Paul's Cathedral completes its £40 million restoration project. The 15-year programme of cleaning and repair was among the largest restoration projects ever undertaken in the UK. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-13782822 St Paul's Cathedral completes £40m restoration project BBC News 15 June 2011 19 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110617180134/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-13782822 17 June 2011 live The National Union of Teachers and the Association of Teachers and Lecturers confirm a co-ordinated strike across England and Wales on 30 June as part of a dispute over changes to pensions. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-13782310 Teachers confirm 30 June as strike day BBC News 15 June 2011 19 June 2011 23 June – Levi Bellfield, three years into a life sentence for the murder of two young women and the attempted murder of a third, is found guilty of murdering Amanda Dowler, the Surrey teenager who disappeared in March 2002 and whose remains were found in Hampshire six months later. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-13875507 Levi Bellfield guilty of Milly Dowler murder BBC News 23 June 2011 26 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110624015527/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-13875507 24 June 2011 live 24 June Levi Bellfield receives an additional life sentence for the murder of Amanda Dowler. The jury fails to reach a verdict on the attempted abduction of another girl and the judge orders that the charge should remain on file. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-13908358 Milly Dowler family: 'Too high a price' for Bellfield conviction BBC News 24 June 2011 26 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110719011400/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-13908358 19 July 2011 live Household furnishings retailer Habitat goes into administration. 30 of its 33 outlets are affected by the administration, as the three central London stores are being sold to Home Retail Group in a £24.5 million deal which will safeguard a total of 150 jobs. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13901123 Habitat stores enter administration as part of sale BBC News 24 June 2011 26 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110625112733/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13901123 25 June 2011 live 30 June Hundreds of thousands of public sector workers go on strike across the UK over planned pension changes. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13967580 Public sector strike hits services and schools BBC News 30 June 2011 30 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110630112127/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13967580 30 June 2011 live The cheque guarantee card scheme is withdrawn after operating for over 40 years. The scheme ensured some cheques were honoured even if the account holder did not have sufficient funds in their account. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13961370 Cheque guarantee cards' last day of operation BBC News 30 June 2011 30 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110701022138/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13961370 1 July 2011 live July July – The British economy grew by 0.2% during the second quarter of the year, down from 0.5% in the first quarter.26 July 2011 UK GDP figures show slower growth of 0.2% BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14288348 live 7 August 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110728193846/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14288348 28 July 2011 1 July – 2011 Inverclyde by-election: The Labour Party's Iain McKenzie wins the by-election with a majority reduced from 14,416 in 2010 to 5,838. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-13980594 Labour wins Inverclyde by-election with lower majority BBC News 1 July 2011 1 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110701015307/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-13980594 1 July 2011 live 7 July – Following recent allegations that its journalists had hacked into the mobile phones of celebrities, politicians and high-profile crime victims over the last decade, it is announced that the News of the World will cease publication after its final edition on Sunday 10 July, having been in circulation for 168 years. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14070733 News of the World to close amid hacking scandal BBC News 7 July 2011 7 July 2007 8 July – Rushden & Diamonds F.C. goes out of business after 19 years in existence, having recently been expelled from the Blue Square Premier League because of their huge debts. The Northamptonshire club had been members of the Football League from 2001 until 2006.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/14083889 BBC Sport Rushden & Diamonds fans plan to set up 'phoenix' club 8 July 2011 27 March 2012 12 July – A Scottish ticket scooped €185m (£163,077,500.00) in the EuroMillions jackpot, the biggest ever jackpot win in its history.http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0713/euromillions.html UK ticket scoops €185m EuroMillions jackpot 12 July 2011 RTÉ News 13 July 2011 thumb|Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson & Rupert Grint the lead actors of the Harry Potter films since childhood at the premiere of the series finale in London15 July – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, the final instalment in the Harry Potter film series, is released in UK cinemas. 18 July – Sean Hoare, the former News of the World reporter who made phone-hacking allegations against the newspaper which contributed to its recent demise, is found dead in Watford. His death is being treated as "unexplained but not suspicious" by police.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14194623 NoW phone-hacking whistle-blower Sean Hoare found dead BBC News 19 July 2011 19 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110718211948/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14194623 18 July 2011 live 23 July – The singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse, 27, is found dead at her London home.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14262237 Amy Winehouse found dead, aged 27 BBC News 23 July 2011 23 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110723170633/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14262237 23 July 2011 live 27 July – Autoclenz Ltd v Belcher, a landmark case in UK labour law, is decided in the Supreme Court: Inequality of bargaining power must be taken into account in deciding whether a person counts as an employee for the purpose of defining employment rights. 29 July – Wolverhampton man Bilal Zaheer Ahmad, 23, is sentenced to 12 years in prison for making calls on an internet blog for MPs who backed the war in Iraq to be murdered.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-14344199 Blogger who encouraged murder of MPs jailed BBC News 29 July 2011 7 August 2011 August 4 August – Downing Street launches a new e-petition website to encourage the public to prompt parliamentary debate on topics they feel are important. Several of the initial petitions concerned proposals for and against restoring the death penalty, last used in the UK in 1964. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14402195 Does the public want the death penalty brought back? BBC News Rebecca Cafe 4 August 2011 7 August 2011 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-14400246 E-petitions urge MPs to debate return of death penalty BBC News 4 August 2011 7 August 2011 6 August – The 2011 English riots begin. 7 August – The Metropolitan Police struggle to restore order in Tottenham, London after a riot the previous evening.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-14435251 London riots: Dozens injured after Tottenham violence BBC News 7 August 2011 7 August 2011 8 August Prime Minister David Cameron cuts short his holiday to chair a meeting of the COBRA Committee as rioting in London continues into its third day and violence spreads across England with Birmingham, Liverpool, Nottingham and Bristol also affected.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-14450248 Further riots in London as violence spreads across England BBC News 9 August 2011 9 August 2011 The Royal Navy appoints its first female warship commander. Lieutenant Commander Sarah West, 39, will take control of HMS Portland in May 2012.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-14451761 Royal Navy appoints first woman warship commander BBC News 8 August 2011 8 August 2011 9 August – Further sporadic violence breaks out in several towns and cities around England, although London stays largely quiet overnight. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-14460554 UK riots: Trouble erupts in English cities BBC News 10 August 2011 20 August 2011 Police say that the fatal shooting of a 26-year-old man in Croydon, London, may be linked to the rioting in the area. http://www.channel4.com/news/man-shot-amid-croydon-riots Man dies after being shot amid Croydon riots Channel 4 News Channel 4 9 August 2011 27 August 2011 10 August Police from Scotland are sent to England to help combat riots and disorder.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-14473068 England riots: Scottish police to aid disorder efforts BBC News 10 August 2011 20 August 2011 There are three fatalities in Birmingham, all Muslim men who were run over in the Winson Green district of the city while protecting their neighbourhood from the rioting.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-14471405 Three killed protecting property during Birmingham riots BBC News 10 August 2011 27 August 2011 Say What?!, English video game is released. 11 August – Parliament is recalled due to riots and disorder.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-14488231 Riots: Think again on police cuts, says Ed Miliband BBC News 11 August 2011 20 August 2011 12 August – The number of deaths in the recent wave of rioting across England reaches five when 68-year-old Richard Bowes died in hospital from injuries suffered when he was attacked while trying to put out flames during rioting in Ealing, London, four days ago.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-14500869 Riots: Arrest over death of Richard Bowes BBC News 12 August 2011 27 August 2011 20 August – A pilot dies when an RAF Red Arrows aeroplane crashed at the Bournemouth Air Festival following a display. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-14602900 Red Arrow crashes during Bournemouth Air Festival BBC News 20 August 2011 20 August 2011 23 August – An e-petition calling for the British Government to release cabinet documents relating to the Hillsborough disaster collects 100,000 signatures – enough for MPs to consider a House of Commons debate on the matter. It is the first government e-petition to reach the target. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-14623591 Hillsborough files: 100,000 sign online petition BBC News 23 August 2011 23 August 2011 31 August – Mobile internet use reaches 50% in the UK, according to the Office for National Statistics. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14731757 Mobile internet use nearing 50% BBC News 31 August 2011 31 August 2011 September September – Official figures show that UK unemployment rose by 80,000 to 2.51 million, the largest increase in nearly two years, in the three months to July.14 September 2011 UK unemployment total rises sharply to 2.51 million BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14912236 14 September 2011 12 September The Independent Commission on Banking recommends that British banks should separate their retail banking divisions from investment banking arms to safeguard against riskier banking activities. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14877865 Banks face major reorganisation BBC News 12 December 2011 12 September 2011 Bernard Hogan-Howe is named as the new Commissioner of London's Metropolitan Police. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14888118 Bernard Hogan-Howe new Metropolitan Police commissioner BBC News 12 September 2011 12 September 2011 15 September The Fixed-term Parliaments Act is passed, requiring general elections to take place at fixed five-year intervals, starting with 7 May 2015, removing the prerogative of Prime Ministers to select a date. Gleision Colliery mining accident: An explosion in a drift mine kills four miners in the South Wales Coalfield. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-14955526 Welsh mine tragedy: Fourth Gleision miner found dead BBC News 16 September 2011 17 September 2011 20 September – The UK's first commercial hydrogen filling station opens in Swindon.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14979817 Is hydrogen the future of motoring? BBC News 20 September 2011 29 October 2011 21 September – An energy firm which has been test drilling for controversial shale gas in Lancashire says it has found vast gas resources underground.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-14990573 Shale gas firm finds 'vast' gas resources in Lancashire BBC News 21 September 2011 22 September 2011 26 September – Labour Party delegates vote to scrap the tradition of Shadow Cabinet elections at their annual conference in Liverpool.King Victoria https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15054351 BBC News Labour delegates vote to scrap shadow cabinet elections 26 September 2011 26 September 2011 29 September – The Department for Transport announce a consultation process on raising the motorway speed limit in England and Wales to 80 mph. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15116064 Ministers to consult on 80mph motorway speed limit BBC News 29 September 2011 30 September 2011 October 1 October – A new record is set for the highest temperature recorded in October – at 29.9 °C (85.8 °F).Record UK temperature for October set at 29.9C https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15137832 BBC News 1 October 2011 1 October 2011 3 October – The UK government pledges £50 million towards developing spin-off technologies from the super-strong material graphene.UK invests in graphene technology https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15152609 BBC News 3 October 2011 3 October 2011 5 October – The world's largest solar bridge project gets underway in London.World's largest solar bridge project gets underway https://edition.cnn.com/2011/10/05/world/europe/solar-bridge-london-blackfriars/index.html?hpt=hp_bn6 CNN 5 October 2011 8 October 2011 6 October – The Bank of England says it will inject a further £75 billion into the economy through quantitative easing (QE), but holds interest rates at 0.5%.Bank of England injects further £75bn into economy https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15196078 BBC News 6 October 2011 6 October 2011 9 October – Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney marries American heiress Nancy Shevell at a ceremony in London.Sir Paul McCartney marries US heiress Nancy Shevell https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15230730 BBC News 9 October 2011 9 October 2011 10 October – The trial of Vincent Tabak, accused of murdering British landscape architect Joanna Yeates, begins at Bristol Crown Court.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-15240284 Jo Yeates case: Vincent Tabak 'shopped in Asda after death' BBC News 10 October 2011 12 October 2011 12 October – A government ban on non-EU foreign spouses under the age of 21 coming to the UK is ruled unlawful by the UK Supreme Court.Supreme Court says forced marriage rules are unlawful https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15272121 BBC News 12 October 2011 12 October 2011 13 October – BP is given the go-ahead to proceed with a new £4.5 billion oil project west of the Shetland Islands.BP unveils Shetland investment programme https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15285441 BBC News 13 October 2011 13 October 2011 14 October – Liam Fox resigns as Defence Secretary after a week of allegations over his working relationship with friend and self-styled adviser Adam Werritty.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15300751 Liam Fox quits as defence secretary BBC News 14 October 2011 14 October 2011 17 October – Former Defence Secretary Liam Fox broke the ministerial code in his dealings with his friend Adam Werritty, an official report says.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15344455 Liam Fox 'broke ministerial code' – official report BBC News 17 October 2011 17 October 2011 18 October The final episode of Doctor Who spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures airs following Elisabeth Sladen’s death. It is named “The man who never was”. The Stone Roses announce their reunion tour after splitting in 1996. 21 October – London's St Paul's Cathedral is forced to close its doors to visitors for the first time since the Second World War after Occupy London protesters set up camp on its doorstep. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-15406865 Occupy London: Demo forces St Paul's Cathedral to close BBC News 21 October 2011 27 October 2011 27 October The serial killer Robert Black is convicted of the 1981 murder of Northern Ireland schoolgirl Jennifer Cardy. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-15445986 Child killer Robert Black found guilty of murdering Jennifer Cardy BBC News 27 October 2011 27 October 2011 As police prepare to remove protestors from the grounds of St Paul's Cathedral, Giles Fraser resigns as its canon chancellor, saying he could not condone the use of violence against the demonstrators.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-15472362 St Paul's protest: Canon Chancellor Giles Fraser quits BBC News 27 October 2011 31 October 2011Riazat Butt Sandra Laville Shiv Malik https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/oct/27/giles-fraser-resignation-dale-farm?newsfeed=true Giles Fraser resignation: 'I couldn't face Dale Farm on the steps of St Paul's' The Guardian 27 October 2011 31 October 2011 28 October Dutch engineer Vincent Tabak is convicted of the murder of landscape artist Joanna Yeates and is sentenced to life imprisonment.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-15448121 Vincent Tabak found guilty of Jo Yeates murder BBC News 28 October 2011 28 October 2011 As St Paul's Cathedral re-opens to visitors, the City of London Corporation announces plans to launch legal action to evict protesters from the cathedral's grounds.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-15488030 Occupy London protest: St Paul's Cathedral reopens BBC News 28 October 2011 31 October 2011Robert Pigott https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-15495019 St Paul's protest: legal action is launched BBC News 28 October 2011 31 October 2011 31 October – Graeme Knowles resigns as Dean of St Paul's as protestors by Occupy London demonstrators continue. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-15524483 St Paul's Dean Graeme Knowles resigns over protests BBC News 31 October 2011 31 October 2011 November 1 November – Junior Individual Savings Accounts replace Child Trust Funds. 3 November Two Acts of Parliament receive Royal Assent: Pensions Act 2011, bringing the state pension qualifying age of 65 for women forward to 2018 and raising it for men and women to 66 by October 2020. Armed Forces Act 2011, providing for the Defence Secretary to make an annual report on progress towards 'rebuilding' the Armed Forces Covenant. 4 November Ruth Davidson becomes the new leader of the Scottish Conservative Party. Seven people die and 51 are injured after 34 vehicles collided – many bursting into flames – on the M5 motorway near Taunton in Somerset.John Maguire https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-15603124 BBC News M5 crash: Fears 'more than 10 killed' 4 November 2011 5 November 2011 6 November – A public opinion poll carried out for the BBC Politics Show about Scotland's constitutional future indicates that devo-max is the most popular option with Scottish voters but 'no further constitutional change' is the most popular option with English voters. In Scotland, 33% backed devo-max, 28% supported Scottish independence and 29% backed 'no further constitutional change', while in England, 14% supported devo-max, 24% supported Scottish independence and 40% backed 'no further constitutional change'.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-15610909 BBC survey indicates support for Scottish 'devo-max' BBC News 6 November 2011 6 November 2011 9 November – Supreme Court decides Kernott v Jones giving Patricia Jones a 90% interest in a family home owned jointly with her former cohabitee but to which he had not contributed since their relationship ended, a leading case on unmarried couples' property rights in England and Wales.Ruling on cohabitees' property rights The Independent 10 November 2011 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/ruling-on-cohabitees-property-rights-6259613.html?origin=internalSearch 11 November 2011 16 November – New official figures show that unemployment has risen to more than 2,600,000 – the highest level since 1994 – during September. Sir Mervyn King, governor of the Bank of England, warns that the UK is now at a great risk from the Eurozone debt crisis. Youth unemployment has also passed the 1,000,000 mark for the first time since 1986.Stephanie Flanders Stephanie Flanders https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15755835 Bank of England sees 'worsened' economic outlook BBC News 16 November 2011 17 November 2011 17 November Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond is named The Spectator magazine's 2011 politician of the year.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-15767867 Alex Salmond wins Spectator's Politician of the Year BBC News 17 November 2011 17 November 2011 The UK Government sell the Northern Rock Bank – which was nationalised in 2008 – to Virgin Money for £747m.Robert Peston Robert Peston https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15769886 Northern Rock sold to Virgin Mone BBC News 17 November 2011 17 November 2011 19 November – Four Metropolitan Police officers are stabbed while chasing a suspect in Kingsbury, north London. Two officers are seriously injured, and a 32-year-old suspect is arrested for attempted murder.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-15803860 Four Metropolitan Police officers stabbed in London BBC News 19 November 2011 20 November 2011 22 November – Median survival periods for cancer in England and Wales have risen from 12 months to nearly six years since the 1970s, but with little change in some cancers, figures show.Brimelow Adam https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-15726810 Cancer survival: Macmillan hails major improvement BBC News 22 November 2011 22 November 2011 27 November Iran's parliament vote by a large majority to downgrade diplomatic relations with the UK. The move comes after the UK Treasury imposed sanctions on Iranian banks.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15908525 Iran parliament votes to downgrade relations with UK BBC News 27 November 2011 27 November 2011 Wales national football team manager Gary Speed, 42, is found dead at his home in Chester. Speed, who had previously managed Sheffield United, had been a prominent footballer who was one of his country's most capped players with 85 appearances at senior level and also won a league title with Leeds United and was an FA Cup runner-up twice with Newcastle United.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-15911321 Footballing world pays tribute to Gary Speed BBC News 28 November 2011 28 November 2011 28 November – The OECD warns that the UK and the Eurozone could be on the brink of another recession barely two years after the previous one.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15915627 OECD warns of European recession BBC News 28 November 2011 28 November 2011 30 November – Public sector workers stage a strike over government plans to make their members pay more and work longer to earn their pensions.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15953806 Public sector strike to be 'largest for a generation' BBC News 30 November 2011 30 November 2011 December 8 December – The Prime Minister, David Cameron, vetos a European Union treaty concerning the Eurozone crisis.Gavin Hewitt https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16104275 David Cameron blocks EU-wide deal to tackle euro crisis BBC News 9 December 2011 16 December 2011 16 December – 2011 Feltham and Heston by-election: The Labour Party's Seema Malhotra retains the seat in south-west London for the party in a by-election sparked by the death of the previous MP.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-16187493 Labour wins Feltham and Heston by-election BBC News 16 December 2011 16 December 2011 17 December Opinion polls show that the Conservatives have established a lead of up to six points ahead of Labour, who had narrowly led most of the polls this year, since David Cameron's veto on the European Union treaty last week.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/8963512/David-Camerons-treaty-veto-delivers-poll-bounce-but-voters-want-a-referendum.html David Cameron's treaty veto delivers poll bounce, but voters want a referendum The Daily Telegraph 17 December 2011 17 December 2011 Johann Lamont becomes leader of the Scottish Labour Party. 23 December – Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, is treated in hospital for a blocked coronary artery.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16323794 Duke of Edinburgh in hospital following chest pains BBC News 23 December 2011 23 December 2011 Undated 2011 was the second warmest year on record for the UK, according to the Met Office. Only 2006, with an average temperature of 9.73C (49.5F), was warmer than 2011's average temperature of 9.62C (49.3F).https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16366078 2011 is UK's second warmest year on record – Met Office BBC News 30 December 2011 30 December 2011 The UK population rose by 470,000 between 2009 and 2010, according to new figures from the Office for National Statistics – the biggest increase in nearly 50 years.30 June 2011 UK population sees biggest increase in half a century BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13975481 live 30 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110630112419/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13975481 30 June 2011 Publications Julian Barnes' novel The Sense of an Ending Roger Hargreaves' children's book Little Miss Princess celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Mr. Men series. Births 30 September – Jamie Duffy, Thai footballer Deaths January thumb|upright|Pete Postlethwaite thumb|upright|John Gross thumb|upright|Susannah York 1 January – Sir Robin Carnegie, Army general (b. 1926) 2 January – Pete Postlethwaite, actor (b. 1946) 3 January – Jill Haworth, actress (b. 1945) 4 January John Gray, physiologist (b. 1918) Mick Karn, musician (b. 1958) Dick King-Smith, author (b. 1922) Gerry Rafferty, singer-songwriter (b. 1947) Jack Richardson, chemical engineer (b. 1920) 5 January David Hart, political activist (b. 1944) Helene Palmer, actress (b. 1928) Brian Rust, jazz discographer (b. 1922) 6 January John Bendor-Samuel, missionary and linguist (b. 1929) Gary Mason, boxer (b. 1962) Reg Ward, first chief executive of the London Docklands Development Corporation (b. 1927) 7 January – Derek Gardner, racing car designer (b. 1931) 9 January Richard Butcher, footballer (b. 1981) Peter Yates, film director (b. 1929) 10 January John Gross, writer and critic (b. 1931) A. W. B. Simpson, legal historian (b. 1931) 11 January – Dame Barbara Clayton, pathologist (b. 1922) 12 January – Kenneth Stevenson, Anglican prelate, Bishop of Portsmouth (1995–2009) (b. 1949) 15 January Kenneth Grant, occultist (b. 1924) Michael Langham, actor and theatre director (b. 1919) Nat Lofthouse, footballer (b. 1925) Susannah York, actress (b. 1939) 16 January – Julian Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith, peer and diplomat, Governor of the Seychelles (1962–1967) (b. 1916) 17 January Brian Boobbyer, rugby union player (b. 1928) David Bradby, theatre academic (b. 1942) Sir Bernard Crossland, engineer (b. 1923) 18 January – John Herivel, World War II codebreaker at Bletchley Park (b. 1918) 20 January – Maurice Brown, RAF fighter pilot (b. 1919) 21 January – Wally Hughes, footballer and coach (b. 1934) 22 January – Sir Chandos Blair, Army general (b. 1919) 24 January – Phil Gallie, Conservative & Unionist MP and MSP (b. 1939) 25 January Vincent Cronin, writer and historian (b. 1924) Alison Geissler, glass engraver (b. 1907) R. F. Langley, poet and diarist (b. 1938) 27 January – Diana Norman, writer and journalist (b. 1933) 28 January Raymond Cohen, violinist (b. 1919) Dame Margaret Price, opera singer (b. 1941) 29 January Raymond McClean, physician and politician, Mayor of Derry (1973–1974) (b. 1933) Dorothy Thompson, historian (b. 1923) Norman Wilkinson, footballer (b. 1931) 30 January John Barry, composer (b. 1933) Raymond Challinor, Marxist historian (b. 1929) Ian R. Porteous, mathematician (b. 1930) 31 January Stuart Hood, television producer (b. 1915) Mark Ryan, musician (b. 1959) Norman Uprichard, footballer (b. 1928) February thumb|upright|Tony Levin thumb|upright|Gary Moore thumb|upright|Sir George Shearing 1 February Lennox Fyfe, Baron Fyfe of Fairfield, politician and life peer (b. 1941) Derek Rawcliffe, Anglican prelate, Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway (1981–1991) (b. 1921) Les Stubbs, footballer (b. 1929) 2 February Ian Anderson, politician (b. 1953) Jimmy Fell, footballer (b. 1936) Rodney Hill, mathematician (b. 1921) Margaret John, actress (b. 1926) 3 February Tony Levin, jazz drummer (b. 1940) Neil Young, footballer (b. 1944) 5 February – Brian Jacques, author (b. 1939) 6 February – Gary Moore, rock guitarist (b. 1952) 7 February – Eric Parsons, footballer (b. 1923) 10 February – Trevor Bailey, cricketer (b. 1923) 11 February – John Clay, cricketer (b. 1924) 13 February Paul Marcus, television director (b. 1954) Brian Shaw, rugby league player (b. 1931) 14 February Peter Pilkington, Baron Pilkington of Oxenford, teacher and life peer (b. 1933) Sir George Shearing, musician (b. 1919) 15 February – Cyril Stein, businessman (b. 1928) 16 February – Alfred Burke, actor (b. 1918) 17 February Ron Hickman, inventor (b. 1932) Vivien Noakes, biographer and critic (b. 1937) 18 February – Marshall Stoneham, physicist (b. 1940) 19 February – Norman Corner, footballer (b. 1943) 20 February Barbara Harmer, aviator, first woman Concorde pilot (b. 1953) Tony Kellow, footballer (b. 1952) 22 February Brian Bonsor, composer and music teacher (b. 1926) Nicholas Courtney, actor (b. 1929) 23 February – Matthew Carr, artist (b. 1953) 25 February – Peter Hildreth, Olympic athlete (b. 1928) 26 February – Dean Richards, footballer (b. 1974) 27 February – Margaret Eliot, musician and music teacher (b. 1914) March 4 March Vivienne Harris, founder of the Jewish Telegraph (b. 1921) Charles Jarrott, film director (b. 1927) 6 March Louie Ramsay, actress (b. 1929) Edward Ullendorff, scholar and historian (b. 1920) 8 March – Richard Campbell, cellist and viola da gamba player (b. 1956) 11 March – Val Ffrench Blake, Army officer and author (b. 1913) 12 March – John Nettleship, teacher (b. 1939) 13 March – Sir Michael Gray, Army general (b. 1932) 14 March Leslie Collier, virologist (b. 1921) Bob Greaves, journalist and broadcaster (b. 1934) 15 March Keith Fordyce, radio and television presenter (b. 1928) Peter Loader, cricketer (b. 1929) Smiley Culture, reggae singer and DJ (b. 1963) 16 March - Dennis Taylor, former president of the George Formby Society (b. 1940) 17 March Michael Gough, actor (b. 1916) Murdoch Mitchison, zoologist (b. 1922) J. B. Steane, musicologist and music critic (b. 1928) 18 March Arthur Charles Evans, World War II soldier (b. 1916) Jet Harris, musician (The Shadows) (b. 1939) 19 March Raymond Garlick, poet (b. 1926) Leonard Webb, politician (b. 1921) 20 March – Johnny Pearson, composer and pianist (b. 1925) 22 March – George Alfred Walker, businessman, founder of Brent Walker (b. 1929) 23 March Frank Lampl, Czech-born businessman (b. 1926) Richard Leacock, film director (b. 1921) Elizabeth Taylor, actress (b. 1932) Fred Titmus, cricketer (b. 1932) 26 March – Diana Wynne Jones, English writer (b. 1934)Diana Wynne Jones British writer Britannica https://www.britannica.com/biography/Diana-Wynne-Jones www.britannica.com 10 January 2022 en 27 March – H. R. F. Keating, writer (b. 1926) 29 March – Robert Tear, operatic tenor (b. 1939) 31 March Ishbel MacAskill, Scottish Gaelic singer (b. 1941) Edward Stobart, haulage company owner (b. 1954) April thumb|upright|11th Duke of Grafton thumb|upright|Elisabeth Sladen thumb|upright|Poly Styrene 1 April Jane Gregory, Olympic equestrian (b. 1959) Brynle Williams, Welsh politician and activist (b. 1949) 3 April – Martin Horton, cricketer (b. 1934) 4 April John Niven, Scottish footballer (b. 1921) Craig Thomas, Welsh thriller writer (b. 1942) 6 April Johnny Morris, footballer (b. 1923) F. Gordon A. Stone, chemist (b. 1925) 7 April – Hugh FitzRoy, 11th Duke of Grafton, peer (b. 1919) 9 April – Nicholas Goodhart, rear-admiral and aviator (b. 1919) 10 April – Phil Solomon, music executive (b. 1924) 11 April Jimmy Briggs, footballer (b. 1937) Billy Gray, footballer (b. 1927) Simon Milton, politician (b. 1961) Doug Newlands, footballer (b. 1931) Angela Scoular, actress (b. 1945) 12 April Lee Bradley Brown, tourist (died in police custody) (b. 1971) Ronnie Coyle, footballer (b. 1964) 13 April – Danny Fiszman, businessman (b. 1945) 14 April – Trevor Bannister, actor (b. 1934) 17 April Bob Block, scriptwriter (b. 1921) Alan Haines, actor (b. 1924) Eddie Leadbeater, cricketer (b. 1927) Ken Taylor, scriptwriter (b. 1922) 18 April – Bob Plant, World War II soldier (b. 1915) 19 April Anne Blonstein, poet and translator (b. 1958) Lisa Head, soldier (killed in Afghanistan) (b. 1981) Elisabeth Sladen, actress (b. 1946) 20 April Allan Brown, footballer (b. 1926) Tim Hetherington, journalist (killed in the Libyan civil war) (b. 1970) Tul Bahadur Pun, Nepalese World War II soldier (b. 1923) 21 April Reginald C. Fuller, Roman Catholic priest and writer (b. 1908) W. J. Gruffydd, poet and former Archdruid of Wales (b. 1916) 23 April James Casey, comedian (b. 1922) Terence Longdon, actor (b. 1922) Geoffrey Russell, 4th Baron Ampthill, peer and businessman (b. 1921) John Sullivan, writer (b. 1946) 24 April – Denis Mahon, art historian (b. 1910) 25 April John Cooke, RAF officer (b. 1922) Lawrence Lee, stained glass artist (Coventry Cathedral) (b. 1909) Poly Styrene, rock musician (b. 1957) 26 April Henry Leach, Admiral of the Fleet (b. 1923) Islwyn Morris, Welsh actor (b. 1920)Satellite City and Pobol y Cwm actor Islwyn Morris dies https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-13193781 BBC News BBC 26 April 2011 29 April – David Mason, trumpeter (b. 1926) 30 April Richard Holmes, military historian (b. 1946) Eddie Turnbull, footballer and football manager (b. 1923) May thumb|upright|Sir Henry Cooper thumb|upright|Claude Choules thumb|upright|Edward Hardwicke 1 May Sir Henry Cooper, boxer (b. 1934) Ted Lowe, snooker commentator (b. 1920) 2 May – Eddie Lewis, footballer (b. 1935) 4 May – Sammy McCrory, footballer (b. 1924) 5 May Leslie Audus, botanist (b. 1911) Claude Choules, Royal Navy seaman, last living World War I combat veteran (b. 1901) Dana Wynter, German-born actress (b. 1931) 6 May Sir Geoffrey Dhenin, air marshal and physician (b. 1918) Bill Hopkins, novelist (b. 1928) 7 May – Big George, musician and broadcaster (b. 1957) 8 May Wallace Clark, sailor and author (b. 1926) Ronald Waterhouse, judge (b. 1926) 9 May – David Cairns, Labour MP for Inverclyde (since 2005) (b. 1966) 10 May – David Weston, artist (b. 1935) 11 May – Elisabeth Svendsen, animal welfare advocate, founder of the Donkey Sanctuary (b. 1930) 12 May – Noreen Murray, molecular geneticist (b. 1935) 13 May – Bob Litherland, politician (b. 1930) 15 May – Martin Woodhouse, scriptwriter (b. 1932) 16 May Ralph Barker, writer (b. 1917) Edward Hardwicke, actor (b. 1932) 17 May – Frank Upton, footballer (b. 1934) 19 May – Kathy Kirby, singer (b. 1938) 20 May – William Elliott, Baron Elliott of Morpeth, politician and life peer (b. 1920) 21 May – Gordon McLennan, politician (b. 1924) 22 May – Suzanne Mizzi, Malta-born model, artist and interior designer (b. 1967) 24 May Glyn Hughes, English poet, novelist and artist, cancer (b. 1935)Pownall David David Pownall Glyn Hughes obituary https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2011/jun/02/glyn-hughes-obituary The Guardian 2 June 2011 Blair Stewart-Wilson, courtier (b. 1929) 25 May – Leonora Carrington, British-born Mexican artist (b. 1917) 27 May Janet Brown, comedian and impressionist (b. 1923) Michael Willoughby, 12th Baron Middleton, peer (b. 1921) 28 May Ann McPherson, physician (b. 1945) Dame Barbara Mills, barrister (b. 1940) 29 May Simon Brint, musician (b. 1950) Billy Crook, footballer (b. 1926) 31 May John Martin, Royal Navy officer (b. 1918) Hugh Stewart, film editor (b. 1910) Jennifer Worth, nurse and author (b. 1935) June thumb|upright|Miriam Karlin thumb|upright|Martin Rushent thumb|upright|Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor thumb|upright|Brian Haw 2 June Josephine Hart, Irish-born writer (b. 1942) Philip Rahtz, archaeologist (b. 1921) 3 June Pat Jackson, film director (b. 1916) Miriam Karlin, actress (b. 1925) Ray Pahl, sociologist (b. 1935) 4 June Donald Hewlett, actor (b. 1922) Ian Mitchell, cricketer (b. 1925) Martin Rushent, record producer (b. 1948) 5 June John Glasby, writer (b. 1928) Gordon Lorenz, songwriter and record producer (b. c. 1949) 6 June – John Boswall, actor (b. 1920) 8 June John Mackenzie, film director (b. 1928) Roy Skelton, television actor (b. 1931) 9 June – Idwal Robling, sports commentator (b. 1927) 10 June – Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor, World War II soldier and author (b. 1915) 11 June – Jack Smith, artist (b. 1928) 12 June Christopher Neame, screenwriter (b. 1942) John Wilton, diplomat (b. 1921) 14 June Ambrose Griffiths, Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1928) Badi Uzzaman, actor (b. 1939) 15 June Hugh John Beazley, World War II fighter pilot (b. 1916) John Ehrman, historian (b. 1920) 16 June – James Allason, politician (b. 1912) 17 June – Jacquie de Creed, stunt woman (b. 1957) 18 June Brian Haw, activist (b. 1949) Robin Nash, television producer (b. 1927) 20 June – Ottilie Patterson, jazz singer (b. 1932) 21 June Arthur Budgett, racehorse trainer (b. 1916) Bruce Kinloch, Army officer and author (b. 1919) 22 June Cyril Ornadel, composer and conductor (b. 1924) Mike Waterson, singer (b. 1941) 23 June – Basil Mitchell, philosopher (b. 1917) 24 June Michelle Brunner, bridge player and teacher (b. 1953) Richard Webster, author and historian (b. 1950) A. H. Woodfull, plastic products designer (b. 1912) 25 June Anne Field, Army officer (b. 1926) Goff Richards, brass band arranger and composer (b. 1944) Margaret Tyzack, actress (b. 1931) 26 June – Alan Rodger, Baron Rodger of Earlsferry, judge (b. 1944) 27 June – Mike Doyle, footballer (b. 1946) 29 June – David Dunseith, journalist and broadcaster (b. 1934) 30 June – Sir David Loram, admiral (b. 1924) July thumb|upright|Anna Massey thumb|upright|Amy Winehouse thumb|upright|Lucian Freud 1 July – Willie Fernie, footballer (b. 1928) 2 July – Oliver Napier, politician (b. 1935) 3 July Iain Blair, author (b. 1942) Francis King, author (b. 1923) Anna Massey, actress (b. 1937) Roy Redgrave, Army officer (b. 1925) 4 July John Davies Evans, archaeologist (b. 1925) Scott McLaren, soldier (killed in Afghanistan) (b. 1991) 5 July – Hanna Segal, psychoanalyst (b. 1918) 7 July Bill Boddy, motor sport journalist (b. 1913) Frank Brenchley, diplomat (b. 1918) 8 July – Norman Hampson, historian (b. 1922) 9 July Peter Newmark, translator (b. 1916) Würzel, guitarist (Motörhead) (b. 1949) 11 July Helen Crummy, social activist (b. 1920) Michael Evans, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of East Anglia (b. 1951) Alex Hay, golfer and golf instructor (b. 1933) George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood, peer (b. 1923) 12 July – Peter Crampton, politician (b. 1932) 14 July – Eric Delaney, bandleader (b. 1924) 15 July John Crook, ethologist (b. 1930) Ray Horrocks, businessman, chief executive of British Leyland (1978–1986) (b. 1930) Googie Withers, Indian-born actress (b. 1917) 16 July – Geraint Bowen, poet (b. 1915) 17 July – Sean Hoare, entertainment reporter (b. 1964) 19 July Sheila Burrell, actress (b. 1922) Sir Julian Oswald, admiral (b. 1933) Cec Thompson, rugby league player (b. 1926) 20 July – Lucian Freud, German-born artist (b. 1922) 21 July – Jack Thompson, politician (b. 1928) 23 July Terence Boston, Baron Boston of Faversham, politician and life peer (b. 1930) Conrad Meyer, Anglican prelate (b. 1922) Richard Pike, chemist (b. 1950) Amy Winehouse, singer-songwriter (b. 1983) 26 July – John Read, film maker (b. 1923) 27 July Hilary Evans, librarian and author (b. 1929) John Rawlins, Surgeon Vice Admiral (b. 1922) Richard Rutt, Anglican prelate, Bishop of Leicester (1979–1990) (b. 1925) John Stott, Anglican priest and theologian (b. 1921) 29 July – Richard Marsh, Baron Marsh, politician and Chairman of British Rail (1971–1976) (b. 1928) 30 July – R. E. G. Davies, aviation historian (b. 1921) 31 July – John Hoyland, abstract artist (b. 1934) August thumb|upright|Stan Willemse thumb|upright|C. K. Barrett thumb|upright|Billy Drake 2 August – Richard Pearson, actor (b. 1918) 3 August Andrew McDermott, singer (b. 1966) Allan Watkins, cricketer (b. 1922) 4 August Alan Blackshaw, mountaineer and skier (b. 1933) Michael Bukht, television chef ('Michael Barry') (b. 1941) Mark Duggan, crime suspect (murdered) (b. 1981) 5 August – Stan Willemse, footballer (b. 1924) 6 August – John Wood, actor (b. 1930) 7 August – Nancy Wake, New Zealand-born agent (b. 1912) 10 August – Selwyn Griffith, poet (b. 1928) 11 August David Holbrook, writer (b. 1923) Paul Wilkinson, political scientist and terrorism expert (b. 1937) 12 August – Robert Robinson, television and radio broadcaster (b. 1927) 13 August – Chris Lawrence, racing driver (b. 1933) 15 August Colin Harvey, writer (b. 1960) Michael Legat, writer (b. 1923) Betty Thatcher, lyricist (b. 1944) 16 August – Huw Ceredig, actor (b. 1942) 17 August – Frank Munro, international footballer (b. 1947) 18 August – Peter George Davis, Royal Marines officer (b. 1923) 19 August – Jimmy Sangster, screenwriter (b. 1927) 20 August – Jon Egging, RAF flight lieutenant and Red Arrows pilot (crash at Bournemouth Air Festival) (b. 1978) 22 August – John Howard Davies, child screen actor and television comedy director (b. 1939) 23 August Clare Hodges, cannabis activist (b. 1957) David Lunn-Rockliffe, businessman (b. 1924) 25 August – Anne Sharp, opera singer (b. 1916) 26 August George Band, mountaineer (b. 1929) C. K. Barrett, theologian (b. 1917) John McAleese, soldier involved in the Iranian Embassy siege (b. 1949) 27 August John Parke, footballer (b. 1937) N. F. Simpson, playwright (b. 1919) 28 August Billy Drake, World War II fighter pilot (b. 1917) Len Ganley, snooker referee (b. 1943) Tony Sale, computer museum curator (b. 1931) 29 August John Bancroft, architect (b. 1923) Mark Ovendale, footballer (b. 1973) 31 August Dave Petrie, politician (b. 1946) Peter Twiss, test pilot (b. 1921) September thumb|upright|Andy Whitfield thumb|upright|David Croft thumb|upright|Emanuel Litvinoff 1 September – Mark Blackburn, numismatist (b. 1953) 6 September – Ted Longshaw, businessman (b. 1926) 7 September – Max Boisot, architect (b. 1943) 8 September – Sir Hilary Synnott, diplomat (b. 1945) 9 September Graham Collier, jazz bassist (b. 1937) Laurie Hughes, footballer (b. 1924) Herbert Lomas, poet (b. 1924) Peter Sneath, microbiologist (b. 1923) 11 September Douglas Allen, Baron Croham, civil servant and life peer (b. 1917) Ralph Gubbins, footballer (b. 1932) Andy Whitfield, actor (b. 1972) 13 September – Richard Hamilton, artist (b. 1922) 14 September – Frank Parkin, sociologist and novelist (b. 1931) 16 September Sir Brian Burnett, Royal Air Force Air Secretary (b. 1913) Sir William Hawthorne, aeronautical engineer (b. 1913) 17 September – Peter Wright, police officer, Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police (1983–1990) (b. 1929) 18 September – Paul Bach, journalist and editor (b. 1938) 19 September – Ginger McCain, horse trainer (b. 1930) 20 September Michael Jarvis, horse trainer (b. 1938) Robert Whitaker, photographer (b. 1939) 21 September – John Du Cann, rock guitarist (b. 1946) 22 September – Jonathan Cecil, actor (b. 1939) 23 September – Douglas Stuart, 20th Earl of Moray, peer (b. 1928) 24 September Emanuel Litvinoff, writer and activist (b. 1915) George Palliser, Battle of Britain air ace (b. 1919) 25 September – Gusty Spence, Ulster loyalist politician (b. 1933) 27 September – David Croft, television writer, director and producer (b. 1922) 28 September – Patrick Collinson, historian (b. 1929) 29 September – Iain Sproat, politician (b. 1938) 30 September – Arthur Norman, industrialist (b. 1917) October thumb|upright|Bert Jansch thumb|upright|Dan Wheldon 1 October David Bedford, composer (b. 1937) Georgina Cookson, actress (b. 1918) 5 October Graham Dilley, cricketer (b. 1959) Bert Jansch, guitarist (b. 1943) 6 October Alasdair Turner, computer scientist (b. 1969) Phil Walker, newspaper editor (b. 1944) 7 October George Baker, Bulgarian-born actor (b. 1931) Frederick Cardozo, World War II soldier (b. 1916) David Macey, translator and historian (b. 1949) 8 October – Dorothy Heathcote, academic (b. 1926) 9 October – Mark Kingston, actor (b. 1934) 11 October Adrian Cowell, film maker (b. 1934) Derrick Ward, footballer (b. 1934) 12 October – Peter Hammond, actor (b. 1923) 13 October – Sheila Allen, actress (b. 1932) 14 October – Adam Hunter, golfer (b. 1963) 15 October – Betty Driver, actress (b. 1920) 16 October Henry Bathurst, 8th Earl Bathurst, peer and politician (b. 1927) Antony Gardner, politician (b. 1927) Stanley Mitchell, translator (b. 1932) Caerwyn Roderick, politician (b. 1932) Dan Wheldon, racing driver (accident) (b. 1978) 18 October Bob Brunning, blues musician (b. 1943) Donald McCallum, industrialist (b. 1922) 20 October Sue Lloyd, actress (b. 1939) Peter Taylor, botanist (b. 1926) 21 October George Daniels, horologist (b. 1926) Digby Jacks, trade unionist (b. 1945) Edmundo Ros, Trinidadian-born singer, musician and bandleader (b. 1910) 23 October – John Makin, singer (b. 1950) 24 October – Alan Morgan, Anglican prelate (b. 1940) 25 October Shirley Becke, police officer, first woman police commander in Britain (b. 1917) Bernard Verdcourt, botanist (b. 1925) Norrie Woodhall, actress (b. 1905) 28 October Campbell Christie, former general secretary of the Scottish Trades Union Congress (b. 1937) Beryl Davis, big band singer and actress (b. 1924) 29 October – Sir Jimmy Savile, DJ and television presenter (b. 1926) 30 October – Cyril Parfitt, artist (b. 1914) 31 October – Mick Anglo, comic book writer and artist, creator of Marvelman (b. 1916) November thumb|upright|Alun Evans thumb|upright|Jackie Leven thumb|upright|Gary Speed 1 November – Richard Gordon, horror film producer (b. 1925) 3 November Timothy Raison, politician (b. 1929) John Young, politician (b. 1930) 5 November – Sir Gordon Higginson, academic and engineer (b. 1929) 6 November Gordon Beck, jazz pianist and composer (b. 1935) Philip Gould, Baron Gould of Brookwood, politician (b. 1950) 8 November Jimmy Adamson, footballer (b. 1929) Sean Cunningham, RAF flight lieutenant and Red Arrows pilot (b. 1976) Katherine Grant, 12th Countess of Dysart, peer (b. 1918) Sir David Jack, pharmacologist (b. 1924) 9 November Wilfred G. Lambert, archaeologist (b. 1926) Sir Robin Mountfield, civil servant (b. 1939) 10 November – Alan Keen, politician, Labour MP for Feltham and Heston (since 1992) (b. 1937) 11 November – Michael Garrick, jazz pianist and composer (b. 1933) 12 November – Alun Evans, football administrator (b. 1942) 14 November Richard Douthwaite, economist and ecologist (b. 1942) Neil Heywood, businessman (murdered in Hong Kong) (b. 1970) Jackie Leven, musician (b. 1950) 15 November Dulcie Gray, Malaysian-born actress (b. 1915) John Hart, teacher, first male winner of Mastermind (b. 1936) 16 November – Maureen Swanson, actress (b. 1932) 17 November – Peter Reading, poet (b. 1946) 18 November Mark Blaug, Dutch-born economist (b. 1927) David Langdon, cartoonist (b. 1914) 19 November Basil D'Oliveira, South African-born cricketer (b. 1931) John Neville, British-born actor (b. 1925) 20 November Shelagh Delaney, writer (b. 1939) Malcolm Mackintosh, civil servant (b. 1921) 21 November Syd Cain, film production designer (b. 1918) Jim Lewis, Olympic footballer (b. 1927) 23 November Sir Peter Buchanan, admiral and Naval Secretary (b. 1925) Gerald Laing, pop artist and sculptor (b. 1936) 24 November Ross McManus, musician (b. 1927) David Seely, 4th Baron Mottistone, peer (b. 1920) Johnny Williams, footballer (b. 1935) 25 November – Hugh Burnett, television producer (b. 1924) 26 November Keef Hartley, drummer and bandleader (b. 1944) Patrick Mollison, haematologist (b. 1914) 27 November Gary Speed, footballer and manager (b. 1969) Ken Russell, film director (b. 1927) 28 November – Jon Driver, neuroscientist (b. 1962) 30 November – Peter Lunn, Alpine skier and spymaster (b. 1914) December thumb|upright|Peter Gethin thumb|upright|Sir Michael Dummett thumb|upright|Ronald Searle (self-portrait) 1 December – Eric Arnott, eye surgeon (b. 1929) 2 December – Christopher Logue, poet (b. 1926) 3 December – Dev Anand, Indian-born actor (b. 1923) 4 December – Allan Cameron, soldier and curler (b. 1917) 5 December Peter Gethin, racing driver (b. 1940) Celia Whitelaw, Viscountess Whitelaw, philanthropist and horticulturalist (b. 1917) 7 December – Peter Croker, footballer (b. 1921) 8 December Gilbert Adair, author (b. 1944) Peter Brown, footballer (b. 1934) Anthony Harbord-Hamond, 11th Baron Suffield, peer, soldier and politician (b. 1922) 9 December – Roy Tattersall, cricketer (b. 1922) 12 December – John Gardner, composer (b. 1917) 14 December Graham Booth, politician (b. 1940) Don Sharp, Australian-born film director (b. 1921) 15 December – Christopher Hitchens, author and journalist (b. 1949) 16 December Henry Kitchener, 3rd Earl Kitchener, soldier and peer, last holder of the title (b. 1919) Nicol Williamson, actor and singer (b. 1936) 17 December – Charles Chester, rugby player (b. 1919) 18 December Donald Neilson, convicted burglar, robber, kidnapper and serial killer (b. 1936) John Rex, South African-born sociologist (b. 1925) Ronald Wolfe, scriptwriter (b. 1922) 20 December – Hugh Carless, diplomat and explorer (b. 1925) 21 December – Robert Simons, cricketer (b. 1922) 25 December Sue Carroll, columnist (b. 1953) Sir Roger Jowell, social statistician (b. 1942) George Robb, footballer (b. 1926) 26 December – John Mackintosh Howie, mathematician (b. 1936) 27 December Sir Michael Dummett, philosopher (b. 1925) Sir Iwan Raikes, admiral and Naval Secretary (b. 1921) 29 December – Ron Howells, footballer (b. 1927) 30 December Sir Robert Horton, businessman (b. 1939) Ronald Searle, artist and cartoonist (b. 1920) 31 December Sir David Hirst, jurist (b. 1925) Penny Jordan, romantic novelist (b. 1946) Michael Mann, Anglican prelate, Dean of Windsor (1976–1989) (b. 1924) See also 2011 in British music 2011 in British television List of British films of 2011 References 30em 2011 Category:Years of the 21st century in the United Kingdom Category:2011 by country Category:2010s in the United Kingdom Category:2011 in Europe