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Events from the year1927in theUnited Kingdom.
This year saw the renaming of theUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Irelandinto the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, recognising in name theIrish Free State's independence, it having come into existence with theAnglo-Irish Treatyin 1922.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]- 1 January – the British BroadcastingCompanybecomes theBritish BroadcastingCorporation,when it is granted a Royal Charter.John Reithbecomes the first Director-General.
- 7 January – first transatlantictelephonecall from New York City to London.
- 15 January – first live sports broadcast on the BBC. Therugby unioninternational England v Wales is commented on byTeddy Wakelam.A week later the first football match is broadcast.
- 19 January – Britain sends troops to China.
- 28–30 January – gale-force winds batter the British Isles, with a gust of 90 kn (100 mph; 170 km/h) recorded inPaisley (Scotland)and 23 killed.[1]
- 4 February – atPendine Sands,SirMalcolm Campbellsets a new world land speed record covering the Flying Kilometre in a mean average of 174.883 mph (281.44 km/h) and the Flying Mile in 174.224 m.p.h. driving theNapier-Campbell Blue Bird,the last time this record will be attained on British soil.[2][3][4]
- 12 February – first British troops land in Shanghai.
- 14 February –Alfred Hitchcock'ssilent filmthrillerThe Lodger: A Story of the London Fogreleased.
- 19 February –general strikein Shanghai in protest at the presence of British troops.
- 1 March – an underground gas and coal dust explosion atMarine Colliery, Cwm, Monmouthshire,kills 52.
- 6 March – 1000 people a week die from aninfluenzaepidemic.
- 29 March –Henry Segravebreaks the land speed record driving theSunbeam 1000 hpat Daytona Beach, Florida.[5]
- 5 April –Trade Disputes and Trade Unions Act 1927forbids strikes of support.
- 12 April – theRoyal and Parliamentary Titles Actrenames theUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Irelandto the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The change acknowledges that theIrish Free Stateis no longer part of the Kingdom.
- 21 April –National Museum of Walesofficially opened inCathays Park,Cardiff.
- 23 April –Cardiff City F.C.,members of theEnglishFootball Leaguedespite being based in Wales, win theFA CupbeatingArsenal1–0 atWembley Stadiumand taking the trophy out of England for the first time.
- 23 April – publication of first edition ofThe Countrymanmagazine, still being issued 90 years later.
- 1 May –Dioceses of Guildfordand ofPortsmouthcreated in theChurch of England.
- 7 May –Newcastle Unitedfinish thefootball seasonasFirst Divisionchampions.[6]George Camsell,centre-forward of their local rivalsMiddlesbrough,scores aFootball Leaguerecord of 59 goals this season and a total of 63 in all competitions.[7]
- 9 May –Joe Daviswins the firstWorld Snooker Championshipfinal held inBirmingham,[4]an event he will continue to win each year until 1940.
- 12 May – British police raid the London office of theSoviettrading companyARCOS.
- 13 May –George Vproclaims the change of his style fromKing of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Irelandto King of Great Britain and Ireland.
- 20 May –Treaty of Jeddah:Saudi Arabiabecomes independent of the United Kingdom.
- 24 May – Britain seversdiplomatic relationswith the Soviet Union because of revelations ofespionageand undergroundagitation.
- 9 June – Soviet Union executes twenty British for alleged espionage.
- 23 June –EnglandandYorkshirecricketerWilfred Rhodesbecomes the first person to play in 1,000first-class cricketmatches.
- 29 June –Solar eclipse of June 29, 1927:totality is visible across Northern England and Wales (though weather conditions are poor for viewing).
- 7 July
- Diocese of Derbycreated in the Church of England.
- Christopher Stonepresents a record programme onBBCradio, becoming the first Britishdisc jockey.[4]
- 7 September – the Television Society is founded. It will gain Royal patronage in 1966, becoming theRoyal Television Society.
- 5 October – theLabour Partyvotes in favour of nationalisation of the coal industry.[4]
- 7 October –Mercedes Gleitzebecomes the first British woman to swim theEnglish Channel.[8]
- 28 October –Cleggan Bay Disaster:A severe windstorm batters the British Isles, withcoastal floodingin the Irish Sea alongCardigan Bayand 5 fatalities inFleetwood,Lancashire.[9]
- 5 November – Britain's first automatictraffic lightsare deployed experimentally inWolverhampton.[4]
- 17 November –Leyland Titan double deck busintroduced. Its lowchassissets a significant trend inbusdesign which lasts for forty years.[10]
- December – Joshua Powell ofClactonbegins the domestic radio relay service which will becomeRediffusion.[11]
- 21 December ( "Slippery Wednesday" ) – 1,600 people are hospitalised in the London area when they hurt themselves on icy streets.[12][13]
- 25 December – a Christmas Dayblizzardaffects Cardiff and much of South Wales together withthe Midlandsand London area.
Undated
[edit]- Last newcotton millscompleted in Lancashire: Holden's Astley Bridge Mill,Boltonand Elk Mill,Royton(powered by asteam turbine).[14]
- Yorkshire captaincy affair:controversy over the decision (eventually reversed) to appoint a professionalcricketer,Herbert Sutcliffe,as captain ofYorkshire County Cricket Club.[15]
- TheNational Gardens Schemeis established to open private gardens of interest to the public to raise money to assist theQueen's Nursing Institute.[16]
- Stanley Spencercompletes his paintingThe Resurrection, Cookham.
Publications
[edit]- Board of Education'sReport of the Consultative Committee on the Education of the Adolescent(Chairman:W. H. Hadow;dated 1926) recommending a division between primary and secondary schools at age 11.
- Agatha Christie'sHercule PoirotnovelThe Big Four.
- F. Tennyson Jesse's children's storyMoonraker, or, The Female Pirate and Her Friends.
- H. V. Morton'stravelogueIn Search of England,in book form.
- Dorothy L. Sayers'Lord Peter WimseynovelUnnatural Death.
- Evelyn Sharp'sThe London Childabout the plight of slum children in London.
- Nevil Sidgwick'sThe Electronic Theory ofValency,an important work inchemistry.
- Alfred North WhiteheadandBertrand Russell,2nd edition ofPrincipia Mathematica,one of the most important and seminal works in mathematical logic and philosophy.
- Henry Williamson's novelTarka the Otter.
- P. G. Wodehouse's short story "Pig-hoo-o-o-o-ey",introducingLord Emsworth's prizepig,Empress of Blandings.
- Virginia Woolf's novelTo the Lighthouse.
- The Economic History Reviewbegins publication (January).
Births
[edit]- 8 January –Charles Tomlinson,poet and academic (died 2015)
- 12 January
- Richard Bebb,actor (died 2006)
- Leslie Orgel,chemist (died 2007)
- 13 January –Sydney Brenner,South African-born biologist, recipient of theNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine(died 2019)
- 14 January –John Mallard,medical physicist (died 2021)
- 20 January –Bill Le Sage,jazz pianist (died 2001)
- 28 January –Ronnie Scott,jazz saxophonist and club owner (died 1996)
- 31 January –Arnold Ziff,businessman and philanthropist (died 2004)
- 7 February –John Buller,composer (died 2004)
- 9 February –David Wheeler,computer scientist (died 2004)
- 10 February –Nigel Bagnall,army general (died 2002)
- 11 February –Robert Squires,admiral (died 2016)
- 15 February –Frank Dunlop,theatre director
- 16 February –June Brown,actress (died 2022)[17]
- 18 February –Peter Fryer,English journalist and author (died 2006)
- 21 February –Anne Sunnucks,English author and chess player (died 2014)
- 25 February –David Oates,English archaeologist (died 2004)
- 1 March –George Davies,English footballer
- 3 March –Nicolas Freeling,novelist (died 2003)
- 5 March –Robert Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford,politician and aristocrat (died 2023)[18]
- 9 March –Julian Tudor-Hart,physician, writer and political campaigner (died 2018)
- 10 March –H. Douglas Keith,physicist (died 2003)
- 11 March –Ron Todd,trade union leader (died 2005)
- 12 March –Francis Wilford-Smith,cartoonist (died 2009)
- 15 March –Brian Shenton,track and field sprinter (died 1987)
- 17 March –Patrick Allen,actor (died 2006)
- 26 March
- Harold Chapman,photographer[19](died 2022)
- Tom Christie,doctor, Olympic rower (died 2017)
- 29 March –John Vane,pharmacologist, recipient of theNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine(died 2004)
- 30 March –Robert Armstrong, Baron Armstrong of Ilminster,English civil servant (died 2020)
- 1 April –Peter Cundall,English-Australian soldier, horticulturist and author (died 2021)
- 2 April –Kenneth Tynan,theatre critic (died 1980)
- 6 April –John Brooke-Little,herald (died 2006)
- 8 April –Tilly Armstrong(aliasTania LangleyandKate Alexander), British writer (died 2010)
- 9 April –Clive Lythgoe,pianist (died 2006)
- 15 April –Colin Bean,actor (died 2009)
- 16 April
- Alan Geldard,cyclist (died 2018)
- Robert Wilson,astrophysicist (died 2002)
- 18 April –Sidney Cooke,English serial killer and paedophile
- 25 April –Dickie Dale,English motorcycle road racer (died 1961)
- 26 April
- Jack Douglas,actor (died 2008)
- Anne McLaren,geneticist and developmental biologist (died 2007)
- 27 April
- Sheila Scott,aviator (died 1988)
- Elizabeth Craig-McFeely,former director of theWomen's Royal Naval Service
- 2 May –Michael Broadbent,wine critic (died 2020)
- 4 May –Terry Scott,actor and comedian (died 1994)
- 5 May –Beverley SistersBabs (d. 2018) and Teddie, close harmony singers
- 9 May –Keith Ross,surgeon (died 2003)
- 11 May –Bernard Fox,actor (died 2016)
- 21 May –Brian Manning,historian (died 2004)
- 25 May –Paul Oliver,architectural historian (died 2017)
- 27 May
- John Chapman,actor and screenwriter (died 2001)
- Bryan Cowgill,television executive (died 2008)
- 31 May –Joe Robinson,actor and wrestler (died 2017)
- 2 June
- Colin Brittan,footballer (died 2013)[20]
- Christopher Slade,lawyer and judge (died 2022)
- 4 June –Geoffrey Palmer,actor (died 2020)[21]
- 6 June –David Chipp,journalist (died 2008)
- 7 June –Ian McColl,footballer and football manager (died 2008)
- 8 June
- Michael Levey,art historian (died 2008)
- Anne Warburton,academic and diplomat (died 2015)
- 11 June
- Marcus Fox,politician (died 2002)
- Beryl Grey,ballet dancer (died 2022)
- 12 June –Al Fairweather,jazz musician (died 1993)
- 13 June
- Paul Ableman,novelist (died 2006)
- Brian Wilde,actor (died 2008)
- 15 June –R. A. C. Parker,historian (died 2001)
- 18 June –Paul Eddington,actor (died 1995)
- 23 June –John Habgood,Archbishop of York (died 2019)
- 25 June –Arnold Wolfendale,astronomer (died 2020)[22]
- 28 June –Correlli Barnett,military historian[23](died 2022)
- 1 July –Richard Chaloner, 3rd Baron Gisborough
- 3 July
- Ken Rowlands,Welsh boxer (died 2011)
- Ken Russell,film director (died 2011)
- 4 July –Derek Bond,English bishop (d.2018)
- 10 July –Don Revie,footballer and football manager (died 1989)
- 12 July –Harold Walker,politician (died 2003)
- 11 July –Chris Leonard,English footballer (died 1987)
- 15 July –Ted Slevin,professional rugby league footballer (died 1998)
- 16 July
- Derek Hawksworth,footballer (died 2021)
- Shirley Hughes,children's book author and illustrator (died 2022)
- John Warr,Middlesex cricketer (died 2016)
- 26 July –Danny La Rue,Irish-born British drag entertainer (d.2009)
- 30 July –Tony Hiller,songwriter and record producer (died 2018)
- 31 July –Peter Nichols,playwright (died 2019)
- 1 August –Franklyn Perring,botanist (died 2003)
- 8 August –Basil Kirchin,drummer and composer (died 2005)
- 9 August
- Robert Malpas,engineer and businessman (died 2023)
- Robert Shaw,actor and novelist (died 1978)
- 11 August –Raymond Leppard,conductor (died 2019)
- 19 August –Ivan Owen,voice actor (died 2000)
- 26 August –Duncan Inglis Cameron,university administrator (died 2006)
- 1 September –Maurice Stonefrost,civil servant (died 2008)
- 4 September –Richard Chorley,geographer (died 2002)
- 6 September –Jack Parker,hurdler (died 2022)
- 7 September
- Freddie Glidden,Scottish footballer (died 2019)
- Eric Hill,author and illustrator (died 2014)
- 8 September –James Culliford,actor (died 2002)
- 10 September –Johnny Keating,Scottish musician (died 2015)
- 11 September –Vernon Corea,Sri Lankan-born broadcaster (died 2002)
- 18 September –Muriel Turner, Baroness Turner of Camden,British politician (died 2018)
- 21 September –Bill Speakman,soldier (died 2018)
- 22 September –Gordon Astall,footballer (died 2020)
- 25 September –Colin Davis,orchestral conductor (died 2013)
- 6 October –Antony Grey,born Anthony Wright,LGBTrights activist (died 2010)[24]
- 9 October –John Margetson,scholar and diplomat (died 2020)
- 11 October
- Liza Picard,English lawyer and historian (died 2022)[25]
- Jim Prior,Conservativepolitician, cabinet minister (died 2016)
- 14 October –Roger Moore,screen actor (died 2017)
- 20 October –Brian Nissen,actor (died 2001)
- 24 October –John Winston,actor (died 2019)
- 28 October –Cleo Laine,singer
- 31 October –Charles Cameron,Scottish magician (died 2001)
- 3 November –Tiny Wharton,Scottish football referee (died 2005)
- 5 November –Kenneth Waller,English actor (died 2000)
- 7 November –Ivor Emmanuel,actor (died 2007)
- 9 November –Ken Dodd,comedian and singer (died 2018)
- 12 November –David Butler,screenwriter (died 2008)
- 15 November –Gregor Mackenzie,Labour Partypolitician (died 1992)
- 16 November –Gerry Lowe,rugby player (d.2018)
- 17 November –Fenella Fielding,actress (died 2018)
- 23 November –Michael Coulson,lawyer and politician (died 2002)
- 24 November –Jonathan Routh,humorist (died 2008)
- 27 November –Eppie Gibson,rugby league player and coach (died 2018)
- 3 December –Richard Pankhurst,academic (died 2017)
- 7 December –Helen Watts,contralto (died 2009)
- 19 December –James Booth,actor (died 2005)
- 26 December
- Denis Gifford,writer, broadcaster and journalist (died 2000)
- Denis Quilley,actor (died 2003)
- 28 December –Simon Raven,novelist (died 2001)
Deaths
[edit]- 21 January – SirCharles Warren,police officer and Biblical archeologist (born 1840)
- 24 February – SirEdward Marshall Hall,defence barrister (born 1858)
- 25 January –Mark Judge,architect and engineer (born 1847)
- 28 February – SirLuke Fildes,genre painter and illustrator (born 1843)
- 3 March –J. G. Parry-Thomas,Welsh automotive engineer and racing driver, killed in attempt on world land speed record (born 1884)
- 6 March –Marie Spartali Stillman,painter (born 1844)
- 12 March –Sam Mussabini,athletics coach (born 1867)
- 16 March –Sir Henry Craik, 1st Baronet,civil servant, writer andUnionistpolitician (born 1846)
- 18 March –Philip Wicksteed,theologian and critic (born 1844)
- 31 March –Mabel Collins,theosophist and author (born 1851)
- 10 April –Arthur Reid Lempriere,army officer (born 1835)
- 2 May –Ernest Starling,physiologist (born 1866)
- 3 May –Tom Gallaher,Irish tobacco manufacturer (born 1840)
- 6 May –Henry Lowry-Corry,army officer and politician (born 1845)
- 11 June –William Attewell,cricketer (born 1861)
- 14 June –Jerome K. Jerome,humorous writer (born 1859)
- 2 July –Frank Curzon,theatre manager (born 1868)
- 6 July –Harry Anstey,metallurgist and gold prospector (born 1847)
- 27 July –Solomon Joseph Solomon,portrait painter (born 1860)
- 31 July
- Sir George Bonham,diplomat (born 1847)
- SirHarry Johnston,explorer and colonial administrator (born 1858)
- Emélie Polini,stage actress (born 1881)
- 3 August –Edward B. Titchener,psychologist (born 1867)
- 17 August – SirErnest Hatch,politician (born 1859)
- 9 September –Henry Ward,architect (born 1852)
- 8 October –Mary Webb,novelist (born 1881)
- 19 October –Beatrice Green,labour activist (born 1894)
See also
[edit]References
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- ^Noble, Richard(1999).Thrust.Bantam Books. p. 401.
- ^abcdePenguin Pocket On This Day.Penguin Reference Library. 2006.ISBN0-14-102715-0.
- ^"Sunbeam land speed engine restored".BBC News.
- ^"Clubs Lose Places in English Soccer".The New York Times.7 May 1927.
- ^"Goal.com's Top 50 English Players: George Camsell (45)".Goal. 2 May 2009. Archived fromthe originalon 16 October 2012.Retrieved13 June2012.
- ^Pember, Doloranda Hannah (2004)."Gleitze, Mercedes (1900–1981)".Oxford Dictionary of National Biography(Online ed.). Oxford University Press.Retrieved23 September2015.
- ^Harris, R. O. (February 1970). "Notable British Gales of the Past 50 Years".Weather.25(2): 57–68.doi:10.1002/j.1477-8696.1970.tb03233.x.
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- ^"Londoners' Great Skid in the Freak Frost".Daily Mirror.London. 22 December 1927. p. 1.
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- ^Hill, Alan (2007).Herbert Sutcliffe. Cricket Maestro.Stroud: Stadia.ISBN978-0-7524-4350-8.
- ^"Our History".National Gardens Scheme. Archived fromthe originalon 27 September 2011.Retrieved25 February2011.
- ^Whitmore, Greg (4 April 2022)."June Brown: a life in pictures".The Guardian.Retrieved4 April2022.
- ^Earl of Crawford and Balcarres obituary
- ^Barnett, Laura (4 August 2010)."Harold Chapman's best shot".The Guardian.Retrieved4 November2010.
- ^"Obituary – Colin Brittan".tottenhamhotspur.com.Retrieved2 June2020.
- ^"Obituary: Geoffrey Palmer, star of Butterflies and As Time Goes By".The Scotsman.Retrieved16 November2020.
- ^"Wolfendale, Sir Arnold (Whittaker)".Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press.(subscription required)
- ^George Andrew Panichas (1968).Promise of Greatness: the War of 1914-1918.John Day Company. p. 559.
- ^Lumsden, Andrew (January 2014)."Wright, Anthony Edgar Gartside [pseud. Antony Grey] (1927–2010), gay rights campaigner".Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, online edn (subscription required).Oxford University Press.Retrieved30 April2014.
- ^"Liza Picard obituary".The Guardian.10 June 2022.Retrieved12 June2022.