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United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the European mainland, continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...
. This year was the Silver Jubilee of
King George V George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936. Born during the reign of his grandmother Qu ...
. Political events included a general election in November and changes in the leadership of both the
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and
Labour Labour or labor may refer to: * Childbirth, the delivery of a baby * Labour (human activity), or work ** Manual labour, physical work ** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer ** Organized labour and the labour ...
parties.


Incumbents

*
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George V George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936. Born during the reign of his grandmother Qu ...
*
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- Ramsay MacDonald ( Coalition) (until 7 June), Stanley Baldwin ( Coalition) (starting 7 June) *
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** 36th (until 25 October) ** 37th (starting 26 November)


Events

* 1 January –
Ramblers' Association The Ramblers is the trading name of the Ramblers Association, Great Britain's leading walking charity. The Ramblers is also a membership organisation with around 100,000 members and a network of volunteers who maintain and protect the path ...
founded. * 21 February – the
Rolls-Royce Merlin The Rolls-Royce Merlin is a British liquid-cooled V-12 piston aero engine of 27-litres (1,650  cu in) capacity. Rolls-Royce designed the engine and first ran it in 1933 as a private venture. Initially known as the PV-12, it was late ...
aircraft engine is first flown, at
Hucknall Aerodrome Hucknall Aerodrome was a former general aviation and RAF aerodrome located north northwest of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England and west of Hucknall town. The aerodrome had been operated by the Merlin Flying Club since 1971, and then by R ...
. * 26 February –
Robert Watson-Watt Sir Robert Alexander Watson Watt (13 April 1892 – 5 December 1973) was a Scottish pioneer of radio direction finding and radar technology. Watt began his career in radio physics with a job at the Met Office, where he began looking for accura ...
first demonstrates the use of
radar Radar is a detection system that uses radio waves to determine the distance ('' ranging''), angle, and radial velocity of objects relative to the site. It can be used to detect aircraft, ships, spacecraft, guided missiles, motor vehicles, we ...
, at
Daventry Daventry ( , historically ) is a market town and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority in Northamptonshire, England, close to the border with Warwickshire. At the 2021 Census Daventry had a population of 28,123, making ...
. * 6 March – Croydon Aerodrome robbery: £21,000 worth of gold is stolen and never recovered. * 12 March –
speed limit Speed limits on road traffic, as used in most countries, set the legal maximum speed at which vehicles may travel on a given stretch of road. Speed limits are generally indicated on a traffic sign reflecting the maximum permitted speed - expre ...
in built-up areas reduced to 30 mph. * 18 March – Britain protests at Germany's introduction of conscription. * April – reflective cat's-eyes first used on British roads. * 6 May – silver jubilee celebrations for King George V. * 11 May –
Ewart Astill William Ewart Astill (1 March 1888 – 10 February 1948) was, along with George Geary, the mainstay of the Leicestershire team from 1922 to about 1935. He played in nine Test matches but was never picked for a home Test or for an Ashes tour. ...
captains Leicestershire County Cricket Club for the remainder of the season, the first professional
cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by str ...
er to lead any county on a regular basis since the 19th century. * 14 May – Northamptonshire County Cricket Club gains (over
Somerset ( en, All The People of Somerset) , locator_map = , coordinates = , region = South West England , established_date = Ancient , established_by = , preceded_by = , origin = , lord_lieutenant_office =Lord Lieutenant of Somerset , lord_ ...
at Taunton by 48 runs) what proves to be their last victory for 99 matches, easily a record in the
County Championship The County Championship (referred to as the LV= Insurance County Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales and is organised by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). It bec ...
. Their next Championship win will not be until 29 May 1939. * 19 May – canonization of Cardinal
John Fisher John Fisher (c. 19 October 1469 – 22 June 1535) was an English Catholic bishop, cardinal, and theologian. Fisher was also an academic and Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. He was canonized by Pope Pius XI. Fisher was executed by o ...
and Sir
Thomas More Sir Thomas More (7 February 1478 – 6 July 1535), venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, judge, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist. He also served Henry VIII as Lord ...
by Pope Pius XI. * 22 May – the government announces plans to triple the size of the
Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) an ...
in the next two years, partly in response to
German re-armament German rearmament (''Aufrüstung'', ) was a policy and practice of rearmament carried out in Germany during the interwar period (1918–1939), in violation of the Treaty of Versailles which required German disarmament after WWI to prevent Germa ...
. * 23 May – '' Woolmington v DPP'', a
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decided on appeal in the
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, reaffirms the
presumption of innocence The presumption of innocence is a legal principle that every person accused of any crime is considered innocent until proven guilty. Under the presumption of innocence, the legal burden of proof is thus on the prosecution, which must presen ...
as the "golden thread" in criminal law. * 1 June – the
driving test A driving test (also known as a driving exam, driver's test, or road test) is a procedure designed to test a person's ability to drive a motor vehicle. It exists in various forms worldwide, and is often a requirement to obtain a driver's lic ...
becomes compulsory. * 6 June – Alfred Hitchcock's film of '' The 39 Steps'' released in the UK. * 7 June – Ramsay MacDonald retires; Stanley Baldwin takes over as Prime Minister. * 18 June –
Anglo-German Naval Agreement The Anglo-German Naval Agreement (AGNA) of 18 June 1935 was a naval agreement between the United Kingdom and Germany regulating the size of the '' Kriegsmarine'' in relation to the Royal Navy. The Anglo-German Naval Agreement fixed a ratio whe ...
: Britain agrees to a German navy equal to 35% of her own naval tonnage. * 29 June – first portion of Swanscombe skull, belonging to a woman from 400,000 years past, is discovered in north Kent. * 12 July – rioting breaks out in
Belfast Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdom ...
following Orange parades; by the end of August eight
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s and five
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s have been killed, hundreds injured and over 2,000 homes destroyed (almost all Catholic). * 13 July – official completion of the
London County Council London County Council (LCC) was the principal local government body for the County of London throughout its existence from 1889 to 1965, and the first London-wide general municipal authority to be directly elected. It covered the area today kno ...
's
Becontree Becontree or Both pronunciations are given as Received Pronunciation in the Longman Pronunciation Dictionary, but the form is prioritised (). The dialectologist Peter Wright wrote in 1981 that is the traditional pronunciation in the cockney ...
estate in East London, the largest housing estate in the world, consisting of some 27,000 new
council houses A council house is a form of British public housing built by local authorities. A council estate is a building complex containing a number of council houses and other amenities like schools and shops. Construction took place mainly from 1919 a ...
which are home to more than 100,000 people. The first families moved to the estate, which straddles the borders of Dagenham,
Barking Barking may refer to: Places * Barking, London, a town in East London, England ** London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, a local government district covering the town of Barking ** Municipal Borough of Barking, a historical local government dist ...
and Ilford, in 1921. * 29 July –
T. E. Lawrence Thomas Edward Lawrence (16 August 1888 – 19 May 1935) was a British archaeologist, army officer, diplomat, and writer who became renowned for his role in the Arab Revolt (1916–1918) and the Sinai and Palestine Campaign (1915–1918 ...
's ''
Seven Pillars of Wisdom ''Seven Pillars of Wisdom'' is the autobiographical account of the experiences of British Army Colonel T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia"), of serving as a military advisor to Bedouin forces during the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire ...
'' is first published in an edition for general circulation, two months after his death resulting from a motorcycle accident. * 30 July – Allen Lane founds
Penguin Books Penguin Books is a British publishing house. It was co-founded in 1935 by Allen Lane with his brothers Richard and John, as a line of the publishers The Bodley Head, only becoming a separate company the following year.paperback A paperback (softcover, softback) book is one with a thick paper or paperboard cover, and often held together with glue rather than stitches or staples. In contrast, hardcover (hardback) books are bound with cardboard covered with cloth, ...
s in Britain. * 17 August–24 August – The Deaflympics take place in
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. * 18 August – last service held in
Mardale Mardale is a glacial valley in the Lake District, in northern England. The valley used to have a hamlet at its head, called Mardale Green, but this village was submerged in the late 1930s when the water level of the valley's lake, Haweswater, w ...
church in the Lake District prior to the village's flooding to create
Manchester Corporation Manchester City Council is the local authority for Manchester, a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. Manchester is the sixth largest city in England by population. Its city council is composed of 96 councillors, three f ...
's
Haweswater Reservoir Haweswater is a reservoir in the valley of Mardale, Cumbria in the Lake District, England. Work to raise the height of the original natural lake was started in 1929. It was controversially dammed after the UK Parliament passed a Private Ac ...
. * 3 September –
Malcolm Campbell Major Sir Malcolm Campbell (11 March 1885 – 31 December 1948) was a British racing motorist and motoring journalist. He gained the world speed record on land and on water at various times, using vehicles called ''Blue Bird'', including a 1 ...
breaks the 300 mph barrier for the first time and sets a new
land speed record The land speed record (or absolute land speed record) is the highest speed achieved by a person using a vehicle on land. There is no single body for validation and regulation; in practice the Category C ("Special Vehicles") flying start regula ...
of at the
Bonneville Salt Flats The Bonneville Salt Flats are a densely packed salt pan in Tooele County in northwestern Utah. A remnant of the Pleistocene Lake Bonneville, it is the largest of many salt flats west of the Great Salt Lake. It is public land managed by the Bur ...
,
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, driving the Campbell-Railton Blue Bird. * 11 September – Bahram completes the English Triple Crown by finishing first in the
2,000 Guineas The 2000 Guineas Stakes is a Group 1 flat race in Great Britain open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres) and scheduled to take place each year a ...
, Epsom Derby and
St Leger The St Leger Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run at Doncaster over a ...
. * 12 September – an underground explosion at North Gawber (Lidgett) colliery, Barnsley,
South Yorkshire South Yorkshire is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and metropolitan county, metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. The county has four council areas which are the cities of City of Doncaster, Doncaster and City of Sh ...
, kills nineteen. * 30 September – the London and North Eastern Railway begins to run the '' Silver Jubilee'' train between London King's Cross and
Newcastle Newcastle usually refers to: *Newcastle upon Tyne, a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England *Newcastle-under-Lyme, a town in Staffordshire, England *Newcastle, New South Wales, a metropolitan area in Australia, named after Newcastle ...
, Britain's first streamliner, using Nigel Gresley's LNER Class A4 steam locomotives. * October – first steel produced from new works at
Corby Corby is a town in North Northamptonshire, England, located north-east of Northampton. From 1974 to 2021, the town served as the administrative headquarters of the Borough of Corby. At the 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 Census, the built-up ...
. * 8 October – Clement Attlee is appointed as interim leader of the Labour Party in succession to
George Lansbury George Lansbury (22 February 1859 – 7 May 1940) was a British politician and social reformer who led the Labour Party from 1932 to 1935. Apart from a brief period of ministerial office during the Labour government of 1929–31, he spe ...
who has resigned due to a wish to maintain his Christian pacifist principles. * 21 October – ''
Grant v Australian Knitting Mills ''Grant v Australian Knitting Mills'',; . is a landmark case in consumer and negligence law from 1935, holding that where a manufacturer knows that a consumer may be injured if the manufacturer does not take reasonable care, the manufacturer ...
'', a landmark case in
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, decided on appeal in the
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) is the highest court of appeal for the Crown Dependencies, the British Overseas Territories, some Commonwealth countries and a few institutions in the United Kingdom. Established on 14 Aug ...
. * 4 November – opening of
Hornsey Town Hall Hornsey Town Hall is a public building in Hatherley Gardens in the Crouch End area of Hornsey, London. The building was used by the Municipal Borough of Hornsey as its headquarters until 1965. It is a Grade II* listed building. History Early hi ...
,
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, designed by Reginald Uren, the first major UK building in the International Style. * 6 November – maiden flight of the
Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) an ...
's
Hawker Hurricane The Hawker Hurricane is a British single-seat fighter aircraft of the 1930s–40s which was designed and predominantly built by Hawker Aircraft Ltd. for service with the Royal Air Force (RAF). It was overshadowed in the public consciousness b ...
fighter aircraft, at
Brooklands Brooklands was a motor racing circuit and aerodrome built near Weybridge in Surrey, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1907 and was the world's first purpose-built 'banked' motor racing circuit as well as one of Britain's first airfie ...
. * 14 November – in the general election,
Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...
Stanley Baldwin is returned to office at the head of a National Government led by the Conservative Party with a large but reduced majority. This election begins the modern tradition of the
Speaker of the House of Commons Speaker of the House of Commons is a political leadership position found in countries that have a House of Commons, where the membership of the body elects a speaker to lead its proceedings. Systems that have such a position include: * Speaker of ...
seeking re-election as such rather than under a party label. * 26 November ** In the 1935 Labour Party leadership election, Labour Party leadership election, Clement Attlee is confirmed as leader. ** Release of ''Scrooge (1935 film), Scrooge'', the first all-talking full-length film version of Charles Dickens' ''A Christmas Carol'', with Sir Seymour Hicks in the title rôle. * 10 December ** James Chadwick wins the Nobel Prize in Physics "for the discovery of the neutron." ** 1935 SABENA Savoia-Marchetti S.73 crash at Tatsfield: all eleven on board the flight are killed. * 12 December – opening of The De La Warr Pavilion at Bexhill on Sea in East Sussex, designed by Erich Mendelsohn and Serge Chermayeff in the International style. * 18 December – Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood, Samuel Hoare resigns as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, foreign secretary; replaced by Anthony Eden.


Undated

* Bede Saint, sanctified by the Catholic Church. * Rowntree's of York produce their first Chocolate Crisp bars, which will in 1937 be renamed Kit Kat.


Publications

* Enid Bagnold's novel ''National Velvet''. * Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot novels ''Three Act Tragedy'' and ''Death in the Clouds''. * Graham Greene's novel ''England Made Me (novel), England Made Me''. * Georgette Heyer's Regency romance ''Regency Buck''. * Christopher Isherwood's novel ''Mr Norris Changes Trains''. * John Masefield's novel ''The Box of Delights''. * George Orwell's novel ''A Clergyman's Daughter''. * Marion Richardson's teaching guides ''Writing and Writing Patterns''. * Caroline Spurgeon's study ''Shakespeare's Imagery, and what it tells us''. * P. G. Wodehouse's short story collection ''Blandings Castle and Elsewhere''.


Births

* 2 January ** Ray Byrom, English footballer (died 2020) ** David McKee, writer and illustrator (died 2022) * 3 January – David Vine, television presenter (died 2009) * 18 January – Jon Stallworthy, poet (died 2014) * 19 January **Robin Birley (archaeologist), Robin Birley, archaeologist (died 2018) **Bryan Pringle, actor (died 2002) * 21 January – Andrew Sinclair, polymath (died 2019) * 24 January ** Eric Ashton, English rugby league footballer (died 2008) ** Bamber Gascoigne, broadcaster and author (died 2022) * 25 January – J. G. Farrell, novelist (died 1979) * 27 January **Gillian Beer, academic and critic **D. M. Thomas, novelist, poet and translator * 28 January – David Lodge (author), David Lodge, novelist * 30 January – Stuart Wheeler, financier and political activist (died 2020) * 5 February – Alex Harvey (musician), Alex Harvey, Scottish rock musician (died 1982) * 7 February – Cliff Jones (Welsh footballer), Cliff Jones, Welsh footballer * 9 February ** Paul Flynn (politician), Paul Flynn, politician (died 2019) ** Roger Needham, computer scientist (died 2003) * 16 February – Brian Bedford, British actor (died 2016) * 17 February – Christina Pickles, actress * 21 February – Mark McManus, Scottish actor (died 1994) * 27 February – Anne Treisman, psychologist (died 2018) * 3 March – George Gardiner (politician), George Gardiner, politician (died 2002) * 7 March - Michael Hopkins (architect), Michael Hopkins, architect (died 2023) * 10 March – Peter Rolfe Vaughan, engineer (died 2008) * 13 March – David Nobbs, comic writer (died 2015) * 21 March – Brian Clough, footballer and football manager (died 2004) * 23 March – Barry Cryer, comedy writer and performer (died 2022) * 27 March **Sir Angus Farquharson of Finzean, aristocrat and public servant (died 2018) **Julian Glover, actor * 28 March ** Frank Judd, Baron Judd, Frank Judd, politician (died 2021) ** Michael Parkinson, journalist and television presenter * 29 March – Ruby Murray, Northern Irish singer (died 1996) * 5 April ** Donald Lynden-Bell, astrophysicist (died 2018) ** Guy Lyon Playfair, British writer (died 2018) * 10 April – Tony Zemaitis, guitar maker (died 2002) * 14 April – Terrance Dicks, television writer (died 2019) * 19 April – Dudley Moore, comedian, actor and musician (died 2002) * 25 April – April Ashley, transgender model (died 2021) * 5 May – Eddie Linden, poet * 8 May – Jack Charlton, footballer (died 2020) * 9 May – Roger Hargreaves, children's author (died 1988) * 11 May – Chris Perrins, English biologist, ornithologist and academic * 14 May – Mel Charles, Welsh footballer (died 2016) * 17 May – Dennis Potter, writer (died 1994) * 23 May – Julian Grenfell, 3rd Baron Grenfell, politician * 27 May – Roger Owen (historian), Roger Owen, British historian (died 2018) * 28 May ** Anne Reid, actress ** Richard Van Allen, opera singer (died 2008) * 1 June – Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, Norman Foster, architect and designer * 2 June – Roger Brierley, actor (died 2005) * 3 June – Raoul Franklin, physicist and academic * 5 June – Anne Pashley, track and field sprinter and operatic soprano (died 2016) * 12 June – Jane Freeman (actress), Jane Freeman, actress (died 2017) * 18 June – John Spencer (snooker player), John Spencer, snooker player (died 2006) * 19 June – Derren Nesbitt, actor * 23 June – Keith Burkinshaw, professional footballer, football manager * 25 June ** Tony Lanfranchi, racing driver (died 2004) ** Charles Sheffield, author and physicist (died 2002) * 27 June – Colin Bazley, bishop * 28 June ** Roy Faulkner (footballer, born 1935), Roy Faulkner, footballer ** John Inman, comic actor (died 2007) ** Tremayne Rodd, 3rd Baron Rennell, rugby union player (died 2006) * 29 June **Jill Briscoe, British American author, editor and speaker **Derek Partridge, actor, television presenter, spokesman and voice-over artist * 30 June **Shane Alexander, 2nd Earl Alexander of Tunis **Les Savill, cricketer * 1 July – David Prowse, weightlifter and film performer (died 2020) * 5 July – Shirley Collins, folk singer * 7 July – Billy Russell (footballer, born 1935), Billy Russell, footballer * 9 July – Michael Williams (actor), Michael Williams, actor (died 2001) * 11 July – Oliver Napier, politician (died 2011) * 15 July – William G. Stewart, television producer and presenter (died 2017) * 16 July – James Bolam, actor * 19 July – David Parry-Evans, Royal Air Force commander (died 2020) * 20 July **Peter Palumbo, Baron Palumbo, real estate developer, art collector and connoisseur of architecture **Ted Rogers (comedian), Ted Rogers, comedian (died 2001) * 24 July – Les Reed (songwriter), Les Reed, songwriter (died 2019) * 27 July – Billy McCullough, footballer * 28 July – Simon Dee, television presenter (died 2009) * 10 August – Ian Stewart, Baron Stewartby, British politician, numismatist (died 2018) * 13 August – Rod Hull, entertainer (died 1999) * 5 September – Johnny Briggs (actor), Johnny Briggs, actor (died 2021) * 6 September – Jock Wallace Jr., Scottish football player and manager (died 1996) * 18 September – John Spencer (snooker player), John Spencer, English snooker player (d. 2006) * 20 September – Keith Roberts, science fiction writer (died 2000) * 21 September – Jimmy Armfield, footballer (died 2018) * 28 September **Ronald Lacey, English actor (d. 1991) **Alan Shepherd, motorcycle racer (died 2007) * 29 September **David Daker, actor **Bruce Tulloh, long-distance runner (died 2018) * 30 September – Janet Reger, born Janet Chabinsky, lingerie designer (died 2005) * 1 October – Julie Andrews, born Julia Wells, singer and actress * 9 October – Prince Edward, Duke of Kent * 10 October – Judith Chalmers, television presenter * 13 October – Michael Heath (cartoonist), Michael Heath, cartoonist * 20 October – Roy Bailey (folk singer), Roy Bailey, folk singer (died 2018) * 30 October – Michael Winner, film director * 31 October – David Harvey, economic geographer * 2 November ** Lucy Barfield, godchild of C. S. Lewis and inspiration for Lucy Pevensie in ''The Chronicles of Narnia'' (died 2003) ** Peter Seabrook, gardening writer and broadcaster (died 2022) * 5 November ** David Battley, actor (died 2003) ** Nicholas Maw, composer (died 2009) ** Lester Piggott, jockey (died 2022) * 12 November – William Tallon, ''Steward and Page of the Backstairs'', servant of 50 years to the British Royal family (died 2007) * 13 November – George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury * 14 November – Michael Busselle, photographer and author (died 2006) * 15 November – Gillian Reynolds, radio critic * 18 November – Rodney Hall (writer), Rodney Hall, British-born Australian author and poet * 20 November – Bridget Jones (academic), Bridget Jones, literary academic (died 2000) * 27 November – Verity Lambert, television producer (died 2007) * 10 December – Terry Allcock, footballer and cricketer * 14 December – Anthony Wilden, author and social theorist, translator of Jaques Lacan (died 2019) * 15 December – Jim Iley, football player and manager (died 2018) * 18 December ** Brian Bamford, golfer (died 2021) ** Rosemary Leach, actress (died 2017) * 23 December – Johnny Kidd (singer), Johnny Kidd, English rock and roll singer-songwriter (died 1966) * 29 December – Jean Denton, Baroness Denton of Wakefield, Jean Denton, politician and racing driver (died 2001)


Deaths

* 7 February – Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Scottish-born writer; peritonitis (born 1901) * 15 February – Basil Hall Chamberlain, Japanologist (born 1850) * 28 February – Arthur Lowes Dickinson, Sir Arthur Lowes Dickinson, accountant (born 1859) * 12 March – Malcolm Smith (British politician), Sir Malcolm Smith, politician (born 1856) * 16 March – John Macleod (physiologist), John Macleod, Scottish physician and physiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1876) * 27 March – Francis Rattenbury, architect; murdered (born 1867) * 5 April – Basil Champneys, architect (born 1842) * 20 April – Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, fashion designer (born 1863) * 18 May –
T. E. Lawrence Thomas Edward Lawrence (16 August 1888 – 19 May 1935) was a British archaeologist, army officer, diplomat, and writer who became renowned for his role in the Arab Revolt (1916–1918) and the Sinai and Palestine Campaign (1915–1918 ...
("Lawrence of Arabia"), soldier; motorcycle accident (born 1888) * 6 June – George Grossmith, Jr., musical comedy performer and producer (born 1874) * 21 August – John Hartley (tennis), John Hartley, tennis player, double winner of Wimbledon (born 1849) * 28 September – William Kennedy Dickson, cinematographic pioneer (born 1860) * 29 September – Winifred Holtby, novelist; Bright's disease (born 1898) * 20 October – Arthur Henderson, Scottish-born politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (born 1863) * 20 November – John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, admiral (born 1859) * 3 December – Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom, Princess Victoria, daughter of Edward VII of the United Kingdom, King Edward VII (born 1868) * 10 December **Sir John Carden, 6th Baronet, tank and vehicle designer (born 1892) **Sir Alfred Sharpe, colonial governor (b. 1853 in the United Kingdom, 1853) * 16 December – Percy Gilchrist, industrialist (b. 1851 in the United Kingdom, 1851) * 30 December – Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading, politician and judge (b. 1860 in the United Kingdom, 1860)


See also

* List of British films of 1935


References

{{Year in Europe, 1935 1935 in the United Kingdom, Years of the 20th century in the United Kingdom