1927 in the United Kingdom

Events from the year 1927 in the United Kingdom.

This year saw the renaming of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, recognising in name the Irish Free State's independence, it having come into existence with the Anglo-Irish Treaty in 1922.

Incumbents

* Monarch – George V
* Prime Minister – Stanley Baldwin (Conservative)

Events

* 1 January – the British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when it is granted a Royal Charter. John Reith becomes the first Director-General.
* 7 January – first transatlantic telephone call from New York City to London.
* 15 January – first live sports broadcast on the BBC. The rugby union international England v Wales is commented on by Teddy 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 recorded in Paisley (Scotland) and 23 killed.
* 4 February – at Pendine Sands, Sir Malcolm Campbell sets 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 the Napier-Campbell Blue Bird, the last time this record will be attained on British soil.
* 12 February – first British troops land in Shanghai.
* 14 February – Alfred Hitchcock's silent film thriller '' The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog'' released.
* 19 February – general strike in Shanghai in protest at the presence of British troops.
* 1 March – an underground gas and coal dust explosion at Marine Colliery, Cwm, Monmouthshire, kills 52.
* 6 March – 1000 people a week die from an influenza epidemic.
* 29 March – Henry Segrave breaks the land speed record driving the Sunbeam 1000 hp at Daytona Beach, Florida.
* 5 April – Trade Disputes and Trade Unions Act 1927 forbids strikes of support.
* 12 April – the Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act renames the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The change acknowledges that the Irish Free State is no longer part of the Kingdom.
* 21 April – National Museum of Wales officially opened in Cathays Park, Cardiff.
* 23 April – Cardiff City F.C., members of the English Football League despite being based in Wales, win the FA Cup beating Arsenal 1–0 at Wembley Stadium and taking the trophy out of England for the first time.
* 23 April – publication of first edition of ''The Countryman'' magazine, still being issued 90 years later.
* 1 May – Dioceses of Guildford and of Portsmouth created in the Church of England.
* 7 May – Newcastle United finish the football season as First Division champions. George Camsell, centre-forward of their local rivals Middlesbrough, scores a Football League record of 59 goals this season and a total of 63 in all competitions.
* 9 May – Joe Davis wins the first World Snooker Championship final held in Birmingham, an event he will continue to win each year until 1940.
* 12 May – British police raid the London office of the Soviet trading company ARCOS.
* 13 May – George V proclaims the change of his style from King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to King of Great Britain and Ireland.
* 20 May – Treaty of Jeddah: Saudi Arabia becomes independent of the United Kingdom.
* 24 May – Britain severs diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union because of revelations of espionage and underground agitation.
* 9 June – Soviet Union executes twenty British for alleged espionage.
* 23 June – England and Yorkshire cricketer Wilfred Rhodes becomes the first person to play in 1,000 first-class cricket matches.
* 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 Derby created in the Church of England.
** Christopher Stone presents a record programme on BBC
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