1909 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1909 in the United Kingdom.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Edward VII
- Prime Minister – H. H. Asquith (Liberal)
Events
- 1 January – national old age pension scheme comes into force.[1]
- 9 January – Ernest Shackleton's Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole forced to turn back 112 miles from the pole.[2]
- 23 January – the .
- 16 February – West Stanley Pit Disaster, a coal mining disaster in Stanley, County Durham, in which more than 160 miners are killed in an explosion.[3][4]
- 22 February – Thomas Beecham conducts the first concert with his newly established Beecham Symphony Orchestra.[5]
- 26 February – first film shown in colour using Kinemacolor at the Palace Theatre, London.[2]
- March – construction of the Rosyth Dockyard for the Royal Navy on the east coast of Scotland begins.
- 6 March – Birkenhead dock disaster: a temporary cofferdam collapses during construction of Vittoria Dock, killing 14 navvies.
- 10 March – Anglo-Siamese Treaty signed in Bangkok.
- 15 March – Selfridges department store opens in London.[2]
- 16 March – Port of London Authority established.[2]
- 11 April – coming into effect of foster parents; and restricting access for under-16s to cigarettesand alcohol.
- 24 April – the Bristol City 1–0 at Crystal Palace.[6]
- 29 April – People's Budget introduced in the British Parliament by David Lloyd George.[7]
- 2 May –
- 13 May – Lonmin is incorporated in the UK as the London and Rhodesian Mining and Land Company Limited.[9]
- 26 May – the King's horse, Minoru, wins the Epsom Derby.[10]
- 15 June – representatives from England, Australia and South Africa meet at Lord's and form the Imperial Cricket Conference.
- 25 June – Herbert Samuel, is appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, making him the first practising Jew to serve as a member of the Cabinet.[11]
- 26 June
- Edward VII and Queen Alexandra open the Victoria and Albert Museum, designed by Aston Webb.[1]
- The Science Museum in Londoncomes into existence as an independent entity.
- 27 June – Eric Gordon England flies a Weiss glider at Amberley, West Sussex, in the first recorded soaring flight, origin of sport gliding.[12][13]
- July – Ivy Evelyn Woodward is admitted as the first woman Member of the Royal College of Physicians.[14][15]
- 1 July – The British Indian army officer and politician Pentonville Prison on 17 August.[16]
- 25 July – Louis Blériot flies a Blériot XI monoplane across the English Channel from Calais to Dover, winning a prize of £1000 from the Daily Mail.[17]
- 23 August – the counter-espionage unit (later known as MI5) is secretly established.[1]
- 3 September – the first rally held at The Crystal Palace in London.[2]
- 17 September – militant Winson Green Prison in Birmingham.[18]
- 20 September – Labour Exchanges Act leads to setting up of labour exchanges as a source of information on employment.
- 2 October – the first match is played at the Rugby Football Union's Twickenham Stadium in Middlesex, Harlequins v. Richmond.
- 15–23 October – "Aviation week" of demonstration flying held at Doncaster;[19] this is followed by a similar event at Blackpool.
- 20 October – the Trade Boards Act, a form of minimum wage legislation, is passed.
- 5 November – the first
- 8 November – first contest for a Lonsdale Belt in boxing, won by Welsh lightweight Freddie Welsh in London.
- 30 November – the House of Lords rejects the People's Budget proposed by David Lloyd George, forcing a general election.[1]
- 3 December – the SS Ellan Vannin sinks in Liverpool Bay resulting in the loss of all 15 passengers and 21 crew.
- 4 December – the Royal Charter.
- 7 December – South Africa granted dominion status.[1]
Undated
- First British bird ringing programme initiated by Arthur Landsborough Thomson at Aberdeen.[20]
Publications
- Florence Barclay's novel The Rosary.[21]
- Angela Brazil's schoolgirl story The Nicest Girl in the School.
- Daniel Jones' introductory The Pronunciation of English.
- H. G. Wells' novels Ann Veronica and Tono-Bungay.
Births
- 24 January – Martin Lings, Islamic scholar (died 2005)
- 28 January – Geoff Charles, photojournalist (died 2002)
- 29 January – Phoebe Hesketh, poet (died 2005)
- 9 February – Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson, historian (died 2002)[22]
- 14 March – William Montgomery Watt, Anglican priest and professor (died 2006)
- 26 March – Martin Hodgson, rugby league footballer (died 1991)
- 6 April - Katherine Russell, social worker and university teacher (died 1998)
- 7 April – Robert Raglan, actor (died 1985)
- 30 April – F. E. McWilliam, sculptor (died 1992)
- 11 May – Herbert Murrill, organist and composer (died 1952)
- 15 May – James Mason, actor (died 1984)
- 16 May – Charles Wilson, political scientist (died 2002)
- 18 May – Fred Perry, tennis player (died 1995)[23]
- 19 May – Nicholas Winton, humanitarian (died 2015)
- 26 May – Manchester United) (died 1994)
- 7 June – Jessica Tandy, actress (died 1994)
- 18 June – Christabel Bielenberg, writer (died 2003)
- 28 June – Eric Ambler, novelist and playwright (died 1998)
- 3 July – Sylvia Gray, businessperson (died 1991)[24]
- 4 July – Robert Manuel Cook, classical scholar (died 2000)
- 5 July – Douglas Dodds-Parker, soldier and politician (died 2006)
- 19 July – Percy Stallard, cyclist (died 2001)
- 28 July – Malcolm Lowry, novelist (died 1957)
- 30 July – C. Northcote Parkinson, historian and author (died 1993)
- 25 August – Michael Rennie, actor (died 1971)
- 28 August – Ralph Kilner Brown, athlete, politician and judge (died 2003)
- 14 September – Peter Scott, ornithologist and painter (died 1989)
- 23 September
- Molly Harrison, museum curator (died 2002)
- Susan Travers, World War II nurse (died 2003)
- 6 October – Robert Potter, architect (died 2010)
- 28 October – Francis Bacon, painter (died 1992)
- 8 November – Eric Bedford, architect (died 2001)
- 17 November – E. S. Turner, author and journalist (died 2006)
- 19 November – Griffith Jones, actor (died 2007)
- 23 November – Nigel Tranter, historian and writer (died 2000)
- 30 November – Nancy Carline, artist (died 2004)
- 1 December – Frank Gillard, radio broadcaster (died 1998)
- 4 December
- Edward Britton, trade unionist (died 2005)
- Jimmy Jewel, comedian and actor (died 1995)[25]
- 8 December – Lesslie Newbigin, bishop and theologian (died 1998)
- 10 December – F. W. Walbank, scholar of Greek history (died 2008)
- 15 December – Jack Gwillim, actor (died 2001)
- 23 December
- Donald Coggan, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 2000)
- Maurice Denham, actor (died 2002)
Deaths
- 8 January – Harry Seeley, palaeontologist (born 1839)
- 14 January – Arthur William à Beckett, journalist (born 1844)
- 24 February – Fanny Cornforth, artists' model (born 1835)
- 1 April – Sir Marshal Clarke, Anglo-Irish colonial administrator (born 1841)
- 10 April – Algernon Charles Swinburne, poet (born 1837)
- 13 April – Sir Donald Currie, Scottish shipping magnate (born 1825)
- 12 May – Sir Hugh Gough, general, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1833 in British India)
- 18 May – George Meredith, novelist and poet (born 1828)
- 31 May – Thomas Price, Welsh-born Prime Minister of South Australia (born 1852)
- 10 June – Aylmer Spicer Cameron, Scottish army officer, VC recipient (born 1833)
- 22 June – Edward John Gregory, painter (born 1850)
- 1 July – Curzon Wyllie, soldier and politician (murdered) (born 1848)
- 9 July
- George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon, politician (born 1827)
- Rosa Nouchette Carey, children's writer (born 1840)[26]
- 1 August – Sir Hugh Rowlands, Welsh general, first Welsh Victoria Cross recipient (born 1828)
- 14 August – William Stanley, inventor, precision engineer (born 1829)
- 22 August – Henry Radcliffe Crocker, dermatologist (born 1846)
- 25 October – Arthur Bromley, British Royal Navy officer, Admiral Superintendent of Malta Dockyard (born 1847)
- 9 November – William Powell Frith, painter (born 1819)
- 10 November – George Essex Evans, Welsh-Australian poet (born 1863)
- 11 December – Ludwig Mond, industrialist (born 1839)
- 13 December – Sir Alfred Lewis Jones, shipping magnate (born 1845)
See also
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