1911 in the United Kingdom

1911 in the United Kingdom

Events from the year 1911 in the United Kingdom.

Incumbents

*Monarch - George V of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister - H. H. Asquith, Liberal

Events

* 3 January - In London, in what becomes known as the Siege of Sidney Street, the Metropolitan Police and the Scots Guards engage in a shootout with a criminal gang of Latvian anarchists held up in a building in the East End.
* 31 May - Launching of the ocean liner "RMS Titanic".cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]
* 14 June - Liverpool General Transport Strike begins.
* 22 June
** Coronation of George V of the United Kingdom and Mary of Teck at Westminster Abbey, London.
** the clock towers on the Royal Liver Building are started at the same moment as George V's coronation.
* Festival of Empire held at The Crystal Palace, London to celebrate the coronation.
* 13 July - The future Edward VIII of the United Kingdom is invested as Prince of Wales in a ceremony at Caernarfon Castle, devised by David Lloyd George.
* 9 August - Raunds, Northamptonshire records a temperature of 98°F (36.7°C), the highest UK temperature until 1990.
* 10 August - British MPs vote to receive salaries for the first time.
* 17 August - During a railway strike in Llanelli, two men are shot dead by police.
* 18 August - Official Secrets Act passed.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 345-346|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
* 20 September - The liner RMS "Olympic", sister ship to the RMS "Titanic", collides with Royal Navy cruiser HMS "Hawke" outside Southampton.
* 4 October - First electric escalators introduced , at Earl's Court tube station.
* 6 October - The British Seafarers' Union was formed in Southampton.

Publications

* 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
* 1st edition of the "Concise Oxford English Dictionary".
* Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel "The Secret Garden".
* G. K. Chesterton's short story collection "The Innocence of Father Brown".
* Joseph Conrad's novel "Under Western Eyes".

Births

* 19 February - Merle Oberon, actress (died 1979)
* 15 March - Ursula Vaughan Williams, author
* 27 March - Erich Heller, philosopher (died 1990)
* 3 April - Michael Woodruff, pioneering transplant surgeon (died 2001)
* 23 April - Ronald Neame, film cinematographer, producer, screenwriter and director
* 10 June - Terence Rattigan, playwright (died 1977)
* 15 June - W.V. Awdry, children's writer (died 1997)
* 9 July - Mervyn Peake, writer and illustrator (died 1968)
* 14 July - Terry-Thomas, actor (died 1990)
* 17 July - Ted Anderson, footballer (died 1979)
* 27 August - Kay Walsh, actress (died 2005)
* 19 September - William Golding, writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1993)
* 3 October - Michael Hordern, actor (died 1995)
* 10 October - Clare Hollingworth, journalist
* 12 November - Chad Varah, priest and humanitarian (died 2007)
* 11 December - Val Guest, film director (died 2006)
* 27 December - Anna Russell, comedian and singer (died 2006)

Deaths

* 17 January - Sir Francis Galton, explorer and biologist (born 1822)
* 21 May - Williamina Fleming, astronomer (born 1857)
* 29 May - W. S. Gilbert, dramatist (born 1836)
* 16 September - Edward Whymper, explorer (born 1840)
* 7 October - John Hughlings Jackson, neurologist (born 1835)
* 10 December - Joseph Dalton Hooker, botanist (born 1817)
* William George Aston, consular official (born 1841)

References

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