2013 in the United Kingdom explained
Events from the year 2013 in the United Kingdom.
Incumbents
Events
January
February
March
- 4 March
- 7 March
- 11 March – Chris Huhne and Vicky Pryce are each jailed for eight months for perverting the course of justice.[26]
- 14 March
- Prime Minister David Cameron says talks between himself and the leaders of the UK's other main political parties on the recommendations of the Leveson report have broken down and that he intends to publish a Royal Charter on press regulation.[27]
- Labour Party peer Lord Ahmed is suspended from the party after claiming a conspiracy by Jewish-owned media organisations was responsible for his imprisonment for dangerous driving.[28]
- 16 March
- 18 March – the final BBC news bulletins are transmitted from Television Centre, after 43 years of occupying the building, as the corporation moves its entire news operation to Broadcasting House in central London.[31]
- 21 March
- 23 March – a blizzard which brings the heaviest March snow for 50+ years hits the north of England.
- 26 March
April
- 1 April – Police Scotland begins operations, merging all the former forces in the country.
- 3 April – 17-year-old Paris Brown is appointed as the first youth Police and Crime Commissioner by Kent PCC Ann Barnes. Her job is to represent young people's views on policing in Kent.[37]
- 8 April – former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher dies in London following a stroke.[38] [39] Street parties are held in a number of cities across the UK to "celebrate".[40] [41]
- 9 April – six days after being appointed as Britain's first Youth Police and Crime Commissioner, Paris Brown steps down from the role after controversy over postings she made on Twitter.[42]
- 10 April – "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead" charts at number 10 in the Official Midweek Charts as opponents of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher have been buying copies of the song following her death two days earlier.[43]
- 17 April – the funeral of Margaret Thatcher takes place at London's St Paul's Cathedral.[44]
- 19 April – the Royal Agricultural College at Cirencester is granted full university status as the Royal Agricultural University.
- 22 April
- A London house goes on sale for a record £250 million, 700 times greater than the average £370,000 cost of a property in the city.[45]
- Manchester United are crowned champions of England for the 20th time. It is their 13th Premier League title.
- 23 April – businessman James McCormick is convicted on three counts of fraud at the Old Bailey after selling fake bomb detectors based on a device for finding golf balls to countries including Iraq and Georgia.[46]
May
- 2 May
- 8 May – Sir Alex Ferguson, the most successful manager in English football during his 27 years as manager of Manchester United, announces his retirement after the end of the Premier League season later in the month.[50]
- 9 May – David Moyes, who has managed Everton for 11 years during which they have qualified for European competitions on five occasions, is announced as the successor to Sir Alex Ferguson.[51]
- 11 May – Wigan Athletic win the FA Cup with a 1–0 win over Manchester City. Ben Watson scored the winning goal, a header from Shaun Maloney's corner, in the 90th minute of the game.
- 13 May – Stuart Hazell, 38, admits the murder of Tia Sharp, 12-year-old granddaughter of his partner Christine Sharp, who was found dead in New Addington, London, nine months ago. His murder trial began six days ago but he has previously denied the charge against him.
- 14 May
- The Conservative Party publishes a draft European Union (Referendum) Bill aimed at holding a referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union by 2017. Prime Minister David Cameron had previously said a referendum would be held if he could renegotiate the terms of Britain's EU membership, but Tory MPs have been unhappy that legislation for a referendum was not included in the recent Queen's Speech.[52]
- Stuart Hazell is sentenced to life imprisonment at the Old Bailey with a recommended minimum term of 38 years.
- Three days after winning the FA Cup, Wigan Athletic are relegated from the Premier League after a 4–1 defeat to Arsenal, making history as the first team to win the FA Cup and get relegated in the same season.
- 15 May
- In the House of Commons, an amendment to the Queen's Speech expressing regret that it did not contain legislation for a referendum on Britain's EU membership is defeated 277–131.[53]
- MPs debate government proposals to tighten the law governing dangerous dogs following the death of Jade Anderson in March. The legislation would give police greater powers to deal with attacks on private property.[54]
- 16 May – UKIP leader Nigel Farage is heckled by angry protesters during a campaign visit to Edinburgh.[55]
- 21 May – MPs vote 366–161 in favour of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill taking an important step towards allowing gay marriage in England and Wales.[56]
- 22 May – murder of Lee Rigby in Woolwich: off-duty British soldier Fusilier Lee Rigby, a former drummer serving with 2nd Battalion the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, is killed in the street. Two men carrying knives and a meat cleaver are subsequently apprehended by police. The government treats the killing as a terrorist incident.[57] The victim's identity is confirmed the following day.[58]
- 24 May – a 24-year-old zoo worker is seriously injured after being attacked by a Sumatran tiger at South Lakes Wild Animal Park in Cumbria.[59] Sarah McClay subsequently dies in hospital as a result of her injuries. Police launch an investigation into the attack.[60]
- 25 May – 48 people are rescued from a boat which begins taking on water after colliding with a rock off the coast of Pembrokeshire.[61]
- 30 May – a court in Mold, Wales, finds Mark Bridger guilty of abducting and murdering five-year-old April Jones in October 2012. The trial judge recommends that 47-year-old Bridger should never be released from prison. The body of April Jones has not been found.[62]
- 31 May – Conservative MP Patrick Mercer resigns the Tory whip following allegations he broke the rules on lobbying. He will not contest his seat in the next general election.[63]
June
July
- 6 July – John Prescott resigns from the Privy council in protest at delays to changes in press regulations.[71]
- 7 July
- 9 July
- Ed Miliband says he will end the automatic "affiliation" fee paid by three million union members to the Labour Party after the Unite union was accused of secretly signing up its members to get its favoured candidate elected in the Falkirk constituency.[74]
- A man who posted threats to kill 200 people on social networking site Facebook leading to school closures in the US state of Tennessee is jailed for 28 months at Newcastle Crown Court.[75]
- The option of imposing a whole life tariff for the worst murders in England and Wales is ruled illegal by the European Court of Human Rights following a legal challenge by three convicted murderers serving such sentences. They are Jeremy Bamber, Douglas Vinter and Peter Moore, who are among a group of at least 49 prisoners in England and Wales serving such sentences. The sentence is not an option in Scotland.[76]
- 11 July – party leaders criticise Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority recommendations to increase MPs annual salaries by £6,000 to £74,000 from 2015.[77]
- 12 July – the funeral of murdered fusilier Lee Rigby takes place in Bury; attendees include Prime Minister David Cameron.[78]
- 13 July – two soldiers die during a training exercise on the Brecon Beacons on one of the hottest days of the year. The Ministry of Defence works with Dyfed-Powys Police to investigate.[79] On 30 July a third soldier dies in hospital.[80]
- 15 July – the House of Lords approves the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, enabling gay marriages to take place in England and Wales from 2014.[81]
- 16 July – Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt announces that eleven hospitals will be placed in special measures because of major failings.[82]
- 17 July
- Rising temperatures led to heat health warnings being issued for Southern England and the Midlands in the UK's first prolonged heatwave since 2006.[83]
- Same-sex marriage becomes legal in England and Wales after the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 receives Royal Assent.[84]
- 22 July
- Prime Minister David Cameron announces plans for every household in the UK to have pornography automatically blocked by their internet provider unless they choose otherwise. The possession of online material depicting rape will also become illegal in England and Wales, bringing them into line with current Scottish legislation.[85]
- The UK records its hottest day since July 2006, with 33.5C (92.3F) recorded at Heathrow and Northolt in west London.[86]
- Home Office "Go Home" vans begin to tour areas of London with high immigrant populations.[87]
- Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (now Princess of Wales) gives birth to a boy at St Mary's Hospital, London who becomes third in line to the throne and Queen Elizabeth II's third great-grandchild.[88] He is subsequently named George Alexander Louis.[89]
- 23 July – overnight thunderstorms bring the three-week heat wave to an end.[90]
- 27 July – six people are taken to hospital after a double-decker bus has its roof ripped off by a bridge in Stockport, Greater Manchester.[91]
- 31 July – administrators recommend the dissolution of Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust after it went into administration in April.[92]
August
- 1 August – temperatures of 33.7C are recorded at Heathrow Airport and 34.1 in London – the hottest since 2006 – as the hot weather makes a brief return. The Met Office says it is the hottest day since 2003 and the warmest summer since 2006.[93]
- 2 August – Magdelena Luczak and her partner, Mariusz Krezolek, are jailed for life with a minimum of 30 years for the murder of Luczak's four-year-old son Daniel Pelka, who was beaten, and starved to death.[94]
- 3 August – Tony Wang, head of Twitter, apologises after women received bombing and rape threats by users of the site. The apology comes as the company updates its rules to help clamp down on threats and harassment.[95]
- 5 August – the world's first lab-grown burger – produced from bovine stem cells – is cooked and eaten at a news conference in London.[96]
- 6 August – it is reported that sewage workers from Thames Water have removed a fifteen ton bus-sized "fatberg" – thought to be Britain's largest – from a sewer beneath London, after the mass caused a 95% blockage and threatened to send raw sewage spurting from manhole covers.[97]
- 7 August – Bank of England governor Mark Carney says the Bank will not consider raising interest rates until the unemployment rate has fallen to 7% or below.[98]
- 10 August – 56 police officers are injured in Belfast after a night of loyalist rioting.[99]
- 11 August – two women who are UK nationals have been arrested on suspicion of smuggling drugs from Peru, the country's police confirm.[100]
- 19 August
- Senior politicians urge police to explain why the partner of a Guardian journalist who published leaked documents from US whistleblower Edward Snowden was detained at Heathrow Airport for nine hours.[101]
- Green MP Caroline Lucas and her son are among protesters arrested at a site in West Sussex where energy firm Cuadrilla is drilling for oil.[102]
- Chief executive of the UK Independence Party, Will Gilpin steps down from his post.[103]
- 20 August – Britons Michaella McCollum and Melissa Reid are formally charged with attempting to smuggle £1.5m worth of cocaine out of Peru.[104] [105] They are remanded in custody the following day.[106]
- 21 August – an inspection report reveals that a female inmate at HMP Bronzefield was kept in solitary confinement for more than five years.[107]
- 22 August – Yes Scotland is forced to close its computer systems after being hacked by "forces unknown". Police Scotland's Digital Forensic Unit launches an investigation but uncovers no evidence of criminality.[108]
- 23 August – a Super Puma L2 helicopter crashes near Sumburgh Airport in the Shetland Islands, resulting in four fatalities among the oil rig workers being carried. Operation of the helicopter model is globally suspended.[109]
- 27 August – David Cameron recalls Parliament from its summer recess to discuss responses to the Syrian crisis in the wake of a chemical weapons attack in Damascus.[110]
- 29 August
- MPs vote 285–272 against the principle of British involvement in any military intervention in the Syrian conflict.[111]
- Members of the Fire Brigades Union vote to take industrial action in a dispute over pensions, threatening the first firefighters' strike across England, Scotland and Wales since 2002.[112]
September
- 3 September – the Library of Birmingham, the largest public library in the UK, is opened.[113]
- 5 September – sixty people are injured as more than 130 vehicles are involved in a series of crashes in thick fog on the Sheppey Crossing in Kent.[114]
- 7 September – a man is arrested on suspicion of burglary, trespass and criminal damage after scaling a fence to get into Buckingham Palace.[115]
- 10 September – MP Nigel Evans resigns as a Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons after being charged with sexual offences.[116]
- 11 September – Conservative Party chairman Grant Shapps writes to the UN Secretary General demanding an explanation after a UN official criticised housing benefit changes as a "disgrace".[117]
- 20 September – UKIP withdraws the party whip from MEP Godfrey Bloom after he referred to female activists as "sluts" during his party's annual conference.[118]
- 24 September – at its annual conference, Labour leader Ed Miliband says that if elected in 2015, his party would freeze energy prices for their first 20 months in office.[119]
- 25 September
- Firefighters in England and Wales stage a four-hour strike in a dispute over changes to their pensions.[120]
- Chessington World of Adventures bans animal print clothing because it says animals at the wildlife park find it confusing.[121]
- 27 September – Prime Minister David Cameron rejects an invitation for a head-to-head TV debate on Scottish independence with Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond[122]
October
- 3 October – The Mail on Sunday editor Geordie Greig issues an unreserved apology to Ed Miliband after a reporter was sent to a private memorial service for one of his relatives in an attempt to gather opinions from his family about a recent Daily Mail article that had accused the Labour Leader's late father, Ralph of hating Britain. Two reporters are suspended as a result of the incident.[123]
- 7 October – launch of the National Crime Agency, a new body designed to tackle some of Britain's most serious crimes.[124]
- 8 October
- 10 October – Justice Minister Jeremy Wright confirms that former Liberian President Charles Taylor will serve his jail sentence for war crimes in the UK.[128]
- 11 October – the UK government publishes a draft Royal Charter aimed at underpinning self-regulation of the press following an agreement by the three main political parties. However, the proposals are greeted with concerns about press freedom by the industry.[129] Proposals put forward by the press has previously been rejected by the Privy council.[130]
- 15 October – Charles Taylor arrives in the UK to serve the remainder of his 50-year prison sentence, the first head of state to be convicted of war crimes since World War II.[131]
- 18 October – a planned firefighters strike in England and Wales for the following day is called off at the eleventh hour, following progress in talks over pensions.[132]
- 19 October - The Sidemen are formed.[133]
- 20 October – about 100 homes are damaged when a "tornado" hits Hayling Island in Hampshire.[134]
- 21 October – the government approves Hinkley Point C, the first nuclear plant to be constructed in the UK since 1995. Originally due to be completed in 2023, completion is now due in 2028. The plant is intended to remain operational for 60 years, supplying about 7% of the country's electricity.[135]
- 22 October – former Prime Minister Sir John Major calls for the government to levy a windfall tax on Britain's energy companies after three of the six major gas and electricity suppliers raise their prices by between eight and ten percent.[136]
- 23 October – Prime Minister David Cameron announces a review of green energy taxes after saying they had pushed up household bills to "unacceptable" levels.[137]
- 26 October – the Rugby League World Cup begins.[138]
- 28 October – St Judes Day storm: 99 mph gust recorded at the Needles on the Isle of Wight
- 30 October – the Privy council grants a Royal charter on press regulations after the newspaper industry loses a last minute legal bid to seek an injunction against the plans.[139]
November
- 1 November – firefighters in England and Wales stage a four and a half-hour strike in a row over pension ages, as "contingency" crews battle a large scrapyard blaze in London.[140]
- 14 November – the last living British person to be born in the 1800s, Grace Jones, dies aged 113.[141]
- 18 November – Prime Minister David Cameron welcomes a decision by search engine companies Google and Microsoft to block online images of child abuse.[142]
- 20 November – the General Synod of the Church of England votes in favour of legislation to allow the ordination of women as bishops by 2014.[143]
- 21 November
- Former non-executive chairman of the Co-operative Bank Paul Flowers is arrested by police in a drugs supply investigation, having been exposed agreeing to buy cocaine and methamphetamine by The Mail on Sunday newspaper. Flowers is also suspended from the Labour Party and Methodist Church as a result of the allegations.[144]
- It is reported that three women believed to have been held as slaves for the last three decades were rescued from a residence in London on 25 October.[145]
- 23 November – The fiftieth anniversary of science fiction TV series Doctor Who is celebrated with the broadcast and cinema screenings of the anniversary special The Day of the Doctor[146]
- 26 November – Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond launches the Scottish Government's White Paper setting out its vision for an independent Scotland.[147]
- 27 November – following a trial at Northampton Crown Court, businessman Anxiang Du is convicted of the 2011 murder of a family of four in a revenge attack after losing a legal case against them.[148]
- 29 November – eight people are killed and 19 seriously injured after a police helicopter crashes into The Clutha pub in Glasgow.[149]
December
- 4 December – pig semen exports from Britain to China are the subject of a protocol signed in Beijing by Environment Secretary Owen Paterson as part of a trade mission that includes the Prime Minister, David Cameron. The Chinese wish to improve their semen stock from boars in England and Northern Ireland.[150] [151]
- 5 December – Cyclone Bodil hits the UK, Netherlands, Denmark and Germany, disrupting traffic and causing widespread damage amid fears of flooding along the North Sea coast.[152]
- 15 December – Andy Murray wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2013.[153]
- 16 December – Home Secretary Theresa May announces draft legislation to introduce tougher prison sentences for people convicted of offences relating to human trafficking.[154]
- 19 December – part of the ornate ceiling of the Apollo Theatre in London collapses during a performance, injuring at least 81 people in the audience.[155]
- 20 December – following a trial at Isleworth Crown Court, sisters Elisabetta and Francesca Grillo, who worked as personal assistants to food writer Nigella Lawson and her husband Charles Saatchi for several years, are found not guilty on charges of stealing from the couple.[156]
- 23 December
- Former MP Denis MacShane is sentenced to six months in jail for expenses fraud after he admitted to submitting 19 false receipts totalling £12,900.[157]
- World War II computer pioneer and codebreaker Alan Turing, who had been chemically castrated in 1952 following his conviction for homosexuality, is given a posthumous royal pardon.[158]
Publications
Births
Deaths
January
See main article: Deaths in January 2013.
- 1 January
- 2 January
- 3 January
- Sir Robert Clark, 89, naval officer and businessman.
- George Falconer, 66, Scottish footballer (Dundee, Raith Rovers).
- Alfie Fripp, 98, RAF pilot, longest-serving British POW during World War II.[162]
- Jimmy Halliday, 85, leader of the Scottish National Party from 1956 to 1960.[163]
- 4 January
- 5 January
- Gwendoline Butler, 90, author.
- Mary Susan McIntosh, 76, sociologist, feminist, political activist and campaigner for lesbian and gay rights[166]
- 7 January
- 8 January
- 9 January
- Brigitte Askonas, 89, immunologist.[168]
- Peter Carson, 74, publisher, editor and translator.
- Jim Godbolt, 90, jazz writer and historian.
- Trevor Gordon, 64, singer (The Marbles).
- Tarsem King, Baron King of West Bromwich, 75, politician and peer.
- Harold Searson, 88, footballer.
- 10 January – Geoffrey Coates, 95, organometallic chemist.
- 11 January
- David Chisnall, 64, rugby league player (Warrington Wolves).
- Tom Parry Jones, 77, inventor (electronic breathalyser).
- Robert Kee, 93, author, journalist and broadcaster.
- James Charles Macnab of Macnab, 86, aristocrat, chief of Clan MacNab.
- 12 January
- 13 January
- 14 January
- 15 January – Daphne Anderson, 90, stage and film actress.
- 16 January
- 17 January
- 18 January – Ken Jones, 77, footballer.
- 19 January
- 20 January – Freddie Williams, 86, speedway racer.
- 21 January
- Zina Harman, 98, British-born Israeli politician.
- Inez McCormack, 66, trade union leader and human rights campaigner.
- Michael Winner, 77, film director, producer and food critic.
- 22 January – Kevin Ash, 53, motorcycling journalist.
- 23 January
- 24 January
- 25 January
- 26 January
- 27 January – Acer Nethercott, 35, coxswain, Olympic silver medallist (2008) and two-time Boat Race winner.
- 28 January – Reg Jenkins, 74, footballer (Rochdale).
- 29 January
- Malcolm Brodie, 86, sports journalist.
- Frank Hahn, 87, economist (Hahn's Problem).
- Bernard Horsfall, 82, actor (Doctor Who, Gandhi, Braveheart).
- Herbert Loebl, 89, businessman and philanthropist.
- David Taylor, 78, veterinarian and TV personality (No. 73).
- 31 January – Ron Hadfield, 73, police officer, Chief Constable of West Midlands Police (1990–1996).
February
See main article: Deaths in February 2013.
- 1 February – Robin Sachs, 61, actor (Buffy the Vampire Slayer).
- 3 February
- 4 February
- 5 February
- Stuart Freeborn, 98, make-up artist (Star Wars, 2001: A Space Odyssey).
- Gerry Hambling, 86, film editor (Pink Floyd—The Wall, Midnight Express, In the Name of the Father).
- Charles Longbottom, 82, politician, MP for York (1959–1966).
- Derek Yalden, 72, zoologist.
- 6 February – Frank Stirrup, 88, English rugby league player. (death announced on this date)
- 7 February
- 8 February
- Ron Hansell, 82, footballer.
- Patricia Hughes, 90, radio announcer.
- Ian Lister, 65, footballer (Aberdeen, Dunfermline Athletic).
- Mervyn McCord, 83, army officer.
- Alan Sharp, 79, screenwriter (Rob Roy, Night Moves).
- 9 February
- 10 February
- Pery Burge, 57, artist.
- Norman Crowder, 87, priest, Archdeacon of Portsmouth (1985–1993).
- Sir John Gilmour, 4th Baronet, 68, soldier and aristocrat.
- Bill Roost, 88, footballer (Bristol Rovers).
- 11 February
- Mark Dalby, 75, prelate, Archdeacon of Rochdale (1991–2000).
- Trevor Grills, 54, singer (Fisherman's Friends).
- Richard Hill, 7th Baron Sandys, 81, peer and landowner.
- Rick Huxley, 72, musician (The Dave Clark Five).
- 12 February
- 13 February
- John Ammonds, 88, television producer.
- George Finch, 82, architect.
- David Lister, 82, origami historian.
- Rita Ridley, 66, runner.
- Don Scott, 84, boxer, Olympic silver medal (1948).
- 14 February
- 15 February
- 16 February
- 17 February
- 18 February
- Kevin Ayers, 68, psychedelic rock songwriter and musician (Soft Machine, Wilde Flowers).
- Godfrey Hewitt, 73, evolutionary geneticist.
- James Irvine, 54, furniture designer.
- Elspet Gray, Baroness Rix, 83, actress and philanthropist.
- 20 February
- 21 February
- John Clappison, 75, ceramic and glass designer.
- Raymond Cusick, 84, TV designer (Doctor Who).
- Bruce Millan, 85, politician, MP for Glasgow Craigton (1959–1983); Glasgow Govan (1983–1988), Secretary of State for Scotland (1976–1979).
- Dick Neal, Jr., 79, footballer.
- 22 February – Bob Godfrey, 91, animator (Henry's Cat, Roobarb, Great).
- 23 February
- 24 February
- 25 February – Ralph P. Martin, 87, New Testament scholar.
- 26 February – Adrian Hollis, 72, correspondence chess grandmaster.
- 27 February
- 28 February
March
See main article: Deaths in March 2013.
- 1 March
- Campbell Armstrong, 69, author.
- Chris Canavan, 84, actor (Coronation Street).
- Pat Keen, 79, actress.
- Trevor Morley, 79, cricketer.
- Alan Smith, 95, World War II Spitfire fighter ace.
- 2 March – Jimmy Jackson, 81, footballer (Notts County).
- 3 March – Junior Heffernan, 23, racing cyclist.
- 4 March
- 5 March – Nigel Forbes, 22nd Lord Forbes, 95, soldier, businessman and politician, Minister of State for Scotland (1958–1959).
- 6 March
- 7 March
- Kenny Ball, 82, jazz trumpeter.
- Peter Banks, 65, rock guitarist (Yes).
- Max Ferguson, 89, British-born Canadian radio broadcaster.
- Dick Graham, 90, football manager (Colchester United F.C.).
- Stan Keery, 81, footballer.
- Jeffrey Skitch, 85, opera singer and educator.
- 8 March
- 9 March – David Farmbrough, 83, Anglican prelate, Bishop of Bedford (1981–1993).
- 10 March
- 11 March – Tony Gubba, 69, journalist and sports commentator.
- 12 March
- 13 March
- 14 March
- 15 March
- 16 March
- 17 March – Peter Scott, 82, burglar.
- 19 March
- 20 March
- 21 March
- 22 March
- Bernard Green, 60, historian.
- Freddie Jones, 75, footballer (Hereford United, Brighton).
- Jimmy Lloyd, 73, Olympic boxer.
- Derek Watkins, 68, trumpeter, played on every James Bond soundtrack.
- 23 March
- 24 March
- 25 March
- 26 March – Michael Gow, 88, army general.
- 28 March
- 29 March
- 30 March – Brian Ackland-Snow, 72, production designer (A Room with a View).
- 31 March
April
See main article: Deaths in April 2013.
- 1 April
- 2 April
- 3 April
- 4 April
- 5 April – Peter Maxwell, 92, film and television director.
- 6 April
- 7 April
- 8 April
- Leslie Broderick, 91, military officer, one of the last three survivors of "The Great Escape".
- Anne Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk, 85, peeress and charity worker.
- Greg Kramer, 51, actor (300, On the Road) and author.
- Ronald Osborne, 66, businessman, Chairman of Postmedia Network (since 2010), Sun Life Financial (20052010), CEO of Maclean-Hunter (19861994).
- Frank Panton, 89, military scientist.
- Margaret Thatcher, 87, politician, Prime Minister (1979–1990).[173]
- 9 April
- 10 April
- 11 April – Thomas Hemsley, 85, opera singer.
- 12 April
- 13 April
- Roger Dobson, 58, writer.
- Ian Henderson, 86, colonial police officer.
- Mary Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough, 98, aristocrat and philanthropist, saved Benjamin Franklin's London home.
- Stephen Dodgson, 89, composer.
- 14 April
- 16 April
- 17 April
- 18 April
- 19 April
- Clive Best, 82, rugby league player (Barrow).
- Mike Denness, 72, cricketer, captain of Kent (19721976) and England (19741975).
- Patrick Garland, 78, theatre director, actor and writer.
- John Willson, 81, diplomat.
- 20 April
- 21 April – Jimmy McGill, 87, footballer (Queen of the South).
- 22 April
- 23 April
- Tony Grealish, 56, footballer (Ireland, Brighton).
- Ralph Johnson, 91, footballer (Norwich City).
- Norman Jones, 78, television actor (Doctor Who, Crossroads).
- Jim Mackonochie, Royal Navy officer and video game developer.
- Jim Mortimer, 91, trade unionist, General Secretary of the Labour Party (1982–1985).
- Frank W. J. Olver, 88, mathematician.
- 24 April
- 25 April
- 26 April
- 27 April – Lorraine Copeland, 92, archaeologist and Special Operations Executive agent.
- 28 April – Alf Bellis, 92, footballer.
- 29 April – Kevin Moore, 55, footballer (Grimsby Town, Southampton).
- 30 April
May
See main article: Deaths in May 2013.
- 1 May – Stuart Wilde, 66, writer.
- 2 May
- Sir Terence Beckett, 89, businessman, Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry.
- Ernie Field, 70, boxer.
- Allen McKay, 86, politician, MP for Penistone (1978–1983) and Barnsley West and Penistone (1983–1992).
- Jo Pitt, 34, paralympic equestrian.
- 3 May – Sir David Innes Williams, 93, paediatric urologist.
- 4 May
- 5 May – Alan Arnell, 79, footballer (Liverpool F.C.).
- 6 May
- 7 May
- P. G. Lim, 96, lawyer and Malaysian diplomat.
- Aubrey Woods, 85, actor (Doctor Who, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory).
- 8 May
- 9 May – Andrew Simpson, 36, competition sailor.[174]
- 10 May
- Sir John Bush, 98, Royal Navy admiral, Commander-in-Chief Western Fleet (1967–1970).
- Malcolm Clarke, 82, marine biologist.
- Hugh Mackay, 14th Lord Reay, 75, peer, Member of the European Parliament (1973–1979), member of the House of Lords (since 1964).
- Malcolm Parkes, 83, academic.
- 11 May
- 12 May – George William Gray, 86, scientist.
- 13 May – Derrick Thomas, 69, agricultural researcher.
- 14 May – Billy Raymond, 75, television presenter.
- 15 May
- 16 May
- 17 May
- 18 May – Arthur Malet, 85, stage, film and television actor.
- 19 May
- 20 May
- 21 May
- 22 May
- 24 May
- 25 May – Jimmy Wray, 75, politician, MP for Glasgow Provan (1987–1997) and Glasgow Baillieston (1997–2005).
- 26 May – Graham Leggett, 92, RAF squadron leader, youngest surviving pilot of the Battle of Britain.
- 27 May – Bill Pertwee, 86, radio and television actor (Dad's Army, You Rang, M'Lord?) and author.
- 29 May – Richard Ballantine, 72, cycling writer.
- 30 May – Michael Baillie, 3rd Baron Burton, 88, peer.
- 31 May
June
See main article: Deaths in June 2013.
- 1 June
- 2 June
- Andrew Doughty, 96, anaesthetist.
- John Gilbert, Baron Gilbert, 86, politician and life peer, MP for Dudley (1970–1974), Dudley East (1974–1997) and Minister for Transport (1975–1976).
- Nick Keir, 60, musician.
- Graham Walker, 68, comedian, founder of The Grumbleweeds
- 4 June – Sir Patrick Nairne, 91, civil servant, Permanent Secretary to the Department of Health and Social Security (1975–1981).
- 5 June
- 6 June
- 7 June
- 8 June
- 9 June
- 10 June – Don Roby, 79, footballer (Notts County F.C., Loughborough United).
- 11 June
- 12 June
- 14 June
- 15 June – Maurice Priestley, 80, mathematician.
- 16 June
- 17 June
- 18 June
- 19 June – John Hughes, 78, ceramicist, creator of Grogg.
- 20 June
- 21 June
- 22 June – Deric Longden, 77, author and screenwriter.
- 23 June
- Pat Ashton, 82, actress.
- Peter Fraser, Baron Fraser of Carmyllie, 68, Scottish politician and advocate, MP (1979–1987), Lord Advocate (1989–1992), Solicitor General (1982–1989).
- Darryl Read, 61, musician, poet and actor.
- 24 June
- 25 June
- 28 June – Fred Gibson, 101, Jamaican-born cricketer (Leicestershire).
- 29 June – David Moore, 79, botanist.
- 30 June – Alan Campbell, Baron Campbell of Alloway, 96, life peer, barrister and Colditz prisoner.
July
- 2 July – Anthony Llewellyn, 80, scientist and NASA astronaut.
- 3 July
- 4 July
- Onllwyn Brace, 80, rugby union player.
- Jack Crompton, 91, footballer (Manchester United), played 1948 FA Cup Final.
- Willie Hargreaves, 82, rugby league player (York City Knights).
- Bernie Nolan, 52, singer (The Nolans) and actress.
- Leslie Rees, 94, Anglican prelate, Bishop of Shrewsbury (1980–1986).
- Pamela Ropner, 82, author.
- 5 July – Sheila Wright, 88, politician, MP for Birmingham Handsworth (1979–1983).
- 6 July
- 7 July
- 8 July
- 9 July
- 10 July
- 12 July
- Paul Bhattacharjee, 52, actor (EastEnders, Casino Royale, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel).
- Ray Butt, 78, television director and producer (Only Fools and Horses).
- Pratap Chitnis, Baron Chitnis, 77, politician, Head of the Liberal Party (1966–1969).
- Elaine Morgan, 92, writer, feminist and evolutionary theorist (The Descent of Woman, The Aquatic Ape).
- Alan Whicker, 87, journalist and broadcaster (Whicker's World)
- 13 July – Henry Paget, 7th Marquess of Anglesey, 90, peer and author.
- 14 July – Jenny Lay, 74, politician, Lord Mayor of Norwich.
- 16 July
- 17 July
- Henri Alleg, 91, journalist.
- David Collins, 57, restaurant designer (Gordon Ramsay at Royal Hospital Road, The Wolseley).
- Sir Ian Gourlay, 92, army general, Commandant General Royal Marines (19711975).
- Briony McRoberts, 56, actress (Take the High Road).
- Davie White, 80, football player and manager (Clyde, Rangers, Dundee).
- 18 July
- 19 July
- Wilf Proudfoot, 91, politician, businessman and hypnotist, MP for Cleveland (1959–1964); Brighouse and Spenborough (1970–1974).
- Mel Smith, 60, comedian and actor (Not the Nine O'Clock News, Alas Smith and Jones).
- Phil Woosnam, 80, football player, coach and commissioner (North American Soccer League).
- 20 July – David Spenser, 79, radio play performer (Just William), actor and producer.
- 22 July – Lawrie Reilly, 84, footballer (Hibernian F.C., national team).
- 23 July
- 24 July – Adrian Shepherd, 74, conductor and cellist.
- 25 July
- 27 July
- Mick Farren, 69, music journalist, author and singer (The Deviants).
- Jon Leyne, 55, journalist (BBC News).
- John Nunneley, 90, army officer.
- Pete Tunstall, 94, RAF squadron leader, World War II POW in Colditz.
- 29 July
- 30 July
- 31 July
August
- 1 August
- 3 August
- 4 August
- John Billingham, 83, space executive (NASA), chief of life science at Ames Research Center.
- Wilf Carter, 79, footballer (Plymouth Argyle).
- Dominick Harrod, 72, journalist, BBC economics correspondent.
- Bill Hoskyns, 82, Olympic fencer (1960, 1964).
- Tony Snell, 91, RAF fighter pilot.
- Sir Sandy Woodward, 81, Royal Navy admiral (Falklands War).
- 5 August – Malcolm Barrass, 88, footballer (Bolton Wanderers)
- 6 August
- Steve Aizlewood, 60, footballer (Newport County A.F.C., Portsmouth F.C.).
- Jeremy Geidt, 83, stage actor and acting coach (Harvard University, American Repertory Theater).
- Dave Wagstaffe, 70, footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers, Manchester City, Blackburn Rovers).
- 7 August
- 8 August
- 9 August
- 11 August
- 12 August
- David McLetchie, 61, politician, MSP for Lothian (19992003, since 2011) and Edinburgh Pentlands (20032011).
- Trevor Storer, 83, businessman and entrepreneur, founder of Pukka Pies.
- Robert Trotter, 83, actor (Take the High Road), director and photographer.
- 13 August
- 14 August
- 16 August
- 18 August – Christopher Barton, 85, Olympic rower (1948).
- 19 August – Stephenie McMillan, 71, Academy Award-winning set decorator (The English Patient, Chocolat, Harry Potter).
- 20 August
- 21 August
- 22 August
- 23 August
- 24 August
- 25 August – Frederick Wilfrid Lancaster, 80, information scientist.
- 26 August – Gerard Murphy, 64, actor (Batman Begins, Doctor Who, Waterworld).
- 27 August
- 28 August
- 29 August – Cliff Morgan, 83, rugby player and broadcaster.
- 30 August – Seamus Heaney, 74, writer. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995.
- 31 August
September
- 1 September – Ken Wallis, 97, autogyro exponent and James Bond stunt pilot.
- 2 September
- Terry Clawson, 73, rugby league player.
- Ronald Coase, 102, economist, Nobel Prize in Economics (1991).
- David Jacobs, 87, radio and television broadcaster (Juke Box Jury, Any Questions?).
- Olga Lowe, 93, stage and film actress.
- Hugh van Cutsem, 72, landowner and horsebreeder.
- Dame Juliet Wheldon, 63, civil servant.
- 3 September
- 4 September – Joe Warham, 93, rugby league coach (Leeds).
- 5 September – Geoffrey Goodman, 91, journalist and trade unionist.
- 6 September
- 7 September
- 9 September – Susan Fitzgerald, 64, actress (Angela's Ashes).
- 10 September
- 11 September – Tom Vernon, 74, writer and broadcaster (Fat Man series).
- 12 September – Joan Regan, 85, traditional pop singer.
- 13 September – Peter Aston, 74, composer and conductor.
- 14 September – Sir John Curtiss, 88, Royal Air Force officer.
- 15 September
- 16 September – George Hockham, 74, electrical engineer.
- 17 September – Peter Kay, 52, charity founder (Sporting Chance Clinic). (death announced on this date)
- 18 September – Lindsay Cooper, 62, rock and jazz musician (Henry Cow, Comus, Feminist Improvising Group).
- 19 September
- 20 September
- 22 September – Kenneth Eager, 84, sculptor.
- 23 September
- 24 September
- 25 September – Ron Fenton, 72, football player and coach (Nottingham Forest).
- 26 September
- 27 September
- 28 September – Michael Sullivan, 96, art historian.
- 29 September
- 30 September
October
- 1 October – Peter Broadbent, 80, footballer.
- 3 October
- 4 October – John Cloudsley-Thompson, 92, naturalist and army officer.
- 5 October
- 6 October
- 7 October – Mick Buckley, 59, footballer (Everton, Sunderland).
- 8 October
- 9 October
- Robert Hugh Molesworth Kindersley, 3rd Baron Kindersley, 84, aristocrat and businessman.
- Jillian Lane, 52, celebrity psychic.
- Harold Rudman, 88, footballer (Burnley, Rochdale).
- Monica Turner, 88, ornithologist.
- 10 October – Norrie Martin, 74, footballer (Rangers).
- 13 October – Tommy Whittle, 87, jazz saxophonist.
- 15 October
- 16 October – Charles Halton, 81, mathematician and civil servant.
- 17 October – Terry Fogerty, 69, rugby league player.
- 18 October
- 19 October
- 21 October
- 23 October
- 24 October
- 25 October
- 26 October
- 27 October – Sir Michael Wilkes, 73, army general, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey (1995–2001).
- 29 October – Graham Stark, 91, comedian and actor (The Pink Panther, Superman III, Alfie).
- 30 October
- 31 October
November
- 2 November
- 3 November
- 4 November
- 5 November
- 6 November – Sammy Taylor, 80, footballer.
- 7 November
- John Cole, 85, Northern-Ireland born journalist and broadcaster
- Ron Dellow, 99, football player and manager.
- Mary Eyre, 89, hockey and tennis player.
- 8 November
- 9 November
- 10 November – Sir Humphrey Maud, 79, diplomat.
- 11 November
- 12 November
- 14 November
- Georgina Anderson, 15, singer, liver cancer.
- Peter Frank, 79, academic and media commentator on Russian affairs.
- Jim McCluskey, 63, football referee.
- Olivia Robertson, 96, religious leader, high priestess of the Fellowship of Isis.
- 15 November – Andrew Best Semple, 101, medical officer.
- 16 November
- 17 November
- 18 November – Sir Jock Kennedy, 85, air marshal.
- 19 November
- 20 November
- 21 November – Cyril Perkins, 102, cricketer.
- 22 November – Brian Dawson, 74, folk singer and song collector.
- 24 November – Robin Leigh-Pemberton, Baron Kingsdown, 86, peer and banker, Governor of the Bank of England (1983–1993).
- 25 November
- 26 November
- 27 November
- 29 November
- 30 November
December
- 1 December
- 2 December
- 3 December
- 4 December
- 5 December
- 6 December – Stan Tracey, 86, jazz pianist.
- 7 December – Alan Bridges, 86, film and television director (The Shooting Party).
- 8 December
- 9 December
- 10 December
- 11 December
- 12 December
- Molly Allott, 95, WRAF officer.
- Bernard Conlan, 90, politician, MP for Gateshead East (1964–1987).
- David Jones, 73, footballer (Millwall).
- Maria Lidka, 99, violinist.
- Rae Woodland, 91, soprano.
- 13 December – Wyn Roberts, Baron Roberts of Conwy, 83, politician, MP for Conwy (1970–1997).
- 14 December
- 15 December
- 16 December – James Flint, 100, Royal Air Force officer.
- 17 December
- 18 December
- 19 December
- 20 December – David Richards, 57, record producer.
- 21 December
- 23 December – Addison Cresswell, 53, comedy agent and manager.
- 24 December
- Eric Auld, 82, artist.
- Sir Michael Butler, 86, diplomat, Permanent Representative to the E.U. (1979–1985).
- R. A. Foakes, 90, author and Shakespearean scholar.
- Stuart Jakeman, 60, cricket player (Northants).
- Allan McKeown, 67, film producer (Tracey Takes On...).
- Ron Noades, 76, football chairman (Crystal Palace).
- R.A. Shooter, 97, microbiologist.
- 25 December
- 26 December
- 27 December – Peter John Harding, 73, Royal Air Force officer, Defence Services Secretary (1994–1998).
- 28 December
- 29 December
- 30 December
- 31 December – John Fortune, 74, comedian (Bremner, Bird and Fortune).
See also
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