1888 in the United Kingdom

Events from the year 1888 in the United Kingdom. This year is noted for the first Whitechapel murders.

1888 in the United Kingdom
Other years
1886 | 1887 | 1888 (1888) | 1889 | 1890
Constituent countries of the United Kingdom
England | Ireland | Scotland | Wales
Sport

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Undated

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Births

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  • 18 January – Thomas Sopwith, aviation pioneer and yachtsman (died 1989)
  • 8 February – Edith Evans, actress (died 1976)
  • 13 February – Desmond FitzGerald, Irish revolutionary, poet, publicist and politician (died 1947 in Ireland)
  • 1 March – Ewart Astill, cricketer (Leicestershire) (died 1948)
  • 2 April – Neville Cardus, writer on cricket and music (died 1975)
  • 30 April – David Jacobs, Welsh athlete (died 1976)
  • 17 May – Tich Freeman, cricketer (died 1965)
  • 25 May – Miles Malleson, actor (died 1969)
  • 7 June – Hilda Matheson, pioneering radio talks producer (died 1940)
  • 15 June – Martin D'Arcy, Catholic intellectual (died 1976)
  • 9 July – Simon Marks, businessman (died 1964)
  • 14 August – John Logie Baird, inventor (died 1946)
  • 16 August – T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") liaison officer during the Arab Revolt, writer and academic (died 1935)
  • 4 September – Margaret Henley, J. M. Barrie's inspiration for the name "Wendy" in Peter Pan (died 1894)
  • 18 September – Grey Owl (Archibald Belaney), pioneer conservationist and imposter (died 1938 in Canada)
  • 25 September – Vera Laughton Mathews, naval officer (died 1959)
  • 6 December – Will Hay, actor and comedian (died 1949)
  • 7 December – Joyce Cary, author (died 1957)
  • 18 December – Gladys Cooper, actress (died 1971)
  • 22 December – J. Arthur Rank, film magnate (died 1972)
  • 25 December – Michael Sadleir, novelist (died 1957)

Deaths

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References

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