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Events from the year 1931 in the United Kingdom.
Incumbents
- Monarch - George V of the United Kingdom
- Prime Minister - Ramsay MacDonald, Labour and national coalition
Events
- 6 January - Sadler's Wells Theatre opens in London. [1]
- 12 June - Charlie Parker equals J.T. Hearne's record for the earliest date to reach 100 wickets.
- 24 August - Labour Government of Ramsay MacDonald resigns in Britain and is replaced by National Government of people drawn from all parties also under MacDonald.
- 15 September - The Invergordon Mutiny:
Strikes in Royal Navy due to decreased salaries. - 11 December - Parliament enacts the Statute of Westminster, which establishes a status of legislative equality between the self-governing dominions of the Commonwealth of Australia, the Dominion of Canada, the Irish Free State, Newfoundland, the Dominion of New Zealand, and the Union of South Africa.
- The Vic-Wells Ballet, later to become the Royal Ballet, debuts in London. [2]
Births
- 10 January - Peter Barnes, playwright and screenwriter (d. 2004)
- 2 February - Les Dawson, comedian (d. 1993)
- 24 February - Brian Close, cricket player
- 26 February - Ally McLeod, football manager
- March 14 - Frank Sando, long-distance runner
- March 19 - Alan Newton, track cyclist
- April 7 - Jeff Elliott, decathlete and pole vaulter
- 29 April - Lonnie Donegan, musician (d. 2002)
- 7 June - Malcolm Morley, painter
- 28 August - John Shirley-Quirk, bass-baritone
- 22 September - Fay Weldon, author
- 22 September - George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, politician (d. 2003)
- 19 October - John le Carré, novelist
- 23 October - Diana Dors, actress (d. 1984)
- November 9 - Eric Sandstrom, track and field sprinter
Deaths
- 11 February - Charles Algernon Parsons, inventor (b. 1854)
- 5 March - Arthur Tooth, Anglican clergyman prosecuted for Ritualist practices in the 1870s (b. 1839)
- 17 March - James Stewart, Scottish Labour Party politician, MP for Glasgow St. Rollox 1922–1931 (born 1863).
- 30 April - Sammy Woods, cricketer (b. 1867)
- 13 June - Jesse Boot, 1st Baron Trent, businessman (b. 1850)
- 5 September - John Thomson, footballer (b. 1909)
- 2 October - Thomas Lipton, merchant and yachtsman (b. 1850)
Unknown dates
- Alfred Maudslay, colonial diplomat, explorer and archaeologist (b. 1850)
- Lancelot Speed, illustrator (b. 1860)
- Joseph Tabrar, songwriter (b. 1857)
References
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