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UK-related events during the year of 1932
Events from the year
1932 in the
United Kingdom .
Incumbents
Events
Broadcasting House
1 March —
Import Duties Act re-establishes protective trade
tariffs .
[3]
15 March — first
BBC radio broadcast from the new
Broadcasting House in London;
[3] all programmes transfer from 15 May.
6 April –
Ministry of Health encourages local councils to engage in widespread
slum clearance .
[3]
13 April —
mass trespass of Kinder Scout , a wilful
trespass by
ramblers at
Kinder Scout , in the
Peak District of England, to protest against lack of free public access to open country.
[4]
23 April — new
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre opens in
Stratford-upon-Avon ;
[5] designed by
Elisabeth Scott , it is the country's first important work by a woman architect.
[6]
1 May — protestors clash with police in
Hyde Park, London , during a May day protest against
Japan 's attitude towards China when they try to march on the Japanese Embassy.
10 May —
James Chadwick discovers the
neutron .
[7]
26 May — the
Scots law case of
Donoghue v Stevenson is decided in the
House of Lords , establishing the modern concept of a
duty of care in cases of
negligence .
[8]
2 July — the exiled former king of Portugal,
Manuel II , dies at
Fulwell in Middlesex; his body is later returned to Portugal for burial.
4 July —
George Carwardine
patents the
Anglepoise lamp .
12 July —
Hedley Verity of
Yorkshire establishes a new
first-class cricket record by taking all ten wickets for only ten runs against
Nottinghamshire on a pitch affected by a storm.
19 July — King George V opens the replacement
Lambeth Bridge across the Thames in London.
30 July-14 August —
Great Britain and Northern Ireland compete at the
Olympics in
Los Angeles , California and win 4 gold, 7 silver and 5 bronze.
1 August —
Forrest Mars produces the first
Mars bar in his
Slough factory.
[9]
22 August — first experimental television broadcast by the BBC.
[5]
20 September —
Methodist Union : the
Methodist Church is formed in Britain by merger of the
Wesleyan Methodist Church , the
Primitive Methodists and the
United Methodist Church .
26 September — first contingent of the
National Hunger March leaves
Glasgow .
[10]
[11]
October
3 October —
The Times newspaper first appears set in the
Times New Roman
typeface devised by
Stanley Morison .
[12]
7 October —
Thomas Beecham establishes the
London Philharmonic Orchestra .
[3]
[13]
10 October — a
mine cage accident at
Bickershaw Colliery in the
Lancashire Coalfield drowns 19.
[14]
[15]
13 October — Britain grants independence to
Iraq in exchange for a restrictive long-term military alliance.
27 October — arrival of the
Hunger March in London leads to several violent clashes with police.
[16]
14 November —
book tokens go on sale in the UK.
[5]
30 November — the BBC begins a series of radio broadcasts to mark the 75th birthday of Sir
Edward Elgar .
2 December —
English cricket team in Australia in 1932–33 : opening of the “
bodyline ” series.
5 December — the
comic strip character
Jane first appears in the
Daily Mirror .
10 December
19 December — the BBC Empire Service, later known as the
BBC World Service , begins broadcasting
[5] using a
shortwave radio facility at its
Daventry transmitting station .
[19]
25 December — King George V delivers the first
Royal Christmas Message
[3] on the BBC Empire Service from
Sandringham House ; the text has been written by
Rudyard Kipling .
Undated
Publications
Births
Elizabeth Taylor
Nigel Lawson
Phyllida Law
Arnold Wesker
V. S. Naipaul
W. Morgan Sheppard
Richard Dawson
2 January –
Peter Redgrove , poet (died 2003)
4 January –
Thelma Holt , actress and producer
12 January –
Des O'Connor , comedian, singer and television presenter (died 2020)
14 January –
Timothy Sprigge , philosopher (died 2007)
15 January –
Louis George Alexander , teacher and author (died 2002)
19 January –
Russ Hamilton , singer (died 2008)
23 January –
George Allen , footballer (died 2016)
29 January –
Tommy Taylor , footballer (died 1958)
30 January –
Lady Mary Colman , socialite and philanthropist (died 2021)
1 February –
John Nott , Conservative politician
3 February –
Molly Parkin , painter, novelist and journalist
8 February
11 February –
Dennis Skinner , politician
12 February –
Richard Rougier , judge (died 2007)
13 February
14 February –
Peter Ball , bishop and sex offender (died 2019)
15 February –
Adrian Swire , English businessman (died 2018)
22 February –
Roger Squires , crossword compiler (died 2023)
25 February –
Tony Brooks , racing driver (died 2022)
27 February –
Elizabeth Taylor , film actress (died 2011 in the United States)
28 February –
Brian Moore , football commentator (died 2001)
11 March –
Nigel Lawson , Chancellor of the Exchequer (died 2023)
21 March –
Tom Watson , actor (died 2001)
25 March –
Martin Brandon-Bravo , politician (died 2018)
27 March –
Patrick Newell , actor (died 1988)
1 April –
Avril Elgar , actress (died 2021)
[23]
9 April –
Jack Smethurst , actor (died 2022)
10 April –
Adrian Henri , Liverpool poet (died 2000)
14 April –
Bob Grant , actor, comedian and writer (died 2003)
15 April –
John T. Lewis , Welsh physicist (died 2004)
25 April
26 April –
Michael Smith , chemist,
Nobel Prize laureate (died 2000 in Canada)
4 May –
Ivor Wood , television animator (died 2004)
6 May –
Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath , peer and landowner (died 2020)
7 May –
Jenny Joseph , poet (died 2018)
9 May
12 May –
Derek Malcolm , historian and film critic (died 2023)
19 May –
Alma Cogan , singer (died 1966)
24 May –
Arnold Wesker , dramatist (died 2016)
25 May –
Norman Drew , Northern Irish golfer (died 2023)
29 May –
Walker H. Land , academic bioengineering researcher
[24]
30 May
8 June –
Ray Illingworth , cricketer (died 2021)
9 June –
Denise Robertson , broadcaster and writer (died 2016)
18 June –
Geoffrey Hill , poet (died 2016)
21 June –
Bernard Ingham , journalist and government press secretary (died 2023)
22 June
25 June
26 June –
John Wall , inventor (died 2018)
27 June
4 July –
Matt Crowe , Scottish football (soccer) player (died 2017)
6 July –
Phyllida Law , actress
8 July
10 July –
George Black , Royal Air Force officer
16 July –
John Chilton , jazz trumpeter (died 2016)
17 July –
Colin Webster , Welsh footballer (died 2001)
21 July –
Vilma Hollingbery , actress (died 2021)
23 July
26 July –
Neil McCarthy , actor (died 1985)
[26]
28 July –
Russell Johnston , politician (died 2008)
6 August
9 August –
Reginald Bosanquet , television news presenter (died 1984)
11 August –
Eric Varley , politician (died 2008)
17 August –
V. S. Naipaul , Trinidadian-born writer (died 2018)
20 August –
Anthony Ainley , actor (died 2004)
23 August –
Christopher Parsons , film-maker (died 2002)
24 August
27 August –
Lady Antonia Fraser , writer
31 August –
Roy Castle , entertainer (died 1994)
1 September –
Raymond Durgnat , film critic (died 2002)
4 September
7 September –
Malcolm Bradbury , author and academic (died 2000)
9 September –
Alice Thomas Ellis , writer (died 2005)
11 September
21 September –
Shirley Conran , author and journalist (died 2024)
22 September
25 September –
Terry Medwin , footballer (died 2024)
27 September –
Michael Colvin , Conservative politician (died 2000)
4 October –
Edward Judd , actor (died 2009)
5 October –
Michael John Rogers , ornithologist (died 2006)
8 October –
Ray Reardon , Welsh snooker player
9 October –
Colin Clark , film-maker (died 2002)
10 October –
Harry Smith , footballer
15 October –
Vince Karalius , English rugby league footballer and coach (died 2008)
24 October –
Adrian Mitchell , poet and novelist (died 2008)
25 October –
Maurice Dodd , cartoonist (died 2005)
6 November –
Ron Saunders , footballer and manager (died 2019)
4 November –
Joyce Blair , actress (died 2006)
11 November –
John Zamet , periodontist (died 2007)
15 November –
Petula Clark , singer, actress and songwriter
18 November –
Trevor Baxter , actor and playwright (died 2017)
20 November –
Richard Dawson , comedian and game show host (died 2012)
21 November –
Beryl Bainbridge , novelist (died 2010)
30 November –
Arthur Hopcraft , scriptwriter (died 2004)
15 December –
John Meurig Thomas , scientist (died 2020)
16 December –
Quentin Blake , cartoonist and illustrator
18 December –
Marian Wenzel , art historian (died 2002)
19 December
24 December –
Colin Cowdrey , cricketer (died 2000)
28 December –
Roy Hattersley , Labour politician
Deaths
8 January –
William Graham , Scottish politician (born 1887)
13 January –
Ernest Mangnall , football manager (born 1866)
21 January –
Lytton Strachey , writer and biographer (born 1880)
24 January – Sir
Alfred Yarrow , shipbuilder and philanthropist (born 1842)
10 February –
Edgar Wallace , novelist and screenwriter (born 1875)
4 March –
Fawcet Wray , admiral (born 1873)
11 March –
Dora Carrington , painter (born 1893)
16 March –
Harold Monro , poet and bookshop proprietor (born 1879)
22 April –
Edward Taylor Scott , newspaper editor/proprietor (drowned in yachting accident) (born 1883(
26 April –
William Lockwood , cricketer (born 1868)
13 June –
Alexander Bethell , admiral (born 1855)
2 July –
Manuel II of Portugal , exiled monarch (born 1889)
6 July –
Kenneth Grahame , author (born 1859)
16 July –
Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer , general (born 1857)
22 July –
J. Meade Falkner , novelist and poet (born 1858)
23 July –
Tenby Davies , Welsh sprinter (born 1884)
19 August –
E. S. Prior , Arts and Crafts architect and theorist (born 1852)
16 September –
Ronald Ross , physician, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1857)
1 October –
W. G. Collingwood , painter and author (born 1854)
30 October –
Paul Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen , field marshal (born 1845)
12 November – Sir
Dugald Clerk , mechanical engineer (born 1854)
13 November –
Catherine Isabella Dodd , education writer and novelist (born 1860)
8 December –
Gertrude Jekyll , garden designer, writer and artist (born 1843)
See also
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"Mass trespass on Kinder Scout" .
The Guardian . Manchester. 25 April 1932. Retrieved 30 June 2010 .
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ISBN
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^
"Mars — the chocolate planet" . Slough History Online . Retrieved 8 February 2010 .
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ISBN
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The Nobel Prize in Literature 1932.
^
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1932.
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