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1888 in the United Kingdom

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1888 in the United Kingdom
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Sport

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

Incumbents

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Events

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Undated

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Publications

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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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