2001 in the United Kingdom

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Events from the year 2001 in the United Kingdom .

Incumbents

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Undated

Publications

Births

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Lily Laight
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Freya Allan

Deaths

January

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Auberon Waugh
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Margaret Scriven

February

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Barbara Noble
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Stan Cullis

March

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Ninette de Valois

April

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Jean Anderson
Ian Campbell, 12th Duke of Argyll 12th Duke of Argyll Allan Warren.jpg
Ian Campbell, 12th Duke of Argyll

May

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Douglas Adams
Tony Ashton Tony Ashton, New Year's Eve in Hotel Post, Zermatt, Switzerland, 1982.jpg
Tony Ashton

June

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Tom Burns

July

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Molly Lamont

August

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Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford
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Ken Tyrrell

September

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Hilde Holger

October

Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham Allan Warren.jpg
Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone
Linden Travers Linden Travers en The Ghost Train (1941).png
Linden Travers

November

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William Reid
George Harrison George Harrison 1974 (cropped).jpg
George Harrison

December

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Stuart Adamson
Mary Hardwick Mary Hardwick 1935.jpg
Mary Hardwick

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