October 2 2014 in the United Kingdom

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1 october

lynsey de paul, 64, singer-songwriter ( won t dance me ).
sir maurice hodgson, 94, business executive.
george savage, 72, politician, mla upper bann (1998–2003, 2007–2011).


2 october

rob skipper, 28, rock musician (the holloways).
the spaceape, poet , dj.


3 october

michael allenby, 3rd viscount allenby, 83, aristocrat , politician.
alan henning, 47, humanitarian aid worker , isis hostage.


5 october

john best, 74, footballer , manager.
david chavchavadze, 90, author , cia officer.
philip howard, 80, journalist (the times)
ronnie spafford, 86, army officer , philatelist.
david watson, 74, actor (beneath planet of apes).


6 october – andrew kerr, 80, festival organizer (glastonbury festival).
7 october

richard laws, 88, zoologist, master of st edmund s college, cambridge (1985–1996).
angus macleod, 63, journalist , editor.
david samuel, 3rd viscount samuel, 92, scientist , peer.
ivor wilks, 86, historian.


9 october

les angell, 92, cricketer (somerset).
sir sydney chapman, 78, politician , architect, mp birmingham handsworth (1970–1974) , chipping barnet (1979–2005).
tony priday, 92, bridge player.
david rayvern allen, 76, cricket historian.
merton sandler, 88, chemical pathologist.
sir jocelyn stevens, 82, publishing executive.
victor winding, 85, actor (doctor who, frightmare)


10 october

roy law, 77, footballer (wimbledon).
john westcott, 93, computer scientist.


11 october – brian lemon, 77, jazz pianist.
12 october

tony hibbert, 96, army officer.
tony lynes, 85, anti-poverty campaigner.
graham miles, 73, snooker player.


13 october

mark bell, 43, musician , house music producer (lfo).
sir john bradfield, 89, biologist , entrepreneur, founder of cambridge science park.
patricia carson, 85, historian , author.


14 october

lady mary downer, 89, australian philanthropist, mother of australian high commissioner.
a. h. halsey, 91, sociologist.
oriel malet, 91, novelist.
agnes owens, 88, author.


15 october – sir christopher staughton, 81, judge, lord justice of appeal, president of court of appeal of gibraltar (2005–2006).
16 october

clive beer-jones, 65, musician (black widow).
john spencer-churchill, 11th duke of marlborough, 88, aristocrat.


17 october

john andrew, 83, anglican priest.
hermione hobhouse, 80, architectural historian.




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18 october

robert barbour, 93, church of scotland minister , author.
mick burt, 76, drummer (chas & dave).
efua dorkenoo, 65, campaigner against female genital mutilation.
kenneth house, 78, cricket player (dorset).
mervyn winfield, 81, cricket player (nottinghamshire).


19 october

lynda bellingham, 66, actress (doctor who, general hospital, bill).
kathryn m chaloner, 60, statistician, professor of biostatistics @ university of iowa.
stuart gallacher, 68, rugby player (wales national union , league teams) , executive.
arnold mitchell, 84, footballer (exeter city).
don ratcliffe, 79, footballer (stoke city).
raphael ravenscroft, 60, saxophonist ( baker street ) , author.


20 october

rodney fitch, 76, designer.
sir john hoskyns, 87, businessman, policy advisor margaret thatcher.
john solomon, 82, croquet player.


21 october

shirley baker, 82, photographer.
jim barrett, jr., 83, footballer (west ham).


22 october

elizabeth forbes, 90, writer , musicologist.
george francis, 80, footballer (brentford).
john postgate, 93, microbiologist , writer, professor @ university of sussex.
sonia rolt, 95, canal conservationist.


23 october

sir ronald grierson, 93, banker.
bernard mayes, 85, broadcaster , academic.
david redfern, 78, photographer.
alvin stardust, 72, singer ( coo ca choo ).
raleigh trevelyan, 91, author.


24 october

vic ash, 84, jazz saxophonist , clarinetist.
martin garratt, 34, footballer.
gordon macwilliam, 91, anglican priest.
malcolm thompson, 68, footballer (scarborough).


25 october

jack bruce, 71, bassist (cream, manfred mann) , composer.
peter maxey, 83, diplomat, ambassador united nations (1984–1986).
david somerset, 84, banker, chief cashier of bank of england (1980–1988).


26 october

vic allen, 91, academic, sociologist, historian , trade unionist (num).
dudley knowles, 67, philosopher.


27 october – charles mccullough, 91, politician, member of senate of northern ireland (1968–1972).
28 october

david trendell, 50, organist , musical director.
charlie watkins, 91, audio engineer (watkins electric music).


30 october

renée asherson, 99, actress.
joe brown, 85, football player , manager (burnley).
geoffrey clarke, 89, artist.
christopher j. turner, 81, diplomat, governor of turks , caicos islands (1982–1987) , montserrat (1987–1990).


31 october

ian fraser, 81, composer , conductor (scrooge, christmas in washington).
sir henry harris, 89, cell biologist.
pat partridge, 81, football referee.