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{{Year in United Kingdom|1938
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|data1 = [[1938 in England|England]] {{!}} [[1938 in Northern Ireland|Northern Ireland]] {{!}} [[1938 in Scotland|Scotland]] {{!}} [[1938 in Wales|Wales]]
|label2= Popular culture
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[[1938 English cricket season]]<br />
[[Football in the United Kingdom|Football]]: [[1937–38 in English football|England]] {{!}} [[1937–38 in Scottish football|Scotland]]<br />
[[1938 in British radio]]<br />
[[1938 in British television]]<br />
[[1938 in British music]]<br />
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Events from the year '''[[1938]] in the [[United Kingdom]]'''.
==Incumbents==
* [[Monarch of the United Kingdom|Monarch]] – [[George VI]]
* [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] – [[Neville Chamberlain]] ([[National Government (1937–1939)|Coalition]])
==Events==
* 1 January – Sir [[Alexander Cadogan]] succeeds Sir [[Robert Vansittart, 1st Baron Vansittart|Robert Vansittart]] as permanent under-secretary at the Foreign Office.
* 17 January – [[Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.]], is appointed [[United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom]].
* 14 February – The British naval base at [[Singapore]] begins operations.
* 20 February – [[Anthony Eden]] resigns as Foreign Secretary over the [[European foreign policy of the Chamberlain ministry|foreign policy of the Chamberlain ministry]] towards [[Fascist Italy]]. [[E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax|Lord Halifax]] takes over.<ref name=CBH>{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Alan|last2=Palmer |first2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|___location=London|pages=383–384|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref>
* 14 March – Chamberlain makes a speech in the House of Commons saying the government "emphatically" disapproves of the Nazi German ''[[Anschluss]]'' in Austria two days previously but that "nothing could have prevented this action by Germany unless we and others with us had been prepared to use force to prevent it."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1938/mar/14/foreign-affairs-austria#S5CV0333P0_19380314_HOC_376|title=Foreign Affairs (Austria)|date=1938-03-14|website=[[Hansard|Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)]]|access-date=2015-09-19}}</ref>
* 16 April – Anglo-Italian Treaty: Britain recognises Italian government over [[Ethiopia]], in return for Italian troops withdrawing from Spain.<ref name=CBH/>
* 23 April – [[York Castle Museum]] opened.
* 25 April – [[Anglo-Irish Trade Agreement]] with the [[Republic of Ireland]] settles the [[Anglo-Irish Trade War]] and agrees to the [[Royal Navy]] abandoning the British [[Sovereign Base Areas|sovereign bases]] at the [[Treaty ports (Ireland)|Treaty ports in Ireland]].<ref name=CBH/>
* 3 May – [[Empire Exhibition, Scotland 1938|Empire Exhibition]] opens in [[Glasgow]].<ref name=CBH/>
* 10 May – An underground [[explosion]] at [[Markham Colliery disaster|Markham Colliery]], near [[Staveley, Derbyshire]], kills 79.<ref>{{cite web|first=Tom|last=Bates|title=1938 Markham Colliery Disaster – On Record!|url=http://www.aboutderbyshire.co.uk/cms/11/1938-markham-colliery-dis.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727115816/http://www.aboutderbyshire.co.uk/cms/11/1938-markham-colliery-dis.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 July 2011|access-date=2010-10-14}}</ref>
* 1 June – The [[Bren light machine gun]] comes into service with the [[British Army]].
* 2 June – The children's zoo at [[London Zoo]] is opened by [[Robert F. Kennedy|Robert]] and [[Ted Kennedy]], two of the sons of United States ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy.<ref name="Pocket On This Day">{{cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-14-102715-0|year=2006}}</ref>
* 18 June – [[Royal Voluntary Service|Women's Voluntary Service]] founded to assist the [[Civil Defence Service]].
* 24 June – [[Test cricket]] is televised for the first time.<ref name=CBH/>
* 3 July – The [[London and North Eastern Railway]]'s streamlined [[LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard|Class A4 4468 ''Mallard'']] reaches a speed of 126 mph (203 km/h), the highest certified speed for a [[steam locomotive]].
* 9 July – [[Gas mask]]s are issued to the civilian population.<ref>{{cite web|title=Notable Dates in History|url=http://www.scotsindependent.org/dates1-g.htm|department=The Flag in the Wind|work=[[The Scots Independent]]|access-date=2014-07-17|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140523225830/http://www.scotsindependent.org/dates1-g.htm|archive-date=23 May 2014}}</ref>
* 11 July–3 October – Military installations at the [[Treaty Ports (Ireland)|Treaty Ports]] in the [[Republic of Ireland]] ([[Berehaven]], [[Spike Island, County Cork|Spike Island]] at [[Cobh|Queenstown]], and [[Lough Swilly]]) are handed over from British control to the [[Government of Ireland]], under terms of the [[Anglo-Irish Trade Agreement]] ratified by the [[Eire (Confirmation of Agreements) Act 1938|Eire (Confirmation of Agreements) Act]] earlier in the year.
* 22 July – Britain rejects a proposal from its ambassador in Berlin, [[Nevile Henderson]], for a four power summit on Czechoslovakia consisting of Britain, France, Germany and the U.S.S.R. as London will under no circumstances accept the Soviet Union as a diplomatic partner.
* 29 July – [[Holidays with Pay Act 1938|Holidays with Pay Act]] provides for paid [[annual leave]] in wage-regulated industries and for similar voluntary schemes in other employment.
* 30 July – ''[[The Beano]]'' [[Comic book|comic]] first goes on sale, featuring the character [[Lord Snooty]].<ref name="Pocket On This Day"/>
* August – [[Muslims]] protest in London about passages they consider disrespectful of their religion in [[H. G. Wells]]' ''[[A Short History of the World (H. G. Wells)|A Short History of the World]]'' (1922).<ref>{{cite book|author-link=Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking|first=Kenneth|last=Baker|title=On the Burning of Books|___location=London|publisher=Unicorn|year=2016|isbn=978-1-910787-11-3|pages=114–5}}</ref>
* 3 August – [[Lord Runciman]], sent by [[Neville Chamberlain]], arrives in [[Prague]] on his [[Runciman Mission|mission]] of mediation in the [[Sudetenland]] dispute.
* 4 August – Major [[thunderstorm]] over [[Devon]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.trevorharley.com/weather_web_pages/1938_weather.htm|title=1938|first=Trevor|last=Harley|work=British weather|access-date=2018-08-05}}</ref>
* 13–20 August – Great Britain and the United States contest the inaugural [[1938 Amateur World Series|Amateur World Series]] in [[baseball]], played in the north of England. Britain wins every match.<ref>{{cite book|author-link=Josh Chetwynd|first=Josh|last=Chetwynd|url=http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-3724-5|title=Baseball in Europe: A Country by Country History|year=2008|access-date=19 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112080606/http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-3724-5|archive-date=12 November 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 18 August – [[Ewald von Kleist-Schmenzin]] arrives in London looking for British support for an anti-Nazi ''putsch'', using the looming crisis over the [[Sudetenland]] as a pretext. His private mission is dismissed by [[Neville Chamberlain]] as unimportant (Chamberlain refers to von Kleist as a "Jacobite"), but he finds a sympathetic if powerless audience in [[Winston Churchill]].
* 23 August – English cricketer [[Len Hutton]] scores a record Test score of 364 runs in a match against Australia.<ref name="Pocket On This Day"/>
* 28 August – [[Lord Runciman]]'s mission to mitigate the [[Sudetenland]] crisis begins to break down. Prime Minister [[Neville Chamberlain]] recalls Ambassador [[Nevile Henderson]] from Berlin to instruct Henderson to set up a personal meeting between Chamberlain and [[Adolf Hitler]].
* 31 August – [[Winston Churchill]], still believing France and Britain mean to honour their promises to defend [[Czechoslovakia]] against [[Nazi]] aggression, suggests in a personal note to [[Neville Chamberlain]] that His Majesty's Government may want to set up a broad international alliance, including the United States (specifically mentioning U.S. President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] as possibly receptive to the idea) and the Soviet Union.
* 7 September – ''[[The Times]]'' publishes a lead article which calls on [[Czechoslovakia]] to cede the [[Sudetenland]] to Germany.
* 9 September – [[Auxiliary Territorial Service]], as a women's voluntary service, established.
* 15 September – [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[Neville Chamberlain]] meets German Chancellor [[Adolf Hitler]] in [[Berchtesgaden]] in an attempt to negotiate an end to German expansionist policies.<ref name="Pocket On This Day"/>
* 21 September – Representatives of the British and French governments call on Czechoslovak President [[Edvard Beneš]] to tell him Britain and France will not fight Hitler if he decides to annex the [[Sudetenland]] by force. At home, [[Winston Churchill]] warns of grave consequences to European security if [[Czechoslovakia]] is partitioned.
* 25 September – The [[Royal Navy]] ordered to sea.<ref>{{cite web|title=Events leading to the Munich settlement|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/znxdnrd/revision/9|work=BBC Bitesize|access-date=2020-11-15}}</ref>
* 27 September – {{RMS|Queen Elizabeth}} is launched at [[Clydebank]]; she is the largest ship in the world at this time.<ref name=CBH/>
* 29 September – Chamberlain signs the [[Munich Agreement]] and a resolution with Germany determining to resolve all future disputes between the two countries through peaceful means.
* 30 September – Neville Chamberlain returns to the UK from Munich, at [[Heston Aerodrome]] memorably waving the resolution signed the day earlier with Germany, and later in [[Downing Street]] giving his famous ''[[Peace for our time]]'' speech.<ref name="Pocket On This Day"/> [[George VI]] and [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother|Queen Elizabeth]] appear with Chamberlain on the balcony of [[Buckingham Palace]] to celebrate the agreement, a key moment in the [[European foreign policy of the Chamberlain ministry]].
* 1 October – ''[[Picture Post]]'' magazine first published.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Hutchinson Factfinder|publisher=Helicon|year=1999|isbn=1-85986-000-1}}</ref>
* 29 October – [[City Hall, Norwich]], designed in the [[Art Deco]] style by [[Charles Holloway James|C. H. James]] and [[Stephen Rowland Pierce|S. R. Pierce]], is opened.
* 4 November – At a public meeting in his [[Epping (UK Parliament constituency)|parliamentary constituency of Epping]], [[Winston Churchill]] narrowly survives an attempt by fellow Conservative and constituent Sir [[Colin Thornton-Kemsley]] to remove him from Parliament.<ref>{{cite web|title=Who tried to silence Churchill's 1930s Warnings about Nazi Germany?|first=Richard M.|last=Langworth|date=2018-06-05|url=https://winstonchurchill.hillsdale.edu/churchills-1930s-warnings-nazi-germany/|publisher=The Churchill Project|___location=Hillsdale College|access-date=2020-11-04}}</ref>
* 16 November – First reported "attack" of the [[Halifax Slasher]] [[mass hysteria]] incident.
* 20 November – Queen consort [[Maud of Wales|Maud of Norway]] (aunt of the [[George VI|King]]) dies in a nursing home in London aged 68.
* 21 November – [[Apostolic Nunciature to Great Britain|Apostolic Delegation to Great Britain]] appointed.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Catholic Hierarchy|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dxxgb.html|title=Nunciature to Great Britain|year=2012|access-date=2014-11-29}}</ref>
* 1–2 December – First [[Kindertransport]] from [[Berlin]] to London [[Liverpool Street station]] via [[Harwich]].
* 16 December – [[Aircraft carrier]] {{HMS|Ark Royal|91}} (launched by [[Cammell Laird]] in [[Birkenhead]] in 1937 under the 1934 build plan) is commissioned into the [[Royal Navy]].
===Undated===
* [[J. Arthur Rank]] purchases a share in [[Odeon Cinemas]].
* First [[Green belt (UK)|green belt]]s begin to be established in the UK, around [[Sheffield]] and [[Metropolitan Green Belt|London]], the latter under terms of the Green Belt (London and Home Counties) Act.
* [[Little ringed plover]] first breeds in England.
==Publications==
* [[Elizabeth Bowen]]'s novel ''[[The Death of the Heart]]''.
* [[Agatha Christie]]'s [[Hercule Poirot]] novels ''[[Appointment with Death]]'' and ''[[Hercule Poirot's Christmas]]''.
* [[Daphne du Maurier]]'s novel ''[[Rebecca (novel)|Rebecca]]''.
* [[Graham Greene]]'s novel ''[[Brighton Rock (novel)|Brighton Rock]]''.
* [[Kathleen Hale]]'s children's book ''[[Orlando (The Marmalade Cat)]]: A Camping Holiday'', first in the series featuring the eponymous character.
* [[C. S. Lewis]]' science fiction novel ''[[Out of the Silent Planet]]''.
* [[George Orwell]]'s memoir ''[[Homage to Catalonia]]''.
* [[Evelyn Waugh]]'s satirical novel ''[[Scoop (novel)|Scoop]]''.
* [[T. H. White]]'s novel ''[[The Sword in the Stone (novel)|The Sword in the Stone]]'', first in the multi-volume ''[[The Once and Future King]]''.
* [[P. G. Wodehouse]]'s comic novel ''[[The Code of the Woosters]]''.
==Births==
* 1 January – [[Robert Jankel]], businessman, founder of carmaker [[Panther Westwinds|Panther]] (died 2005)
* 2 January
** [[David Bailey (photographer)|David Bailey]], photographer
** [[Ian Brady]], serial killer (died 2017)
* 3 January – [[Robin Butler, Baron Butler of Brockwell]], civil servant
* 6 January – [[Michael Graham Cox]], actor (died 1995)
* 11 January
** [[Alastair Morton]], railway executive (died 2004)
** [[Arthur Scargill]], trade union leader
* 20 January
** [[Liz Calder]], publisher and editor
** [[Derek Dougan]], footballer (died 2007)
** [[Bob Friend (newscaster)|Bob Friend]], newscaster (died 2008)
* 21 January – [[Nicholas Phillips, Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers]], English lawyer and judge, [[Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales]]
* 26 January – [[Henry Jaglom]], English-born director
* 3 February – [[Geoff Clayton]], English cricketer (died 2018)
* 8 February – [[Margo McLennan]], actress (died 2004)
* 17 February – [[Yvonne Romain]], actress
* 26 February – [[Brian Kilby]], marathon runner
* 27 February – [[Jake Thackray]], singer-songwriter (died 2002)
* 28 February – [[John Bulmer]], documentary photographer and filmmaker
* 6 March – [[Pauline Boty]], [[pop art]] painter (died 1966)
* 14 March – [[Eleanor Bron]], actress and author
* 18 March – [[Kenny Lynch]], entertainer (died 2019)
* 24 March – [[Ian Hamilton (critic)|Ian Hamilton]], poet and critic (died 2001)
* 6 April – [[Paul Daniels]], magician (died 2016)
* 19 April – [[Hugh Pennington]], bacteriologist
* 22 April
** [[Alan Bond]], English-born Australian businessman (died 2015)
** [[Adam Raphael]], English journalist and editor
* 28 April – [[Fred Dibnah]], steeplejack and television personality (died 2004)
* 3 May – [[Lindsay Kemp]], dance and mime artist (died 2018)
* 9 May – [[Geoffrey Holland]], English civil servant and academic (died 2017)
* 11 May – [[Bob Scott (ornithologist)|Bob Scott]], ornithologist (died 2009)
* 12 May – [[Terry Farrell (architect)|Terry Farrell]], architect
* 19 May – [[Herbie Flowers]], musician (died 2024)
* 23 May – [[Peter Preston]], newspaper editor (died 2018)
* 25 May – [[Margaret Forster]], writer (died 2016)
* 26 May
** [[May Blood, Baroness Blood]], politician (died 2022)
** [[Andrew Clennel Palmer]], engineer (died 2019)<ref>{{ cite journal | last = King | first = Roger Anthony | doi = 10.1098/rsbm.2022.0015 | date = 27 July 2022 | title = Andrew Clennel Palmer. 26 May 1938—21 December 2019 | journal = [[Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society]] | volume = 73 | pages = 379–393 | doi-access = free }}</ref>
* 27 May – [[Elizabeth Harwood]], operatic soprano (died 1990)
* 31 May – [[John Prescott]], Welsh-born [[Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Deputy Prime Minister]] (died 2024)
* 2 June – [[Helen Oxenbury]], illustrator and children's book writer
* 5 June – [[Janet and Allan Ahlberg|Allan Ahlberg]], children's book writer (died 2025)
* 7 June
** [[Graham Percy]], illustrator (born in New Zealand; died 2008)
** [[Ian St John]], Scottish footballer (died 2021)
* 14 June – [[Angela Browne]], actress (died 2001)
* 18 June – [[Michael Sheard]], actor (died 2005)
* 21 June – [[Don Black (lyricist)|Don Black]], lyricist
* 25 June – [[Jim Feast]], chemical scientist
* 26 June – [[Ted Wragg]], professor of education (died 2005)
* 27 June
** [[Kathryn Beaumont]], actress
** [[David Hope, Baron Hope of Craighead]], judge
* 28 June – [[Simon Douglas-Pennant, 7th Baron Penrhyn]]
* 29 June – [[Peter Wollen]], film theorist and filmmaker (died 2019)
* 30 June – [[Mike Hellawell]], footballer (died 2023)
* 1 July – [[Susan Maughan]], singer
* 2 July – [[David Owen]], politician
* 3 July – [[Ron Fogg]], footballer (died 2020)
* 5 July – [[James Bond (speedway rider)|James Bond]], motorcycle speedway rider
* 6 July
** [[Tony Lewis]], cricketer
** [[Stuart Young (cricketer)|Stuart Young]], cricketer
* 8 July – [[John Ridgway (sailor)|John Ridgway]], sailor
* 9 July – [[Faanya Rose]], British-American businesswoman, conservationist, philanthropist and explorer
* 10 July – [[Hugh Mellor]], philosopher (died 2020)
* 11 July – [[Brian Scarlett]], physicist (died 2004)
* 15 July – [[Josephine Cox]], novelist (died 2020)
* 18 July – [[Ian Stewart (musician)|Ian Stewart]], Scottish rock keyboardist ([[The Rolling Stones]]) (died 1985)
* 19 July – [[Nicholas Bethell, 4th Baron Bethell]], historian and human rights campaigner (died 2007)
* 20 July
** [[Roger Hunt]], footballer (died 2021)
** [[David Pratt (cricketer)|David Pratt]], cricketer
** [[Diana Rigg]], actress (died 2020)
* 22 July – [[Terence Stamp]], actor (died 2025)
* 27 July – [[Peter Ucko]], archaeologist (died 2007)
* 28 July – [[Ian McCaskill]], weather forecaster (died 2016)
* 29 July
**[[Christopher Gibbs]], antiques dealer (died 2018)
**[[Tom Raworth]], poet (died 2017)
* 30 July – [[Terry O'Neill (photographer)|Terry O'Neill]], photographer (died 2019)
* 4 August – [[Simon Preston]], organist (died 2022)
* 6 August – [[Rees Davies]], historian (died 2005)
* 21 August – [[Peter Dale (poet)|Peter Dale]], poet and translator (died 2024)
* 25 August – [[Frederick Forsyth]], thriller writer (died 2025)
* 30 August – [[Alf Meakin]], track and field athlete
* 31 August – [[Martin Bell]], journalist and independent politician
* 10 September – [[David Hamilton (broadcaster)|David Hamilton]], radio and TV personality
* 12 September
** [[Michael Leader]], actor (died 2016)
** [[Patrick Mower]], actor
* 13 September
** [[Angus Douglas-Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton]] and 12th Duke of Brandon, Scottish peer (died 2010)
** [[John Smith (Labour Party leader)|John Smith]], Scottish politician, leader of the Labour Party (died 1994)
* 16 September – [[Edward George, Baron George|Eddie George]], financier and Governor of the Bank of England (died 2009)
* 20 September – [[Jane Manning]], opera and concert singer (died 2021)
* 25 September – [[Ron Hill]], distance runner and sports clothing entrepreneur (died 2021)
* 27 September – [[Arthur Metcalfe]], racing cyclist (died 2002)
* 30 September – [[Alan Hacker]], musician (died 2012)
* 9 October
** [[Denzil Davies]], Welsh politician (died 2018)
** [[Angus Montagu, 12th Duke of Manchester]], English peer (died 2002)
** [[John Sutherland (author)|John Sutherland]], writer and academic
* 13 October – [[Hugo Young]], journalist (died 2003)
* 14 October – [[Elizabeth Esteve-Coll]], museum director and academic administrator (died 2024)
* 20 October – [[Iain MacMillan]], photographer (died 2006)
* 22 October – [[Derek Jacobi]], actor
* 24 October – [[Michael Graydon]], air marshal
* 28 October
** [[David Dimbleby]], broadcaster
** [[Anne Perry]], born Juliet Marion Hulme, detective novelist and murderer (died 2023)
* 1 November – [[Malcolm Laycock]], radio presenter and producer (died 2009)
* 12 November
** [[Terry McDonald (footballer)|Terry McDonald]], footballer and coach
** [[Richard May (judge)|Richard May]], judge (died 2004)
* 15 November – [[John MacKay, Baron MacKay of Ardbrecknish]], politician (died 2001)
* 17 November – [[Charles Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank]], field marshal
* 4 December – [[Richard Meade (equestrian)|Richard Meade]], equestrian (died 2015)
* 9 December – [[Robin Popplestone]], computer scientist (died 2004)
* 10 December – [[Brian Jones (poet)|Brian Jones]], poet (died 2009)
* 12 December – [[Felicity Ann d'Abreu]], film producer
* 15 December – [[Michael Bogdanov]], theatre director (died 2017)
* 17 December – [[Carlo Little]], drummer (died 2005)
* 21 December – [[John Quayle (actor)|John Quayle]], actor
* 22 December – [[Brian Locking]], bassist ([[The Shadows]])
==Deaths==
* 13 March – [[Frederick George Jackson]], Arctic explorer (born 1860)
* 9 April
** [[Archibald Kennedy, 3rd Marquess of Ailsa]], aristocrat (born 1847)
** [[Thomas Octavius Callender|Sir Thomas Callender]], engineer and businessman (born 1855)
* 16 April
** [[Steve Bloomer]], footballer and manager (born 1874)
** [[Bertram Mills]], circus manager (born 1873)
* 16 May – [[Lewis Bayly (Royal Navy officer)|Sir Lewis Bayly]], admiral (born 1857)
* 9 June – [[John Broadbent]], army officer and politician (born 1872)
* 23 June
** [[Clement Edwards]], lawyer, journalist and activist (born 1869)
** [[William Gillespie (actor)|William Gillespie]], actor (born 1894)
* 4 July – [[Archibald Berkeley Milne|Sir Archibald Berkeley Milne]], admiral (born 1855)
* 16 July – [[Samuel Insull]], British-born American businessman (born 1859)
* 18 July – [[Marie of Edinburgh]], Queen consort of [[Ferdinand I of Romania]], granddaughter of Queen Victoria (born 1875)
* 12 September – [[Prince Arthur of Connaught]], grandson of [[Queen Victoria]] (born 1883)
* 3 October – [[Olivia Shakespear]], novelist, playwright, and patron of the arts (born 1863)
* 24 October – [[Gilbert Greenall, 1st Baron Daresbury]], businessman (born 1867)
* 27 October – [[Lascelles Abercrombie]], poet and critic (born 1881)
* 16 November – [[James Barr (physician)|James Barr]], physician (born 1849)
* 20 November – [[Maud of Wales]], Queen consort of [[Haakon VII of Norway]] and last surviving child of King Edward VII (born 1869)
* 24 December – [[William Mitchell-Thomson, 1st Baron Selsdon]], politician (born 1877)
==See also==
* [[List of British films of 1938]]
==References==
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[[Category:1930s in the United Kingdom]]
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