1852 in the United Kingdom

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1852 in the United Kingdom:

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Events from the year 1852 in the United Kingdom.

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 References

[edit] Events

• 17 January - United Kingdom recognises the independence of the Transvaal.
• 14 February - The Great Ormond Street Hospital in London admits its first patient. ^[1]
• 1 March - Archibald William Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
• 1 April - Start of the Second Burmese War.
• 4 November - General election won by the Conservative Party under Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby.
• 11 November - New Palace of Westminster opens in London.

[edit] Births

• 4 May - Alice Liddell, schoolgirl inspiration for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (d. 1934)
• 12 September - Herbert Henry Asquith, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1928)
• 28 September - John French, 1st Earl of Ypres, World War I field marshal (d. 1925)
• 2 October - William Ramsay, chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1916)

[edit] Deaths

• 4 September - William MacGillivray, naturalist and ornithologist (b. 1796)
• 14 September - Augustus Pugin, architect (b. 1812)
• 14 September - Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, general and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1769)
• 27 November - Augusta Lovelace, early computer pioneer (b. 1815)

[edit] References