1852 in the United Kingdom

Events from the year 1852 in the United Kingdom.

Incumbents

*Monarch - Victoria of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister - John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Liberal (until 23 February), Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, Conservative (until 19 December), George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Peelite

Events

* 17 January - United Kingdom recognises the independence of the Transvaal.
* 14 February - The Great Ormond Street Hospital in London admits its first patient.cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]
* 21 February - Earl Russell resigns as Prime Minister after his Militia Bill is amended.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 272-273|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
* 23 February - Earl of Derby forms a minority Conservative government.
* 1 March - Archibald William Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
* 1 April - Start of the Second Burmese War.
* 21 June - Trial of Cardinal John Henry Newman for the defamation of Giacinto Achilli opens in London. Newman was convicted on 25 June. [cite book | title=Life of John Henry Cardinal Newman | year=1912 | edition=2 vols. | author=Ward, W. | pages= [http://www.newmanreader.org/biography/ward/volume1/chapter10.html Chapter 10: The Achilli Trial] , "p."291 | publisher=Longmans, Green and Co | location=London ]
* 30 June - Colony of New Zealand granted its first representative government.
* 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.
* 17 December - Earl of Derby resigns as Prime Minister, following the defeat of his budget.
* 28 December - Earl of Aberdeen becomes Prime Minister, leading a Whig-Peelite coalition.

Undated

* King's Cross Station opens, the largest in Europe at the time.

Publications

* "Roget's Thesaurus".cite web|url=http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/icons-timeline/1840-1860|title=Icons, a portrait of England 1840-1860|accessdate=2007-09-13]
* Serialisation of Charles Dickens' novel "Bleak House".
* William Makepeace Thackeray's novel "The History of Henry Esmond".

Births

* 4 May - Alice Liddell, schoolgirl inspiration for "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" (died 1934)
* 23 August - Arnold Toynbee, economic historian (died 1883)
* 12 September - Herbert Henry Asquith, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1928)
* 28 September - John French, 1st Earl of Ypres, World War I field marshal (died 1925)
* 2 October - William Ramsay, chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1916)

Deaths

* 10 February - Samuel Prout, painter (born 1783)
* 4 September - William MacGillivray, naturalist and ornithologist (born 1796)
* 14 September - Augustus Pugin, architect (born 1812)
* 14 September - Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, general and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1769)
* 21 November - Mary Berry, writer (born 1763)
* 27 November - Augusta Lovelace, early computer pioneer (born 1815)

References

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