1922 in the United Kingdom
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The social and political problems which attained the most prominence in the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] in [[1922]] showed a further departure from those which had chiefly occupied public attention during [[World War I]], and the country had by now almost returned to its normal condition. Prices continued to fall during the early part of the year, but very slowly as compared with the previous decline, and in the latter half of the year the fall ceased almost entirely, prices becoming comparatively stabilized at about 80% above the level of July 1914. Labour problems, which had occupied so much attention during and after the war, were less constantly in the public eye. The principle of inevitable reductions in wages had been accepted by the working classes as a whole, and there were few strikes on a large scale, the worst being that in the engineering trade. Unemployment continued to be very great, but it was recognized that little more could be done by government measures for its alleviation, and the subject was much less prominent in the political world than it had been in the previous year. A further indication of the return to normal conditions was in the gradual decay of the coalition government; the combination of parties which had been brought about in the presence of a common danger was no longer found to work satisfactorily when the normal problems of peace were at issue. Very early in the year signs of disintegration became manifest in the coalition. On several occasions the two wings threatened to fall apart, but the government was successfully held together by the personality of Prime Minister [[David Lloyd George]] until the last quarter of the year, when the internal dissensions which had made themselves felt for so many months past reached a bursting-point, and the coalition was finally rent asunder in a day.
[[Ireland|Irish]] affairs occupied an important place in politics throughout the year. 1922 saw the establishment of the [[Irish Free State]] in the south and west of the island.
==Incumbents==
*'''Monarch''' - [[George V of the United Kingdom]]
*'''Prime Minister''' - [[David Lloyd George]], coalition (until [[22 October]]), [[Andrew Bonar Law]], [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]]
==Events==
* [[7 January]] - In [[Ireland]] the [[Dáil Éireann]] ratifies the [[Anglo-Irish Treaty]].<ref name="Cassell's Chronology">{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=491–493}}</ref>
* [[12 January]] - British government releases remaining Irish prisoners captured in the [[Anglo-Irish War|War of Independence]].
* [[13 January]] - Flu epidemic has claimed 804 victims in [[United Kingdom|Britain]].
* [[28 February]] - The United Kingdom accepts the [[independence]] of [[Egypt]].<ref name="Pocket On This Day">{{cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006}}</ref>
* [[1 March]] - The [[British Civil Aviation Authority]] is established.
* [[29 May]] - British Liberal MP [[Horatio Bottomley]] jailed for 7 years for [[fraud]].
* [[1 June]] - Official founding of the [[Royal Ulster Constabulary]].
* [[22 June]] - [[Irish Republican Army|IRA]] agents assassinate British field marshal [[Henry Wilson]] in [[Belgravia]] - assassins are sentenced to death [[July 18]].
* [[17 July]] - [[County Hall, London]] opened, as the new headquarters of the [[London County Council]].<ref name=CBH>{{cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 361-362|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2}}</ref>
* [[7 October]] - Speaking on the radio station [[2LO]], the [[Edward VIII of the United Kingdom|Prince of Wales]] becomes the first Royal to make a public broadcast.<ref name="Pocket On This Day"/>
* [[18 October]] - The [[BBC|British Broadcasting Company]] is formed.<ref name="Pocket On This Day"/>
* [[19 October]] - David Lloyd George's [[Coalition Government 1916-1922|Coalition Ministry]] resigns over the [[Chanak Crisis]].<ref name="Cassell's Chronology"/>
* [[23 October]] - [[Andrew Bonar Law]]'s [[Conservative Government 1922-1924|Conservative Ministry]] took office.<ref name="Pocket On This Day"/>
* [[1 November]] - The [[broadcasting license fee]] of ten [[shilling]]s introduced.
* [[4 November]] - In [[Egypt]], [[United Kingdom|British]] archaeologist [[Howard Carter (archaeologist)|Howard Carter]] and his men find the entrance to King [[Tutankhamen]]'s tomb in the [[Valley of the Kings]].<ref name="Cassell's Chronology"/>
* [[14 November]] - The [[British Broadcasting Corporation]] (BBC) begins [[radio]] service in the United Kingdom.<ref name="Cassell's Chronology"/> [[2LO]] became the first radio station in the United Kingdom.
* [[15 November]]
** [[United Kingdom general election, 1922|General election]], the first following the partition of Ireland, won by the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] under Bonar Law. The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] overtakes the [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]] as Britain's second largest political party.<ref name="Cassell's Chronology"/>
** First BBC broadcasts from [[Birmingham]] (station [[5IT]]) and [[Manchester]] (station 2ZY).
* [[5 December]] - UK Parliament enacts the Irish Free State Constitution Act, by which it legally sanctions the new [[Constitution of the Irish Free State]].
* [[6 December]] - The [[Irish Free State]] officially comes into existence.<ref name="Cassell's Chronology"/> [[George V of the United Kingdom|George V]] becomes the [[Monarchy in the Irish Free State|Free State's monarch]].
* [[7 December]] - The [[Parliament of Northern Ireland]] votes to remain part of the United Kingdom.<ref name="Cassell's Chronology"/>
* [[10 December]] - [[Francis William Aston]] wins the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] "for his discovery, by means of his mass spectrograph, of isotopes, in a large number of non-radioactive elements, and for his enunciation of the whole-number rule".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1922/|title=The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922|accessdate=2008-02-02}}</ref>
* [[24 December]] - First BBC broadcast from [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] (station 5NO).
===Undated===
* Meteorologist [[Lewis Fry Richardson]] proposes a scheme for [[weather forecasting]] by solution of [[differential equation]]s, the method used today, in his work ''Weather Prediction by Numerical Process''.<ref>{{cite book |title= The Hutchinson Factfinder |publisher= Helicon |year= 1999 |isbn= 1-85986-000-1 }}</ref>
* [[Archibald Hill]] wins the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] "for his discovery relating to the production of heat in the muscle". This award was announced on [[25 October]] [[1923]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1922/|title=The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1922|accessdate=2008-02-02}}</ref>
* [[Transport and General Workers' Union]] formed.<ref name="Cassell's Chronology"/>
* [[Urdd Gobaith Cymru]] founded in [[Wales]] by [[Ifan ab Owen Edwards]].
* Production of the [[Austin 7]] car begins in [[Cowley]].<ref name="Cassell's Chronology"/>
* Archaeologist [[Leonard Woolley]] discovers the [[Sumer]]ian city of [[Ur]].<ref name="Cassell's Chronology"/>
==Publications==
* [[Agatha Christie]]'s novel ''[[The Secret Adversary]]''.
* [[Richmal Crompton]]'s children's novel ''[[Just William]]''.
* [[T. S. Eliot]]'s poem ''[[The Waste Land]]''.
* [[James Joyce]]'s novel ''[[Ulysses (novel)|Ulysses]]''.
==Births==
* [[21 January]] - [[Paul Scofield]], actor (died [[2008 in the United Kingdom|2008]])
* [[26 January]] - [[Michael Bentine]], actor (died [[1996 in the United Kingdom|1996]])
* [[6 February]]
** [[Patrick Macnee]], actor
** [[Denis Norden]], television and radio scriptwriter
* [[7 February]] - [[Hattie Jacques]], actress (died [[1980 in the United Kingdom|1980]])
* [[9 February]] - [[Jim Laker]], cricketer (died [[1986 in the United Kingdom|1986]])
* [[26 February]] - [[Margaret Leighton]], actress
* [[9 March]] - [[Tommy Cooper]], comedian and magician (died [[1984 in the United Kingdom|1984]])
* [[5 April]]
** [[Tom Finney]], footballer
** [[Christopher Hewett]], actor (died [[2001 in the United Kingdom|2001]])
* [[13 April]] - [[John Braine]], novelist (died [[1986 in the United Kingdom|1986]])
* [[16 April]] - [[Kingsley Amis]], novelist (died [[1995 in the United Kingdom|1995]])
* [[28 April]] - [[Alistair MacLean]], writer (died [[1987 in the United Kingdom|1987]])
* [[27 May]] - [[Christopher Lee]], actor
* [[31 May]] - [[Denholm Elliott]], actor (died [[1992 in the United Kingdom|1992]])
* [[6 August]] - [[Freddie Laker]], airline entrepreneur (died [[2006 in the United Kingdom|2006]])
* [[9 August]] - [[Philip Larkin]], poet (died [[1985 in the United Kingdom|1985]])
* [[5 October]] - [[Jock Stein]], footballer and manager of [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]] (died 1985)
* [[16 October]] - [[Max Bygraves]], singer and entertainer
* [[26 December]] - [[Richard Mayes]], actor (died [[2006 in the United Kingdom|2006]])
==Deaths==
* [[5 January]] - [[Ernest Shackleton]], explorer (born [[1874 in the United Kingdom|1874]])
* [[3 February]] - [[John Butler Yeats]], artist (born [[1839 in the United Kingdom|1839]])
* [[24 March]] - [[Walter Parr]], preacher (born [[1871 in the United Kingdom|1871]])
* [[10 April]] - [[John Benn]], politician (born [[1850 in the United Kingdom|1850]])
* [[14 May]] - [[Mary Victoria Hamilton]] Scottish-German-French great-grandmother of Prince Rainier III of Monaco (born [[1850 in the United Kingdom|1850]])
* [[2 August]] - [[Alexander Graham Bell]], Scottish-born inventor (born [[1847 in the United Kingdom|1847]])
* [[14 August]] - [[Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe]] newspaper and publishing magnate (born [[1865 in the United Kingdom|1865]])
* [[7 October]] - [[Marie Lloyd]], music-hall singer (born [[1870 in the United Kingdom|1870]])
* [[24 October]] - [[George Cadbury]], businessman (born [[1839 in the United Kingdom|1839]])
==References==
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==See also==
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