page_title: 2018 in the United Kingdom
section_title: July
hierarchical_section_title: 2018 in the United Kingdom / Deaths / July
caption_attribution_description: English: Picture of Gervase Markham, Governator at the Mozilla Corporation
context_page_description: Events from the year 2018 in the United Kingdom.
context_section_description: 1 July
  Roy Carr, 72–73, English music journalist.
  Peter Firmin, 89, English artist and puppet maker (Noggin the Nog, Ivor the Engine, Clangers, Bagpuss, Pogles' Wood)
  Gordon Hillman, 74, archaeobotanist.
  Gillian Lynne, 92, English dancer and choreographer (The Phantom of the Opera, Cats, The Muppet Show).
  Julian Tudor Hart, 91, Welsh physician and writer.
  2 July
  Alan Longmuir, 70, Scottish musician (Bay City Rollers)
  Meic Stephens, 79, Welsh writer and editor
  5 July
  Kenneth Shearwood, 96, English cricketer (Oxford University, Derbyshire)
  7 July
  John Dunlop, 78, English racehorse trainer
  William Dunlop, 32, Northern Irish motorcycle racer, collision during practice.
  Peter Sawyer, 90, British historian.
  Sir Maurice Shock, 92, British educationalist and university administrator, Vice Chancellor of the University of Leicester (1977–1987).
  Tessa Tennant, 59, British green investment campaigner.
  8 July
  Alan Gilzean, 79, Scottish footballer (Dundee, Tottenham Hotspur)
  Oliver Knussen, 66, composer.
  9 July
  Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, 99, British politician, Foreign Secretary (1979–1982), Secretary General of NATO (1984–1988).
  William Hughes, 20, Welsh amateur boxer and child actor (Doctor Who), suspected suicide.
  10 July
  William Hobbs, 79, British fencer and fight choreographer (Willow, Flash Gordon, Rob Roy), dementia.
  Clive King, 94, English author (Stig of the Dump).
  John Laird, Baron Laird, 74, Northern Irish politician, member of the House of Lords (since 1999).
  Jessica Mann, 80, British writer.
  11 July
  Barbara Harrell-Bond, 86, American-born British refugee studies academic (University of Oxford).
  Tom Neil, 97, English fighter pilot (Battle of Britain), member of The Few.
  12 July
  J. A. Bailey, 88, English cricketer and administrator, Secretary of Marylebone Cricket Club (1974–1987).
  13 July
  Peter Copeman, 86, English dermatologist.
  Grahame Dangerfield, 80, British broadcaster and naturalist.
  14 July
  Alan Ewen Donald, 87, diplomat, Ambassador to China (1988–1991), prostate cancer.
  Mick Langley, snooker player, Paralympic champion (1988).
  Davie McParland, 83, Scottish footballer and manager (Partick Thistle, Queen's Park, Hamilton).
  15 July
  Trevor Brewer, 87, Welsh rugby union player (Newport, London Welsh, national team).
  17 July
  Hugh Whitemore, 82, English playwright and screenwriter (84 Charing Cross Road, The Final Days, The Gathering Storm).
  18 July
  Anne Olivier Bell, 102, English literary editor and art scholar, member of the Monuments Men Brigade.
  Geoffrey Wellum, 96, English fighter pilot and author.
  19 July
  Michael Howells, 61, British production designer (Victoria, Ever After, Nanny McPhee).
  21 July
  Allan Ball, 75, English footballer (Queen of the South).
  Peter Blake, 69, Scottish actor (Dear John).
  Don McCarthy, 63, British entrepreneur and philanthropist, chairman of House of Fraser (2006–2014).
  22 July
  June Jacobs, 88, British peace activist.
  23 July
  Helen Burns, 101, English actress.
  Lucy Ferry, 58, British model (Robert Mapplethorpe) and socialite.
  Paul Madeley, 73, English footballer (Leeds United, England national team).
  24 July
  Mary Ellis, 101, English second world war Air Transport Auxiliary ferry pilot.
  John Murray, 83, English cricketer (Middlesex, national team).
  25 July
  Nick Browne-Wilkinson, Baron Browne-Wilkinson, 88, British judge, Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (1998–2000).
  Andrew Hopper, 69, British lawyer.
  Carolyn Jones, 77, British actress (Crossroads).
  Braham Murray, 75, English theatre director (Manchester Royal Exchange).
  Ellie Soutter, 18, British snowboarder.
  26 July
  Alastair Yates, 66, British news anchor (BBC News, Sky News, About Anglia).
  27 July
  Alan Bennion, 88, British actor (Doctor Who, Z-Cars).
  George Cunningham, 87, British politician, MP (1970–1983).
  Bernard Hepton, 92, British actor (Colditz, I, Claudius, Secret Army).
  Gervase Markham, 40, British computer programmer (Mozilla).
  Geoff Whitty, 71, British educator (UCL Institute of Education).
  28 July
  Christopher Gibbs, 79, British antiques dealer.
  29 July
  John Goodwin, 97, British theatre publicist, writer and editor.
caption: Gervase Markham
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