page_title: 2017 in the United Kingdom
section_title: March
hierarchical_section_title: 2017 in the United Kingdom / Deaths / March
caption_attribution_description: English: Martin McGuinness, Irish Presidential candidate
context_page_description: Events from the year 2017 in the United Kingdom.
context_section_description: 1 March
  P. J. Bradley, 76, politician, member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (1998–2011).
  John Hampshire, 76, cricketer (Yorkshire, England).
  2 March – Tommy Gemmell, 73, footballer (Celtic, Dundee, Scotland) and manager.
  3 March
  Dame Anne Griffiths, 84, librarian and archivist.
  Mary Parry, 87, figure skater, European championship bronze medalist (1960).
  Gordon Thomas, 84, journalist and author.
  5 March – Leonard Manasseh, 100, architect.
  6 March – Geoffrey Wainwright, 79, archaeologist.
  7 March
  Ronald Drever, 85, physicist.
  Julian Haines, 72–73, bowler.
  8 March – Sir Clive Bossom, 99, baronet, politician and MP for Leominster (1959–1974).
  9 March
  Mick Adams, 65, rugby league footballer (Widnes Vikings).
  Ann Beach, 78, actress (Fresh Fields).
  Jane Freeman, 81, actress (Last of the Summer Wine).
  Howard Hodgkin, 84, painter and printmaker.
  Keith Holliday, 82, rugby league footballer (Wakefield Trinity).
  10 March
  Sir Nigel Cecil, 91, Royal Navy officer, Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man (1980–1985).
  John Forgeham, 75, actor (The Italian Job, Sheena, Footballers' Wives).
  Tony Haygarth, 72, actor (Chicken Run, Emmerdale, Dracula).
  Glyn Tegai Hughes, 94, academic and politician.
  Roy Mason, 83, figure skater, European championship bronze medalist (1960).
  John Surtees, 83, motorcycle racer, world champion (1956, 1958, 1959, 1960) and Formula One driver, world champion (1964).
  12 March
  Pamela Sue Anderson, 61, philosopher.
  Ray Hassall, 74, politician, Lord Mayor of Birmingham (2015–2016).
  13 March
  Chris Greetham, 80, cricketer (Somerset).
  John Lever, 55, drummer (The Chameleons).
  Dave Taylor, 76, footballer (Yeovil Town).
  14 March
  Barbara Boxall, women's magazine editor.
  Jim McAnearney, 81, footballer (Sheffield Wednesday, Plymouth Argyle) and manager.
  15 March – Stephen Cosh, 97, cricketer.
  16 March
  Tony Barrow, 45, rugby league player (Swinton Lions).
  Henry Richmond, 81, Anglican prelate, Bishop of Repton (1986–1998).
  17 March
  Robert Day, 94, television and movie director (The Green Man, First Man into Space, The Rebel).
  George Lewith, 67, medical researcher.
  19 March
  Robin Sibson, 72, mathematician, vice-chancellor of the University of Kent, chief executive of the Higher Education Statistics Agency.
  Ian Stewart, 87, racing driver.
  20 March – Billy Hails, 82, professional footballer and manager (Peterborough United).
  21 March
  Colin Dexter, 86, author (Inspector Morse series).
  Roy Fisher, 86, poet and jazz pianist.
  Martin McGuinness, 66, politician, deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland (2007–2017), MP (1997–2013), MLA (1998–2017), and former Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) leader.
  22 March
  Andy Coogan, 99, author and World War II veteran.
  Ken Currie, 91, footballer (Heart of Midlothian, Dunfermline Athletic).
  John Derrick, 54, cricketer (Glamorgan).
  Keith Palmer, 47–48, police officer, victim of the 2017 Westminster attack.
  Ronnie Moran, 83, football player and coach (Liverpool).
  24 March
  Piers Dixon, 88, politician, MP for Truro (1970–1974).
  Peter Shotton, 75, washboardist (The Quarrymen) and businessman (Fatty Arbuckle's, Apple Corps).
  Keith Sutton, 82, Anglican prelate, Bishop of Lichfield (1984–2003).
  25 March – J. Richard Hill, 88, Royal Navy admiral.
  27 March
  Clem Curtis, 76, singer (The Foundations).
  David Storey, 83, novelist (Saville), screenwriter (This Sporting Life) and playwright (Home).
  Harold Neville Vazeille Temperley, 102, applied mathematician.
  28 March
  Paul Bowles, 59, footballer (Crewe Alexandra, Port Vale, Stockport County).
  Gwilym Prys Davies, Baron Prys-Davies, 93, lawyer and politician.
  30 March – Sir John Fretwell, 86, diplomat, Ambassador to France (1982–1987).
  31 March
  Rupert Cornwell, 71, journalist (The Independent).
  Mike Hall, 35, endurance cyclist.
  John Phillips, 65, footballer (Chelsea, Wales).
caption: Martin McGuinness
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