page_title: 2017 in the United Kingdom
section_title: April
hierarchical_section_title: 2017 in the United Kingdom / Deaths / April
caption_attribution_description: English: Alan Holdsworth taken circa 1978 at the Beacon Theater in NYC with UK
context_page_description: Events from the year 2017 in the United Kingdom.
context_section_description: 1 April
  Parv Bancil, 50, playwright.
  Darcus Howe, 74, Trinidadian-born civil rights activist, member of the Mangrove Nine.
  Stuart Markland, 69, footballer (Berwick Rangers, Dundee United, Montrose).
  2 April
  D. B. H. Wildish, 102, Royal Navy vice admiral.
  Jeremy Wilson, 72, editor, publisher and writer.
  3 April – Stella Turk, 92, zoologist, naturalist and conservationist.
  5 April
  Tim Parnell, 84, racing driver (Formula One).
  Dennis Shaw, 86, cricketer (Warwickshire).
  6 April
  Stan Anslow, 85, footballer (Millwall).
  John Fraser, 82, politician, MP for Norwood (1966–1997).
  7 April
  Christopher Morahan, 87, stage and television director (The Jewel in the Crown).
  Mary Mumford, 15th Lady Herries of Terregles, 76, peeress.
  Tim Pigott-Smith, 70, actor (The Jewel in the Crown, Clash of the Titans, V for Vendetta).
  John Salmon, 86, advertising executive.
  8 April – Brian Matthew, 88, TV and radio presenter (Saturday Club, Thank Your Lucky Stars, Sounds of the 60s).
  9 April – Stan Robinson, 80, jazz tenor saxophonist and flautist.
  10 April
  Sir Arnold Clark, 89, businessman, founder of Arnold Clark Group.
  Fred Furniss, 94, footballer (Sheffield United).
  David Parry-Jones, 83, TV presenter and writer.
  Margaret Towner, 96, actress (Derek, Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace).
  11 April
  David Perry, 79, rugby union player (England).
  Toby Smith, 46, keyboardist (Jamiroquai).
  14 April
  George William Jones, 79, political scientist and author.
  Bill Mitchell, 65, theatre director.
  John Woodburn, 80, racing cyclist.
  15 April
  Johnny Carlyle, 87, ice hockey player (Nottingham Panthers).
  Dorothy Dorow, 86, soprano.
  Allan Holdsworth, 70, guitarist and composer (Bruford, UK, Soft Machine).
  16 April
  Michael Bogdanov, 78, theatre director.
  Rosemary Frankau, 84, actress (Terry and June).
  17 April
  Michael Perham, 69, Anglican prelate, Bishop of Gloucester (2004–2014).
  Sean Scanlan, 68, actor.
  18 April
  Gordon Langford, 86, composer.
  Nona Liddell, 89, violinist.
  20 April
  Sir Ewen Fergusson, 84, British diplomat, Ambassador to South Africa (1982–1984) and France (1987–1992).
  Sir Geoffrey Holland, 88, civil servant.
  Eric Ingham, 72, rugby league footballer of the 1970s.
  Germaine Mason, 34, Jamaican-born athlete, Olympic gold medallist (2008).
  21 April – Ugo Ehiogu, 44, footballer (Aston Villa, Middlesbrough, England) and football coach.
  22 April
  Olga Hegedus, 96, cellist.
  Ian Kirkwood, Lord Kirkwood, 84, jurist, Senator of the College of Justice.
  Sir Julian Priestley, 66, civil servant, Secretary General of the European Parliament (1997–2007).
  Peter N. T. Wells, 80–81, medical physicist.
  23 April
  Leo Baxendale, 86, comics artist, creator of Little Plum, Minnie the Minx, and The Bash Street Kids.
  Michael Williams, Baron Williams of Baglan, 67, peer and diplomat.
  24 April – Phil Edwards, 67, Olympic racing cyclist (1972).
  26 April
  Raj Bagri, Baron Bagri, 86, Indian-born businessman (London Metal Exchange).
  Charles Eugster, 97, Masters athlete.
  Peter Venables, 94, psychologist.
  Ronald Karslake Starr Wood, 98, plant pathologist.
  28 April
  Andrew Tyler, 70, animal rights campaigner and music journalist.
  Sir John Whitmore, 79, baronet, racing driver and executive coach.
  30 April – Clifford Brewer, 104, surgeon.
caption: Allan Holdsworth
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