page_title: 2010 in the United Kingdom
section_title: October
hierarchical_section_title: 2010 in the United Kingdom / Deaths / October
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of Richard Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 4th Baron Acton, by Peter Thompson. Included in the painting is a portrait of Sir John Acton. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Sirjohnacton.jpg
context_page_description: Events from the year 2010 in the United Kingdom.
context_section_description: 1 October
  Ian Buxton, footballer and cricketer (b. 1938)
  Lan Wright, science fiction writer (b. 1923)
  2 October
  Brenda Cowling, actress (b. 1925)
  Sam Lesser, journalist and Spanish Civil War veteran (b. 1915)
  Gillian Lowndes, ceramics sculptor (b. 1936)
  3 October
  Philippa Foot, philosopher (b. 1920); granddaughter of Grover Cleveland
  Sir Louis Le Bailly, admiral and director-general of intelligence (b. 1915)
  4 October
  Gordon Lewis, aeronautical engineer (b. 1924)
  Peter Warr, racing driver (b. 1938, Iran)
  Sir Norman Wisdom, actor (b. 1915)
  5 October
  Roy Axe, car designer (b. 1937)
  Roy Ward Baker, film director (b. 1916)
  8 October
  Reg King, singer-songwriter (b. 1945)
  Linda Norgrove, aid worker (killed in Afghanistan) (b. 1974)
  Neil Richardson, composer (b. 1930)
  10 October
  Les Gibbard, political cartoonist (b. 1945, New Zealand)
  John Graysmark, production designer (b. 1935)
  Richard Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 4th Baron Acton, peer and politician (b. 1941)
  Alison Stephens, mandolin player (b. 1970)
  11 October – Claire Rayner, broadcaster and writer (b. 1931)
  12 October – Austin Ardill, politician (b. 1917)
  13 October
  Eddie Baily, footballer (b. 1925)
  Mary Malcolm, television journalist (b. 1918)
  14 October – Simon MacCorkindale, actor (b. 1952)
  15 October – Malcolm Allison, footballer and football manager (b. 1927)
  18 October
  David Fontana, psychologist (b. 1934)
  Mel Hopkins, footballer (b. 1934)
  19 October
  Graham Crowden, actor (b. 1922)
  John Waterlow, physiologist (b. 1916)
  20 October
  Eva Ibbotson, novelist (b. 1925)
  D. Geraint James, doctor (b. 1922)
  Robert Paynter, cinematographer (b. 1928)
  Julian Roberts, librarian (b. 1930)
  21 October – Howard Harry Rosenbrock, electrical engineer (b. 1920)
  22 October – Bill Henderson, politician (b. 1924)
  24 October – Andy Holmes, rower (b. 1959)
  25 October – David Burgess, immigration lawyer (murdered) (b. 1947)
  27 October – William Griffiths, field hockey player (b. 1922)
  28 October
  Robert Dickie, boxer (b. 1964)
  Gerard Kelly, actor (b. 1959)
  Maurice Murphy, trumpeter (b. 1935)
  29 October
  Ronnie Clayton, footballer (b. 1934)
  Geoffrey Crawley, journalist and editor (b. 1926)
  Mervyn Haisman, screenwriter (b. 1928)
  30 October – John Benson, footballer (b. 1942)
caption: Richard Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 4th Baron Acton
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