page_title: 2017 in the United Kingdom
section_title: August
hierarchical_section_title: 2017 in the United Kingdom / Deaths / August
caption_attribution_description: English: 11th Duke of Beaufort taken in London
context_page_description: Events from the year 2017 in the United Kingdom.
context_section_description: 1 August
  Sir Patrick Bateson, 79, biologist, Provost of King's College, Cambridge (1987–2003).
  Sir John Blelloch, 86, civil servant, Permanent Secretary at the Northern Ireland Office (1988–1990).
  Ian Graham, 93, Mayanist.
  2 August
  Dave Caldwell, 85, footballer (Aberdeen).
  Robin Eady, 76, dermatologist.
  David Ince, 96, World War II RAF officer.
  Graham Wiltshire, 86, cricket player and coach (Gloucestershire).
  3 August
  David James Bowen, 91, academic (University of Wales, Aberystwyth).
  Robert Hardy, 91, actor (All Creatures Great and Small, Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years, Harry Potter).
  Garry Hart, Baron Hart of Chilton, 77, life peer.
  4 August
  Laurie Brokenshire, 64, Royal Navy officer and magician.
  Chuck Hay, 87, curler.
  5 August
  Dame Helen Alexander, 60, businesswoman, President of the Confederation of British Industry (2009–2011), Chairwoman of the Port of London Authority (2010–2015) and Chancellor of the University of Southampton (since 2011).
  Lee Blakeley, 45, opera and theatre director.
  Doug Insole, 91, cricketer (Essex, England).
  6 August
  Arthur Boyars, 92, poet and musicologist.
  Kevin McNamara, 82, former Labour Party MP and Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
  8 August
  Mike Deakin, 83, footballer (Crystal Palace).
  Ken Roberts, rugby league player (Swinton, Halifax, Great Britain).
  9 August – Thomas A. Bird, 98, WWII Army major and architect.
  10 August
  Chris Hesketh, 72–73, rugby league player (Wigan, Salford, Great Britain).
  T. Jack Thompson, 74, historian.
  11 August
  Susan Brown, 79, mathematician.
  Ted Corbett, 82, cricket writer (The Hindu).
  Richard Gordon, 95, author and physician (Doctor).
  13 August – Victor Pemberton, 85, writer and television producer (Doctor Who, Fraggle Rock, The Adventures of Black Beauty).
  15 August
  Joe McGurn, 52, footballer (St Johnstone, Alloa Athletic, Stenhousemuir).
  Paul Oliver, 90, architecture and blues historian.
  Diane Pearson, 85, book editor and author.
  16 August
  Jennifer Daniel, 81, actress.
  John Ogston, 78, footballer (Aberdeen).
  David Somerset, 11th Duke of Beaufort, 89, peer.
  18 August
  Sir Bruce Forsyth, 89, television presenter and entertainer (The Generation Game, Play Your Cards Right, The Price is Right, You Bet!, Strictly Come Dancing).
  Liz MacKean, 52, broadcast journalist (Newsnight).
  Duncan Russell, 59, football manager (Mansfield Town).
  Don Shepherd, 90, cricketer (Glamorgan).
  19 August – Brian Aldiss, 92, science fiction writer (Helliconia) and editor.
  20 August
  Bernard Dunstan, 97, artist.
  Gordon Williams, 83, writer (The Siege of Trencher's Farm).
  21 August
  Bill Green, 66, footballer (Hartlepool United, Chesterfield) and football manager (Scunthorpe United).
  Dame Margaret Turner-Warwick, 92, physician and thoracic specialist, first woman president of the Royal College of Physicians.
  22 August – Michael J. C. Gordon, 69, computer scientist.
  23 August
  Michael Dauncey, 97, Army brigadier.
  John Petty, 82, Anglican priest.
  Francis Michael Longstreth Thompson, 92, economic and social historian.
  24 August – Alan Boswell, 74, footballer (Shrewsbury Town, Bolton Wanderers).
  26 August – Christie Davies, 75, sociologist.
  27 August – Christopher Winn, 90, cricketer (Sussex, Oxford University).
  28 August – Melissa Bell, 53, singer (Soul II Soul).
  30 August
  Marjorie Boulton, 93, author and poet.
  Alan MacDonald, 61, production designer (The Queen, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Philomena).
  31 August
  Sir Edward du Cann, 93, politician, MP for Taunton (1956–1987).
  Ann Jellicoe, 91, dramatist.
  Tormod MacGill-Eain, 80, comedian and singer.
caption: 11th Duke of Beaufort
exif: {"Image XResolution": "1200", "Image YResolution": "1200", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image DateTime": "2013:09:22 19:55:08", "Image ExifOffset": "110", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "270", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "7570", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0210", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ColorSpace": "Uncalibrated", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "997", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "993"}