Thomas Spencer, joint founder of retailer Marks & Spencer (born 1851) 14 August – Simeon Solomon, artist (born 1840) 18 September – George MacDonald, Scottish author and poet, Christian minister (born 1824) 19 September – Thomas John Barnardo, philanthropist (born 1845) 13 October – Sir Henry Irving, stage actor (born 1838) 14 October – John Thomas, Welsh photographer (born 1838) 6 November – George Williams, founder of the YMCA (born 1821) 10 November – Rowland Williams (Hwfa Môn), poet and archdruid (born 1823) 14 November – Robert Whitehead, marine engineer (born 1823) 5 December – Henry Eckford, British horticulturist (born 1823) 9 December – Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb, British scholar and politician (born 1841) 17 December – Robert Jones Derfel, poet and dramatist (born 1824) See also List of British films before 1920 References Years of the 20th century in the United Kingdom