statistician (b. 1926) 14 February – Dick Francis, novelist and former jockey (b. 1920) 15 February – Claud William Wright, civil servant and scientific expert (b. 1917) 19 February Lionel Jeffries, actor (b. 1926) Walter Plowright, veterinary scientist (b. 1923) 20 February – Jason Wood, comedian (b. 1972) 21 February – Bob Doe, Battle of Britain air ace (b. 1920) 22 February – Robin Davies, actor (b. 1954) 23 February – Wyn Morris, orchestral conductor (b. 1929) 25 February – Barbara Bray, translator (b. 1924) 26 February – Charles le Gai Eaton, diplomat and author (b. 1921, Switzerland) 27 February – Wendy Toye, actress (b. 1917) 28 February Martin Benson, actor (b. 1918) Rose Gray, chef and cookery writer (b. 1939) March 1 March – Kristian Digby, television presenter and director (b. 1977) 2 March – Winston Churchill, politician (b. 1940); grandson of former prime minister Sir Winston Churchill 3 March Keith Alexander, footballer and manager (b. 1956) Michael Foot, politician, Leader of the Opposition (1980–1983) (b. 1913) 4 March – Fred Wedlock, folk singer (b. 1942) 5 March – Philip Langridge, tenor (b. 1939) 6 March – Carol Marsh, actress (b. 1926) 7 March – Sir Kenneth Dover, classicist, President of the British Academy (1978–1981) (b. 1920) 10 March – George Webb, jazz musician (b. 1917) 12 March – Lesley Duncan, singer-songwriter (b. 1943) 13 March – Neville Meade, boxer (b. 1948, Jamaica) 14 March Chimen Abramsky, historian (b. 1916, Russian Empire) Janet Simpson, Olympic athlete (b. 1944) 15 March – Ashok Kumar, politician (b. 1956) 17 March – Charlie Gillett, radio presenter and record producer (b. 1942) 18 March – William Wolfe, Scottish politician (b. 1924) 19 March Gerald Drucker, double bass player (b. 1925) George Lane, World War II Army colonel (b. 1915) 20 March Harry Carpenter, sports commentator (b. 1925) Ian Knight, stage designer (b. 1940) Robin Milner, computer scientist (b. 1934) 22 March Sir James W. Black, doctor (b. 1924) Diz Disley, jazz guitarist (b. 1931, Canada) 23 March – Alan King-Hamilton, barrister and judge (b. 1904) 24 March William Mayne, writer of children's fiction (b. 1928) Daphne Park, diplomat and spy (b. 1921) 27 March Stephen Hearst, television and radio executive (b. 1919, Austria) Stanley Vann, organist and composer (b. 1910) 28 March David Carnegie, 14th Earl of Northesk, peer (b. 1954) John Lawrenson, rugby league player (b. 1921) April 1 April – Julia