17 December – Charles Chester, rugby player (b. 1919) 18 December Donald Neilson, convicted burglar, robber, kidnapper and serial killer (b. 1936) John Rex, South African-born sociologist (b. 1925) Ronald Wolfe, scriptwriter (b. 1922) 20 December – Hugh Carless, diplomat and explorer (b. 1925) 21 December – Robert Simons, cricketer (b. 1922) 25 December Sue Carroll, columnist (b. 1953) Sir Roger Jowell, social statistician (b. 1942) George Robb, footballer (b. 1926) 26 December – John Mackintosh Howie, mathematician (b. 1936) 27 December Sir Michael Dummett, philosopher (b. 1925) Sir Iwan Raikes, admiral and Naval Secretary (b. 1921) 29 December – Ron Howells, footballer (b. 1927) 30 December Sir Robert Horton, businessman (b. 1939) Ronald Searle, artist and cartoonist (b. 1920) 31 December Sir David Hirst, jurist (b. 1925) Penny Jordan, romantic novelist (b. 1946) Michael Mann, Anglican prelate, Dean of Windsor (1976–1989) (b. 1924) See also 2011 in British music 2011 in British television List of British films of 2011 References Years of the 21st century in the United Kingdom United Kingdom