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Events from the year 1852 in the United Kingdom.

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Monarch - Victoria of the United Kingdom
Prime Minister - John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Liberal (until 23 February), Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, Conservative (until 19 December), George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Peelite

17 January - United Kingdom recognises the independence of the Transvaal.
14 February - Great Ormond Street Hospital in London admits its first patient.^[1]
21 February - Earl Russell resigns as Prime Minister after his Militia Bill is amended.^[2]
23 February - Earl of Derby forms a minority Conservative government.^[2]
1 March - Archibald William Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
1 April - Start of the Second Burmese War.
21 June - Trial of Cardinal John Henry Newman for the defamation of Giacinto Achilli opens in London. Newman was convicted on 25 June.^[3]
30 June - Colony of New Zealand granted its first representative government.^[2]
4 November - General election won by the Conservative Party under Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby.
11 November - New Palace of Westminster opens in London.
17 December - Earl of Derby resigns as Prime Minister, following the defeat of his budget.^[2]
28 December - Earl of Aberdeen becomes Prime Minister, leading a Whig-Peelite coalition.^[2]

^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 272–273. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
^ Ward, W. (1912). Life of John Henry Cardinal Newman (2 vols. ed.). London: Longmans, Green and Co. pp. Chapter 10: The Achilli Trial, p.291.
^ "Icons, a portrait of England 1840-1860". http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/icons-timeline/1840-1860. Retrieved 2007-09-13.