1911 in Scotland

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Events from the year 1911 in Scotland.

Incumbents[]

Further information: Politics of Scotland and Order of precedence in Scotland
  • Monarch – George V
  • Secretary for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland

Law officers[]

  • Lord Advocate – Alexander Ure
  • Solicitor General for Scotland – William Hunter; then Andrew Anderson

Judiciary[]

  • Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Dunedin
  • Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Kingsburgh

Events[]

  • 27 January – opening of Scottish Motor Exhibition in Edinburgh.[1]
  • March–April – eleven thousand workers at the Singer Manufacturing Co. sewing machine factory on Clydebank go on strike in solidarity with twelve female colleagues protesting against work process reorganisation; four hundred alleged ringleaders are dismissed.[2][3]
  • 2 May–4 November – Scottish Exhibition of National History, Art and Industry at Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow.[4]
  • 9 May – a fire at the Empire Palace Theatre in Edinburgh kills eleven people, including illusionist Sigmund Neuberger ("The Great Lafayette") and also his lion and horse; he is buried in Piershill Cemetery with his dog Beauty.[1]
  • 19 July – Thistle Chapel, designed by Robert Lorimer, dedicated in St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh.[5]
  • 24 July – start of Scottish leg of first Daily Mail Circuit of Britain air race, Hendon–Harrogate–Newcastle–Edinburgh–Stirling–Glasgow–Carlisle.
  • 11 September – Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 10th Baronet, buys the ruined Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull to restore as the seat of the Clan Maclean.
  • 11 November – Barclay Curle launch cargo ship Jutlandia at their Clydeholm yard, the first British-built oil-engined vessel designed for ocean service.[6]
  • 16 October – new building for the Mitchell Library opened in Glasgow.[7]
  • The Pavilion opened at Ayr.

Births[]

  • 11 February – Alec Cairncross, economist (died 1998)
  • 11 March – Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet, soldier, writer and politician (died 1996)
  • 24 January – Muir Mathieson, film composer (died 1975)
  • 14 May – Sir John Ritchie Inch, police Chief Constable (died 1993)
  • 31 May – Leonard Boden, portrait painter (died 1999)
  • 16 June – Bobby Ancell football player and manager (died 1987)
  • 9 July – Brigadier Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat, Chief of Clan Fraser of Lovat and Commando (died 1995)
  • 26 October – Sorley MacLean, poet (died 1996)
  • 4 December – William Baxter, Labour MP for West Stirlingshire (1959–1974) (died 1979)

Deaths[]

  • 14 February – Eustace Balfour, architect (born 1854)
  • 21 May – Williamina Fleming, astronomer, discoverer of the Horsehead Nebula (born 1857)
  • 4 October – Joseph Bell, surgeon (born 1837)
  • 11 December – William McGregor, football administrator and founder of the Football League (born 1846)
  • Robert Hamilton Paterson, architect (born 1843)

The arts[]

  • Release of Rob Roy, the first British-made three-reel feature film, shot by the Scottish company United Films Ltd in studios at Rouken Glen on the edge of Glasgow and on location in Aberfoyle.[8]
  • Violet Jacob's historical novel Flemington is published.
  • Harry Lauder writes the popular song "Roamin' In The Gloamin'".
  • Ayr Picture Palace opens, the town's first purpose-built cinema.[9]

See also[]

  • Timeline of Scottish history

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Notable Dates in History". The Flag in the Wind. The Scots Independent. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  2. ^ "The Singer strike 1911". Glasgow Digital Library. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Singer Sewing Factory strike – 1911". Scotland’s History. BBC. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  4. ^ "The Scottish Exhibition of History, Art and Industry - Glasgow 1911". Exhibition Study Group. 2004. Retrieved 6 July 2014.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Chronology of Scottish History". A Timeline of Scottish History. Rampant Scotland. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  6. ^ "100 years of motor ships". The Motorship. 1 February 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Lord Rosebery On Books: The Mitchell Library in Glasgow". The Times (39718). London. 17 October 1911. p. 4.
  8. ^ Merz, Caroline (19 December 2012). "Where are they now? Early Scottish feature films". Early Cinema in Scotland, 1896-1927. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
  9. ^ "Picture Palace". Scottish Cinemas. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
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