1927 in Scotland

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1927 in: The UK • Wales • Elsewhere
Scottish football: 1926–27 • 1927–28

Events from the year 1927 in Scotland.

Incumbents[]

Further information: Politics of Scotland and Order of precedence in Scotland
  • Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Sir John Gilmour, Bt

Law officers[]

  • Lord Advocate – William Watson
  • Solicitor General for Scotland – Alexander Munro MacRobert

Judiciary[]

  • Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Clyde
  • Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Alness
  • Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord St Vigeans

Events[]

  • 23 March – Leith by-election: Liberals hold seat.
  • 16 April – the Scottish Cup Final is broadcast live on radio for the first time. Celtic F.C. beat East Fife 3-1.[1]
  • 12 July – official opening in Glasgow of the new Kelvin Hall exhibition venue and George V Bridge.[2]
  • 14 July – the Scottish National War Memorial is opened at Edinburgh Castle (architect: Robert Lorimer).
  • 26 September – David MacBrayne's paddle steamer Grenadier (1885) catches fire and sinks at her overnight mooring in Oban with the loss of three crew.[1]
  • October – a school of pilot whales runs aground in the bay between Bonar Bridge and Ardgay.[3]
  • Undated
    • The Gillespie, Kidd & Coia architectural practice in Glasgow assumes this name.
    • Glasgow University Scottish Nationalist Association formed.
    • The Church of Scotland introduces the Church Hymnary, revised edition.

Births[]

  • 24 January – Sir Patrick Macnaghten, 11th Baronet, lieutenant (died 2007)
  • 16 February – Pearse Hutchinson, poet, broadcaster and translator (died 2012 in Ireland)
  • 23 February – Willie Ormond, international footballer and manager (died 1984)
  • 27 February – Jimmy Halliday, Scottish National Party leader (died 2013)
  • 5 March – Robert Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford, politician
  • 5 April – Colin Young, film educator
  • 6 April – Nancy Riach, swimmer (died at 1947 European Aquatics Championships in Monte Carlo)
  • 12 April – Patrick Meehan, criminal, victim of a miscarriage of justice (died 1994 in Swansea)
  • 23 June – Kenneth McKellar, tenor (died 2010)
  • 29 June – Tom Fleming, actor, director, poet and broadcast commentator (died 2010)
  • 2 July – James Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern, Lord Chancellor
  • 1 October – Sandy Gall, television journalist (born in Penang)
  • 5 October – Bruce Millan, Labour Secretary of State for Scotland (died 2013)
  • 7 October – R. D. Laing, psychiatrist (died 1989 in Saint-Tropez)
  • 10 October – Thomas Wilson, composer (died 2001)
  • 31 October – Charles Cameron, bizarre magician (died 2001)
  • 7 November – Melissa Stribling, film and television actress (died 1992 in Watford)
  • 27 November – Arnold Clark, businessman (died 2017)
  • 24 December – John Glashan, born McGlashan, cartoonist (died 1999)
  • Sir James Dunbar-Nasmith, conservation architect

Deaths[]

  • 16 January – Haldane Burgess historian, poet, novelist, violinist, linguist and socialist, a noted figure in Shetland's cultural history (born 1862)[4]
  • 16 March – Sir Henry Craik, 1st Baronet, civil servant, writer and Unionist politician (born 1846; died in London)
  • 17 March – James Scott Skinner, dancing master, fiddler and composer (born 1843)
  • 26 June – Thomas P. Marwick, architect (born 1854)
  • 8 July – Charles Hay, 20th Earl of Erroll, soldier and Conservative politician (born 1852)
  • 21 July – William Campbell, Lord Skerrington, judge (born 1855)
  • September – John George Govan businessman and evangelist, founder of The Faith Mission in 1886 (born 1861)
  • 10 November – James Thomson, City Engineer, City Architect and Housing Director of Dundee (born 1852)

The arts[]

  • 15 September – Green's Playhouse opens in Glasgow, the largest cinema in Europe at this date.[5]
  • Joe Corrie's play In Time o' Strife, showing the effect of the General Strike on the Fife coal mining community, is first performed; and his The Image o' God and Other Poems is published.
  • Royal Fine Art Commission for Scotland formed.

See also[]

  • Timeline of Scottish history
  • 1927 in Northern Ireland

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Notable Dates in History". The Flag in the Wind. The Scots Independent. Archived from the original on 23 May 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Court Circular". The Times. No. 44632. London. 13 July 1927. p. 19.
  3. ^ "Whales at Bonar Bridge". Tain Through Time. Tain Museum Image Library. 26 February 2004. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  4. ^ Who was who: A Companion to Who's Who, Containing the Biographies of Those who Died During the Period ... A. & C. Black. 1929. p. 148.
  5. ^ "Green's Playhouse / Apollo". Scottish Cinemas and Theatres. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
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