1946 in Scotland

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Events from the year 1946 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 – Joseph Westwood

Law officers[]

  • Lord Advocate – George Reid Thomson
  • Solicitor General for Scotland – Daniel Blades

Judiciary[]

  • Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Normand
  • Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Cooper
  • Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord Gibson

Events[]

  • 16 March – American Liberty ship Byron Darnton runs aground off Sanda Island; all 54 aboard are rescued.[1]
  • 13 April – a crowd of 139,468 at Hampden Park, Glasgow, watch the Scotland national football team defeat England 1-0 in a Victory International series Association football match.[2]
  • 10 July – a crowd of 45,000 at Hampden Park watch Jackie Paterson defend his world flyweight boxing title.[2]
  • 25 July – a train collides with a bus which has crashed through level crossing gates at Balmuckety near Kirriemuir, killing 10.[3]
  • 27 August – MV Princess Victoria, the first roll-on/roll-off ferry built for service in British waters (the Stranraer–Larne crossing), is launched at William Denny and Brothers' shipyard in Dumbarton.
  • 22–27 November – the last election for a university constituency in the United Kingdom is held when the Combined Scottish Universities by-election is held. Walter Elliot (Unionist) wins decisively.
  • 5 December
    • A Kilmarnock by-election results in Willie Ross holding the seat for Labour.
    • Scottish edition of the Daily Mail begins publication in Edinburgh.
  • Drift mine opened in Machrihanish Coalfield.
  • Naturalist Gavin Maxwell purchases the island of Soay, Skye, and attempts to start a commercial shark fishing enterprise there.[4]
  • The Hoover Company opens a factory at Cambuslang.

Births[]

  • 6 January – John Duignan, economist and writer (died 2019)
  • 16 January – Graham Masterton, horror author
  • 30 January – Donald Mackay, Baron Mackay of Drumadoon, Lord Advocate
  • 28 February – Robin Cook, Labour MP and Foreign Secretary (died 2005)
  • 12 April – George Robertson, politician, Secretary General of NATO
  • May – Jock Brown, solicitor and football commentator
  • 10 May – Donovan, singer, songwriter and guitarist
  • 13 May – Bill Torrance, broadcaster
  • 1 June – Brian Cox, actor
  • 15 June – Michael Lynch), historian
  • 9 June – James Kelman, novelist
  • 9 July – Bon Scott, hard rock musician (AC/DC) in Australia (died 1980 in London)
  • 10 July – Stuart Christie, anarchist (died 2020)
  • 16 July – Charles McKean, Professor of Scottish Architectural History (died 2013)
  • 29 July – Bill Forsyth, film director
  • 19 August – Christopher Malcolm, television and film actor (died 2014 in London)
  • 25 August – Gavin Clydesdale Reid, economist
  • 27 August – Peter Tobin, serial killer and sex offender
  • 27 October – Margaret Bennett, ethnologist
  • 6 November – George Young, rock musician in Australia (died 2017)
  • 18 November
    • Andrea Allan, actress
    • Chris Rainbow (born Christopher James Harley), pop rock singer and musician (died 2015)
  • 14 December – Peter Lorimer, international footballer (died 2021)
  • Gordeanna McCulloch, folk singer with The Clutha
  • Ronald Rae, sculptor

Deaths[]

  • 17 February – Sir George Pirie, painter (born 1863)
  • 18 February – Catherine Carswell, biographer and journalist (born 1879)
  • 20 May – Jane Findlater, novelist (born 1866)
  • 5 June – James Craig Annan, photographer (born 1864)
  • 14 June – John Logie Baird, television pioneer (born 1888; died in England)
  • 15 July – Binnie Dunlop, editor and advocate of eugenics (born 1874)
  • 23 July – James Maxton, MP and leader of the Independent Labour Party (born 1885)
  • 6 August – Benny Lynch, flyweight boxer (born 1913)
  • 18 August – Marion Angus, Scots language poet (born 1865 in England)
  • 9 September – Violet Jacob, historical novelist (born 1863)

Arts and literature[]

  • 22 May – English writer George Orwell leaves London to spend much of the next 18 months at Barnhill, Jura, working on his dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.
  • Summer – Robert McLeish's The Gorbals Story is premiered by Glasgow Unity Theatre at the Queens Theatre.
  • Oriel Malet's fictionalised biography of Marjory Fleming is published.
  • Janet Adam Smith's Life Among the Scots is published.
  • The Central Office of Information short film The Glen is Ours is released.

See also[]

  • 1946 in Northern Ireland

References[]

  1. ^ "Bryon Darnton [sic.]". Canmore. Edinburgh: Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. 19 April 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Notable Dates in History". The Flag in the Wind. The Scots Independent. Archived from the original on 23 May 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Report on the Collision which occurred on 25th July, 1946, at Balmuckety Level Crossing on the London, Midland and Scottish Railway". Railways Archive. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  4. ^ Maxwell, Gavin (1952). Harpoon at a Venture. London: Hart-Davis.
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