1949 in Scotland

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Events from the year 1949 in Scotland.

Incumbents[]

  • Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great SealArthur Woodburn

Law officers[]

  • Lord AdvocateJohn Thomas Wheatley
  • Solicitor General for ScotlandDouglas Johnston

Judiciary[]

  • Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice GeneralLord Cooper
  • Lord Justice ClerkLord Thomson
  • Chairman of the Scottish Land CourtLord Gibson

Events[]

  • 3 AprilTrolleybuses in Glasgow introduced.
  • 1 MayScottish Gas Board established.
  • 4 May – Fire at Grafton's fashion store in Argyle Street, Glasgow, kills 13 young women.[1]
  • 24 July – People of Alyth march on Alyth Hill to assert their right of commonty over the land.[2]
  • October – The Scottish Covenant, calling for the establishment of a legislative parliament within the United Kingdom, is drawn up by John MacCormick.

Undated[]

  • Wendy Wood founds the nationalist group, the Scottish Patriots
  • The Law Society of Scotland is established.
  • John Boyd Orr receives the Nobel Peace Prize.

Births[]

  • 15 JanuaryCraig Pritchett, chess International Master
  • 19 JanuaryLindsay Roy, educator and politician
  • 23 JanuaryTom Forsyth, international footballer
  • 25 JanuaryChris Lowe, BBC News presenter
  • 2 FebruaryDuncan Bannatyne, entrepreneur, philanthropist and author
  • 9 FebruaryBernard Gallacher, golfer
  • 26 FebruaryLynda Clark, judge and politician
  • 6 MarchMartin Buchan, international footballer
  • 7 MarchMalcolm Chisholm, Labour MSP
  • 13 MarchTrevor Sorbie, hairdresser
  • 8 AprilAlex Fergusson, Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament 2007–2011 (died 2018)
  • 25 AprilAlexis Jay, social worker
  • 21 MayAndrew Neil, print and television journalist
  • 4 JuneLou Macari, international footballer and manager
  • 4 JulyAlex Miller, footballer and manager
  • 6 AugustErich Schaedler, footballer (suicide 1985)
  • 8 AugustBenny Young, actor
  • 11 AugustIan Charleson, actor (died 1990)
  • 12 AugustMark Knopfler, musician with Dire Straits
  • 20 AugustStewart Houston, international footballer and manager
  • 9 SeptemberJohn Reid, music manager
  • 18 SeptemberAlastair Campbell, Lord Bracadale, judge
  • 22 SeptemberJimmy Bone, footballer and manager
  • 29 SeptemberAdrian Elrick, international footballer representing New Zealand
  • 8 OctoberHamish Stuart, guitarist, bassist, singer, composer and record producer
  • 25 NovemberIsabel Hilton, journalist and broadcaster
  • 28 DecemberHilton McRae, actor
  • Alison Kinnaird, glass sculptor and harpist

Deaths[]

  • 2 January – Sir Victor Fortune, British Army officer (born 1883)
  • 9 JanuaryEdward Baird, artist (born 1904)
  • 12 April
    • W. Lindsay Cable, artist and illustrator (born 1900)
    • John Wallace, Liberal MP (born 1868)
  • 3 AugustJessie M. King, illustrator and designer (born 1875)
  • 6 AugustDavid Taylor, footballer and manager (born 1883)
  • 7 October - Arthur Pillans Laurie, chemist (born 1861)
  • 22 OctoberAlex McDonald, footballer (born 1878)
  • Joseph Lee, poet and journalist (born 1876)

Sport[]

  • Summer – The Ba game of Duns revived.

See also[]

  • 1949 in Northern Ireland

References[]

  1. ^ "Grafton's - 1949". Glasgow Fire Journal. 22 October 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  2. ^ Wightman, Andy (2010). The Poor Had No Lawyers: who owns Scotland and how they got it. Edinburgh: Birlinn. pp. 205–211. ISBN 9781841589077.
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