1950 in Scotland

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1950 in: The UK • Wales • Elsewhere
Scottish football: 1949–50 • 1950–51

Events from the year 1950 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 – Arthur Woodburn until 28 February; then Hector McNeil

Law officers[]

  • Lord Advocate – John Thomas Wheatley
  • Solicitor General for Scotland – Douglas Johnston

Judiciary[]

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

Events[]

  • 14 February – First shipment of coal from Argyll Colliery (drift mining) in the reopened Machrihanish Coalfield to Belfast.[1]
  • 21 February – Clydebank-built Cunard liner RMS Aquitania arrives at the scrapyard in Faslane at the end of a 36-year career.
  • August – first official Edinburgh Military Tattoo staged at Edinburgh Castle as part of the Edinburgh Festival.
  • 22 August – 54-year-old William "Ned" Barnie becomes the first Scot to swim the English Channel, going on to complete 3 crossings.[2]
  • 8 September – 116 miners trapped underground in a landslide at Knockshinnoch Castle colliery at New Cumnock in Ayrshire.[3]
  • 9 September – first miners are rescued from Knockshinnoch Castle colliery.[3]
  • 11 September – rescue operation from Knockshinnoch Castle colliery is completed, with all 116 miners saved.[3]
  • 18 October – the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board's Loch Sloy Hydro-Electric Scheme is inaugurated.[4]
  • 25 December – the Stone of Scone, the traditional coronation stone of Scottish monarchs, English monarchs and more recently British monarchs, is removed from London's Westminster Abbey by a group of four Scottish students.
  • St. Margaret's Hospice in Clydebank, the first modern hospice in Scotland, is begun by the Sisters of Charity.[5]

Births[]

  • 21 January – Seona Reid, arts administrator
  • 10 March – Ted McKenna, rock drummer (The Sensational Alex Harvey Band) (died 2019)
  • 22 March – Jocky Wilson, darts player (died 2012)
  • 30 March – Robbie Coltrane, actor and comedian
  • 31 March – William Blair, judge and financial lawyer
  • 1 May – Malcolm James Mackenzie, footballer
  • 6 May – Robbie McIntosh, funk drummer (Average White Band) (died 1974)
  • 12 May – Helena Kennedy, lawyer
  • 27 May – Alex Gray, crime novelist
  • 18 September – Jock McFadyen, painter
  • 29 October – James Dillon, composer
  • 7 November – Lindsay Duncan, actress
  • 3 December – Angus Glennie, Lord Glennie, judge

Deaths[]

  • 15 January – George Livingstone, footballer (born 1876)
  • 26 February – Harry Lauder, entertainer (born 1870)
  • 17 March – Adam McKinlay, Labour politician (born 1887)
  • 30 March – Joe Yule, comedian and actor (born 1892)
  • 9 May – Charles Alexander Stevenson, lighthouse engineer (born 1855)
  • 10 August – James Drever, psychologist (born 1873)[6]
  • 14 September – Alexander Livingstone, Liberal politician (born 1880)

See also[]

  • 1950 in Northern Ireland

References[]

  1. ^ Cambeltown Courier 1950-02-16.
  2. ^ "Notable Dates in History". The Flag in the Wind. The Scots Independent. Archived from the original on 23 May 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  3. ^ a b c "Miners trapped underground by landslide". BBC News. 8 September 1950. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2008.
  4. ^ Newsreel footage of opening ceremony.
  5. ^ "History". St Margaret of Scotland Hospice. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  6. ^ The Scottish Educational Journal. Educational Institute of Scotland. 1950. p. 536.
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