1951 in Scotland

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1951 in: The UK • Wales • Elsewhere
Scottish football: 1950–51 • 1951–52

Events from the year 1951 in Scotland.

Incumbents[]

Further information: Politics of Scotland and Order of precedence in Scotland
  • Monarch – George VI
  • Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Hector McNeil until 26 October; then James Stuart

Law officers[]

  • Lord Advocate – John Thomas Wheatley until November; then James Latham Clyde
  • Solicitor General for Scotland – Douglas Johnston until November; then William Rankine Milligan

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[]

  • 11 April – The Stone of Scone is located in Forfar, having been stolen by Scottish nationalists.[1]
  • 12 May – Remains of Gunnister Man found in a peat bog in Shetland.
  • 18–26 May – Festival of Britain: Festival Ship Campania on view in Dundee (King George V Dock).
  • 25 May–8 September – Festival of Britain: Living Traditions exhibition presented at the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, by the Council of Industrial Design.
  • 28 May–18 August – Festival of Britain: Exhibition of Industrial Power in Glasgow (opened by The Princess Elizabeth).[2]
  • 18 September–6 October – Festival of Britain: Festival Ship Campania on view in Glasgow (Springfield Dock).
  • 26 October – 1951 United Kingdom general election: The Conservative Party and allies narrowly defeat Labour in Scotland and across the UK; this is the last election in which the Conservatives do better in Scotland than in England.
  • 30 October – James Stuart is appointed Secretary of State for Scotland; he will hold office until January 1957.
  • November – Ecurie Ecosse motor racing team founded by Edinburgh businessman and racing driver David Murray and mechanic Wilkie Wilkinson.[3]
  • 7 November – first floodlit Association football match in Scotland, a Stenhousemuir v. Hibernian F.C. friendly at the former's Ochilview Park.[4]
  • 24 November – Beinn Eighe becomes Britain's first national nature reserve.
  • Publication of The Third Statistical Account of Scotland commences with the volume for Ayrshire.

Births[]

  • 2 February – Ken Bruce, radio broadcaster
  • 7 February – Eddie Kelly, footballer
  • 20 February – Gordon Brown, Labour politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 2007–10
  • 4 March – Kenny Dalglish, international footballer and manager
  • 25 April – Ian McCartney, Labour politician
  • 9 August – James Naughtie, print and radio journalist
  • 22 August – Alex Neil, Scottish National Party MSP and government minister
  • 23 September – Andrew Greig, author
  • 26 September – Stuart Tosh, born Stuart MacIntosh, rock musician
  • 28 September – Jim Diamond, singer-songwriter (died 2015)
  • 17 November – Jack Vettriano, born Jack Hoggan, painter
  • 19 November – Charles Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton, Labour politician and Lord Chancellor
  • 15 December – Joe Jordan, international footballer and manager
  • 20 December – Peter May, fiction writer
  • 22 December – Jim McColl, entrepreneur
  • Michael Scott Rohan, fantasy writer

Deaths[]

  • 3 January – Peter McBride, footballer (born 1877)
  • 29 January – James Bridie (O. H. Mavor), playwright (born 1888)
  • 3 May – Sir Thomas Henderson, Liberal politician (born 1874)
  • 16 May – James Greenlees, rugby union footballer, educationalist and soldier (born 1878)
  • 9 September – Andrew Blain Baird, engineer and aviation pioneer (born 1862)
  • 1 October – Peter McWilliam, international footballer and manager (born 1879)
  • 11 October – Donald Cameron, 25th Lochiel, chief of Clan Cameron (born 1876)

The arts[]

  • 19 May – Pitlochry Festival Theatre opens in a tent with the British première of Maxwell Anderson’s Mary of Scotland.[5]
  • School of Scottish Studies founded.

See also[]

  • 1951 in Northern Ireland

References[]

  1. ^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
  2. ^ "Glasgow powers up for the Festival". BBC News. 28 May 1951. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
  3. ^ "The History of Ecurie Ecosse". Ecurie Ecosse. Retrieved 7 August 2014.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Notable Dates in History". The Flag in the Wind. The Scots Independent. Archived from the original on 23 May 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  5. ^ "Timeline". Pitlochry Festival Theatre. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
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