1969 in Scotland

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1969 in: The UK • Wales • Elsewhere
Scottish football: 1968–69 • 1969–70
1969 in Scottish television

Events from the year 1969 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 – Willie Ross

Law officers[]

  • Lord Advocate – Henry Wilson
  • Solicitor General for Scotland – Ewan Stewart

Judiciary[]

  • Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Clyde
  • Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Grant
  • Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord Birsay

Events[]

  • 6 January – closure of the Waverley Line (the Edinburgh–Galashiels–Hawick–Carlisle railway) and The St. Andrews Railway (the branch line from Leuchars).
  • 8 February – unusual aurora borealis seen over Scotland.
  • 17 March – the Longhope life-boat in Orkney is lost; the entire crew of 8 dies.
  • 27 March – first ordination of a woman in the Church of Scotland, Catherine McConnachie by the Presbytery of Aberdeen.[1]
  • 28 April – Gordon Gray, Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, is elevated to Cardinal of the Catholic Church; the first resident cardinal in Scotland for almost 400 years.[2]
  • 9 May – formation in Glasgow of the Scottish Minorities Group to campaign for the decriminalisation of gay sexual practices in Scotland.
  • 17 May – Scotland beats Cyprus 8–0 in a World Cup Qualifier at Hampden Park.[3]
  • May – Ross Pit at Brora is closed by a fire.[4]
  • 1 July – John Lennon, Yoko Ono and their children are hospitalised at Golspie following a car accident while on holiday.[5]
  • September – the Royal Commission on Local Government in Scotland (chaired by Lord Wheatley) reports, recommending a major reorganisation of local government in Scotland substantially as carried out in 1975 under terms of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.
  • 9 October – Backwater Reservoir opened to supply the Dundee area.
  • 30 October – Glasgow Gorbals by-election: Labour retains the seat but the SNP takes second place from the Conservatives.
  • 30 December – the Linwood bank robbery occurs in Linwood, Renfrewshire and three police officers are shot in the aftermath, two fatally.[6]
  • The policies of Culzean Castle become Scotland's first country park.

Births[]

  • 1 January
    • Paul Lawrie, golfer and journalist
    • Tom Urie, actor
  • 13 January – Stephen Hendry, snooker player
  • 6 March – Neil Findlay, Labour Party Member of the Scottish Parliament
  • April – Kenny Alexander, businessman
  • 24 April – Eilidh Whiteford, Scottish National Party Member of Parliament
  • 11 August – Ashley Jensen, actress
  • 25 August – Catriona Matthew, golfer
  • 28 September – Angus Robertson, Scottish National Party Member of Parliament
  • 13 November – Gerard Butler, actor[7]
  • 5 December – Lynne Ramsay film director, writer, producer, and cinematographer best known for the films Ratcatcher, Morvern Callar and We Need to Talk about Kevin
  • 7 December – James Murray, boxer (died 1995)
  • 18 December – Irvin Duguid, keyboard player (Stiltskin)
  • 24 December – Mark Millar, comic book writer

Deaths[]

  • 10 May – John Bannerman, Baron Bannerman of Kildonan, international rugby player and Liberal politician (born 1901)
  • 7 September – Gavin Maxwell, naturalist and author (born 1914)
  • 6 December – Florence Horsbrugh, Baroness Horsbrugh, Scottish Unionist Party and Conservative Party politician (born 1889)

The arts[]

  • George Mackay Brown's short stories A Time to Keep and collected writings An Orkney Tapestry are published.
  • Jenny Gilbertson's documentary film Shetland Pony is made.
  • Tom Leonard's Six Glasgow Poems are published.
  • The cultural magazine New Edinburgh Review begins publication.
  • Antonia Fraser's biography Mary Queen of Scots is published.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Mayland, Jean (1999). "Pilgrimage to Priesthood and Beyond". In MacLeod, Iain Orr (ed.). In Good Company: Women in the Ministry. Glasgow: Wild Goose. p. 33. ISBN 1-901557-15-4. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
  2. ^ "Gordon Joseph "Cardinal" Gray". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
  3. ^ Results www.scottishfa accessed 17 March 2013.
  4. ^ "Brora Coalfield". Northern Mine Research Society. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  5. ^ "John Lennon crashes his car in Scotland". The Beatles Bible. 1 July 1969. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  6. ^ Herald article.
  7. ^ "Gerard Butler". BFI. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
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