1970 in Scotland

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1970
in
Scotland

Centuries:
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1970 in: The UKWalesElsewhere
Scottish football: 1969–701970–71
1970 in Scottish television

Events from the year 1970 in Scotland.

Incumbents[]

  • Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great SealWillie Ross until 20 June; then Gordon Campbell

Law officers[]

  • Lord AdvocateHenry Wilson; then Norman Wylie
  • Solicitor General for Scotland – Ewan Stewart until June; then David Brand

Judiciary[]

  • Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice GeneralLord Clyde
  • Lord Justice ClerkLord Grant
  • Chairman of the Scottish Land CourtLord Birsay

Events[]

  • 21 JanuaryFraserburgh lifeboat Duchess of Kent, on service to the Danish fishing vessel Opal, capsizes with the loss of five of the six crew members.
  • 19 March – The South Ayrshire by-election is held. Jim Sillars retains the seat for the Labour Party.
  • 24 May – The Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St Luke in Glasgow is raised to this status.
  • 18 June – The 1970 general election is held. Labour wins a majority in Scotland with 48 out of the 71 seats available, but the Conservative Party wins a majority across the UK, and Edward Heath replaces Harold Wilson as Prime Minister. The Scottish National Party wins its first MP elected at a general election (Donald Stewart in the Western Isles) but Winnie Ewing loses the Hamilton seat; leaving the SNP with only a single seat.
  • 26 June – The Kingston Bridge, Glasgow opens.
  • 1625 July: the 1970 British Commonwealth Games are held in Edinburgh.
  • 26 July1 August – the 1970 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games are held in Edinburgh.
  • 7 October – BP announces the discovery of the massive Forties Oil Field in Scottish waters.
  • Hepatitis B outbreak in Edinburgh.
  • Blair Drummond Safari Park opens.

Births[]

  • 16 AprilJames Watson, actor
  • 10 MayDavid Weir, international footballer
  • 19 JulyNicola Sturgeon, SNP politician, First Minister of Scotland (2014– ; Deputy from 2007)[1]
  • 21 JulyAngus MacNeil, SNP politician
  • 12 AugustAlan Brown, SNP politician
  • 21 AugustDavid Hopkin, footballer
  • 22 JulyDoug Johnstone, crime fiction writer, rock musician and physicist
  • 17 SeptemberDallas Campbell, television presenter
  • 6 DecemberLewis MacLeod, voice actor
  • 17 DecemberStella Tennant, model (died 2020)
  • 23 DecemberKarine Polwart, singer-songwriter

Deaths[]

  • 25 MayTom Patey, mountaineer (born 1932), died in climbing accident
  • 13 JuneJohn Nicholson, footballer (born 1888)

See also[]

  • 1970 in Northern Ireland

References[]

  1. ^ "Nicola Sturgeon | Biography, Facts, & Scottish Independence". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
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