1976 in Scotland

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1976
in
Scotland

Centuries:
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1976 in: The UKWalesElsewhere
Scottish football: 1975–761976–77
1976 in Scottish television

Events from the year 1976 in Scotland.

Incumbents[]

  • Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great SealWillie Ross until 8 April; then Bruce Millan

Law officers[]

  • Lord AdvocateRonald King Murray
  • Solicitor General for ScotlandJohn McCluskey, ennobled as Lord McCluskey

Judiciary[]

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

Events[]

  • 18 January – the Scottish Labour Party is formed.[1]
  • 6 FebruaryHunterston B nuclear power station begins generating electricity.
  • 7 July – Scottish MP David Steel is elected as new leader of the Liberal Party.
  • 14 October – Post Office Telephones take the UK's last manual public telephone exchange out of service on Portree.
  • 11 NovemberBrent oilfield production begins in the East Shetland Basin.
  • The Signet Office is merged into the Court of Session.
  • Inverkip power station is commissioned.
  • Whalsay Golf Club, Britain's most northerly, is founded in Shetland.[2]

Births[]

  • 13 JanuaryRoss McCall, actor
  • 20 JanuaryKirsty Gallacher, television presenter[3]
  • 23 FebruaryKelly Macdonald, actress
  • 23 MarchChris Hoy, Olympic gold medal winning cyclist
  • 3 JuneGregg McClymont, historian and politician
  • 5 JuneJack Ross, footballer and manager
  • 20 JulyDamian Barr, writer
  • 24 JulyLaura Fraser, actress
  • 8 AugustLaura Kuenssberg, Italian-born political journalist
  • 10 AugustIan Murray, Labour MP for Edinburgh South
  • 25 AugustGail McConnell, physicist
  • 16 NovemberDanny Wallace, comedian and broadcast presenter
  • date unknown – Chris Stout, fiddle player

Deaths[]

  • 8 JanuaryRobert Forgan, Scottish-English physician and politician (born 1891)
  • 11 FebruaryCharlie Naughton, actor (born 1886)
  • 18 FebruaryWilliam Robb, footballer (born 1895)
  • 13 MarchAnn Henderson, sculptor (born 1921)
  • 22 AprilStanley Cursiter, painter and curator (born 1887)
  • 28 MayOliver Brown, nationalist political activist (born 1903)
  • 20 OctoberJane Duncan (Elizabeth Jane Cameron), novelist (born 1910)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "January 18 in Scottish History". ScotClans. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  2. ^ "The Club – History". Whalsay Golf Club. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  3. ^ "BBC One - Strictly Come Dancing - Kirsty Gallacher". BBC. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
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