1995 in Scotland

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1995 in: The UK • England • Wales • Ireland • Elsewhere
Scottish football: 1994–95 • 1995–96
1995 in Scottish television

Events from the year 1995 in Scotland.

Incumbents[]

Further information: Politics of Scotland and Order of precedence in Scotland
  • Monarch – Elizabeth II
  • Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Ian Lang until 5 July; then Michael Forsyth

Law officers[]

  • Lord Advocate – Lord Rodger of Earlsferry; then Donald Mackay
  • Solicitor General for Scotland – Thomas Dawson; then Donald Mackay; then Paul Cullen

Judiciary[]

  • Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Hope
  • Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Ross
  • Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord Philip

Events[]

  • Early – The Deep-fried Mars bar originates at Haven Chip Bar in Stonehaven.[1]
  • 6 April – 1995 Scottish local elections are held for the 29 new mainland unitary authorities that will replace the Regional and District Councils next year.
  • 7 April – Rob Roy, starring Liam Neeson as Robert Roy MacGregor, is released.
  • 18 April – Caledonian MacBrayne Ullapool-Stornoway ferry MV Isle of Lewis is launched at Ferguson Shipbuilders' Port Glasgow yard.
  • 24 May – Braveheart, directed by and starring Mel Gibson as William Wallace, is released; it goes on to win five Academy Awards at the 68th Academy Awards.
  • 25 May – Perth and Kinross by-election: Roseanna Cunningham wins for the Scottish National Party with a swing of 11.6%.
  • 16 June – FirstBus is formed by merger of Badgerline with GRT Group of Aberdeen.
  • 17 June - Pride March The first Pride march in Scotland gathers on Barony Street in Edinburgh on 17 June.
  • 19 July – The Children (Scotland) Act, which seeks to put into legislation the provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, receives the Royal Assent.
  • 17 August – Arran distillery opens.
  • 11 October – Duncan Ferguson, the 23-year-old Everton F.C. striker, receives a three-month prison sentence for assaulting an opponent while playing for Rangers F.C eighteen months earlier. Ferguson is the first British footballer to be jailed for an on-field offence.[2]
  • 12 October – Boxer James Murray suffers serious head injuries in a fight at a Glasgow hotel, leading to a declaration of brain death on 15 October, sparking calls for boxing to be banned.
  • 16 October – Skye bridge opened.
  • November – The first onshore wind farm in Scotland, Hagshaw Hill in South Lanarkshire, is commissioned.[3]
  • 8 November – Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 passed.
  • 22 November – Duncan Ferguson is released from prison after serving 42 days of his three-month sentence.[citation needed]
  • 30 November – Scottish Constitutional Convention publishes its blueprint for devolution, Scotland's Parliament, Scotland's Right.
  • 30 December – Altnaharra matches the lowest temperature UK Weather Record at -27.2 °C.

The arts[]

  • Dunedin Consort formed.
  • Andrew O'Hagan's first novel, The Missing, is published.
  • Alan Warner's first novel, Morvern Callar is published; it is a winner of the Somerset Maugham Award in 1996.

Births[]

  • 21 January
  • 31 March – Fiona Brown, footballer[6]
  • 11 April – Thomas Muirhead, curler
  • 21 April – Thomas Doherty, actor and singer
  • 20 June – Caroline Weir, footballer[7]
  • 14 July – Megan Cunningham, footballer[8]
  • 6 October – Ross Muir, snooker player
  • 1 December – Jenna Fife, footballer[9]
  • 11 December – Abbi Grant, footballer[10]
  • 19 December – Lewis Vaughan, footballer

Deaths[]

  • 14 January – Alexander Gibson, conductor and opera intendant (born 1926)
  • February – Robert Stewart, textile designer (born 1924)
  • 19 February – Nicholas Fairbairn, lawyer and Conservative politician (born 1933)
  • 19 April – Neil Paterson, writer and footballer (born 1915)
  • 9 October – Alec Douglas-Home, Lord Home of the Hirsel, Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1903)
  • 15 October – James Murray, boxer (born 1969)
  • 24 October – Ronnie Selby Wright, Church of Scotland minister (born 1908)

See also[]

  • 1995 in Northern Ireland

References[]

  1. ^ "Mars supper, please". Daily Record. Glasgow. 24 August 2005.
  2. ^ Brennan, Richard (12 October 1995). "Soccer player jailed for foul play". The Independent. London.
  3. ^ "Hagshaw Hill Wind Farm". Wind Power Case Studies. University of Strathclyde. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Chloe Arthur - Player Profile - Football". Eurosport UK. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  5. ^ "David McNeil Stats, News, Bio". ESPN. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Fiona Brown | Scotland | Scottish FA". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Caroline Weir | Scotland | Scottish FA". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  8. ^ "Megan Cunningham - Player Profile - Football". Eurosport UK. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Jenna Fife | Scotland | Scottish FA". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  10. ^ "Abbi Grant". Birmingham City Football Club. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
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