• Source: 1949 in Scotland

Events from the year 1949 in Scotland.




Incumbents



Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Arthur Woodburn




= Law officers

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Lord Advocate – John Thomas Wheatley
Solicitor General for Scotland – Douglas Johnston




= Judiciary

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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


3 April – Trolleybuses in Glasgow introduced.
1 May – Scottish Gas Board established.
4 May – Fire at Grafton's fashion store in Argyle Street, Glasgow, kills 13 young women.
24 July – People of Alyth march on Alyth Hill to assert their right of commonty over the land.
October – The Scottish Covenant, calling for the establishment of a legislative parliament within the United Kingdom, is drawn up by John MacCormick.




= Undated

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Wendy Wood founds the nationalist group, the Scottish Patriots
The Law Society of Scotland is established.
John Boyd Orr receives the Nobel Peace Prize.




Births


15 January – Craig Pritchett, chess International Master
19 January – Lindsay Roy, educator and politician
23 January – Tom Forsyth, international footballer
25 January – Chris Lowe, BBC News presenter
2 February – Duncan Bannatyne, entrepreneur, philanthropist and author
9 February – Bernard Gallacher, golfer
26 February – Lynda Clark, judge and politician
6 March – Martin Buchan, international footballer
7 March – Malcolm Chisholm, Labour MSP
12 March – Glenn Chandler playwright, novelist, producer and theatre director
13 March – Trevor Sorbie, hairdresser
8 April – Alex Fergusson, Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament 2007–2011 (died 2018)
25 April – Alexis Jay, social worker
21 May – Andrew Neil, print and television journalist
4 June – Lou Macari, international footballer and manager
21 June – Derek Emslie, Lord Kingarth, judge
4 July – Alex Miller, footballer and manager
6 August – Erich Schaedler, footballer (suicide 1985)
8 August – Benny Young, actor
11 August – Ian Charleson, actor (died 1990)
12 August – Mark Knopfler, musician with Dire Straits
20 August – Stewart Houston, international footballer and manager
9 September – John Reid, music manager
18 September – Alastair Campbell, Lord Bracadale, judge
22 September – Jimmy Bone, footballer and manager
29 September – Adrian Elrick, international footballer representing New Zealand
8 October – Hamish Stuart, guitarist, bassist, singer, composer and record producer
22 November - Paul le Page Barnett science fiction writer, with pen name John Grant (died 2020)
25 November – Isabel Hilton, journalist and broadcaster
28 December – Hilton McRae, actor
Alison Kinnaird, glass sculptor and harpist




Deaths


2 January – Sir Victor Fortune, British Army officer (born 1883)
9 January – Edward Baird, artist (born 1904)
12 April
W. Lindsay Cable, artist and illustrator (born 1900)
John Wallace, Liberal MP (born 1868)
3 August – Jessie M. King, illustrator and designer (born 1875)
6 August – David Taylor, footballer and manager (born 1883)
7 October - Arthur Pillans Laurie, chemist (born 1861)
22 October – Alex McDonald, footballer (born 1878)
Joseph Lee, poet and journalist (born 1876)




Sport


Summer – The Ba game of Duns revived.




See also


1949 in Northern Ireland




References

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