• Source: 1950 in Scotland

      • Events from the year 1950 in Scotland.


      Incumbents



      Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Arthur Woodburn until 28 February; then Hector McNeil


      = Law officers

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


      = Judiciary

      =
      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


      14 February – First shipment of coal from Argyll Colliery (drift mining) in the reopened Machrihanish Coalfield to Belfast.
      21 February – Clydebank-built Cunard liner RMS Aquitania arrives at the scrapyard in Faslane at the end of a 36-year career.
      August – first official Edinburgh Military Tattoo staged at Edinburgh Castle as part of the Edinburgh Festival.
      22 August – 54-year-old William "Ned" Barnie becomes the first Scot to swim the English Channel, going on to complete 3 crossings.
      8 September – 116 miners trapped underground in a landslide at Knockshinnoch Castle colliery at New Cumnock in Ayrshire.
      9 September – first miners are rescued from Knockshinnoch Castle colliery.
      11 September – rescue operation from Knockshinnoch Castle colliery is completed, with all 116 miners saved.
      18 October – the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board's Loch Sloy Hydro-Electric Scheme is inaugurated.
      25 December – the Stone of Scone, the traditional coronation stone of Scottish monarchs, English monarchs and more recently British monarchs, is removed from London's Westminster Abbey by a group of four Scottish students.
      St. Margaret's Hospice in Clydebank, the first modern hospice in Scotland, is begun by the Sisters of Charity.


      Births


      21 January – Seona Reid, arts administrator
      10 March – Ted McKenna, rock drummer (The Sensational Alex Harvey Band) (died 2019)
      22 March – Jocky Wilson, darts player (died 2012)
      30 March – Robbie Coltrane, actor and comedian (died 2022)
      31 March – William Blair, judge and financial lawyer
      1 May – Malcolm James Mackenzie, footballer
      6 May – Robbie McIntosh, funk drummer (Average White Band) (died 1974)
      9 May – Murray Elder, politician (died 2023)
      12 May – Helena Kennedy, lawyer
      27 May – Alex Gray, crime novelist
      20 June – Rita Rae, Lady Rae, judge
      21 June – Enn Reitel, actor
      18 September – Jock McFadyen, painter
      29 October – James Dillon, composer
      7 November – Lindsay Duncan, actress
      3 December – Angus Glennie, Lord Glennie, judge


      Deaths


      15 January – George Livingstone, footballer (born 1876)
      26 February – Harry Lauder, entertainer (born 1870)
      17 March – Adam McKinlay, Labour politician (born 1887)
      30 March – Joe Yule, comedian and actor (born 1892)
      9 May – Charles Alexander Stevenson, lighthouse engineer (born 1855)
      10 August – James Drever, psychologist (born 1873)
      14 September – Alexander Livingstone, Liberal politician (born 1880)


      See also


      1950 in Northern Ireland


      References

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