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    • Source: 1954 in Scotland

      • Events from the year 1954 in Scotland.


      Incumbents



      Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – James Stuart


      = Law officers

      =
      Lord Advocate – James Latham Clyde
      Solicitor General for Scotland – William Rankine Milligan


      = Judiciary

      =
      Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Cooper until 23 December; then Lord Clyde
      Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Thomson
      Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord Gibson


      Events


      28 January – John Thomas Wheatley appointed as a Senator of the College of Justice.
      12 February – United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority founded; the body in this same year will decide on Dounreay as a 'safe' site for its fast breeder reactor tests.
      17 February – RMS Saxonia is launched at John Brown & Company's shipyard on Clydebank for the Cunard Line's Canadian service.
      March – Scottish Journal of Political Economy first published.
      16 March – Major fire damages Skerryvore lighthouse.
      27 April – Clyde F.C. beat Celtic 1 – 0 in the replayed final of the Scottish Cup.
      12 May – Work on construction of Seafield Colliery at Kirkcaldy begins.
      4 July – Fourteen years of rationing in the UK during and following World War II comes to an end, when meat officially comes off ration.
      July – Work on construction of Ravenscraig steelworks is authorised.
      19 July – United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority established by the Atomic Energy Act "to produce, use and dispose of atomic energy and carry out research into any matters therewith".
      3 September – The National Trust for Scotland acquires Fair Isle from George Waterston.
      23 October – Heart of Midlothian F.C. beats Motherwell 4–2 to win the Scottish League Cup.
      23 November – opening of Walsh trial, to determine whether Douglas Walsh of Dumbarton, a Jehovah's Witness pioneer, has the same right as an ordained religious minister in Scotland to be exempted from national service.
      25 December – 1954 Prestwick air disaster: BOAC Boeing 377 Stratocruiser G-ALSA crashes on landing at Prestwick Airport from London in poor visibility, killing 28.
      Asymmetric footbridge over Gala Water in Galashiels opened.
      Osprey recolonise Scotland.


      Births


      5 January – Myra Nimmo, long jumper
      27 January - Iain McColl, actor (died 2013)
      15 February – John McAslan, architect
      16 February – Iain Banks, novelist (died 2013)
      22 February - Ian Stark, equestrian
      8 March – David Wilkie, swimmer (born in Colombo; died 2024)
      9 March – Jim Stewart, footballer
      14 March – David Taylor, football administrator, joint General Secretary of UEFA
      23 March – Mary Fee, Labour Party politician
      9 April – Iain Duncan Smith, Conservative Party leader, MP and government minister
      28 April – Tom McCabe, Labour Party politician, MSP (1999–2011) and government minister (died 2015)
      5 May – Brian Souter, businessman and founder of Stagecoach Group
      11 May - Judith Weir, composer
      28 June – A. A. Gill, newspaper critic (died 2016 in London)
      25 July - Sheena McDonal]], journalist and broadcaster
      2 August – Ken MacLeod, science fiction writer
      5 August – Allan Wilson, Labour Party politician, MSP (1999–2007)
      16 August – George Galloway, politician, former MP and founder of the Respect Party
      26 August – David Martin, Labour Party politician, Member of the European Parliament for Scotland
      11 September – Ian Anderson, footballer (died 2008)
      28 September – Mike McCartney, footballer
      16 October – Michael Forsyth, Baron Forsyth of Drumlean, Conservative Secretary of State for Scotland
      19 October – Ken Stott, actor
      16 November – Donald Runnicles, orchestral conductor
      25 December – Annie Lennox, singer-songwriter, political activist and philanthropist
      27 December – Joanna Strathdee, Scottish National Party politician (died 2015)
      31 December – Alex Salmond, Scottish National Party First Minister of Scotland (2007–14) (died 2024)
      George McGavin, entomologist
      Gordon Murray, architect


      Deaths


      11 February – Alexander Anderson, Labour Party politician and Member of Parliament 1947–54 (born 1888)
      18 April – Helen Crawfurd, suffragette and communist activist (born 1877)
      6 May – B. C. Forbes, financial journalist and author who founded Forbes Magazine in the United States (born 1880)
      18 July – Thomas S. Tait, architect (born 1882)
      12 November – Alex Smith, international footballer (born 1876)
      22 November – Jimmy Gordon, footballer (born 1888)


      The arts


      George Mackay Brown's first book of poetry, The Storm, is published.
      Sorley MacLean's Scottish Gaelic poetry Hallaig is published in Gairm.
      Roddy McMillan's play All in Good Faith is presented at the Citizens Theatre, Glasgow.
      American photographer Paul Strand works in the Outer Hebrides.
      Alexander Trocchi's novel Young Adam is published.


      See also


      1954 in Northern Ireland


      References

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