• Source: 1970 in Scotland

Events from the year 1970 in Scotland.




Incumbents



Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Willie Ross until 20 June; then Gordon Campbell




= Law officers

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Lord Advocate – Henry Wilson; then Norman Wylie
Solicitor General for Scotland – Ewan Stewart until June; then David Brand




= Judiciary

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Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Clyde
Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Grant
Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord Birsay




Events


21 January – Fraserburgh lifeboat Duchess of Kent, on service to the Danish fishing vessel Opal, capsizes with the loss of five of the six crew members.
19 March – The South Ayrshire by-election is held. Jim Sillars retains the seat for the Labour Party.
24 May – The Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St Luke in Glasgow is raised to this status.
18 June – The 1970 general election is held. Labour wins a majority in Scotland with 48 out of the 71 seats available, but the Conservative Party wins a majority across the UK, and Edward Heath replaces Harold Wilson as Prime Minister. The Scottish National Party wins its first MP elected at a general election (Donald Stewart in the Western Isles) but Winnie Ewing loses the Hamilton seat; leaving the SNP with only a single seat.
26 June – The Kingston Bridge, Glasgow opens.
16 – 25 July: the 1970 British Commonwealth Games are held in Edinburgh.
26 July – 1 August – the 1970 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games are held in Edinburgh.
7 October – BP announces the discovery of the massive Forties Oil Field in Scottish waters.
Hepatitis B outbreak in Edinburgh.
Blair Drummond Safari Park opens.




Births


14 February – Paul Rutherford, powerlifter
16 April – James Watson, actor
10 May – David Weir, international footballer
4 July
Lewis MacLeod, voice actor
Doddie Weir, rugby union player (died 2022)
19 July – Nicola Sturgeon, SNP politician, First Minister of Scotland (2014– ; Deputy from 2007)
21 July – Angus MacNeil, SNP politician
12 August – Alan Brown, SNP politician
21 August – David Hopkin, footballer
22 July – Doug Johnstone, crime fiction writer, rock musician and physicist
17 September – Dallas Campbell, television presenter
17 December – Stella Tennant, model (died 2020)
23 December – Karine Polwart, singer-songwriter




Deaths


25 May – Tom Patey, mountaineer (born 1932), died in climbing accident
13 June – John Nicholson, footballer (born 1888)




See also


1970 in Northern Ireland
1970 in Wales




References

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