- Source: 1991 in Scotland
Events from the year 1991 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Ian Lang
= Law officers
=Lord Advocate – Lord Fraser of Carmyllie
Solicitor General for Scotland – Alan Rodger
= 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 Elliott
Events
4 April – South Ronaldsay child abuse scandal: Social services in Orkney are criticised for their handling of more than 100 children who have returned to their families after being taken away over allegations of child abuse.
18 May – Motherwell F.C. triumph 4–3 over Dundee United to win the Scottish Cup.
8 July – Inauguration of full electric service on British Rail's East Coast Main Line from London King's Cross railway station through to Edinburgh Waverley.
9 July – Western Isles Council loses £23,000,000 in the closure of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International.
25 July – Age of Legal Capacity (Scotland) Act 1991, which gives full legal capacity to those aged over sixteen years, receives Royal Assent.
13 August – The Duke of Rothesay (now King Charles III), resigns as patron of Scotland's National Museum over a competition to design a new building.
27 August – Dornoch Firth Bridge opened.
29 August – Alick Buchanan-Smith, Conservative MP for Kincardine and Deeside, dies in office aged 59.
30 August – Liz McColgan wins a gold medal at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.
October – Privatisation of the Scottish Bus Group concludes with sale of Western Scottish in a management buyout.
7 November – Kincardine and Deeside by-election results in the Liberal Democrats gaining the seat from the Conservative Party on a swing of 11.4%.
1 December - American grunge rock band Nirvana perform at The Southern Bar in Edinburgh. They were invited as guests of the Joyriders, who were initially unsure if the band would turn up or not.
Highlands and Islands Enterprise supersedes the Highlands and Islands Development Board.
Publication of Vera Carstairs' and Russell Morris' Deprivation and Health in Scotland by Aberdeen University Press, introducing the Carstairs index of deprivation.
Closure of Blindwells opencast coal mining site ends 269 years of coal mining in East Lothian.
Births
10 February – Rebecca Dempster, footballer
13 February – Declan Gallagher, footballer
22 February – Kyle Wilkie, footballer
13 May – Jen Beattie, footballer
3 July – Alison Howie, field hockey player
13 August – Lesley Doig, lawn bowler
12 September – Mike Towell, boxer (died 2016)
23 September – Lee Alexander, footballer
1 October – Jennifer Dodds, curler
2 October – Gordon Reid, wheelchair tennis player
14 October – Andrew Butchart, distance runner
7 November – Rachel Sermanni, folk musician
17 December – Tom Walker, indie folk-rock singer-songwriter
20 December – Rachael Boyle, footballer
Deaths
2 February – Sir Monty Finniston, industrialist (born 1912)
20 February – Kathleen Garscadden, children's radio presenter (born 1897)
27 June – George MacLeod, soldier and minister of religion (born 1895)
29 August – Alick Buchanan-Smith, Conservative politician (born 1932)
The arts
October – Irvine Welsh's short story "The First Day of the Edinburgh Festival", later incorporated into Trainspotting, is published in New Writing Scotland.
Robert Alan Jamieson's novel A Day at the Office is published.
Jackie Kay's first, semi-autobiographical, poetry collection The Adoption Papers is published.
See also
1991 in Northern Ireland
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Skotlandia
- Britania Raya
- Virgil van Dijk
- Orang Skotlandia
- Clash at the Castle: Scotland
- Cristiano Ronaldo
- Bahasa Inggris
- Kerajaan Alba
- Tim nasional sepak bola Skotlandia
- Piala Dunia FIFA
- 1991 in Scotland
- Scotland
- 1991–92 Scottish Cup
- 1991 in Scottish television
- 1991
- Age of Legal Capacity (Scotland) Act 1991
- 1991–92 Scottish Premier Division
- Religion in Scotland
- 1991 Scottish Masters
- 1991–92 in Scottish football
