1911 in Scotland
1911 in Scotland |
Years |
1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 |
See also |
1910-11 in Scottish football |
1911-12 in Scottish football |
Events from 1911 in Scotland
Incumbents
Events
- 27 January - Opening of Scottish Motor Exhibition in Edinburgh.[1]
- MarchβApril - Eleven thousand workers at the Singer Manufacturing Co. sewing machine factory on Clydebank go on strike in solidarity with twelve female colleagues protesting against work process reorganisation. Four hundred alleged ringleaders are dismissed.[2][3]
- 2 Mayβ4 November - Scottish Exhibition of National History, Art and Industry at Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow.[4]
- 9 May - A fire at the Empire Palace Theatre in Edinburgh kills eleven people, including illusionist Sigmund Neuberger ("The Great Lafayette") and also his lion and horse.[1]
- 19 July -Thistle Chapel, designed by Robert Lorimer, dedicated in St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh.[5]
- 24 July - Start of Scottish leg of first Daily Mail Circuit of Britain air race, HendonβHarrogateβNewcastleβEdinburghβStirlingβGlasgowβCarlisle.
- 11 September - Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 10th Baronet, buys the ruined Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull to restore as the seat of the Clan Maclean.
- 16 October - New building for the Mitchell Library opened in Glasgow.[6]
- Release of Rob Roy, the first British-made three-reel feature film, shot by the Scottish company United Films Ltd in studios at Rouken Glen on the edge of Glasgow and on location in Aberfoyle.[7]
- Harry Lauder writes the popular song "Roamin' In The Gloamin'".
Births
- 11 February - Alec Cairncross, economist (died 1998)
- 11 March - Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet, soldier, writer and politician (died 1996)
- 24 January - Muir Mathieson, film composer (died 1975)
- 14 May - Sir John Ritchie Inch, police Chief Constable (died 1993)
- 31 May - Leonard Boden, portrait painter (died 1999)
- 9 July - Brigadier Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat, Chief of Clan Fraser of Lovat, and Commando (died 1995)
- 26 October - Sorley MacLean, poet (died 1996)
- 4 December - William Baxter, Labour MP for West Stirlingshire (1959β1974) (died 1979)
Deaths
See also
References