1920 in Scotland
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List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1920 in: The UK • Wales • Ireland • Elsewhere Scottish football: 1919–20 • 1920–21 |
Events from the year 1920 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Law officers
- Lord Advocate — James Avon Clyde until 31 March; then Thomas Brash Morison
- Solicitor General for Scotland — Thomas Brash Morison until 31 March; then Charles David Murray
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General — Lord Strathclyde until 1 April; then Lord Clyde
- Lord Justice Clerk — Lord Dickson
- Chairman of the Scottish Land Court — Lord St Vigeans
Events
- 12 February — Paisley by-election: Herbert Henry Asquith holds the seat for Liberals, thus returning to parliament.
- 31 March —
- Thomas Brash Morison appointed Lord Advocate,[1] replacing James Avon Clyde
- Charles David Murray appointed Solicitor General for Scotland,[1] replacing Thomas Brash Morison
- 8 June — John Wilson installed as Senator of the College of Justice with the judicial title Lord Ashmore, replacing the deceased Lord Guthrie[2]
- 17 August — Transatlantic liner RMS Empress of Canada is launched at the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company's yard at Govan on the Clyde for Canadian Pacific Steamships.
- 5 December — Scotland votes against prohibition.
- First council houses in Scotland, and the first housing estate in Europe to have a district heating system, the Logie Estate in Dundee.[3]
- Edith Hughes establishes her own architectural practice, in Glasgow, the first British woman to do so.
- The fishing village of Obbe on the Isle of Harris is renamed Leverburgh after the English landowner William Lever, Baron Leverhulme.
- Scottish Protestant League founded by Alexander Ratcliffe.[4]
- Border Terrier first recognised as a dog breed by The Kennel Club.
Births
- 3 January — Hugh McCartney, Labour MP (died 2006)
- 27 April — Edwin Morgan, poet (died 2010)
- 17 October — Donald Stewart, SNP MP for the Western Isles 1970–87 (died 1992)
- 28 November — Alexander Scott, poet and literary scholar (died 1989)
Deaths
- 18 January — John McClure, admiral in the Imperial Chinese Navy (born 1837)
- 14 April — John George Bartholomew, cartographer (born 1860)
- 17 April — Alex Higgins, international footballer (born 1863)
- 10 August — Erskine Beveridge, textile manufacturer and antiquarian (born 1851)
The Arts
- Catherine Carswell publishes her first novel, Open the Door!, set in Glasgow
- Will Fyffe writes and records the song "I Belong to Glasgow"
See also
References
- 1 2 The Edinburgh Gazette: no. 13583. p. 1008. 2 April 1920. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
- ↑ "News in Brief". The Times (Issue 42432) (London). 9 June 1920. p. 13. Retrieved 10 January 2011 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ↑ "Launch of the Property Valuation Rolls for 1920". ScotlandsPeople. 2013-10-28. Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- ↑ Smyth, J. J. (2000). Labour in Glasgow, 1896-1936: Socialism, Suffrage, Sectarianism. East Linton: Tuckwell. p. 194. ISBN 186232137X.
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