1949 in Scotland
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List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1949 in: The UK • Wales • Ireland • Elsewhere Scottish football: 1948–49 • 1949–50 |
Events from the year 1949 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Law officers
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General — Lord Cooper
- Lord Justice Clerk — Lord Thomson
- Chairman of the Scottish Land Court — Lord Gibson
Events
- 3 April — Trolleybuses in Glasgow introduced
- 1 May — Scottish Gas Board established
- 4 May — Fire at Grafton's fashion store in Argyle Street, Glasgow, kills 13 young women[1]
- 24 July — People of Alyth march on Alyth Hill to assert their right of commonty over the land[2]
- October — The Scottish Covenant, calling for the establishment of a legislative parliament within the United Kingdom, is drawn up by John MacCormick
Undated
- Wendy Wood founds the nationalist group, the Scottish Patriots
- The Law Society of Scotland is established
- John Boyd Orr receives the Nobel Peace Prize
Births
- 15 January — Craig Pritchett, chess International Master
- 19 January — Lindsay Roy, educator and politician
- 23 January — Tom Forsyth, international footballer
- 25 January — Chris Lowe, BBC News presenter
- 2 February — Duncan Bannatyne, entrepreneur, philanthropist and author
- 9 February — Bernard Gallacher, golfer
- 26 February — Lynda Clark, judge and politician
- 6 March — Martin Buchan, international footballer
- 7 March — Malcolm Chisholm, Labour MSP
- 8 April — Alex Fergusson, Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament (2007-2011)
- 21 May — Andrew Neil, print and television journalist
- 4 June — Lou Macari, international footballer and manager
- 4 July — Alex Miller, footballer and manager
- 6 August — Erich Schaedler, footballer (suicide 1985)
- 11 August — Ian Charleson, actor (died 1990)
- 20 August — Stewart Houston, international footballer and manager
- 18 September — Alastair Campbell, Lord Bracadale, judge
- 22 September — Jimmy Bone, footballer and manager
- 29 September — Adrian Elrick, international footballer representing New Zealand
- 8 October — Hamish Stuart, guitarist, bassist, singer, composer and record producer
- 28 December — Hilton McRae, actor
Deaths
- 2 January — Sir Victor Fortune, British Army officer (born 1883)
- 12 April — John Wallace, Liberal MP (born 1868)
- 3 August — Jessie M. King, illustrator and designer (born 1875)
- 6 August — David Taylor, footballer and manager (born 1883)
- 22 October — Alex McDonald, footballer (born 1878)
- Joseph Lee, poet and journalist (born 1876)
Sport
- Summer — The Ba game of Duns revived.
See also
References
- ↑ "Grafton's - 1949". Glasgow Fire Journal. 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
- ↑ Wightman, Andy (2010). The Poor Had No Lawyers: who owns Scotland and how they got it. Edinburgh: Birlinn. pp. 205–211. ISBN 9781841589077.
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