1950 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1950 in Scotland.
Contents
Incumbents
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- Monarch — George VI
- Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal — Arthur Woodburn until 28 February; then Hector McNeil
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
- 21 February — Clydebank-built Cunard liner RMS Aquitania arrives at the scrapyard in Faslane at the end of a 36-year career.
- August — First official Edinburgh Military Tattoo staged at Edinburgh Castle as part of the Edinburgh Festival.
- 22 August — 54-year-old William "Ned" Barnie becomes the first Scot to swim the English Channel, going on to complete 3 crossings.[1]
- 8 September — 116 miners trapped underground in a landslide at Knockshinnoch Castle colliery at New Cumnock in Ayrshire.[2]
- 9 September — The first miners are rescued from Knockshinnoch Castle colliery.[2]
- 11 September — The rescue operation from Knockshinnoch Castle colliery is completed, with all 116 miners saved.[2]
- 25 December — The Stone of Scone, the traditional coronation stone of Scottish monarchs, English monarchs and more recently British monarchs, is removed from London's Westminster Abbey by a group of four Scottish students.
- St. Margaret`s Hospice in Clydebank, the first modern hospice in Scotland, is begun by the Sisters of Charity.[3]
Births
- 21 January — Seona Reid, arts administrator
- 22 March — Jocky Wilson, darts player (died 2012)
- 30 March — Robbie Coltrane, actor and comedian
- 31 March — William Blair, judge and financial lawyer
- 1 May — Malcolm James Mackenzie, footballer
- 12 May — Helena Kennedy, lawyer
- 27 May — Alex Gray, crime novelist
- 18 September — Jock McFadyen, painter
- 7 November — Lindsay Duncan, actress
- 3 December — Angus Glennie, Lord Glennie, judge
Deaths
- 15 January — George Livingstone, footballer (born 1876)
- 26 February — Harry Lauder, entertainer (born 1870)
- 17 March — Adam McKinlay, Labour politician (born 1887)
- 30 March — Joe Yule, comedian and actor (born 1892)
- 9 May — Charles Alexander Stevenson, lighthouse engineer (born 1855)
- 14 September — Alexander Livingstone, Liberal politician (born 1880)
- James Drever, psychologist (born 1873)
