1953 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1953 in Scotland.
Contents
Incumbents
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- Monarch — Elizabeth II (since 6 February 1952; crowned 2 June)
- Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal — James Stuart
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
- 30 January — The cargo vessel Clan MacQuarrie runs aground near Borve, Lewis in a storm; all 66 crew are rescued by breeches buoy the following morning.[1]
- 31 January — The car ferry MV Princess Victoria, sailing from Stranraer to Larne in Northern Ireland, sinks in the Irish Sea in a storm killing 133 people on board.[2] Fleetwood trawler Michael Griffiths sinks seven miles south of Barra Head with the loss of 13 crew.[1]
- 9 February — Fraserburgh life-boat John and Charles Kennedy capsizes on service: six crew killed.
- 5 March — PS Maid of the Loch, the last full-size paddle steamer built in Britain, is launched on the River Clyde at A. & J. Inglis's Pointhouse Shipyard. On 25 May she enters excursion service on Loch Lomond.
- c. March – New Bridge Street Bridge across Peterhead harbour completed, the last Scherzer rolling lift bridge erected by Sir William Arrol & Co. of Glasgow.
- 16 April — The Queen launches the Royal Yacht Britannia at John Brown & Company shipbuilders at Clydebank.[3]
- 20 May — Celtic F.C. beat Hibernian 2-0 in the final of the Coronation Cup (football) at Hampden Park.[4]
- 20 June — Most of the population of the island of Soay, Skye, moves to the Isle of Mull.
- 24 June — First state visit of Elizabeth II to Scotland since her accession; the Honours of Scotland are carried before the monarch for the first time since 1822[5] and presented to her at St Giles' Cathedral.
- 22 July — Great Bernera is connected to Lewis by Scotland's first prestressed concrete girder bridge.[6]
- 8 August — The northbound Royal Scot train derails near Abington descending from Beattock Summit due to buckling of track caused by high temperature; 37 are injured.[7]
- 27 October — Arbroath life-boat Robert Lindsay capsizes on service: six crew killed.
- Scottish law case of MacCormick v Lord Advocate decides that the right of Elizabeth II to so style herself in Scotland is a matter of royal prerogative.
- IBM establishes a manufacturing facility in Greenock.
Births
- 6 January — Malcolm Young, rock guitarist
- 11 January — John Sessions, born John Gibb Marshall, actor and comedian
- 20 January — John Robertson, international footballer
- 27 February — Gavin Esler, television journalist
- 5 May — Graeme Souness, international footballer and manager
- 6 May — Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1997-2007
- 7 June —
- Colin Boyd, Baron Boyd of Duncansby, lawyer and judge
- Dougie Donnelly, television presenter
- 24 August — Sam Torrance, golfer
- 31 August — Jimmy McKenna, actor
- 8 September — John McGlynn, actor
- 10 September — John Thurso, born John Sinclair, businessman and Liberal Democrat politician
- 28 September — Jim Diamond, pop singer-songwriter (died 2015)
- 21 October — Eric Faulkner, pop musician
- 4 November — Derek Johnstone, international footballer
- 12 November — Calum MacDonald, Celtic rock songwriter and percussionist
- 22 December — Gregor Fisher, actor and comedian
- Ian Read, businessman
Deaths
- 19 March — Thomas Hunter, Unionist Party politician and Member of Parliament (MP) for Perth (born 1872)
- 1 June — Alex James, international footballer (born 1901)
- 23 July — Sir Thomas Jaffrey, actuary (born 1861)
The Arts
- Lewis Spence's Collected Poems are published in Edinburgh.
See also
References
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