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HOW IT WORKS
1929 in Scotland
Summary
Events from the year
1929 in
Scotland
.
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1928
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1930
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Centuries:
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Decades:
1900s
1910s
1920s
1930s
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See also:
List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1929 in:
The UK
•
Wales
•
Elsewhere
Scottish football:
1928–29
•
1929–30
Incumbents
edit
Secretary of State for Scotland
and
Keeper of the Great Seal
–
Sir John Gilmour, Bt
until 4 June; then
William Adamson
Law officers
edit
Lord Advocate
–
William Watson
until May; then
Alexander Munro MacRobert
until June; then
Craigie Mason Aitchison
Solicitor General for Scotland
–
Alexander Munro MacRobert
until May; then
Wilfrid Normand
until June; then
John Watson
Judiciary
edit
Lord President of the Court of Session
and
Lord Justice General
–
Lord Clyde
Lord Justice Clerk
–
Lord Alness
Chairman of the Scottish Land Court
–
Lord St Vigeans
Events
edit
19 January
–
Perth Corporation Tramways
cease operation, being replaced by bus services operated by
W. Alexander & Sons
.
4 May
Alexander Munro MacRobert
appointed
Lord Advocate
,
[1]
replacing
William Watson
.
Wilfrid Normand
appointed
Solicitor General for Scotland
,
[1]
replacing
Alexander Munro MacRobert
.
10 May
–
Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929
enacted. Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow are confirmed as having
city status in the United Kingdom
.
31 May
– the
United Kingdom general election
returns a
hung parliament
.
Labour
is the party with the largest number of seats in Scotland. On 8 June
Ramsay MacDonald
forms a new Labour government.
[2]
19 June
Craigie Aitchison
appointed as
Lord Advocate
,
[3]
replacing
Alexander Munro MacRobert
.
John Watson
appointed as
Solicitor General for Scotland
,
[3]
replacing
Wilfrid Normand
.
2 October
– the Union between the
Church of Scotland
and the
United Free Church of Scotland
takes place.
31 December
–
Glen Cinema Disaster
in
Paisley
: 69 children die trying to escape smoke.
[4]
Legislation requires both parties to a
marriage in Scotland
to be at least 16 years old (although no parental consent is needed).
Edinburgh
crematorium
opened at
Warriston Cemetery
.
Aluminium smelter
at
Fort William
opened in conjunction with
Lochaber hydroelectric scheme
.
Lady Blanche Pit at
Dysart, Fife
, is closed.
Bus operator Scottish General Transport is renamed
Western Scottish Motor Traction
.
Ross County F.C.
founded in
Dingwall
. They initially play in the Highland League.
The
Benmore Botanic Garden
becomes the first regional garden of the
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
.
Births
edit
12 January
–
Alasdair MacIntyre
, philosopher
25 January
–
Charles Gray
, Labour politician (died
2023
)
3 February
–
Ronnie Fraser
, agricultural journalist and
Liberal
politician (died
2010
)
10 April
-
Adam Kelso Fulton
, rugby union player (died
1994
in
Kinross
)
12 April
–
Elspet Gray
, Lady Rix, actress (died 2013 in
London
)
17 April
–
Eve Pearce
, actress (died 2023 in London)
11 May
–
Stan Kane
, actor and singer (died
2015 in Canada
)
25 May
–
Arthur Montford
,
Scottish Television
sports journalist (died
2014
)
11 June
–
George Gale
, cartoonist (died
2003
)
12 June
–
John McCluskey, Baron McCluskey
, lawyer (died
2017
)
16 June
–
Alex Govan
, footballer (died 2016 in Plymouth)
22 June
–
John Mone
, Roman Catholic Bishop of Paisley (died
2016
)
10 July
–
Winnie Ewing
, SNP MP and MEP (died
2023
)
15 July
–
Rhoda Bulter
, poet (died
1994
)
24 August
–
John Mackintosh
, pro-
devolution
Labour politician (died
1978
)
20 September
–
Joe Temperley
, jazz saxophonist (died
2016
)
26 November
-
William Dysart
, actor (died 2002 in London)
2 December
–
Harry Benson
, photographer
9 December
-
Reay Tannahill
, historian and novelist (died 2007 in London)
11 December
–
Kenneth MacMillan
, choreographer (died 1992 in London)
Deaths
edit
1 February
–
Alexander Ogston
, surgeon, discoverer of
Staphylococcus
(born
1844
)
3 May
–
George Gough Arbuthnot
, businessman and civic leader in
British India
(born 1848)
14 August
–
Henry Horne, 1st Baron Horne
,
First World War
general (born
1861
)
30 August
–
William Menzies Alexander
, medical and theological writer (born
1858
)
13 September
–
Robert Lorimer
, architect (born
1864
)
[5]
3 October
–
Robert Climie
, trade unionist and Labour MP (born
1868
)
John Brown Abercromby
artist (born
1843
)
The arts
edit
12 August
–
Edinburgh Playhouse
opens as a super-cinema.
See also
edit
Timeline of Scottish history
1929 in Northern Ireland
References
edit
^
a
b
"No. 33492".
The London Gazette
. 7 May 1929. p. 3007.
^
Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992).
The Chronology of British History
. London: Century Ltd. pp. 371–372.
ISBN
0-7126-5616-2
.
^
a
b
"No. 14558".
The Edinburgh Gazette
. 21 June 1929. p. 650.
^
"Glen Cinema".
The History of Paisley
. Paisley.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2 April 2010
. Retrieved
17 May
2013
.
^
Hussey, Christopher
(1931).
The Work of Sir Robert Lorimer
. Country Life.