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HOW IT WORKS
1922 in Scotland
Summary
Events from the year
1922 in
Scotland
.
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1921
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Centuries:
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Decades:
1900s
1910s
1920s
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See also:
List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1922 in:
The UK
•
Wales
•
Elsewhere
Scottish football:
1921–22
•
1922–23
Incumbents
edit
Secretary for Scotland
and
Keeper of the Great Seal
–
Robert Munro
until 19 October; then
The Viscount Novar
Law officers
edit
Lord Advocate
–
Thomas Brash Morison
until March; then
Charles David Murray
until November; then
William Watson
Solicitor General for Scotland
–
Charles David Murray
until March; then
Andrew Constable
until July; then
William Watson
until November; then
David Fleming
Judiciary
edit
Lord President of the Court of Session
and
Lord Justice General
–
Lord Clyde
Lord Justice Clerk
–
Lord Dickson
, then
Lord Alness
Chairman of the Scottish Land Court
–
Lord St Vigeans
Events
edit
7 March
–
Charles David Murray
appointed
Lord Advocate
,
[1]
replacing
Thomas Brash Morison
17 March
–
Andrew Constable
appointed as
Solicitor General for Scotland
,
[2]
replacing
Charles David Murray
28 May
–
Prohibition
begins in
Wick, Caithness
.
10 July
–
William Watson
appointed as
Solicitor General for Scotland
,
[3]
replacing
Andrew Constable
14
–
21 August
–
Loch Maree Hotel botulism poisoning
, first recorded outbreak in the United Kingdom.
8
–
9 September
– first
King's Cup Race
for aeroplanes, flown on a return course from London to Glasgow.
1 October
–
Carfin Grotto
, a Roman Catholic shrine dedicated to
Our Lady of Lourdes
, is dedicated
17 October
– first
Hunger March
sets out, from Glasgow to London.
[4]
18 October
– the
British Broadcasting Company
(
BBC
) is formed with
John Reith
as its first general manager.
2 November
–
William Watson
appointed
Lord Advocate
,
[5]
replacing
Charles David Murray
15 November
–
1922 UK general election
.
Helen Fraser
is the first woman to stand in Scotland as an official candidate for any party. Defending his seat in
Dundee
for the
Liberal Party
,
Winston Churchill
comes fourth in the poll; the two-member constituency is taken by
Edwin Scrymgeour
, uniquely winning for the
Scottish Prohibition Party
, and the radical
E. D. Morel
for the
Labour Party
.
16 November
–
David Fleming
appointed
Solicitor General for Scotland
,
[6]
replacing
William Watson
1 December
–
The Aberdeen Press & Journal
is first published under this title following a merger
The UK Government purchases the islands of
Raasay
and
South Rona
from their private landlords.
Births
edit
11 January
–
William Turnbull
, sculptor (died 2012 in London)
14 March
–
Kenneth Alexander
, economist and university administrator (died
2001
)
21 April
–
Alistair MacLean
, adventure novelist (died 1987 in Germany)
11 June
–
Douglas Campbell
, Scottish-Canadian actor and screenwriter (died
2009 in Canada
)
6 June
–
Iain Hamilton
, composer (died 2000 in London)
31 July
–
Ewan Cameron
, physician and medical researcher (died 1991)
12 August
–
Fulton Mackay
, television actor (died 1987 in London)
5 October
–
Jock Stein
, footballer and manager (died
1985
)
23 October
–
Nicholas Stuart Gray
, actor, playwright and children's author (died
1981
)
28 October
–
Cliff Hanley
, writer (died
1999
)
30 November
–
Graham Crowden
, actor (died
2010
)
Deaths
edit
18 March
–
Edward Arthur Walton
, painter (born
1860
)
15 April
–
Osgood Mackenzie
, landowner (born
1842
)
22 April
–
James Souttar
, architect (born 1842 in London)
2 August
–
Alexander Graham Bell
, scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator (born
1847
)
24 September
-
James Ormiston Affleck
physician and medical author (born
1840
19 October
–
Gavin Campbell, 1st Marquess of Breadalbane
, Liberal politician and last
Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland
(born
1851 in Ireland
)
28 October
–
Alexander Crum Brown
, organic chemist (born
1838
)
Charles Macintosh
, folk music composer and performer and mycologist (born
1839
)
Alexander Wilson
, photographer (born in
Duns
)
The arts
edit
Marion Angus
's first collection of poetry,
The Lilt and Other Verses
, written in the
Scots language
, is published in Aberdeen.
John Buchan
's novel
Huntingtower
, first of the
Dickson McCunn trilogy
, is published.
Catherine Carswell
's novel
The Camomile
is published.
Sculptor
James Pittendrigh Macgillivray
's collection
Bog-Myrtle and Peat Reek: verse mainly in the North & South country dialects of Scotland
is published in Edinburgh.
Lady Margaret Sackville
's
A Masque of Edinburgh
is published and performed at the Music Hall,
George Street, Edinburgh
.
See also
edit
Timeline of Scottish history
1922 in Northern Ireland
References
edit
^
"No. 13794".
The Edinburgh Gazette
. 10 March 1922. p. 456.
^
"No. 13797".
The Edinburgh Gazette
. 21 March 1922. p. 511.
^
"No. 32728".
The London Gazette
. 11 July 1922. p. 5193.
^
Garrett, George (1999).
The Collected George Garrett
. Nottingham: Trent Editions.
ISBN
0-905488-48-2
.
^
"No. 13863".
The Edinburgh Gazette
. 3 November 1922. p. 1718.
^
"No. 13867".
The Edinburgh Gazette
. 17 November 1922. p. 1779.