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1951 in Scotland
Summary
Events from the year
1951 in
Scotland
.
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See also:
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1951 in:
The UK
•
Wales
•
Elsewhere
Scottish football:
1950–51
•
1951–52
Incumbents
edit
Secretary of State for Scotland
and
Keeper of the Great Seal
–
Hector McNeil
until 26 October; then
James Stuart
Law officers
edit
Lord Advocate
–
John Thomas Wheatley
until November; then
James Latham Clyde
Solicitor General for Scotland
–
Douglas Johnston
until November; then
William Rankine Milligan
Judiciary
edit
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
edit
11 April
– The
Stone of Scone
is located in
Arbroath Abbey
having been stolen by Scottish nationalists.
12 May
– Remains of
Gunnister Man
found in a peat bog in
Shetland
.
18
–
26 May
–
Festival of Britain
:
Festival Ship
Campania
on view in
Dundee
(King George V Dock).
25 May
–
8 September
– Festival of Britain: Living Traditions exhibition presented at the
Royal Scottish Museum
, Edinburgh, by the Council of Industrial Design.
28 May
–
18 August
– Festival of Britain: Exhibition of Industrial Power in Glasgow (opened by
The Princess Elizabeth
).
[1]
18 September
–
6 October
– Festival of Britain: Festival Ship
Campania
on view in Glasgow (Springfield Dock).
26 October
–
1951 United Kingdom general election
: The
Conservative Party
and allies narrowly defeat
Labour
in Scotland and across the UK; this is the last election in which the Conservatives do better in Scotland than in England.
30 October
–
James Stuart
is appointed
Secretary of State for Scotland
; he will hold office until January 1957.
November –
Ecurie Ecosse
motor racing team founded by Edinburgh businessman and racing driver
David Murray
and mechanic
Wilkie Wilkinson
.
[2]
7 November
– first floodlit
Association football
match in Scotland, a
Stenhousemuir
v.
Hibernian F.C.
friendly at the former's
Ochilview Park
.
[3]
24 November
–
Beinn Eighe
becomes Britain's first
national nature reserve
.
Publication of
The Third Statistical Account of Scotland
commences with the volume for
Ayrshire
.
Births
edit
2 February
–
Ken Bruce
, radio broadcaster
7 February
–
Eddie Kelly
, footballer
20 February
–
Gordon Brown
,
Labour
politician
and
Prime Minister of the
United Kingdom
2007–10
[4]
4 March
–
Kenny Dalglish
, international footballer and manager
25 April
–
Ian McCartney
, Labour politician
6 May
–
Davey Johnstone
, rock guitarist
9 August
–
James Naughtie
, print and radio journalist
22 August
–
Alex Neil
,
Scottish National Party
MSP and government minister
16 September
–
Judith Miller
, antiques expert (died 2023)
23 September
–
Andrew Greig
, author
26 September
–
Stuart Tosh
, born Stuart MacIntosh, rock musician
28 September
–
Jim Diamond
, singer-songwriter (died
2015
)
17 November
–
Jack Vettriano
, born Jack Hoggan, painter
19 November
–
Charles Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton
, Labour politician and
Lord Chancellor
15 December
–
Joe Jordan
, international footballer and manager
20 December
–
Peter May
, fiction writer
22 December
–
Jim McColl
, entrepreneur
Michael Scott Rohan
, fantasy writer
Deaths
edit
3 January
–
Peter McBride
, footballer (born
1877
)
29 January
–
James Bridie
(O. H. Mavor), playwright (born
1888
)
3 May
–
Sir Thomas Henderson
, Liberal politician (born
1874
)
16 May
–
James Greenlees
, rugby union footballer, educationalist and soldier (born
1878
)
9 September
–
Andrew Blain Baird
, engineer and aviation pioneer (born
1862
)
1 October
–
Peter McWilliam
, international footballer and manager (born
1879
)
11 October
–
Donald Cameron, 25th Lochiel
, chief of Clan Cameron (born
1876
)
The arts
edit
19 May
–
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
opens in a tent with the British première of
Maxwell Anderson
’s
Mary of Scotland
.
[5]
School of Scottish Studies
founded.
See also
edit
1951 in Northern Ireland
References
edit
^
"Glasgow powers up for the Festival".
BBC News
. 28 May 1951
. Retrieved
17 April
2013
.
^
"The History of Ecurie Ecosse".
Ecurie Ecosse
. Archived from the original on 10 September 2013
. Retrieved
7 August
2014
.
^
"Notable Dates in History".
The Flag in the Wind
. The Scots Independent. Archived from the original on 23 May 2014
. Retrieved
21 July
2014
.
^
"Gordon Brown | prime minister of United Kingdom | Britannica".
www.britannica.com
. Retrieved
20 March
2022
.
^
"Timeline". Pitlochry Festival Theatre
. Retrieved
15 January
2015
.