1954 in Scotland
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See also: | List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1954 in: The UK • Wales • Ireland • Elsewhere Scottish football: 1953–54 • 1954–55 1954 in Scottish television |
Events from the year 1954 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Law officers
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Cooper until 23 December; then Lord Clyde
- Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Thomson
- Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord Gibson
Events
- 28 January – John Thomas Wheatley appointed as a Senator of the College of Justice.[1]
- 17 February – RMS Saxonia is launched at John Brown & Company's shipyard on Clydebank for the Cunard Line's Canadian service.
- March – Scottish Journal of Political Economy first published.
- 16 March – major fire damages Skerryvore lighthouse.
- 27 April – Clyde F.C. beat Celtic 1 – 0 in the replayed final of the Scottish Cup.
- 12 May – work on construction of Seafield Colliery at Kirkcaldy begins.
- July – work on construction of Ravenscraig steelworks is authorized.[2]
- 3 September – the National Trust for Scotland acquires Fair Isle from George Waterston.[3]
- 23 October – Heart of Midlothian F.C. beats Motherwell 4–2 to win the Scottish League Cup.
- 23 November – opening of Walsh trial, to determine whether Douglas Walsh of Dumbarton, a Jehovah's Witness pioneer, has the same right as an ordained religious minister in Scotland to be exempted from conscripted military service.[4]
- 25 December – 1954 Prestwick air disaster: BOAC Boeing 377 Stratocruiser G-ALSA crashes on landing at Prestwick Airport from London in poor visibility, killing 28.
- Asymmetric footbridge over Gala Water in Galashiels opened.
- Osprey recolonize Scotland.
Births
- 5 January – Myra Nimmo, long jumper
- 15 February – John McAslan, architect
- 16 February – Iain Banks, novelist (died 2013)
- 8 March – David Wilkie, swimmer (born in Colombo)
- 9 March – Jim Stewart, footballer
- 14 March – David Taylor, football administrator, joint General Secretary of UEFA
- 23 March – Mary Fee, Labour Party politician[5]
- 9 April – Iain Duncan Smith, Conservative Party leader, MP and government minister
- 28 April – Tom McCabe, Labour Party politician, MSP (1999–2011) and government minister (died 2015)
- 5 May – Brian Souter, businessman and founder of Stagecoach Group
- 28 June – A. A. Gill, newspaper critic (died 2016 in London)
- 2 August – Ken MacLeod, science fiction writer
- 5 August – Allan Wilson, Labour Party politician, MSP (1999–2007)
- 16 August – George Galloway, politician, founder of the Respect Party
- 26 August – David Martin, Labour Party politician, Member of the European Parliament for Scotland
- 11 September – Ian Anderson, footballer (died 2008)
- 28 September – Mike McCartney, footballer
- 16 October – Michael Forsyth, Baron Forsyth of Drumlean, Conservative Secretary of State for Scotland
- 19 October – Ken Stott, actor
- 16 November – Donald Runnicles, orchestral conductor
- 25 December – Annie Lennox, singer-songwriter, political activist and philanthropist
- 27 December – Joanna Strathdee, Scottish National Party politician (died 2015)
- 31 December – Alex Salmond, Scottish National Party First Minister of Scotland (2007–14)
Deaths
- 11 February – Alexander Anderson, Labour Party politician and Member of Parliament 1947–54 (born 1888)
- 18 April – Helen Crawfurd, suffragette and communist activist (born 1877)
- 6 May – B. C. Forbes, financial journalist and author who founded Forbes Magazine in the United States (born 1880)
- 18 July – Thomas S. Tait, architect (born 1882)
- 12 November – Alex Smith, international footballer (born 1876)
- 22 November – Jimmy Gordon, footballer (born 1888)
The arts
- George Mackay Brown's first book of poetry, The Storm, is published.
- Sorley MacLean's Scottish Gaelic poetry Hallaig is published in Gairm.[6]
- Roddy McMillan's play All in Good Faith is presented at the Citizens Theatre, Glasgow.
- American photographer Paul Strand works in the Outer Hebrides.
- Alexander Trocchi's novel Young Adam is published.
See also
References
- "No. 17150". The Edinburgh Gazette. 2 February 1954. p. 57.
- "Steel Firm's £20M. Scheme". The Times (52979). London. 9 July 1954. p. 4.
- "National Trust buys remote island". On This Day. BBC News. 3 September 1954. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 6 February 2008.
- "Walsh Trial Transcript". Retrieved 11 June 2014. Decided on appeal in the House of Lords 19 July 1956 (Walsh v. Lord Advocate).
- "Mary Fee". www.parliament.scot. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- 8. "Poetry in Periodicals and Anthologies". Sorley MacLean. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
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