1925 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1925 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Law officers
- Lord Advocate – William Watson
- Solicitor General for Scotland – David Fleming until December; then Alexander Munro MacRobert
Judiciary
- 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
- 18 April – the dam of Skelmorlie reservoir bursts, flooding the village and killing 5.[1]
- 21 March – Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh, home of the Scottish Rugby Union, opens with Scotland defeating England 14-11.[2]
- 16 May – the war memorial on the Law, Dundee, is inaugurated.[3]
- 7 July – the original Kelvin Hall in Glasgow is destroyed by fire.[3]
- 7 August – National Library of Scotland established by Act of Parliament to take over the national responsibilities of the Advocates' Library in Edinburgh.
- 2 October – John Logie Baird successfully transmits the first television pictures with a greyscale image, in London.[4]
- 29 December – Alexander Munro MacRobert appointed Solicitor General for Scotland,[5] replacing David Fleming
- The uninhabited Shiant Isles are acquired by writer and island-lover Compton Mackenzie.
Births
- 28 January – Michael Scott Weir, diplomat, Arabist (died 2006)
- 1 February – Bobby Laing, professional footballer (died 1985)
- 15 February – Eric Brown, professional golfer (died 1986)
- 18 February – Russell Hunter, actor (died 2004)
- 1 April – Walter Carr, actor (died 1998)
- 2 April – George MacDonald Fraser, author, notable for The Flashman Papers (died 2008 in the Isle of Man)
- 5 April – John Boyd, milliner, based in London (died 2018)
- 6 May – Angus Black, international rugby union player (died 2018)
- 29 May – Mick McGahey, Communist miners' leader (died 1999)
- 3 June – Thomas Winning, Archbishop of Glasgow and Cardinal (died 2001)
- 19 June – Robert Fyfe, actor
- 25 July – Duncan Johnstone, bagpiper and composer (died 1999)
- 30 July – Alexander Trocchi, novelist (died 1984)
- 4 September – John McKenzie, footballer (died 2017)
- 13 September – Ian Hamilton, lawyer and nationalist (died 2022)[6]
- 28 October – Ian Hamilton Finlay, poet and sculptor (died 2006)[7]
- 26 November – Phil McCall, actor (died 2002)
- 30 December – Ian MacNaughton, actor and television director/producer (died 2002)
- John Quigley, author
Deaths
- 11 January – John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland, Liberal Party MP, soldier, peer and administrator (born 1860)
- 14 January – David MacRitchie, folklorist and antiquarian (born 1851)
- 25 April – John Quinton Pringle, painter (born 1864)
- July – James Seth, philosopher (born 1860)
- 25 October – Henry J. Watt, experimental psychologist (born 1879)
The arts
- John Buchan's novel John Macnab is published.
- Hugh MacDiarmid's synthetic Scots poetry Sangshaw is published.
See also
References
- ^ "Skelmorlie's reservoir disaster of 1925". Largs & Millport Weekly News. 21 April 2009. Archived from the original on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
- ^ "Chronology of Scottish History". A Timeline of Scottish History. Rampant Scotland. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
- ^ a b "Notable Dates in History". The Flag in the Wind. The Scots Independent. Archived from the original on 23 May 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
- ^ Burns, R. W. Television: An International History of the Formative Years. London: Institution of Electrical Engineers. p. 264. ISBN 9780852969144.
- ^ "No. 14193". The Edinburgh Gazette. 1 January 1926. p. 1.
- ^ Learmonth, Ian (5 October 2022). "Tributes paid to Ian Hamilton, advocate and 'liberator' of the Stone of Destiny". The Herald. Glasgow. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
- ^ "Ian Hamilton Finlay 1925-2006". Tate. Retrieved 23 February 2018.