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Events from the year 1933 in Scotland.
Incumbents
- Monarch – George V
- Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Sir Godfrey Collins
Law officers
- Lord Advocate – Craigie Mason Aitchison until October; then Wilfrid Normand
- Solicitor General for Scotland – Wilfrid Normand until October; then Douglas Jamieson
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Clyde
- Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Alness, then Lord Aitchison
- Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord St Vigeans
Events
- 2 February – East Fife by-election: The seat is retained by the National Liberal Party; Eric Linklater stands for the National Party of Scotland.
- 3 April – Two British aircraft piloted by Squadron Leader the Marquess of Clydesdale and Flight Lieutenant David MacIntyre make the first flight over Mount Everest.
- 30 April – First domestic flight service in Scotland, Renfrew to Campbeltown, operated by Midland and Scottish Air Ferries Ltd.[1] Winifred Drinkwater, "the world's first female commercial pilot", is hired to fly the route.[2]
- 2 May – First modern "sighting" of the Loch Ness Monster.
- 28 July – Administration of Justice (Scotland) Act 1933 receives the Royal Assent.
- 9 August – Hoard of silver denarii and a contemporaneous fragment of tartan cloth found at Falkirk.[3][4]
- 2 November – Kilmarnock by-election: The seat is retained by the National Labour Organisation; Sir Alexander MacEwen stands for the Scottish Party with the endorsement of the National Party of Scotland.
- Scottish Democratic Fascist Party founded by William Weir Gilmour and Major Hume Sleigh to oppose Irish Catholic emigration to Scotland.[5]
Births
- 4 February – Jimmy Murray, footballer (died 2015)
- 2 April – Donald Gorrie, Liberal Democrat politician and MSP (died 2012)
- 10 June – Ian Campbell, folk singer (died 2012)
- 12 August – Frederic Lindsay, writer of crime fiction (died 2013)
- 11 November – Alexander Goudie, painter (died 2004)
- 26 November – Richard Holloway, Bishop of Edinburgh in the Scottish Episcopal Church
- 24 December – Nicholas Fairbairn, lawyer and Conservative politician (died 1995)
- 30 December – Andy Stewart, singer (died 1993)
Deaths
- 10 January – Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, artist and designer (born 1864)
- 30 June – Edward Atkinson Hornel, painter (born 1864 in Australia)
- 25 July – John May, international footballer (born 1878)
- 31 July – Robert Fleming, financier (born 1845)
- 30 December – Dugald Cowan, educationalist and Liberal politician (born 1865)
- Janet Milne Rae, novelist (born 1844)
- Dorothy Carleton Smyth, artist and designer (born 1880)
The arts
- May – the first radio play in Gaelic, Dunach, is broadcast by the BBC.
- The Curtain Theatre (Glasgow) presents its first season.
- Agnes Mure Mackenzie publishes An Historical Survey of Scottish Literature to 1714
- Nan Shepherd publishes her last novel A Pass in the Grampians.
See also
References
- ^ "Air Service History - 2". Kintyre on Record. 2009. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^ Dalton, Alastair (25 July 2013). "New Hall of Fame for Scotland's aviation heroes". The Scotsman. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- ^ Bailey, Geoff (2006). "The Roman Coin Hoard And The Falkirk Tartan". Falkirk Local History Society. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
- ^ Macdonald, George (January 1934). "Hoard of coins from Falkirk". The Antiquaries Journal. 14 (1). Society of Antiquaries of London: 59. doi:10.1017/s0003581500037926.
- ^ Kushner, Tony; Lunn, Kenneth, eds. (1989). Traditions of Intolerance: Historical Perspectives on Fascism and Race Discourse in Britain. Manchester University Press. p. 199. ISBN 0719028981.