1936 in Scotland
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See also: | List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1936 in: The UK • Wales • Elsewhere Scottish football: 1935–36 • 1936–37 |
Events from the year 1936 in Scotland.
Incumbents
- Monarch — George V (until 20 January), Edward VIII (20 January–11 December), George VI
- Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal — Sir Godfrey Collins until 29 October; then Walter Elliot
Law officers
- Lord Advocate — Thomas Mackay Cooper
- Solicitor General for Scotland — Albert Russell until June; then James Reid
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General — Lord Normand
- Lord Justice Clerk — Lord Aitchison
- Chairman of the Scottish Land Court — Lord MacGregor Mitchell
Events
- 27 January–31 January - The Combined Scottish Universities by-election sees Ramsay MacDonald returned to the House of Commons
- March — Scottish Ornithologists' Club founded
- 8 March — Cartoon characters The Broons and Oor Wullie first appear in The Sunday Post
- 7 June — First radio outside broadcast in Gaelic, a religious service from Iona Abbey, transmitted by the BBC[1]
- 10 June — First timetabled service to Barra Airport, on Traigh Mhòr beach, offered by Northern & Scottish Airways[2]
- 23 September — Prince Albert and his wife, the Duchess of York, open a new wing of Aberdeen Royal Infirmary while his brother Edward VIII meets Wallis Simpson at Aberdeen railway station en route to Balmoral Castle[3]
- 29 October — Kincardine Bridge opened across the Firth of Forth
Births
- 7 January — Hunter Davies, writer
- 10 February — James Alexander Gordon, radio announcer (died 2014 in England)
- 4 March — Jim Clark, motor racing driver (killed 1968 in motor racing accident at Hockenheimring, Germany)
- 27 May — Eric Anderson, born William Kinloch Anderson, educator, Provost of Eton College
- 25 June — Roy Williamson, folk musician (died 1990)
- 26 June — Robert Maclennan, Liberal Democrat politician
- 27 June — Robin Hall, folk singer (died 1998)
- 9 July — Richard Wilson, actor
- 18 September — Hugh Fraser, retailer (died 1987)
- 6 October — Sandra Voe, actress
- 25 November — William McIlvanney, novelist, short story writer and poet (died 2015)
- Marion Chesney, novelist
- Stewart Conn, poet and playwright
Deaths
- 6 February — Charles Bellany Thomson, international footballer (born 1878)
- 23 February — William Adamson, trade unionist and politician, Leader of the Labour Party (1917–1921) and Secretary of State for Scotland in 1924 and 1929-1931 (born 1863)
- 9 April — William Beardmore, 1st Baron Invernairn, industrialist (born 1856)
- 22 November — Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 10th Baronet, soldier and clan chief (born 1835)
The Arts
- Edwin Muir publishes Scott and Scotland.
See also
References
- ^ Walker, David Pat (2011). The BBC in Scotland: the first 50 years. Edinburgh: Luath. p. 106. ISBN 1-908373-00-8.
- ^ Calderwood, Roy (1999). Times subject to Tides: The Story of Barra Airport. Erskine: Kea Publishing. ISBN 0-9518958-3-4.
- ^ The Salt Lake Tribune 24 September 1936 p.14.