1949 in Scotland

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See also:	List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1949 in: The UK • Wales • Elsewhere Scottish football: 1948–49 • 1949–50

Events from the year 1949 in Scotland.

Incumbents

• Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Arthur Woodburn

Law officers

• Lord Advocate – John Thomas Wheatley
• Solicitor General for Scotland – Douglas Johnston

Judiciary

• Lord Justice General – Lord Cooper
• Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Thomson
• Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord Gibson

• 3 April – Trolleybuses in Glasgow
  introduced.
• 1 May – Scottish Gas Board
  established.
• 4 May – Fire at Grafton's fashion store in Argyle Street, Glasgow, kills 13 young women.^[1]
• 24 July – People of Alyth march on Alyth Hill to assert their right of commonty over the land.^[2]
• October – The Scottish Covenant, calling for the establishment of a legislative parliament within the United Kingdom, is drawn up by John MacCormick.

Undated

• Wendy Wood founds the nationalist group, the Scottish Patriots
• The Law Society of Scotland is established.
• John Boyd Orr receives the Nobel Peace Prize.

Births

• 15 January – Craig Pritchett
  , chess International Master
• 19 January – Lindsay Roy
  , educator and politician
• 23 January – Tom Forsyth
  , international footballer
• 25 January – Chris Lowe
  , BBC News presenter
• 2 February – Duncan Bannatyne
  , entrepreneur, philanthropist and author
• 9 February – Bernard Gallacher
  , golfer
• 26 February – Lynda Clark
  , judge and politician
• 6 March – Martin Buchan
  , international footballer
• 7 March – Malcolm Chisholm
  , Labour MSP
• 12 March – Glenn Chandler
  playwright, novelist, producer and theatre director
• 13 March – Trevor Sorbie
  , hairdresser
• 8 April – Alex Fergusson, Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament 2007–2011 (died 2018
  )
• 25 April – Alexis Jay
  , social worker
• 21 May – Andrew Neil
  , print and television journalist
• 4 June – Lou Macari
  , international footballer and manager
• 21 June – Derek Emslie, Lord Kingarth
  , judge
• 4 July – Alex Miller
  , footballer and manager
• 6 August – Erich Schaedler, footballer (suicide 1985
  )
• 8 August – Benny Young
  , actor
• 11 August – Ian Charleson, actor (died 1990
  )
• 12 August – Mark Knopfler, musician with Dire Straits
• 20 August – Stewart Houston
  , international footballer and manager
• 9 September – John Reid
  , music manager
• 18 September – Alastair Campbell, Lord Bracadale
  , judge
• 22 September – Jimmy Bone
  , footballer and manager
• 29 September – Adrian Elrick
  , international footballer representing New Zealand
• 8 October – Hamish Stuart
  , guitarist, bassist, singer, composer and record producer
• 22 November - Paul le Page Barnett
  science fiction writer, with pen name John Grant (died 2020)
• 25 November – Isabel Hilton
  , journalist and broadcaster
• 28 December – Hilton McRae
  , actor
• Alison Kinnaird, glass sculptor and harpist

Deaths

• 2 January – Sir Victor Fortune, British Army officer (born 1883
  )
• 9 January – Edward Baird, artist (born 1904
  )
• 12 April
  • W. Lindsay Cable, artist and illustrator (born 1900)
  • John Wallace, Liberal MP (born 1868)
• 3 August – Jessie M. King, illustrator and designer (born 1875
  )
• David Taylor, footballer and manager (born 1883
  )
• 7 October - Arthur Pillans Laurie, chemist (born 1861
  )
• Alex McDonald, footballer (born 1878
  )
• Joseph Lee, poet and journalist (born 1876)

Sport

• Summer – The Ba game of Duns revived.

See also

• 1949 in Northern Ireland

References