1926 in Scotland
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List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1926 in: The UK • Wales • Ireland • Elsewhere Scottish football: 1925–26 • 1926–27 |
Events from the year 1926 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Further information: Politics of Scotland and Order of precedence in Scotland
- Monarch — George V
- Secretary for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal — Sir John Gilmour, Bt until post abolished 26 July
- Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal, from 15 July — Sir John Gilmour, Bt
Law officers
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
- 29 January — Dunbartonshire and East Renfrewshire by-elections: Conservatives retain the seats.
- 26 March — Bothwell by-election: Labour retains the seat.
- 3–12 May — 1926 United Kingdom general strike. Some violence in Glasgow.
- 26 November — Launch, under the auspices of the Scots National League, of a new monthly Nationalist newspaper entitled The Scots Independent.[1]
- Findhorn Bridge near Tomatin completed.[2]
- First stage of Lanark Hydro Electric Scheme constructed.
- Scotland's only sugar beet processing plant is opened at Cupar.
- Sacramento River sternwheel paddle steamers Delta King and Delta Queen are shipped from William Denny and Brothers' yard at Dumbarton to California.
Births
- 17 January — Moira Shearer, ballet dancer (died 2006 in England)
- 11 February — Alexander Gibson, conductor and opera intendant (died 1995)
- 19 February — Charlie Cox, footballer (died 2008)
- 12 March — Gudrun Ure, actress
- 22 March — Alastair Reid, poet and scholar of South American literature (died 2014 in the United States)
- 22 April — James Stirling, architect (died 1992 in England)
- May — Duncan Campbell, trumpet player
- 24 May — Stanley Baxter, comic actor
- 4 September — George William Gray, chemist, pioneer of liquid crystal technology (died 2013)
- 12 September — Dave Valentine, international rugby player (died 1976)
Deaths
- 31 July — John McPherson, international footballer (born 1868)
The Arts
- 22 November — Hugh MacDiarmid's Scots language poem A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle is published.
See also
References
- ↑ About Us www.scotsindependent.org, accessed 18 May 2013.
- ↑ "Findhorn Bridge". Canmore. Edinburgh: Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. 2006. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
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