Events from the year 1950 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Arthur Woodburn until 28 February; then Hector McNeil
Law officers Lord Advocate – John Thomas Wheatley Solicitor General for Scotland – Douglas Johnston
Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Cooper Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Thomson Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord Gibson
Events 14 February – first shipment of coal from Argyll Colliery (drift mine) in the reopened Machrihanish Coalfield to Belfast.Campbeltown Courier 1950-02-16. 21 February – Clydebank-built Cunard liner arrives at the scrapyard in Faslane at the end of a 36-year career. August – first official Edinburgh Military Tattoo staged at Edinburgh Castle as part of the Edinburgh Festival. 22 August – 54-year-old William "Ned" Barnie becomes the first Scot to swim the English Channel, going on to complete 3 crossings. 8 September – Knockshinnoch disaster: 116 miners are trapped underground in a landslide at Knockshinnoch Castle colliery at New Cumnock in Ayrshire. 9 September – first miners are rescued from Knockshinnoch Castle colliery. 11 September – rescue operation from Knockshinnoch Castle colliery is completed, with all 116 miners saved. 18 October – the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board's Loch Sloy Hydro-Electric Scheme is inaugurated.Newsreel footage of opening ceremony. 25 December – the Stone of Scone, the traditional coronation stone of Scottish monarchs, English monarchs and more recently British monarchs, is removed from London's Westminster Abbey by a group of four Scottish students led by Ian Hamilton, a future advocate, and taken to Scotland. St. Margaret's Hospice in Clydebank, the first modern hospice in Scotland, is begun by the Sisters of Charity.
Births 5 January – William Sweeney, composer 21 January – Seona Reid, arts administrator 27 February – Annabel MacNicoll Goldie, Baroness Goldie, leader of Scottish Conservatives 2005-2011 and Life peer 10 March – Ted McKenna, rock drummer (The Sensational Alex Harvey Band) (died 2019) 22 March – Jocky Wilson, darts player (died 2012) 30 March – Robbie Coltrane, actor and comedian (died 2022) 31 March – William Blair, judge and financial lawyer 26 April – Sir Nairn Hutchison Fulton Wilson, dentistry professor 1 May – Malcolm James Mackenzie, footballer 6 May – Robbie McIntosh, funk drummer (Average White Band) (died 1974) 9 May – Murray Elder, politician (died 2023) 12 May – Helena Kennedy, lawyer 27 May – Alex Gray, crime novelist 8 June – Ann Marie Di Mambro, playwright and screenwriter 16 June – Alistair Moffat, cultural figure 20 June – Rita Rae, Lady Rae, judge 21 June – Enn Reitel, actor 23 July – Stewart Milne, businessman 8 September – Ian Davidson, politician 18 September – Jock McFadyen, painter 29 October – James Dillon, composer 7 November – Lindsay Duncan, actress 3 December – Angus Glennie, Lord Glennie, judge Brian Whittingham, writer, editor and lecturer on creative writing (died 2022)
Deaths 15 January – George Livingstone, footballer (born 1876) 26 February – Harry Lauder, entertainer (born 1870) 17 March – Adam McKinlay, Labour politician (born 1887) 30 March – Joe Yule, comedian and actor (born 1892) 9 May – Charles Alexander Stevenson, lighthouse engineer (born 1855) 10 August – James Drever, psychologist (born 1873) 14 September – Alexander Livingstone, Liberal politician (born 1880)
See also 1950 in Northern Ireland
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