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| See also: | List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1951 in: The UK • Wales • Ireland • Elsewhere Scottish football: 1950–51 • 1951–52 | ||||
Events from the year 1951 in Scotland.
Incumbents
- Monarch – George VI
- Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Hector McNeil until 26 October; then James Stuart
Law officers
- Lord Advocate – John Thomas Wheatley until November; then James Latham Clyde
- Solicitor General for Scotland – Douglas Johnston until November; then William Rankine Milligan
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
- 11 April – The Stone of Scone is located in Forfar, having been stolen by Scottish nationalists.[1]
- 12 May – Remains of Gunnister Man found in a peat bog in Shetland.
- 18–26 May – Festival of Britain: Festival Ship Campania on view in Dundee (King George V Dock).
- 25 May–8 September – Festival of Britain: Living Traditions exhibition presented at the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, by the Council of Industrial Design.
- 28 May–18 August – Festival of Britain: Exhibition of Industrial Power in Glasgow (opened by The Princess Elizabeth).[2]
- 18 September–6 October – Festival of Britain: Festival Ship Campania on view in Glasgow (Springfield Dock).
- 30 October – James Stuart is appointed Secretary of State for Scotland; he will hold office until January 1957.
- November – Ecurie Ecosse motor racing team founded by Edinburgh businessman and racing driver David Murray and mechanic Wilkie Wilkinson.[3]
- 7 November – first floodlit Association football match in Scotland, a Stenhousemuir v. Hibernian F.C. friendly at the former's Ochilview Park.[4]
- 24 November – Beinn Eighe becomes Britain's first national nature reserve.
- Publication of The Third Statistical Account of Scotland commences with the volume for Ayrshire.
Births
- 2 February – Ken Bruce, radio broadcaster
- 7 February – Eddie Kelly, footballer
- 20 February – Gordon Brown, Labour politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 2007–10
- 4 March – Kenny Dalglish, international footballer and manager
- 25 April – Ian McCartney, Labour politician
- 9 August – James Naughtie, print and radio journalist
- 22 August – Alex Neil, Scottish National Party MSP and government minister
- 23 September – Andrew Greig, author
- 26 September – Stuart Tosh, born Stuart MacIntosh, rock musician
- 28 September – Jim Diamond, singer-songwriter (died 2015)
- 17 November – Jack Vettriano, born Jack Hoggan, painter
- 19 November – Charles Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton, Labour politician and Lord Chancellor
- 15 December – Joe Jordan, international footballer and manager
- 20 December – Peter May, fiction writer
- 22 December – Jim McColl, entrepreneur
- Michael Scott Rohan, fantasy writer
Deaths
- 3 January – Peter McBride, footballer (born 1877)
- 29 January – James Bridie (O. H. Mavor), playwright (born 1888)
- 3 May – Sir Thomas Henderson, Liberal politician (born 1874)
- 16 May – James Greenlees, rugby union footballer, educationalist and soldier (born 1878)
- 9 September – Andrew Blain Baird, engineer and aviation pioneer (born 1862)
- 1 October – Peter McWilliam, international footballer and manager (born 1879)
- 11 October – Donald Cameron, 25th Lochiel, chief of Clan Cameron (born 1876)
The arts
- 19 May – Pitlochry Festival Theatre opens in a tent with the British première of Maxwell Anderson’s Mary of Scotland.[5]
- School of Scottish Studies founded.
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See also
References
- Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
- "Glasgow powers up for the Festival". BBC News. 28 May 1951. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
- "The History of Ecurie Ecosse". Ecurie Ecosse. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
- "Notable Dates in History". The Flag in the Wind. The Scots Independent. Archived from the original on 23 May 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
- "Timeline". Pitlochry Festival Theatre. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
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