1974 in Scotland

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Events from the year 1974 in Scotland.

Incumbents

Further information: Politics of Scotland and Order of precedence in Scotland

• Monarch – Elizabeth II
• Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Gordon Campbell until 4 March; then Willie Ross

Law officers

• Lord Advocate – Norman Wylie; then Ronald King Murray
• Solicitor General for Scotland – William Stewart until March; then John McCluskey

Judiciary

• Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Emslie
• Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Wheatley
• Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord Birsay

Events

• 27 January – MV Captayannis capsizes in the Firth of Clyde.
• 28 February – The February general election results in the first hung parliament since 1929, though Labour wins a majority of seats in Scotland. The Scottish National Party make a breakthrough winning 7 MPs.
• March
  • Brora Coalfield is abandoned.[1]
  • Last permanent inhabitants of Swona leave.
• 6 May – Inauguration of full electric service on British Rail's West Coast Main Line through to Glasgow Central railway station.[2]
• 10 October – The second general election of the year results in a narrow victory for Prime Minister Harold Wilson, giving Labour a majority of three seats. Labour also wins a majority of seats within Scotland, while the Scottish National Party secures its highest-ever Westminster representation up to this date with 11 seats. It would be 41 years before the SNP would not only beat their own record result; but also replace Labour as the largest political party in Scotland.
• 31 December – Idi Amin, President of Uganda, issues a proclamation in support of Scottish independence.[3]
• Calum MacLeod (of Raasay) completes a 10-year self-imposed task of personally constructing "Calum's Road", a nearly 2 mile (3 km) track at the north end of the island.[4]
• Last permanent inhabitants of Taransay leave.[5]

Births

• 15 January – Edith Bowman, DJ
• 17 January – Danny Bhoy, born Danni Chaudhry, comedian
• 23 August – Ray Park, actor
• 20 October – Limmy, born Brian Limond, comedian and social media personality
• 30 October – Kerry McGregor, singer-songwriter and actress
• 9 December – Fiona MacDonald, curler[6]
• 31 December – Kathryn Joseph, born Kathryn Sawers, singer-songwriter

Deaths

• 24 January – Andrew Dewar Gibb, lawyer and Scottish National Party politician (born 1888)
• 29 May – James MacTaggart, television producer (born 1928)

The arts

• 6 June – a television version of The Cheviot, the Stag, and the Black Black Oil is broadcast by the BBC as part of the Play for Today series.[7]

See also

• 1974 in Northern Ireland

References

1. "Brora Coalfield". Northern Mine Research Society. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
2. Gillham, J. C. (1988). The Age of the Electric Train: Electric Trains in Britain since 1883. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-1392-6.
3. Guweddeko, Fred (25 February 2007). "Uganda: When Amin Was Declared 'King of Scotland' in 1974". The Monitor. Kampala. Archived from the original on 23 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014. Accessed from Frost's Scottish Anatomy website.
4. Hutchinson, Roger (2006). Calum's Road. Edinburgh: Birlinn. ISBN 978-1-84158-447-8.
5. Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. pp. 278–80. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
6. "Fiona MacDonald Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
7. Davidson, Ewan. "Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil, The (1974)". Screenonline. BFI. Retrieved 4 March 2016.