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1931 in Scotland

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Events from the year 1931 in Scotland.

Contents

Incumbents

  • Monarch — George V
  • Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal — William Adamson until 24 August; then Sir Archibald Sinclair, Bt

    • Law officers

  • Lord Advocate — Craigie Mason Aitchison
  • Solicitor General for Scotland — John Charles Watson until November; then Wilfrid Normand

    • 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

  • 13 February — Scottish Youth Hostels Association established.
  • 1 May — National Trust for Scotland established and acquires its first property, Crookston Castle (donated by Sir John Stirling-Maxwell, 10th Baronet).
  • 5 September — Celtic goalkeeper John Thomson dies in hospital after fracturing his skull in a collision with Rangers forward Sam English in the 'Old Firm' League derby at Ibrox Park.
  • 15–16 September - Invergordon Mutiny: Sailors in the Royal Navy take strike action over pay cuts.
  • 27 October — United Kingdom general election, 1931: The Unionist Party wins a majority of Scottish seats as the National Government retains power with a landslide victory throughout the UK.
  • 12 December — Work on construction of "Hull 534", the Cunard liner RMS Queen Mary, at John Brown & Company's shipyard at Clydebank is suspended due to the Great Depression.
  • 31 December — Ayr Corporation Tramways cease operation, being replaced by bus services operated by Scottish Motor Traction.
  • Lord Dumfries purchases the recently deserted islands of St Kilda from Sir Reginald MacLeod of Dunvegan to preserve them as a bird sanctuary; he will bequeath them to the National Trust of Scotland on his death in 1956.

    • Births

  • 26 February — Ally McLeod, football manager (died 2004)
  • 18 March — John Fraser, actor
  • 29 April — Lonnie Donegan, skiffle musician (died 2002 in England)
  • 3 May — Thomas Sutherland, academic and Islamic Jihad hostage (died 2016 in the United States)
  • 9 May — Alistair MacFarlane, engineer and academic
  • 2 August — Karl Miller, literary editor (died 2014 in England)
  • 11 September — Bill Simpson, television actor (died 1986)
  • 22 September — George Younger, Conservative politician, Secretary of State for Scotland (died 2003)
  • 24 September — Elizabeth Blackadder, painter
  • 9 December — Ian McIntyre, journalist and BBC Radio executive (died 2014)
  • 29 December — Bobby Shearer, footballer (died 2006)

    • Deaths

  • 17 March — James Stewart, Labour Party politician, MP for Glasgow St. Rollox 1922–1931 (born 1863)
  • 27 May — Norah Neilson Gray, portrait painter (born 1882)
  • 5 August — Archibald Barr, mechanical engineer (born 1855)
  • 7 December — Leslie Hunter, painter (born 1877)

    • The Arts

  • A. J. Cronin's first novel Hatter's Castle is published.
  • Bruce Marshall's novel Father Malachy's Miracle is published.
  • Dorothy L. Sayers' detective story The Five Red Herrings, set amongst the Galloway artistic community, is published.

    • References

    1931 in Scotland Wikipedia
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