1936 in Scotland
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List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1936 in: The UK • Wales • Ireland • Elsewhere Scottish football: 1935–36 • 1936–37 |
Events from the year 1936 in Scotland.
Incumbents
- Monarch – George V (until 20 January), Edward VIII (20 January – 11 December), George VI
- Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Sir Godfrey Collins until 29 October; then Walter Elliot
Law officers
- Lord Advocate – Thomas Mackay Cooper
- Solicitor General for Scotland – Albert Russell until June; then James Reid
Judiciary
Events
- 27–31 January – the Combined Scottish Universities by-election sees Ramsay MacDonald returned to the House of Commons
- March – Scottish Ornithologists' Club founded
- 8 March – cartoon characters The Broons and Oor Wullie first appear in The Sunday Post
- 7 June – first radio outside broadcast in Gaelic, a religious service from Iona Abbey, transmitted by the BBC[1]
- 10 June – first timetabled service to Barra Airport, on Traigh Mhòr beach, offered by Northern & Scottish Airways[2]
- 23 September – Prince Albert and his wife, the Duchess of York, open a new wing of Aberdeen Royal Infirmary while his brother Edward VIII meets Wallis Simpson at Aberdeen railway station en route to Balmoral Castle[3]
- 29 October – Kincardine Bridge opened across the Firth of Forth
- 20 November – The Maybury roadhouse opens on the outskirts of Edinburgh, a notable example of Art Deco by Paterson & Broom
- Punjabi-born Dr Jainti Dass Saggar becomes the first non-white local authority councillor in Scotland, being elected for Labour in Dundee
Births
- 7 January – Hunter Davies, writer
- 10 February – James Alexander Gordon, radio announcer (died 2014 in England)
- 4 March – Jim Clark, motor racing driver (killed 1968 in motor racing accident at Hockenheimring, Germany)
- 8 May – George Mulhall, footballer (died 2018 in England)
- 27 May – Eric Anderson, born William Kinloch Anderson, educator, Provost of Eton College
- 25 June – Roy Williamson, folk musician (died 1990)
- 26 June – Robert Maclennan, Liberal Democrat politician
- 27 June – Robin Hall, folk singer (died 1998)
- 5 July – James Mirrlees, economist, winner of the 1996 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (died 2018 in England)
- 9 July – Richard Wilson, actor
- 18 September – Hugh Fraser, retailer (died 1987)
- 6 October – Sandra Voe, actress
- 25 November – William McIlvanney, novelist, short story writer and poet (died 2015)
- 26 December – Tormod MacGill-Eain, Scottish Gaelic comedian, novelist, poet, musician and broadcaster (died 2017)
- Marion Chesney, novelist
- Stewart Conn, poet and playwright
Deaths
- 6 February – Charles Bellany Thomson, international footballer (born 1878)
- 23 February – William Adamson, trade unionist and politician, Leader of the Labour Party (1917–1921) and Secretary of State for Scotland in 1924 and 1929-1931 (born 1863)
- 9 April – William Beardmore, 1st Baron Invernairn, industrialist (born 1856)
- 22 November – Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 10th Baronet, soldier and clan chief (born 1835)
The arts
- Edwin Muir publishes Scott and Scotland.
See also
References
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