1925 in Scotland explained

Events from the year 1925 in Scotland.

Incumbents

• Secretary for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Sir John Gilmour, Bt

Law officers

• Lord Advocate – William Watson
• Solicitor General for Scotland – David Fleming until December; then Alexander Munro MacRobert

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

• 18 April – the dam of Skelmorlie reservoir bursts, flooding the village and killing 5.^[1]
• 21 March – Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh, home of the Scottish Rugby Union, opens with Scotland defeating England 14-11.^[2]
• 16 May – the war memorial on the Law, Dundee, is inaugurated.^[3]
• 7 July – the original Kelvin Hall in Glasgow is destroyed by fire.^[3]
• 7 August – National Library of Scotland established by Act of Parliament to take over the national responsibilities of the Advocates' Library in Edinburgh.
• 2 October – John Logie Baird successfully transmits the first television pictures with a greyscale image, in London.^[4]
• 29 December – Alexander Munro MacRobert appointed Solicitor General for Scotland, replacing David Fleming
• The uninhabited Shiant Isles are acquired by writer and island-lover Compton Mackenzie.

Births

• 28 January – Michael Scott Weir, diplomat, Arabist (died 2006)
• 1 February – Bobby Laing, professional footballer (died 1985)
• 15 February – Eric Brown, professional golfer (died 1986)
• 18 February – Russell Hunter, actor (died 2004)
• 1 April – Walter Carr, actor (died 1998)
• 2 April – George MacDonald Fraser, author, notable for The Flashman Papers (died 2008 in the Isle of Man)
• 5 April – John Boyd, milliner, based in London (died 2018)
• 6 May – Angus Black, international rugby union player (died 2018)
• 29 May – Mick McGahey, Communist miners' leader (died 1999)
• 3 June – Thomas Winning, Archbishop of Glasgow and Cardinal (died 2001)
• 19 June – Robert Fyfe, actor (died 2021)
• 25 July – Duncan Johnstone, bagpiper and composer (died 1999)
• 30 July – Alexander Trocchi, novelist (died 1984)
• 4 September – John McKenzie, footballer (died 2017)
• 13 September – Ian Hamilton, lawyer and nationalist (died 2022)^[5]
• 28 October – Ian Hamilton Finlay, poet and sculptor (died 2006)^[6]
• 26 November – Phil McCall, actor (died 2002)
• 30 December – Ian MacNaughton, actor and television comedy director/producer (died 2002)
• John Quigley, author (died 2021)

Deaths

• 11 January – John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland, Liberal Party MP, soldier, peer and administrator (born 1860)
• 14 January – David MacRitchie, folklorist and antiquarian (born 1851)
• 25 April – John Quinton Pringle, painter (born 1864)
• July – James Seth, philosopher (born 1860)
• 25 October – Henry J. Watt, experimental psychologist (born 1879)

The arts

• John Buchan's novel John Macnab is published.
• Hugh MacDiarmid's synthetic Scots poetry Sangshaw is published.

See also

• Timeline of Scottish history
• 1925 in Northern Ireland

Notes and References

1. News: Skelmorlie's reservoir disaster of 1925. 2009-04-21. Largs & Millport Weekly News. 2014-07-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20140728122400/http://www.largsandmillportnews.com/news/skelmorlie/articles/2009/04/21/386800-skelmorlies-reservoir-disaster-of-1925/. 28 July 2014. dead. dmy-all.
2. Web site: Chronology of Scottish History. A Timeline of Scottish History. Rampant Scotland. 2014-02-25.
3. Web site: The Flag in the Wind . Notable Dates in History . . 2014-07-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140523225830/http://www.scotsindependent.org/dates1-g.htm . 23 May 2014 .
4. Book: Burns, R. W.. Television: An International History of the Formative Years. London. Institution of Electrical Engineers. 9780852969144. 264.
5. News: Tributes paid to Ian Hamilton, advocate and 'liberator' of the Stone of Destiny. Ian. Learmonth. 2022-10-05. 2022-10-05. The Herald. Glasgow.
6. Web site: Ian Hamilton Finlay 1925-2006. Tate. 23 February 2018.