1932 in Scotland explained

Events from the year 1932 in Scotland.

Incumbents

26 May – the Scots law case of Donoghue v Stevenson is decided in the House of Lords, establishing the modern concept of a duty of care in cases of negligence.^[1]
26 September – first contingent of the National Hunger March leaves Glasgow.^[2] ^[3]
16 November – a colliery explosion at Cardowan kills 11 miners.^[4]
Wendy Wood leads a group of nationalists into Stirling Castle, at this time an Army barracks as well as a heritage attraction, to tear down the Union flag and replace it with a Scottish standard.
Finnieston Crane begins operation.^[5]
Etive Bridge, Stirling, built.
A flock of Soay sheep is translocated from Soay to Hirta (also in the depopulated St Kilda archipelago) by conservationist John Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of Bute.
Edinburgh Synagogue is opened.

4 January – Dick Douglas, Labour, later SNP, Member of Parliament (died 2014)
19 January – George MacBeth, poet and novelist (died 1992 in Ireland)
20 February – Tom Patey, mountaineer (died in climbing accident 1970)
24 February – Ian McNeill, footballer (died 2017)
12 March – Rory McEwen, artist and musician (died 1982 in England)
21 March – Thomas Welsh Watson, stage, television and film actor (died 2001)
8 April – Joan Lingard, writer (died 2022)^[6]
11 April – James Morrison, painter (died 2020)
4 May – Sandy MacAra, epidemiologist (died 2012 in England)
8 May – Phyllida Law, actress
15 May – Joseph Beltrami, defence lawyer (died 2015)
2 June
- Tom Nairn, political theorist and academic (died 2023)
- Jim Petrie, comic artist (died 2014)
5 June – Robert Maxwell Ogilvie, classical scholar (died 1981)
8 June – Ian Kirkwood, Lord Kirkwood, lawyer and judge (died 2017)
1 July – Donny MacLeod, television presenter (died 1984)
9 July – Jimmy Reid, trade unionist (died 2010)
9 August – Tam Dalyell, Labour Member of Parliament (died 2017)
13 August – John Bannerman, historian of Gaelic Scotland (died 2008)
3 October – Tommy Preston, footballer (died 2015)
11 October – Billie Anthony, born Philomena Levy, singer (died 1991 in England)
28 October – Ewen Fergusson, Scotland international rugby union player and diplomat (died 2017)
25 November – Maureen Swanson, actress, Countess of Dudley (died 2011)

8 January – William Graham, Scottish politician (born 1887)
25 January – James Paterson, painter (born 1854)
11 February – Robert Gibb, painter (born 1845)
31 March – Thomas David Anderson, amateur astronomer (born 1853)
14 April – Cynicus (Martin Anderson), satirical cartoonist and postcard publisher (born 1854)
8 July – John Wilson, Lord Ashmore, Sheriff 1900 - 20, Senator of the College of Justice 1930 - 28 (born 1857)
16 September – James Whitelaw Hamilton, landscape painter (born 1860)
William Gillies, nationalist (born 1865)

Jenny Brown's short documentary film Da Makkin' O' A Keshie is made.
Lewis Grassic Gibbon's novel Sunset Song, first of his A Scots Quair trilogy, is published.
Fionn MacColla's novel The Albannach is published.

Book: Chapman, Matthew. The Snail and the Ginger Beer: the story of Donoghue v Stevenson. London. Wildy, Simmons & Hill. 2010. 0-85490-049-7.
Book: Hannington, Wal. Unemployed Struggles, 1919-1936: My Life and Struggles Amongst the Unemployed. 237. Barnes & Noble Books. 1973. 0-85409-837-2.
Book: Ewing. Keith D.. Gearty. C.A.. The Struggle for Civil Liberties: Political Freedom and the Rule of Law in Britain, 1914-1945. 220. Oxford University Press. 2001. 0-19-876251-8.
Web site: 16th Nov 1932 - Cardowan, Stepps. Scottish Mining Website. 2014-07-21.
Book: Riddell, John F.. Clyde Navigation: A History of the Development and Deepening of the River Clyde. John Donald. Edinburgh. 9780859760454. 1979. 261.
Web site: Joan Lingard obituary . the Guardian . 17 August 2022 . en . 20 July 2022.