1951 in Scotland explained

Events from the year 1951 in Scotland.

Incumbents

11 April – The Stone of Scone is located in Arbroath Abbey having been stolen by Scottish nationalists.
12 May – Remains of Gunnister Man found in a peat bog in Shetland.
18 - 26 May – Festival of Britain: Festival Ship Campania on view in Dundee (King George V Dock).
25 May - 8 September – Festival of Britain: Living Traditions exhibition presented at the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, by the Council of Industrial Design.
28 May - 18 August – Festival of Britain: Exhibition of Industrial Power in Glasgow (opened by The Princess Elizabeth).^[1]
18 September - 6 October – Festival of Britain: Festival Ship Campania on view in Glasgow (Springfield Dock).
26 October – 1951 United Kingdom general election: The Conservative Party and allies narrowly defeat Labour in Scotland and across the UK; this is the last election in which the Conservatives do better in Scotland than in England.
30 October – James Stuart is appointed Secretary of State for Scotland; he will hold office until January 1957.
November – Ecurie Ecosse motor racing team founded by Edinburgh businessman and racing driver David Murray and mechanic Wilkie Wilkinson.^[2]
7 November – first floodlit Association football match in Scotland, a Stenhousemuir v. Hibernian F.C. friendly at the former's Ochilview Park.^[3]
24 November – Beinn Eighe becomes Britain's first national nature reserve.
Publication of The Third Statistical Account of Scotland commences with the volume for Ayrshire.

2 February – Ken Bruce, radio broadcaster
7 February – Eddie Kelly, footballer
20 February – Gordon Brown, Labour politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 2007–10^[4]
4 March – Kenny Dalglish, international footballer and manager
25 April – Ian McCartney, Labour politician
6 May – Davey Johnstone, rock guitarist
9 August – James Naughtie, print and radio journalist
22 August – Alex Neil, Scottish National Party MSP and government minister
16 September – Judith Miller, antiques expert (died 2023)
23 September – Andrew Greig, author
26 September – Stuart Tosh, born Stuart MacIntosh, rock musician
28 September – Jim Diamond, singer-songwriter (died 2015)
17 November – Jack Vettriano, born Jack Hoggan, painter
19 November – Charles Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton, Labour politician and Lord Chancellor
15 December – Joe Jordan, international footballer and manager
20 December – Peter May, fiction writer
22 December – Jim McColl, entrepreneur
Michael Scott Rohan, fantasy writer

3 January – Peter McBride, footballer (born 1877)
29 January – James Bridie (O. H. Mavor), playwright (born 1888)
3 May – Sir Thomas Henderson, Liberal politician (born 1874)
16 May – James Greenlees, rugby union footballer, educationalist and soldier (born 1878)
9 September – Andrew Blain Baird, engineer and aviation pioneer (born 1862)
1 October – Peter McWilliam, international footballer and manager (born 1879)
11 October – Donald Cameron, 25th Lochiel, chief of Clan Cameron (born 1876)

19 May – Pitlochry Festival Theatre opens in a tent with the British première of Maxwell Anderson’s Mary of Scotland.^[5]
School of Scottish Studies founded.

News: Glasgow powers up for the Festival. BBC News. 1951-05-28. 2013-04-17.
Web site: The History of Ecurie Ecosse. Ecurie Ecosse. https://web.archive.org/web/20130910075650/http://www.ecurieecosse.com/the-history-of-ecurie-ecosse. dead. 10 September 2013. 2014-08-07.
Web site: Notable Dates in History . The Flag in the Wind . The Scots Independent . 2014-07-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140523225830/http://www.scotsindependent.org/dates1-g.htm . 23 May 2014 .
Web site: Gordon Brown prime minister of United Kingdom Britannica . www.britannica.com . 20 March 2022 . en.
Web site: Timeline. Pitlochry Festival Theatre. 2015-01-15.