1932 in Scotland

none January 2016 July 2026 1932 Events from the year 1932 in Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Sir Archibald Sinclair, Bt until 28 September; then Sir Godfrey Collins Law officers Lord Advocate – Craigie Mason Aitchison Solicitor General for Scotland – 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 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.Chapman Matthew The Snail and the Ginger Beer: the story of Donoghue v Stevenson London Wildy, Simmons & Hill 2010 0-85490-049-7 26 September – first contingent of the National Hunger March leaves Glasgow.Hannington Wal Unemployed Struggles, 1919-1936: My Life and Struggles Amongst the Unemployed 237 Barnes & Noble Books 1973 0-85409-837-2Ewing 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 16 November – a colliery explosion at Cardowan kills 11 miners.16th Nov 1932 - Cardowan, Stepps http://www.scottishmining.co.uk/217.html Scottish Mining Website 2014-07-21 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.https://books.google.com/books?id=7aNIAAAAYAAJ Clyde Navigation: A History of the Development and Deepening of the River Clyde John F. Riddell John Donald Edinburgh 9780859760454 1979 261 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. Births 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)Joan Lingard obituary https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jul/20/joan-lingard-obituary the Guardian 17 August 2022 en 20 July 2022 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) Deaths 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) The arts 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. See also Timeline of Scottish history 1932 in Northern Ireland References Scotland Category:Years of the 20th century in Scotland Category:1930s in Scotland Scotland