1934 in Scotland

none January 2016 July 2026 1934 Events from the year 1934 in Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Sir Godfrey Collins Law officers Lord Advocate – Wilfrid Normand Solicitor General for Scotland – Douglas Jamieson Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Clyde Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Aitchison Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord St Vigeans, then Lord MacGregor Mitchell Events 14 & 16 January – Christina MacLennan gives birth to twins, the first on the island of Scarp in the county of Inverness-shire and the second in Stornoway in the county of Ross and Cromarty.The Lost Islands http://www.cne-siar.gov.uk/techservices/bridgescausewaysferries/lost.asp Stornoway Comhairle nan Eilean Siar 2013-08-29 2014-05-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20140227133644/http://www.cne-siar.gov.uk/techservices/bridgescausewaysferries/lost.asp 27 February 2014 dead 3 April – work on construction of "Hull 534", the ocean liner Queen Mary, at John Brown & Company's shipyard at Clydebank resumes after more than 2 years' suspension due to the Great Depression following a financial agreement between the Cunard Line and the British government. 7 April – the Scottish National Party is formed by merger of the National Party of Scotland and the Scottish Party. On 20 April it holds its first public meeting, in Edinburgh.Notable Dates in History http://www.scotsindependent.org/dates1-g.htm The Flag in the Wind The Scots Independent 2014-07-21 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20140523225830/http://www.scotsindependent.org/dates1-g.htm 23 May 2014 21 April – the "surgeon's photograph" of the Loch Ness Monster, much later admitted to be a hoax, is published in the Daily Mail (London).David Martin Alastair Boyd 1999 Nessie – the Surgeon's Photograph Exposed East Barnet authors 0-9535708-0-0 29 May – first regular domestic airmail service, inaugurated by Highland Airways between Inverness and Kirkwall.Richard Blake The Book of Postal Dates, 1635-1985 Caterham Marden 29 28 & 31 July – Gerhard Zucker launches rocket mail experimentally between the Outer Hebridean islands of Scarp and Harris; in both attempts the powder rockets explode.http://www.postalheritage.org.uk/history/transport/air_rocket.html Rocket The British Postal Museum & Archive 2014-05-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20051211112717/http://www.postalheritage.org.uk/history/transport/air_rocket.html 11 December 2005 dead Wade Mark 2005-03-28 http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/zucocket.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20030223122331/http://astronautix.com/lvs/zucocket.htm dead 23 February 2003 Zucker Rocket Encyclopedia Astronautica 2014-05-07Beith Richard Scottish Air Mails 1919-1979 author Dunblane 1981 84 26 September – launching of the Queen Mary at Clydebank.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6aJAAAAAIBAJ&pg=3901%2C3861361 Inspiring scene at Clydebank. "I name you Queen Mary". A moving masterpiece in steel The Glasgow Herald 27 September 1934 7 Google News Archive 30 August 2026 25 December – dedication of the permanent St Columba's Cathedral at Oban, Mother Church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Argyll and the Isles. Sandray becomes uninhabited. Gordonstoun school established in Moray. Original Barrowland Ballroom building is opened in Glasgow by "Barra Queen" Maggie McIver.http://womenslibrary.org.uk/2014/12/09/maggie-mciver/ Maggie McIver Glasgow Women's Library Linda Chadha 2017-01-23 Agnes Mure Mackenzie publishes the historical biography Robert Bruce, King of Scots. Births 12 January – I. Howard Marshall, theologian (died 2015) 2 February – Hugh McIlvanney, sports journalist (died 2019) 12 February – Annette Crosbie, actress 8 March – John McLeod, composer (died 2022)Scotsman Obituaries: John McLeod CBE, Scottish composer and conductor https://www.scotsman.com/news/people/scotsman-obituaries-john-mcleod-cbe-scottish-composer-and-conductor-3652223 www.scotsman.com 20 May 2022 en 11 March – John D. Burgess, bagpipe player (died 2005) 17 March – Pat Gerber, author mainly known for children's books (died 2006) 7 April – Ian Richardson, actor (died 2007)Billington Michael Obituary: Ian Richardson https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/feb/10/guardianobituaries.broadcasting The Guardian 12 January 2018 10 February 2007 17 April – Bill Douglas, film director, (died 1991 in Bishop's Tawton) 24 April – John Cameron, Lord Coulsfield, judge (died 2016) 5 May – Jim Reid, folk musician (died 2009) 10 May – Sir William Lithgow, 2nd Baronet, businessman (died 2022) 11 May – Mark Boyle, artist (died 2005) 28 August – John Stephen, menswear entrepreneur (died 2004 in England) 21 September – David J. Thouless, condensed-matter physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics (died 2019 in Cambridge) 14 November – Dave Mackay, footballer and manager (died 2015 in England) 30 November – Aileen Paterson, writer and illustrator, best known for her series of children's books about Maisie MacKenzie the kitten (died 2018) 28 December – Alasdair Gray, novelist, artist, playwright, academic, teacher and poet (died 2019) Tom Alexander of The Alexander Brothers, folk singer (died 2020) Alasdair Grant Taylor, artist and sculptor (died 2007) Deaths 18 April – Catherine Cranston, tearoom proprietor (born 1849)Kate Cranston https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z7myt39 BBC Bitesize 23 July 2024 3 November – Sir Robert McAlpine, 1st Baronet, founder of the construction firm now called Sir Robert McAlpine (born 1847) 14 November – John Joy Bell, writer, creator of Wee Macgreegor (born 1871) 18 December – Peter Hodge, referee and football manager (born 1871) Esther Blaikie MacKinnon, artist, known for her paintings and engravings (born 1885) The arts September – English actor John Le Mesurier (under his birth name John Halliley) makes his professional stage debut, with the Millicent Ward Repertory Players at the Palladium Theatre, Edinburgh, in J. B. Priestley's Dangerous Corner. Helen Cruickshank's poems Up the Noran Water published. Hugh MacDiarmid's Stony Limits and Other Poems published. Nan Shepherd's poems In the Cairngorms published. See also 1934 in Northern Ireland References Category:Years of the 20th century in Scotland Scotland Category:1930s in Scotland Scotland