1962 in Scotland

none January 2015 July 2026 1962 Events from the year 1962 in Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – John Maclay until 13 July; then Michael Noble Law officers Lord Advocate – William Grant; then Ian Shearer, Lord Avonside Solicitor General for Scotland – David Colville Anderson Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Clyde Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Thomson, then Lord Grant Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord Gibson Events 1 February – Loganair, the Scottish airline, is established. 12 March – the Church of the Good Shepherd in Ayr (1957) is elevated to the Good Shepherd Cathedral for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Galloway.New Cathedral Church for Galloway http://www.gallowaydiocese.org.uk/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=n095uF5cPMI%3D&tabid=137 Galloway Diocese News Advent 2007 1, 3 2014-04-23 June 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes 16 April – Livingston is officially designated as a New Town.e 18025 236–237 17 April 1962 19 April – the North British Locomotive Company of Springburn goes into liquidation. 14 June – West Lothian by-election: Tam Dalyell retains the seat for Labour with the Scottish National Party coming second. 16 August – the series Dr. Finlay's Casebook is first broadcast on BBC Television across the U.K. 25 September – the last steam locomotive built in Scotland, by Andrew Barclay Sons & Co. of Kilmarnock, is despatched to its customer in Sumatra.Allan C. Baker T. D. Allen Civil Bagnalls of Stafford High Halden Phyllis Rampton Narrow Gauge Railway Trust 2008 978-0-9544546-2-3 589–90 22 November – Glasgow Woodside by-election: Labour gain the seat from the Conservatives.Craig F. W. S. British parliamentary Election Results 1950-1970 1971 Political Reference Publications Chichester 0 900178 02 7 622 6 December – last permanent residents leave the Island of Stroma. Late – origins of Findhorn Foundation. The first nude mouse strain is discovered by N. R. Grist at Ruchill Hospital's Brownlee virology laboratory in Glasgow.Mouse (immunodeficient) http://www.animalresearch.info/en/science/animalsused/mouse-nude AnimalResearch.info 2011-08-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20110904024255/http://www.animalresearch.info/en/science/animalsused/mouse-nude 4 September 2011 dead dmy-allNMRI Nude Mice http://www.criver.com/SiteCollectionDocuments/NMRI%20nude24.04.07.pdf Charles River 2011-08-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20111001044057/http://www.criver.com/SiteCollectionDocuments/NMRI%20nude24.04.07.pdf 1 October 2011 dead dmy-all Births January – William Duff, dentist, jailed for fraud and reckless endangerment 3 January – Gavin Hastings, rugby union player 4 January – Robin Guthrie, guitarist and producer (Cocteau Twins) 5 January – Murray Pittock, cultural historian 10 January – Ford Kiernan, actor and comedian 11 January – Steve Hislop, motorcycle racer (killed in helicopter accident 2003) February – John Gordon Sinclair (born Gordon John Sinclair), actor 26 February – Pen Hadow (born Rupert Nigel Pendrill Hadow), arctic explorer 5 March – The Proclaimers (Charlie and Craig Reid), twin folk rock musicians 9 March – Pete Wishart, SNP MP and member of Celtic rock group Runrig 17 March Clare Grogan, singer and actress Andy Kerr, Labour MSP (1999–2011) and government minister 10 April – Nicky Campbell, radio and television presenter and journalist 22 April – Ann McKechin, Labour MP 23 April – John Hannah, film and television actor 13 May – Kathleen Jamie, poet 17 May Craig Ferguson, American television host, stand-up comedian, writer, actor, director, author, producer and voice artist Alan Johnston, journalist 19 May – Iain Harvie, guitarist 24 May – Derek Browning, former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 27 May – David Mundell, Secretary of State for Scotland, Conservative MP and solicitor 13 June – Paul Motwani, Grandmaster (chess) 22 June – Bobby Gillespie, rock singer-songwriter (Primal Scream) 30 June – Colin Campbell, 7th Earl Cawdor, peer and architect 24 August – Ali Smith, novelist 23 September – Deborah Orr, journalist (died 2019) 24 September – Ally McCoist, international footballer, manager, television pundit and A Question of Sport team captain 6 November – Stuart Dougal, football referee 28 December – Kaye Adams, television presenter Jackie Bird, journalist and newsreaderBellshill from The Gazetteer for Scotland https://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townfirst413.html www.scottish-places.info 27 October 2021 en-gb Jack Docherty, writer, actor, presenter and producer Deaths 19 April – Sir Harold Yarrow, 2nd Baronet, industrialist (born 1884 in England) 15 August – Bob McIntyre, motorcycle racer (born 1928) The arts 5 June – Scottish Opera, Scotland's national opera company, is founded by Alexander Gibson. August–September – Dmitri Shostakovich and Benjamin Britten are present at the Edinburgh Festival for performances of their works. 5 October – global release of the film Dr. No with Edinburgh-born Sean Connery originating the film character of James Bond. Folk group The Corries is formed in Edinburgh. See also 1962 in Northern Ireland 1962 in Wales References Scotland Category:Years of the 20th century in Scotland Category:1960s in Scotland Scotland