1927 in Scotland

none January 2016 July 2026 1927 Events from the year 1927 in Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Sir John Gilmour, Bt Law officers Lord Advocate – William Watson Solicitor General for Scotland – Alexander Munro MacRobert 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 28–30 January – gale-force winds batter the British Isles, with a gust of 90 kn mph km/h recorded in Paisley and 23 killed.Lamb Hubert Historic storms of the North Sea, British Isles and Northwest Europe 1991 Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-37522-1 23 March – Leith by-election: Liberals hold seat. 16 April – the Scottish Cup Final is broadcast live on radio for the first time. Celtic F.C. beat East Fife 3–1.The Flag in the Wind Notable Dates in History The Scots Independent http://www.scotsindependent.org/dates1-g.htm 2014-07-16 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20140523225830/http://www.scotsindependent.org/dates1-g.htm 23 May 2014 12 July – official opening in Glasgow of the new Kelvin Hall exhibition venue and George V Bridge.Court Circular The Times London 1927-07-13 19 44632 14 July – the Scottish National War Memorial is opened at Edinburgh Castle (architect: Robert Lorimer). 26 September – David MacBrayne's paddle steamer Grenadier (1885) catches fire and sinks at her overnight mooring in Oban with the loss of three crew. October – a school of pilot whales runs aground in the bay between Bonar Bridge and Ardgay.http://www.tainmuseum.org.uk/imagelibrary/picture/number51.asp Whales at Bonar Bridge Tain Through Time Tain Museum Image Library 2004-02-26 2014-08-11 12 August 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140812213532/http://www.tainmuseum.org.uk/imagelibrary/picture/number51.asp dead Undated The Gillespie, Kidd & Coia architectural practice in Glasgow assumes this name. Glasgow University Scottish Nationalist Association formed. The Church of Scotland introduces the Church Hymnary, revised edition. Births 24 January – Sir Patrick Macnaghten, 11th Baronet, clan chief (died 2007) 16 February – Pearse Hutchinson, poet, broadcaster and translator (died 2012 in Ireland) 23 February – Willie Ormond, international footballer and manager (died 1984) 27 February – Jimmy Halliday, Scottish National Party leader (died 2013) 5 March – Robert Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford, politician (died 2023) 5 April – Colin Young, film educator (died 2021) 6 April – Nancy Riach, swimmer (died at 1947 European Aquatics Championships in Monte Carlo) 12 April – Patrick Meehan, criminal, victim of a miscarriage of justice (died 1994 in Swansea) 23 June – Kenneth McKellar, tenor (died 2010) 29 June – Tom Fleming, actor, director, poet and broadcast commentator (died 2010) 2 July – James Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain 1 October – Sandy Gall, television journalist (born in Penang) (died 2025) 5 October – Bruce Millan, Labour Secretary of State for Scotland (died 2013) 7 October – R. D. Laing, psychiatrist (died 1989 in Saint-Tropez) 10 October – Thomas Wilson, composer (died 2001) 31 October – Charles Cameron, bizarre magician (died 2001) 7 November – Melissa Stribling, film and television actress (died 1992 in Watford) 27 November – Arnold Clark, businessman (died 2017) 24 December – John Glashan, born McGlashan, cartoonist (died 1999) Sir James Dunbar-Nasmith, conservation architect (died 2023) Deaths 16 January – Haldane Burgess historian, poet, novelist, violinist, linguist and socialist, a noted figure in Shetland's cultural history (born 1862)Who was who: A Companion to Who's Who, Containing the Biographies of Those who Died During the Period ... https://books.google.com/books?id=rZ8LAQAAIAAJ 1929 A. & C. Black 148 16 March – Sir Henry Craik, 1st Baronet, civil servant, writer and Unionist politician (born 1846; died in London) 17 March – James Scott Skinner, dancing master, fiddler and composer (born 1843) 26 June – Thomas P. Marwick, architect (born 1854) 8 July – Charles Hay, 20th Earl of Erroll, soldier and Conservative politician (born 1852) 21 July – William Campbell, Lord Skerrington, judge (born 1855) September – John George Govan businessman and evangelist, founder of The Faith Mission in 1886 (born 1861) 10 November – James Thomson, City Engineer, City Architect and Housing Director of Dundee (born 1852) The arts 15 September – Green's Playhouse opens in Glasgow, the largest cinema in Europe at this date.Green's Playhouse / Apollo http://www.scottishcinemas.org.uk/glasgow/playhouse/include.php?filen=index.html Scottish Cinemas and Theatres 2021-02-11 Joe Corrie's play In Time o' Strife, showing the effect of the General Strike on the Fife coal mining community, is first performed; and his The Image o' God and Other Poems is published. Royal Fine Art Commission for Scotland formed. See also Timeline of Scottish history 1927 in Northern Ireland References Category:Years of the 20th century in Scotland Scotland Category:1920s in Scotland Scotland