1953 in Scotland

none January 2015 July 2026 1953 Events from the year 1953 in Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – James Stuart Law officers Lord Advocate – James Latham Clyde Solicitor General for Scotland – William Rankine Milligan Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Cooper Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Thomson Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord Gibson Events 30 January – The cargo vessel Clan MacQuarrie runs aground near Borve, Lewis in a storm; all 66 crew are rescued by breeches buoy the following morning.Clan Macquarrie – historic rescue at Borve http://www.stornowaygazette.co.uk/what-s-on/leisure/clan-macquarrie-historic-rescue-at-borve-1-118252 https://web.archive.org/web/20140726212701/http://www.stornowaygazette.co.uk/what-s-on/leisure/clan-macquarrie-historic-rescue-at-borve-1-118252 dead 26 July 2014 Stornoway Gazette 2014-07-22 31 January – The car ferry Princess Victoria, sailing from Stranraer to Larne in Northern Ireland, sinks in the Irish Sea in a storm killing 133 people on board.http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/31/newsid_2505000/2505913.stm 130 die in ferry disaster BBC On This Day 2008-01-10 31 January 1953 https://web.archive.org/web/20080108160829/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/31/newsid_2505000/2505913.stm 2008-01-08 live Fleetwood trawler Michael Griffiths sinks seven miles south of Barra Head with the loss of 13 crew. 9 February – Fraserburgh life-boat John and Charles Kennedy capsizes on service: six crew killed. 5 March – Maid of the Loch, the last full-size paddle steamer built in the UK, is launched on the River Clyde at A. & J. Inglis's Pointhouse Shipyard. On 25 May, she enters excursion service on Loch Lomond. c. March – New Bridge Street Bridge across Peterhead harbour completed, the last Scherzer rolling lift bridge erected by Sir William Arrol & Co. of Glasgow. 16 April – The Queen launches the Royal Yacht Britannia at John Brown & Company shipbuilders at Clydebank.http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/16/newsid_2846000/2846801.stm Queen launches Royal Yacht Britannia BBC On This Day 2008-01-10 16 April 1953 https://web.archive.org/web/20080121004217/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/16/newsid_2846000/2846801.stm 2008-01-21 live 20 May – Celtic F.C. beat Hibernian 2-0 in the final of the Coronation Cup (football) at Hampden Park.The green shoots of recovery with Hibs Scotland On Sunday 2005-09-10 20 June – Most of the population of the island of Soay, Skye, moves to the Isle of Mull. 24 June – First state visit of Queen Elizabeth II to Scotland since her accession; the Honours of Scotland are carried before the monarch for the first time since 1822Notable Dates in History http://www.scotsindependent.org/dates1-g.htm The Flag in the Wind The Scots Independent 2014-07-22 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20140523225830/http://www.scotsindependent.org/dates1-g.htm 23 May 2014 and presented to her at St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh. 22 July – Great Bernera is connected to Lewis by Scotland's first prestressed concrete girder bridge.Great Bernera Bridge http://www.cne-siar.gov.uk/eriskay/bernera.htm# 2014-05-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20101111023235/http://www.cne-siar.gov.uk/eriskay/bernera.htm 11 November 2010 dead dmy-all 8 August – The northbound Royal Scot train derails near Abington descending from Beattock Summit due to buckling of track caused by high temperature; 37 are injured.Accident at Abington on 8th August 1953 Railways Archive http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/eventsummary.php?eventID=238 2014-07-22 27 October – Arbroath life-boat Robert Lindsay capsizes on service: six crew killed. Scottish law case of MacCormick v Lord Advocate decides that the right of Elizabeth II to so style herself in Scotland is a matter of royal prerogative. IBM establishes a manufacturing facility in Greenock. Births 1 January – Maureen Beattie, Irish-born actress 6 January – Malcolm Young, rock guitarist (died 2017 in Australia) 11 January – John Sessions, born John Gibb Marshall, actor and comedian (died 2020) 20 January – John Robertson, international footballer (died 2025) 27 February – Gavin Esler, television journalist 6 April – Patrick Doyle, film composer 6 May Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1997–2007 Graeme Souness, international footballer and manager 19 May – Patrick Hodge, lawyer, a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom 21 May – Jim Devine, Labour politicianhttp://www.parliamentaryrecord.com/content/profiles/mp/Jim-Devine/Livingston/766 WPR - Jim Devine (Ex-MP) 15 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110715044446/http://www.parliamentaryrecord.com/content/profiles/mp/Jim-Devine/Livingston/766 15 July 2011 22 May – Andy Nisbet, mountaineer (died 2019) 23 May – Ronald Frame, fiction writer 7 June Colin Boyd, Baron Boyd of Duncansby, lawyer and judge Dougie Donnelly, television presenter 23 June – John Stahl, actor (died 2022)John Stahl obituary https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/mar/31/john-stahl-obituary the Guardian 20 May 2022 en 31 March 2022 24 August – Sam Torrance, golfer 31 August – Jimmy McKenna, actor 8 September – John McGlynn, actor 10 September – John Thurso, born John Sinclair, businessman and Liberal Democrat politician 28 September – Jim Diamond, pop singer-songwriter (died 2015) 21 October – Eric Faulkner, pop musician 4 November – Derek Johnstone, international footballer 12 November – Calum MacDonald, Celtic rock songwriter and percussionist 22 December – Gregor Fisher, actor and comedian Steven Campbell, figurative painter (died 2007) Ian Read, businessman Deaths 19 March – Thomas Hunter, Unionist Party politician and Member of Parliament (MP) for Perth (born 1872) 1 June – Alex James, international footballer (born 1901) 23 July – Sir Thomas Jaffrey, actuary (born 1861) 30 September – Lewis Fry Richardson, mathematical physicist (born 1881 in England) The arts April – Comedy film Laxdale Hall is released. Lewis Spence's Collected Poems are published in Edinburgh. See also 1953 in Northern Ireland References Scotland Category:Years of the 20th century in Scotland Category:1950s in Scotland Scotland