1923 in Scotland

none January 2016 July 2026 1923 Events from the year 1923 in Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland Secretary for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – The Viscount Novar Law officers Lord Advocate – William Watson Solicitor General for Scotland – David Fleming; then Frederick Thomson 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 1 January – Grouping of virtually all British railway companies. The Caledonian (from 1 July), Highland and Glasgow and South Western Railways are merged into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway; and the North British and Great North of Scotland Railways into the London and North Eastern Railway. 6 March – First BBC radio broadcast from Glasgow (station 5SC).The BBC in Scotland: the first 50 years David Pat Walker Edinburgh Luath 2011 1-908373-00-8 registration https://archive.org/details/bbcinscotlandfir0000walk 19 March – First BBC radio outside broadcast in Scotland, from the Coliseum Theatre, Glasgow. 23 March – Cutty Sark whisky blended. 29 May — The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland calls for curbs on the immigration of Irish Catholics following a Report laid before it earlier that same month.The church publishes a booklet entitled The Menace of the Irish Race to Our Scottish Nationality. Scotland: the autobiography Goring, Rosemary New London Penguin 2014 978-0-241-96916-8 308–11 24 June – Edinburgh Corporation Tramways completes conversion from cable to electric traction.Gavin Booth Edinburgh's Trams & Buses Ratho Bus Enthusiast Publishing 1988 4 0-946265-09-7 13 July — Margaret Kidd becomes the first female member of the Scottish bar. 12 August–8 November – Eallabus on Islay records 89 successive rain-days, a British record.Meteorological Office Meteorological Office British Rainfall 1923 http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/media/pdf/i/t/British_Rainfall_1923.pdf London HMSO 1924 2016-01-15 25 September – 40 coal miners are killed when the pit at Redding, Falkirk floods.Redding Pit Disaster https://falkirklocalhistory.club/events/redding-pit-disaster/ Falkirk Local History Society Ian Scott 2006 2020-10-09 10 October First BBC radio broadcast from Aberdeen (station 2BD). Susan Newell (born 1893) undergoes judicial hanging at Duke Street Prison, Glasgow, for infanticide, the last woman to suffer capital punishment in Scotland (and the first for 70 years in Glasgow). 2 December – First BBC radio broadcast in Gaelic, a religious address from Aberdeen. 6 December – United Kingdom general election. Katharine Stewart-Murray, Duchess of Atholl, is elected as Unionist Party MP for Kinross and Western Perthshire. Births 15 January John Christopher Bartholomew, cartographer and geographer (died 2008) Ivor Cutler, poet, songwriter and humorist (died 2006)Espiner Mark Obituary: Ivor Cutler https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/mar/07/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries The Guardian London 2018-02-23 2006-03-07 19 March – Bobby Brown, international football goalkeeper and manager (died 2020) 23 March – Roddy McMillan, actor and playwright (died 1979) 24 April – Cordelia Oliver, journalist, painter and art critic (died 2009)Grigor Murray Cordelia Oliver obituary https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/jan/26/cordelia-oliver-obituary the Guardian 3 November 2022 en 26 January 2010 15 May – James Gilbert, television producer (died 2016) 18 May – Willie McRae, Scottish National Party politician and lawyer (died 1985) May – Pat Smythe, jazz pianist (died 1983 in London) 25 August – Dorothy Dunnett, historical novelist (died 2001) 9 September – Mitchell Downie, footballer (died 2001) 18 October – James Gowan, architect known for his post-modernist designs (died 2015 in London) 21 October – David Brand, Lord Brand, advocate, sheriff and Senator of the College of Justice (died 1996) 25 October – Bobby Thomson, professional baseball player (died 2010 in Savannah, Georgia) 26 October – Norman Wylie, Lord Wylie, politician (died 2005) 14 December – Janet Brown, actress, comedienne and impressionist, famous for impersonations of Margaret Thatcher (died 2011 in Hove) 19 December – Gordon Jackson, screen actor (died 1990) Deaths thumb|right|alt=A person stands atop a platform operating a camera whilst surrounded by a large crowd on a street lined with buildings. The scene depicts John Maclean’s casket being removed from his home|Revolutionary socialist John Maclean died this year aged 44; the picture shows his casket being removed from his home in Pollokshaws 27 March – James Dewar, chemist and physicist (born 1842) 4 May – William Robertson Nicoll, Free Church minister, journalist, editor and man of letters (born 1851) 4 June – Hume Nisbet, writer and artist (born 1849) 25 June – John Annan Bryce, businessman and Liberal politician (born 1841) 29 June – Sir James Reid, 1st Baronet, physician (born 1849) 17 July – William Paton Ker, scholar and essayist (born 1855) 26 September – Sir Mark MacTaggart-Stewart, Conservative politician (born 1834) 28 September – William York Macgregor, landscape painter (born 1855) 30 November – John Maclean, Marxist (born 1879) 26 December – James Stout Angus, Shetland writer (born 1830) William Robertson, industrialist (born 1856) The arts 28 November — The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society is founded by Jean Milligan and Ysobel Stewart.Scottish Country Dancing Knight, Peter Collins 1996 0-00-472500-X John Buchan's novel Midwinter is published. See also Timeline of Scottish history 1923 in Northern Ireland References 1923 Category:1920s in Scotland Scotland Category:Years of the 20th century in Scotland Scotland