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Scottish History Time-line (Early 20th Century; 1900-49)
Note that, within a single year, events are not necessarily presented in chronological order.
Previous Period c.1900 Killantringan Lighthouse (Dumfries and Galloway) Built c.1900 The Bullough Mausoleum (Highland) Built 1900 Achentoul Lodge (Highland) Built 1900 Alastair Sim born - Edinburgh-born actor, particularly remembered for his comedy roles 1900 Andrew Barclay died - Engineer 1900 Archibald Forbes died - War correspondent and military historian 1900 Charles Piazzi Smyth died - Eccentric Astronomer Royal for Scotland who instigated Edinburgh's "One O'Clock Gun" 1900 David Patrick Maxwell Fyfe (1st Earl of Kilmuir) born - Politician and Lawyer 1900 Dr. Sir John Martin Stagg born - Meteorologist, who set the date for D-Day 1900 Dunkeld House (Perth and Kinross) Built 1900 Frederick (Freddie) Guthrie Tait died - Golfer 1900 George Douglas Campbell (8th Duke of Argyll) died - Politician 1900 Gutter's Hut (Shetland) Built 1900 Hercules Linton died - The designer of the clipper ship Cutty Sark 1900 Hugh Miller's Cottage (Highland) Opened 1900 James Gall died - Publisher and businessman 1900 John (Jack) Abbott born - Entrepreneur 1900 John Anderson died - Zoologist 1900 John Patrick Crichton-Stuart (3rd Marquess of Bute) died - Patron of the arts and philanthropist 1900 Lady Alicia Scott (Alicia Spottiswoode) died - Composer 1900 Major General Sir Kenneth Strong born - Intelligence officer 1900 Margaret Sinclair (Sister Mary Francis of the Five Wounds) born - The 'Edinburgh Wonder Worker' 1900 North Bridge Arcade (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1900 Queen Elizabeth (The Queen Mother) born - Mother of Queen Elizabeth II 1900 Rainy Hall (City of Edinburgh) Built 1900 Schomberg Henry Kerr (9th Marquess of Lothian) died - Noble, politician and industrialist 1900 Sir John Sholto Douglas (8th Marquis of Queensberry; Viscount Drumlanrig) died - Patron of sport and subject of an infamous trial 1900 Sir Robert Boothby (Lord Boothby of Buchan and Rattray Head) born - Politician 1900 Sir Thomas McIlwraith died - Politician and financier 1900 The Perth Theatre (Perth and Kinross) Opened 1900 Thomas Faed died - Painter, noted for his scenes of domestic life 1900 Thorter Reservoir (East Lothian) Opened 1900 Tiumpan Head Lighthouse (Western Isles) Built 1900 Turner's Bridge (South Ayrshire) Opened 1901 Airlie Monument (Angus) Erected 1901 Alexander MacArthur born - Unfortunate novelist 1901 Arnot Reservoir (Perth and Kinross) Opened 1901 Barns Ness Lighthouse (East Lothian) Built 1901 Connel Bridge (Argyll and Bute) Opened 1901 Drumbowie Reservoir (Falkirk) Opened 1901 Glenfinnan Station (Highland) Built 1901 Glenfinnan Station Museum (Highland) Built 1901 Glenfinnan Viaduct (Highland) Opened 1901 Greywalls (East Lothian) Built 1901 Hoxa Head Lighthouse (Orkney) Built 1901 Kinloch Castle (Highland) Built 1901 Lewis Grassic Gibbon (James Leslie Mitchell) born - Journalist turned author, best known for his trilogy "Sunset Song", "Cloud Howe" and "Grey Granite" 1901 Logan Reservoir (South Lanarkshire) Opened 1901 Malcolm MacDonald born - Politician, civil servant and author 1901 Peter Guthrie Tait died - Physicist 1901 Pipe Bridge and Weir (Glasgow City) Opened 1901 Princess Alice Windsor (Duchess of Gloucester; Alice Montagu Douglas Scott) born - The oldest British Royal in history 1901 Queen Victoria died - Longest reigning British monarch and lover of all things Scottish, who presided over the flowering of the British Empire and a time of remarkable industrial progress 1901 Richard Henry Brunton died - Civil engineer 1901 Sir Francis Chichester born - Yachtsman 1901 Sir George Warrender of Lochend (6th Baronet Lochend) died - Politician and businessman 1901 Sir John Brown born - Shipbuilder and naval architect 1901 Sir Joseph Noel Paton died - The "Fairy Painter" 1901 St Mary's Chapel (Aberdeenshire) Built 1901 The Bull Inn (Renfrewshire) Built 1901 The Leadhills and Wanlockhead Railway (South Lanarkshire) Opened 1901 Turnberry Ailsa Course (South Ayrshire) Opened 1901 West Highland Line (Argyll and Bute) Opened c.1902 Alan Eaglesham born - Communist 1902 Andrew Watson died - Black footballer 1902 Archibald Hood died - Mining engineer and entrepreneur 1902 Arta (Glasgow City) Built 1902 Balmoral Hotel (City of Edinburgh) Built 1902 Donald Caskie born - The Tartan Pimpernel 1902 Eric Henry Liddell born - Record-breaking athlete who won two medals in the 1924 Paris Olympic Games 1902 Francis Hindes Groome died - Editor of the Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland and eminent scholar of gypsy life and culture 1902 George Douglas Brown died - Author 1902 HM Prison Inverness (Highland) Built 1902 Henry Dunning Macleod died - Economist 1902 Islesburgh Community Centre (Shetland) Built 1902 John Faed died - Painter 1902 John MacDonald Bannerman (Lord Bannerman of Kildonan) born - Sports personality and Gaelic activist 1902 John McIlwraith died - Manufacturing plumber and ship-owner 1902 John Stuart McCaig died - Oban banker, art critic and philosophical essayist 1902 Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum (Glasgow City) Opened 1902 McCaig's Tower (Argyll and Bute) Erected 1902 Pittencrieff Park (Fife) Created 1902 Rev. Dr. Peter Marshall born - Clergyman, who became Chaplain to the US Senate 1902 Rysa Lodge (Orkney) Built 1902 Scotsman Hotel (City of Edinburgh) Built 1902 Scottish National Antarctic Expedition 1902 The Gaiety Theatre (South Ayrshire) Opened 1902 The Hatrack (Glasgow City) Built 1902 Victoria Bridge (Moray) Opened 1902 William Topaz McGonagall died - Poet 1903 Andrew Greig Barr died - Father of Irn Bru 1903 Bass Rock Lighthouse (East Lothian) Built 1903 Colonel Sir Michael Robert Shaw Stewart (7th Baronet of Greenock and Blackhall) died - Landowner and politician 1903 David George Ritchie died - Philosopher 1903 David Talbot Rice born - Academic 1903 Douglas Douglas-Hamilton (14th Duke of Hamilton; 11th Duke of Brandon) born - Pioneering aviator and central character in the flight of Rudolf Hess during World War II 1903 Dr. Margaret Fay Shaw born - Gaelic folklorist and photographer 1903 George 'Phil' Macpherson (G.P.S. Macpherson) born - Rugby player, who became Scotland's first Grand Slam winning captain 1903 Greyfriars John Knox Church (Aberdeen City) Built 1903 Hugh Fraser (Lord Fraser of Allander) born - Retailing entrepreneur 1903 James Abbott McNeill Whistler died - Artist 1903 Killermont House (East Dunbartonshire) Opened 1903 Major General Sir Hector Archibald MacDonald (Fighting Mac) died - Soldier 1903 Neilston Railway Station (East Renfrewshire) Opened 1903 Peter Angus Macnab born - Veteran author 1903 Pittodrie Stadium (Aberdeen City) Opened 1903 Prof. Alexander Bain died - Thinker, psychologist and educationalist 1903 Sir Alexander (Alec) Douglas-Home (Lord Home of the Hirsel) born - British Prime Minister 1903 Skibo Castle (Highland) Built 1903 The Hill House (Argyll and Bute) Built 1903 The National Stadium (Glasgow City) Opened 1903 Thomas McIlwraith died - Canadian businessman and ornithologist 1903 Wemyss Bay Railway Station and Ferry Terminal (Inverclyde) Opened 1903 William (Willie) Park (Senior) died - Golfing champion 1903 William Quarrier died - Philanthropist and social reformer c.1904 Old High School (City of Edinburgh) Established 1904 Alan Ronald Nall-Cain (Lord Brocket) born - Member of Parliament and Nazi sympathiser, who was the infamous absentee landlord of the Knoydart Estate 1904 Arthur Melville died - Artist 1904 Charles (Chuck) Robert Gardiner born - Ice hockey star, known as the .Wandering Scotsman 1904 Cowgill Upper Reservoir (South Lanarkshire) Opened 1904 David Watson Stevenson (D.W. Stevenson) died - Sculptor 1904 Donald Bain born - Artist 1904 Dr. Andrew Peebles Aitken died - Agricultural chemist 1904 Dunskey House (Dumfries and Galloway) Built 1904 Eastfield Depot (Glasgow City) Opened 1904 Erik Chisholm born - Composer 1904 Glasgow Golf Course (Killermont) (East Dunbartonshire) Opened 1904 Hyskeir Lighthouse (Highland) Built 1904 Jennie Lee (Baroness Ashridge) born - Politician 1904 John MacDonald MacCormick born - Lawyer and Nationalist 1904 Mungo Park died - Golfing champion 1904 Samuel Smiles died - Author and reformer 1904 Scotland Street School (Glasgow City) Built 1904 Sir George Taylor born - Botanist and plant hunter 1904 Sir William Kininmonth born - Architect 1904 The Garrison Theatre (Shetland) Opened 1904 The Pavilion Theatre (Glasgow City) Built 1905 Air Commodore Colin Simpson Cadell born - Aviator and electrical engineer 1905 Balnagask Golf Course (Aberdeen City) Opened 1905 Buckieburn Reservoir (Stirling) Opened 1905 Bute Museum (Argyll and Bute) Opened 1905 Caledonian Railway Bridge (Glasgow City) Opened 1905 David Fowler McIntyre born - Airline pioneer 1905 Duncan MacRae born - Actor 1905 Finlas, Loch (East Ayrshire) Opened 1905 Harold Segerson Mahony died - Scottish-Irish tennis player 1905 Isabella Elder (Isabella Ure) died - Philanthropist 1905 James (Jamie) Anderson died - Golf champion 1905 James Robertson Justice born - Portly actor who was born in Wigtown into a distinguished Scottish legal family 1905 Johnny Ramensky ('Gentle Johnny'; John Ramsay; Yonas Ramanauckas) born - Heroic safe-breaker 1905 Midlothian County Buildings (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1905 Priorsford Bridge (Scottish Borders) Opened 1905 Prof. Ian Aird born - Surgeon, who developed the kidney transplant in the UK 1905 Sir James Miller born - Housebuilder and politician 1905 Sir Robert Jardine died - Trader and politician 1905 Sir William Muir died - Indian civil servant and oriental historian 1905 The King's Theatre (City of Edinburgh) Built 1905 William Sharp (Fiona Macleod) died - Novelist, poet and biographer 1906 Al-Maktoum College of Higher Education (Dundee City) Built 1906 Ardkinglas (Argyll and Bute) Built 1906 Caaf Reservoir (North Ayrshire) Opened 1906 Dr. John Lorne Campbell born - Folklorist, historian and author, noted for his study of Hedridean and Gaelic culture 1906 Edinburgh College of Art (City of Edinburgh) Established 1906 General John McArthur died - General in the American Civil War 1906 Institute of Geography (City of Edinburgh) Established 1906 James (Jimmy) MacDonald born - The voice of Mickey Mouse 1906 Kilduskland Reservoir (Argyll and Bute) Opened 1906 Liberton Hospital (City of Edinburgh) Built 1906 Outerwards Reservoir (North Ayrshire) Opened 1906 Peter Ritchie Calder (Lord Ritchie-Calder of Balmashanner) born - Author, journalist and academic 1906 Prof. James Blyth died - Academic and inventor 1906 Rev. Dr. George Matheson died - Preacher and noted hymn-writer 1906 Robert Methven Heron died - Potter 1906 Robert Rainy died - Clergyman and ecclesiastical statesman 1906 Rouken Glen Park (East Renfrewshire) Created 1906 Sir Robert Matthew born - Architect 1906 The His Majesty's Theatre (Aberdeen City) Built 1906 Turnberry Hotel (South Ayrshire) Built 1907 Alexander Buchan died - Meteorologist 1907 Andrew Cruickshank born - Actor 1907 Ayr Racecourse (South Ayrshire) Opened 1907 David MacBrayne died - Ship owner 1907 Dindinnie Upper Reservoir (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened 1907 Dudley Dexter Watkins (Dudley D. Watkins) born - Cartoonist and Illustrator 1907 HM Prison Greenock (Inverclyde) Built 1907 Hew Lorimer born - Sculptor 1907 Islesburgh House Hostel (Shetland) Built 1907 Jameson Clark born - Screen and television actor 1907 Peebles Hydro (Scottish Borders) Built 1907 Singer Station (West Dunbartonshire) Opened 1907 Sir Alexander Robertus Todd (Lord Todd of Trumpington) born - Scientist 1907 Sir Basil Urwin Spence born - Architect, who attracted controversy for his contemporary designs 1907 Sir Benjamin Baker died - English Civil engineer 1907 Sir James Hector died - Geologist and naturalist, who came to dominate science in New Zealand 1907 St Joseph's College (Dumfries and Galloway) Built 1907 The Titan Crane (West Dunbartonshire) Built 1907 Town House (South Lanarkshire) Established 1907 William Gunion Rutherford died - Classicist and Headmaster of Westminster School 1907 William Thomson (Lord Kelvin of Largs) died - Mathematician and Physicist 1908 (Cecil) Arnold Beevers born - Crystallographer and inventor 1908 Birkhill Fireclay Mine (Falkirk) Opened 1908 Carriden Parish Church (Falkirk) Built 1908 Charles Forte (Lord Forte) born - Hotelier and entrepreneur 1908 Edward Caird died - Philosopher 1908 Eskdalemuir Observatory (Dumfries and Galloway) Established 1908 Jean McDowell (Jean Burnett) born - Pioneering sports woman 1908 John Adrian Louis Hope (7th Earl of Hopetoun; 1st Marquis of Linlithgow) died - Politician 1908 Peebles Golf Course (Scottish Borders) Opened 1908 Perth City Hall (Perth and Kinross) Built 1908 Perth Racecourse (Perth and Kinross) Opened 1908 Prof. Kenneth Mellanby born - Ecologist and entomologist who drew attention to the environmental effects of pesticides 1908 Queen Victoria School (Stirling) Erected 1908 Rear Admiral Sir Anthony Cecil Capel Miers born - Submariner and naval commander 1908 Robert Jameson died - South African entrepreneur and politician 1908 Rochomie Reservoir (Moray) Opened 1908 Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman died - Politician and Prime Minister of Britain between 1905 and 1908 1908 Sir James (Jimmy) Shand born - Musician 1908 Thomas Morris (Old Tom) died - Golfer 1908 Walter Chalmers Smith died - Poet and Free Church minister, born in Aberdeen 1909 Alexander Fleming died - Iron-master and philanthropist 1909 Archibald (Archie) Jackson born - Cricketer, whose promising career was curtailed by his early death 1909 Bartholomew House (City of Edinburgh) Built 1909 Blackwater Reservoir (Highland) Opened 1909 Cairns of Coll Lighthouse (Argyll and Bute) Built 1909 Corn Exchange and New Markets (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1909 David Jacks (David Jack) died - Entrepreneur and land speculator who gave his name to 'Monterey Jack' cheese 1909 Ellen King (Ellen Pearson) born - Olympic swimmer 1909 Ethel MacDonald born - Radical, who became known as the Scottish Scarlet Pimpernel 1909 Glenquey Reservoir (Perth and Kinross) Opened 1909 Gourock Outdoor Pool (Inverclyde) Opened 1909 James Jackson born - Footballer 1909 James Patrick Robertson (Lord Robertson of Forteviot) died - Jurist and politician 1909 Jemima Blackburn (Jemima Wedderburn) died - Artist 1909 John Thomson born - Football player 1909 Kinlochleven Hydro-Electric Scheme (Highland) Opened 1909 Lieutenant Jozef Stanislaw Kosacki born - Inventor and soldier 1909 Marion Crawford ("Crawfie"; Marion Buthlay) born - Governess who gained notoriety as the first Royal servant to sell her story to the press 1909 Mary Burton died - Social reformer, who was regarded as one of Edinburgh's foremost women of her time 1909 Neist Point Lighthouse (Highland) Built 1909 Nigel Tranter (Nye Tredgold) born - Historical novelist 1909 Prof. Robert Allan Smith born - Physicist and academic leader 1909 Robert Garioch (Robert Garioch Sutherland) born - Satirical poet and translator 1909 Robin Orr born - Composer, academic and first Chairman of Scottish Opera 1909 Scottish Borders Campus (Scottish Borders) Established 1909 Sir Donald Currie died - Shipping magnate and politician 1909 Sir Matthew (Matt) Busby born - Football manager 1909 Sir Theodore Martin died - Author and biographer 1909 Tannadice Park (Dundee City) Opened 1909 William Gemmell Cochran born - Statistician 1910 Cardinal Gordon Joseph Gray born - The first post-Reformation Cardinal to lead the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland 1910 Catherine Helen Spence died - Australian social reformer 1910 David Niven born - Kirriemuir-born actor 1910 Domenico Chiocchetti born - Creator of the noted 'Italian Chapel' on Lamb Holm (Orkney) 1910 Dr. Thomas (Tom) Anderson born - Fiddler and composer 1910 Dumbarton Public Library (West Dunbartonshire) Built 1910 George Millar born - Author and soldier 1910 Molly Weir born - Stage, screen, radio and television character actress and author 1910 Most Rev. William Dalrymple Maclagan died - Archbishop of York 1910 Norman MacCaig born - Poet 1910 Prof. Ian Donald born - Medical scientist and inventor of the first practical ultrasound scanner 1910 Sir Malcolm Donald McEacharn died - Ship-owner, businessman and politician 1910 St Aloysius' Church (Glasgow City) Built 1910 Stephen Adam died - Stained-glass artist 1910 William (Willie) Law Anderson died - Golfer, who dominated the game in the USA in the first decade of the 20th C 1910 William McTaggart died - Painter c.1911 Vaul Golf Course (Argyll and Bute) Opened 1911 Alexander (Alex) Lees born - War veteran, who as a prisoner in Germany took part in the events which inspired the film The Great Escape 1911 Barshaw Park (Renfrewshire) Created 1911 Christian Salvesen died - Ship-owner 1911 Cowan Park (East Renfrewshire) Created 1911 Dr. Joseph Bell died - Surgeon 1911 Emilio Coia born - Caricaturist 1911 George Chrystal died - Mathematician and academic 1911 Gian Carlo Menotti born - Composer 1911 James Faed died - Engraver 1911 Mitchell Library (Glasgow City) Built 1911 Muir Matheson born - Musical director and composer 1911 North Third Reservoir (Stirling) Opened 1911 Prof. John (Jack) W. Boag born - Medical physicist and pacifist 1911 RAF Leuchars (Fife) Opened 1911 Sarah (Cissie) Gillow Marshall Stewart (Sarah Hunter) born - Olympic swimmer and pioneering sports woman 1911 Simon Fraser (17th Lord Lovat) born - Soldier, who created the 'Commandos' 1911 Sir Alexander (Alec) Kirkland Cairncross born - Economist 1911 Sir James Marjoribanks born - Diplomat 1911 Sorley MacLean (Somhairle MacGill-Eain) born - Gaelic Poet 1911 Stobshiel Reservoir (East Lothian) Opened 1911 Thomas Blake Glover died - Merchant and reformer in Japan 1911 William (Willie) Ross (Lord Ross of Marnock) born - Labour politician and longest serving Secretary of State for Scotland 1911 Williamina Paton Stevens Fleming died - Astronomer 1912 Alexander Mackendrick born - Film director 1912 Alexander William George Duff (1st Duke of Fife) died - Politician, banker and landowner 1912 Captain Robert Falcon Scott died - Antarctic explorer, who died returning from the South Pole in 1912 1912 Charles William Hope (3rd Marquis of Linlithgow) born - Noble and soldier 1912 Dr. Edward Adrian Wilson died - English explorer and scientist 1912 Freemason's Hall (City of Edinburgh) Built 1912 George Elder Davie born - Philosopher 1912 George Law Campbell born - Linguist and author 1912 James Barbour died - Architect 1912 James Petrie Chalmers (J.P. Chalmers) died - Film and publishing entrepreneur 1912 John Adrian Louis Hope (Baron Glendevon) born - Noble and politician 1912 Joseph Lister (1st Baron Lister of Lyme Regis) died - Surgeon 1912 Malcolm (Callum) Macdonald born - Printer and publisher of Scottish poetry 1912 Ravelston Golf Course (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1912 Sir Ewan Forbes of Craigievar born - Transexual and the focus of a landmark legal case 1912 Sir Harold Montague (Monty) Finniston born - Re-organiser of British Steel 1912 Sir Ian Kinloch MacGregor born - Industrialist, who presided over the reorganisation of Britain's nationalised heavy industries 1912 Sir John Arbuthnot born - Politician 1912 Sir John Crofton born - Pioneer in the treatment of tuberculosis 1912 Sir John Edward Gilmour born - Politician 1912 Sir Robert Lang Lickley born - Aeronautical Engineer 1912 Sophia Jex Blake died - Medical practitioner, reformer and suffragette 1912 The Hippodrome (Falkirk) Opened 1913 Ballikinrain Castle (Stirling) Built 1913 Benny Lynch born - Undoubtedly Scotland's greatest boxer 1913 Campbeltown Picture House (Argyll and Bute) Opened 1913 Cedric Thorpe Davie born - Composer and academic 1913 Clydebank Library (West Dunbartonshire) Established 1913 David Morrison born - Veteran athlete 1913 Dr. William McEwan died - Brewer and philanthropist 1913 Ebenezer Bryce died - Mormon convert who gave his name to Bryce Canyon (Utah, USA) 1913 Ella Logan born - Singer 1913 Iain Norman Macleod born - Politician 1913 Joseph (Jo) Grimond (Baron Grimond of Firth) born - Politician 1913 Joseph Crawhall died - Painter 1913 King Edward VII Monument (Perth and Kinross) Erected 1913 Mary O'Rourke (Master Joe Petersen; Mary Lethbridge) born - The Phenomenal Boy Singer 1913 Robert MacBryde born - Painter and theatre set designer 1913 Sir Alan Blyth Hume born - Civil servant and conservationist 1913 Sir Reo Stakis (Argiros Anastasis) born - Hotel and casino chain owner 1913 Sir William Arrol died - Engineer and leading railway contractor 1913 The Bastille (Aberdeen City) Built 1913 The Writers' Museum (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1913 Thomas Francis Jamieson died - Geologist 1913 Tummel Suspension Bridge (Perth and Kinross) Opened 1913 William (Bill) Shankly born - Football manager 1913 William (Willie) Logan born - Flamboyant building contractor, entrepreneur and Freeman of Dingwall 1913 22 Killed in Fire at Cadder Colliery ?1914 George Barron born - Gardener and broadcaster 1914 Alistair Forbes-Mackay died - Navy surgeon who reached the Magnetic South Pole (as part of Shackleton's expedition) in 1909, three years before Amundsen and Scott reached the Geographical South Pole 1914 Archibald (Archie) Duncan born - Screen and television actor 1914 David Smart died - Architect 1914 Dunblane Cemetery (Stirling) Opened 1914 Gavin Maxwell born - Author 1914 James Geikie died - Geologist 1914 James Robertson died - Marmalade manufacturer 1914 John Douglas Sutherland Campbell (9th Duke of Argyll) died - Politician and statesman 1914 John M. Honeyman died - Architect 1914 John Muir died - Naturalist and conservationist 1914 Major Herbert (Blondie) Hasler born - Cockleshell Hero 1914 Midfield House (Midlothian) Built 1914 Perth Royal Infirmary (Perth and Kinross) Built / Opened 1914 Robert Colquhoun born - Artist 1914 Simon Ramsay (16th Earl of Dalhousie) born - Land-owner, statesman and Politician 1914 Sir David Gill died - Astronomer 1914 Sir Donald Alexander Smith (1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal) died - Businessman and statesman 1914 Sir Henry Duncan Littlejohn died - Medical and health pioneer 1914 Sir John Murray died - Pioneering Oceanographer 1914 Sir William Alexander Smith died - Founder of the Boy's Brigade 1914 Thomas (Tom) Weir born - Broadcaster, climber, author and naturalist 1914 Thomas (Tommy) McQuater born - Big-band trumpeter 1914 Town House (South Lanarkshire) Built 1914 Usher Hall (City of Edinburgh) Built 1914 William Graham died - Photographer 1914 William Henry Walter Montagu Douglas Scott (6th Duke of Buccleuch; 8th Duke of Queensberry) died - Noble and politician 1914 Loss of HMS Oceanic 1915 Burncrooks Reservoir (Stirling) Opened 1915 Elizabeth Cameron (Mary Elizabeth Vaughan-Lee) born - Botanical artist and entrepreneur 1915 Henry Mavor died - Electrical Engineer 1915 Jack Milroy (James Cruden) born - Comedian 1915 James Keir Hardie died - Radical Socialist 1915 Lieutenant-General Sir James Parlane Baird born - Director-General of the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) 1915 Lt. Colonel Sir (Archibald) David Stirling born - The Phantom Major, who founded the Special Air Service (SAS) 1915 Lyness Naval Cemetery (Orkney) Opened 1915 Mary Slessor died - An ordinary mill worker who became a notable missionary in West Africa 1915 Percy Edwin Alan Johnson-Marshall born - Town planner, architect and academic 1915 Preston Watson died - Pioneer of flight 1915 RNAS Longside (Aberdeenshire) Opened 1915 Redford Barracks (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1915 Robert (Bob) Ferguson died - Golf champion 1915 Scotstoun Sports Campus (Glasgow City) Opened 1915 Sir John James Cowperthwaite born - Economist, responsible for creating Hong Kong's dynamic economy 1915 Sir Michael Nairn died - Linoleum baron 1915 Sir Sandford Fleming died - Canadian railway engineer, born in Kirkcaldy 1915 Sir Thomas Clouston died - Medical pioneer 1915 The Museum of Flight (East Lothian) Built 1915 Quintinshill Rail Disaster 1916 Robert James Naismith born - Architect and town planner 1916 Barcraigs Reservoir (North Ayrshire) Opened 1916 Hamish MacCunn died - Composer 1916 Henry Alexander Hepburne Scott (10th Earl of Polwarth) born - Businessman and politician 1916 James Connolly died - Irish nationalist and socialist 1916 James Herriot (James Alfred Wight) born - Author 1916 Jessie Kesson (Jessie Grant McDonald) born - Author and play-wright 1916 John Reid died - Golfing pioneer 1916 Machrihanish Air Station (Argyll and Bute) Opened 1916 Peter Dodds McCormick died - Composer of the Australian National Anthem and choirmaster 1916 Sir Andrew Alexander Steel Stark born - Diplomat 1916 Sir James Key Caird died - Jute Baron and philanthropist 1916 Sir Thomas Lauder Brunton died - Clinical pharmacologist 1916 Sir William Ramsay died - Chemist 1916 Stirling Railway Station (Stirling) Built 1916 Very Rev. Prof. John McIntyre born - Scholar and history-making clergyman 1917 (John David) Ruari McDowall Hardie McLean born - Typographer and graphical designer 1917 (Richard) Harold Barnwell died - Aircraft pioneer 1917 Carbisdale Castle (Highland) Built 1917 Eddie C. Straiton born - Veterinary surgeon, author and broadcaster, known as "the first TV vet" 1917 Eileen Caddy born - Co-founder of the Findhorn Foundation 1917 Elsie Inglis died - A leading surgeon and suffragette 1917 Eric Campbell died - Actor 1917 Peter Caddy born - Co-founder of the Findhorn Foundation 1917 Robert Noble died - Artist 1917 Sir (Crawford) Murray MacLehose (Lord MacLehose of Beoch) born - Governor of Hong Kong 1917 St John the Evangelist Episcopal Church (Dumfries and Galloway) Built 1917 Turnberry Airfield (South Ayrshire) Opened 1917 Victor Alexander Bruce (9th Earl of Elgin; 13th Earl of Kincardine) died - Statesman and Viceroy of India 1918 (William) Sydney Graham (W.S. Graham) born - Neo-Romantic poet 1918 Captain John Melville Keay died - Record-breaking ships captain 1918 Dame Muriel Spark (Muriel Sarah Camberg) born - Novelist 1918 Elizabeth (Betty) Mouat died - Unintentional traveller 1918 George Alexander Eugene Douglas (Dawyck) Haig (2nd Earl Haig of Bemersyde; Viscount Dawyck) born - Painter and public servant 1918 John Barbour died - Draper, who gave his name to the Barbour Jacket 1918 John Rennie died - Naval architect 1918 Kilchoman Military Cemetery (Argyll and Bute) Opened 1918 Marcus Dods born - Composer and musical director 1918 RNAS Longside (Aberdeenshire) Closed 1918 Sinking of HMS Campania 1918 William (Willie) Stephen Ian Whitelaw (1st Viscount Whitelaw of Penrith) born - Conservative politician 1918 Stanrigg Pit Disaster 1919 Andrew Carnegie died - Iron and steel magnate and great philanthropist 1919 Charles (Chic) Murray born - Comedian and actor 1919 Dr. John Aitken died - Physicist and meteorologist 1919 German fleet scuttled at Scapa Flow 1919 Hamish Henderson born - Folk-song writer and poet 1919 John Moffatt born - Wartime aviator 1919 Lerwick Observatory (Shetland) Established 1919 Palmerston Park (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened 1919 Robert Henderson Blyth born - Landscape painter 1919 Saughton Cemetery (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1919 Sir Hugh Thomas Munro died - Tabulator of Scotland's Munros 1919 Sir Iain Mark Tennant born - Businessman 1919 Sir Ludovic Kennedy born - Writer and broadcaster, born in Edinburgh the son of a naval officer 1919 William Cunningham died - Economic historian and clergyman 1919 William Grant Stevenson died - Sculptor 1919 William Sydney (Syd) Scroggie born - Inspirational hill-walker, author and worthy c.1920 Campbeltown Creamery (Argyll and Bute) Opened 1920 Aberdeen Railway Station (Aberdeen City) Built 1920 Andrew Black died - Singer 1920 Charles Smith born - Local historian 1920 Derek Bond born - Actor 1920 Dorothy Maclean born - Co-founder, with Peter and Eileen Caddy, of the Findhorn Foundation 1920 Edwin George Morgan born - Glasgow's Poet Laureate 1920 Erskine Beveridge died - Textile manufacturer and antiquary, noted for his archaeological investigations in the Hebrides 1920 Hazlehead Park (Aberdeen City) Created 1920 James Hardie died - Entrepreneur 1920 John George Bartholomew died - Cartographer 1920 King's Buildings (City of Edinburgh) Built 1920 Liberton Golf Club (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1920 Moredun Research Institute (Midlothian) Established 1920 Prof. Ross Mitchell born - Pioneering paediatrician 1920 Rev. Prof. Allan Galloway born - Theologian 1920 Sir Alexander Baird died - Colonial administrator 1920 William (Willie) Johnson (Peerie Willie) born - Influential guitar accompanist, notable for his unique style and music 1921 Alick Isaacs born - Virologist, who discovered interferon 1921 Balmashanner Hill War Memorial (Angus) Erected 1921 Borough Briggs (Moray) Opened 1921 Deborah Kerr (Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer) born - Actress 1921 Frances MacDonald died - Artist and designer 1921 George Mackay Brown born - Poet and novelist 1921 George Ralston Wylie born - Sculptor 1921 Joan Eardley born - Painter 1921 John Boyd Dunlop died - Inventor, born into a farming family at Dreghorn (North Ayrshire) 1921 John More Dick Peddie (John More Peddie) died - Architect 1921 Lady Haig's Poppy Factory (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1921 Patrick (Paddy) Tunney born - Irish folk singer and writer 1921 Rev. Alexander Whyte died - Free Church leader 1921 Sir Robert Rowand Anderson died - Architect 1921 Walter Laing MacDonald Perry (Lord Perry of Walton) born - Academic, who became the first head of the Open University 1921 War Memorial Park (South Lanarkshire) Created 1921 William Speirs Bruce died - Oceanographer and Polar Explorer 1921 William Strang died - Artist c.1922 Jean Waddell born - Hostage 1922 Alexander Crum Brown died - Organic chemist 1922 Alexander Graham Bell died - Inventor and entrepreneur 1922 Alistair MacLean born - Best-selling novelist 1922 Antonella (Tony) Kerr (Marchioness of Lothian) born - Journalist and broadcaster, who founded the Woman of the Year lunches 1922 Branklyn Garden (Perth and Kinross) Created 1922 Caird Hall (Dundee City) Built 1922 Doris Davidson born - Novelist 1922 Dr. John Kirk died - Explorer and Reformer 1922 Edward Arthur Walton (E.A. Walton) died - Painter, who became one of the 'Glasgow Boys' 1922 Fulton Mackay born - Actor 1922 Grouse Railway (Inverclyde) Opened 1922 Hackness Battery (Orkney) Closed 1922 Iain Ellis Hamilton born - Composer and academic 1922 Inverness War Memorial (Highland) Erected 1922 James Logie Robertson (Hugh Haliburton) died - Minor poet 1922 John (Jock) Stein born - Footballer and football manager 1922 Lothian Buses Headquarters and Central Depot (City of Edinburgh) Built 1922 Osgood Mackenzie died - Garden architect 1922 Peter Francis Walter Kerr (12th Marquess of Lothian) born - Noble and statesman 1922 Peter MacGregor Chalmers died - Church architect 1922 Prof. (John) Murdoch Mitchison born - Biologist 1922 Robert Gordon McBeath died - Soldier who won the Victoria Cross 1922 Sir Ian McGregor born - Malariologist 1922 Sir John Harrison Burnett born - Energetic mycologist, university administrator and conservationist 1922 Sir Lewis Robertson born - Industrialist and business troubleshooter 1922 Sir Patrick Manson died - Medical scientist 1922 The Carfin Grotto and Pilgrimage Centre (North Lanarkshire) Erected 1922 Thomas (Tom) Duncan born - Textbook author 1922 West Highland Museum (Highland) Opened 1922 William Cochran born - Physicist 1922 Pit Disaster at East Plean 1923 (John) Hamilton Gillespie died - Father of Sarasota 1923 Alexander Milne Calder died - Sculptor 1923 Andrew Bonar-Law died - Politician and British Prime Minister 1923 Astley Ainslie Hospital (City of Edinburgh) Built / Opened 1923 Captain George Moodie died - First Captain of the Cutty Sark 1923 Charles Scott Meik died - Civil Engineer 1923 Dorothy Dunnett born - Writer of historical novels and portrait painter 1923 Dr. John Gunion Rutherford died - Canadian veterinary officer and politician 1923 Gordon Jackson born - Stage, screen and television actor 1923 Ivor Cutler born - Eccentric poet, musician, comedian and philosopher 1923 Janet Brown born - Comedienne and impressionist 1923 John Christopher Bartholomew born - Cartographer and map publisher 1923 John Morgan Aitken died - Architect and building contractor 1923 Kirkcaldy War Memorial (Fife) Erected 1923 Norman Russell Wylie (Lord Wylie) born - Jurist and politician 1923 Robert (Bobby) Thomson (The Flying Scotsman) born - Baseball player who hit the 'shot heard round the world' 1923 Robert Alexander died - Painter 1923 Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture (City of Edinburgh) Established 1923 Sir James Dewar died - Inventor and pioneer of cryogenics 1923 Sir Samuel Chisholm died - Reforming politician and Lord Provost of Glasgow 1923 Snowdon Cemetery (Stirling) Opened 1923 Stonehaven War Memorial (Aberdeenshire) Erected 1923 Thomas Peck Hunter born - Recipient of the Victoria Cross 1923 W.I. Douglas Elliot born - Rugby player 1923 Walter Francis John Montagu Douglas Scott (9th Duke of Buccleuch; 11th Duke of Queensberry) born - Noble, politician and landowner 1923 William (Bill) McLaren born - Rugby commentator 1923 William York MacGregor died - Artist 1923 Redding Mining Disaster 1924 Buxton Daeblitz Orr born - Composer 1924 Duncansby Head Lighthouse (Highland) Built 1924 Gigha and Cara Parish Church (Argyll and Bute) Built 1924 Grangemouth Oil Refinery (Falkirk) Opened 1924 Isle of Bute Discovery Centre (Argyll and Bute) Built 1924 John Grieve born - Actor 1924 Lerwick War Memorial (Shetland) Erected 1924 Lewis War Memorial (Western Isles) Erected 1924 Lower Glendevon Reservoir (Perth and Kinross) Opened 1924 Prestongrange (East Lothian) Opened 1924 Prof. Geoffrey John Fraser Dutton born - Scientist, poet and author 1924 Rikki Fulton born - Comedian and actor 1924 Rosamunde Pilcher (Jane Fraser) born - Scotland's best-selling author 1924 Sir Archibald Geikie died - Geologist, specialising in volcanic geology and the microscopic examination of rocks 1924 Sir Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi born - Sculptor, described as one of the most influential British artists of the 20th Century 1924 Sir George Thomas Beilby died - Industrial chemist 1924 Sir Peter Heatly born - Diver and former Chairman of the Commonwealth Games Federation 1924 Sir William MacEwen died - Surgical pioneer 1924 William (Bill) Auld born - Leading Esperanto poet, author and translator 1924 William (Willie) Fernie died - Golfer 1924 William Robert Ogilvie-Grant died - Ornithologist 1925 Alexander Forbes-Leith (Baron Leith of Fyvie) died - Steel magnate 1925 Andrew Morrison born - Pioneering ear surgeon 1925 Brough of Birsay Lighthouse (Orkney) Built 1925 Cardinal Thomas Joseph Winning born - Leader of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland 1925 Cowdray Hall (Aberdeen City) Built 1925 Faucheldean Bing (West Lothian) Closed 1925 Gayfield Park (Angus) Opened 1925 George MacDonald Fraser born - Author and journalist 1925 Greendykes Bing (West Lothian) Closed 1925 Ian Begg born - Architect 1925 Ian Hamilton Finlay born - Poet, creative writer, conceptual artist and sculptor 1925 Ian Robertson Hamilton born - Nationalist 1925 Jock Purdon born - Poet and folk singer 1925 John Adrian Shepherd-Barron born - Inventor of the first practical 'cash machine' 1925 Kirkcaldy Museum and Art Gallery (Fife) Opened 1925 Margaret Sinclair (Sister Mary Francis of the Five Wounds) died - The 'Edinburgh Wonder Worker' 1925 Murrayfield Stadium (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1925 Russell Hunter (Russell Ellis) born - Stage and screen actor 1925 Sir William Peck died - 'City Astronomer' and scientific instrument maker 1925 St Michael's Bridge (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened 1925 William (Willie) Park (Junior) died - Golfing champion, businessman and noted golf course designer 1925 William Dyce Cay (W.D. Cay) died - Harbour engineer 1925 William Hesketh Lever (1st Viscount Leverhulme of the Western Isles) died - Industrialist and philanthropist 1925 William Younger died - Brewer 1926 Alastair Reid born - Poet, essayist and translator 1926 Barony Castle (Scottish Borders) Built 1926 Bute Museum (Argyll and Bute) Built 1926 Edwin John Alexander died - Watercolourist 1926 Glen Michael born - Entertainer and media personality 1926 Glenfarg Reservoir (Perth and Kinross) Opened 1926 James Stevenson (Baron Stevenson of Holmbury) died - Businessman and civil servant 1926 Johnnie Beattie born - Entertainer and comedian 1926 Kirkcudbright Bridge (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened 1926 Kitchener Memorial (Orkney) Erected 1926 Moira Shearer (Lady Kennedy; Moira Shearer King) born - Ballerina, actress and authoress 1926 Patrick (Pat) Lally born - Controversial Lord Provost of Glasgow 1926 Robert Finnie McEwen died - Advocate, land-owner and patron of the arts 1926 Sir Alexander Gibson born - Conductor 1926 Sir Ian Hedworth John Little Gilmour of Liberton and Craigmillar (Lord Gilmour of Craigmillar) born - Policitian and author 1926 St Matthew's Roman Catholic Church (Midlothian) Built 1926 Stanley Baxter born - Comedian, impressionist and actor 1926 The Russell Institute (Renfrewshire) Built 1926 William Guthrie Spence died - Trade union leader 1927 Bruce Millan born - Politician 1927 Day Hort MacDowall died - Canadian politician 1927 Edinburgh Zoo (City of Edinburgh) Created 1927 Gleddoch House Hotel (Renfrewshire) Built 1927 Gordon Henderson Naismith Campbell born - Political journalist 1927 James (Peter Hymers) Mackay (Lord Mackay of Clashfern) born - Lord Chancellor 1927 James Scott Skinner died - Fiddler and prolific composer of fiddle music, born in Banchory, Aberdeenshire 1927 James Thomson died - Architect and engineer 1927 Kelvin Hall (Glasgow City) Built 1927 Kenneth McKellar born - Singer 1927 Lanark Hydro-Electric Scheme (South Lanarkshire) Opened 1927 Peter Thomas Anthony Manuel born - Notorious murderer 1927 Prof. (Henry) Harvey Littlejohn died - Forensic scientist 1927 Robert Shaw born - Actor and novelist 1927 Ronald (Ronnie) Chisholm born - Cricketer 1927 Ronald David Laing (R.D. Laing) born - Psychiatrist 1927 Thomas (Tom) Fleming born - Commentator, actor and theatre director 1927 University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel (Glasgow City) Built 1928 Andrew Fisher died - Politician and Australian Prime Minister 1928 Calum Kennedy born - Popular folk singer 1928 Charles Rennie Mackintosh died - Architect and designer 1928 Corstorphine Hill Cemetery (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1928 Field Marshal Douglas Haig (Earl Haig of Bemersyde) died - Military commander 1928 George V Bridge (Glasgow City) Opened 1928 Iain Crichton Smith (Iain MacGhobhainn) born - Poet, novelist and teacher 1928 Ian Bannen born - Actor 1928 James (Jimmy) Logan (James Short) born - Entertainer and actor 1928 James Peebles Ewing Kennaway born - Novelist and scriptwriter 1928 Kirkcaldy Central Library (Fife) Built 1928 Madeleine Smith died - Poisoner, who gave rise to a celebrated legal case 1928 Montfield Hospital (Shetland) Built / Opened 1928 Patrick (Paddy) Connelly Meehan born - Bank robber and safe-cracker 1928 Richard Burdon Sanderson Haldane (Viscount Haldane of Cloan) died - Politician, lawyer and philosopher who reformed the British Army 1928 Robert (Bob) McGregor McIntyre born - Motorcycle racer, renowned for his daring and bravery, which earned him the soubriquet The Flying Scotsman 1928 Sir Angus Ogilvy born - Noble and businessman 1928 Sir David Yule died - Commercial baron 1928 Stirling Community Hospital (Stirling) Built / Opened 1928 William (Willie) Fernie born - Footballer 1928 Younger Botanic Garden (Argyll and Bute) Created 1929 (James) Macintyre Henry (J. Macintyre Henry) died - Architect 1929 Archibald Philip Primrose (5th Earl of Rosebery) died - Politician and British Prime Minister 1929 Beach Ballroom (Aberdeen City) Opened 1929 David Dunbar Buick died - Inventor and engineer 1929 George Younger (1st Viscount Younger of Leckie) died - Politician and brewer 1929 Harry Benson born - Photo-journalist 1929 Jeremy Bruce-Watt born - Journalist and author 1929 John Alexander Dewar (Lord Forteviot) died - Whisky Baron 1929 Lady Christian Mary Hesketh (Christian Mary McEwen) born - Author, public servant and hostess 1929 Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929 1929 Lochaber Aluminium Smelter (Highland) Opened 1929 Lochaber Hydro-Electric Power Scheme (Highland) Opened 1929 Louise Carnegie Gates (Fife) Erected 1929 Magnus Magnusson born - Writer, broadcaster and founding question-master of BBC television's 'Mastermind' quiz programme 1929 Prof. Peter Higgs born - Theoretical physicist, known for the Higgs boson 1929 Sir Alexander Ogston died - Surgeon and bacteriologist 1929 Sir Robert Stodart Lorimer died - An architect noted for his restoration of castles, and his promotion Arts and Crafts style in Scotland 1929 The Playhouse Theatre (City of Edinburgh) Built 1929 Treig, Loch (Highland) Opened 1929 Warriston Crematorium (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1929 Winnie Ewing born - Nationalist politician 1929 Younger Hall (Fife) Built 1930 Alan Alexander Campbell-Swinton died - Engineer 1930 Angus Lennie born - Actor 1930 Annie Ross born - Jazz singer and actress 1930 Arthur James Balfour (1st Earl Balfour of Whittingehame) died - Politician 1930 Augustine Henry died - Plant collector 1930 Baddinsgill Reservoir (Scottish Borders) Opened 1930 Camera Obscura (Angus) Opened 1930 Camps Reservoir (South Lanarkshire) Opened 1930 Dr. Adam Watson born - Ecologist, mountaineer, environmental campaigner and authority on the Cairngorm mountains 1930 Dr. Hamish MacInnes born - Mountaineer, rescuer and author 1930 Dr. Henry Faulds died - Pioneer of finger-print identification 1930 Frances Walker born - Painter 1930 Frederick W. P. Wyndham died - Theatre impresario and actor 1930 George Goudie Chisholm died - Influential Geographer 1930 Iain Cuthbertson born - Actor 1930 Innes Ireland born - Motor-racing champion 1930 John Cochrane born - Concorde test pilot 1930 John Houston born - Painter 1930 John Wheatley died - Socialist politician and leading 'Red Clydesider' 1930 Kilgraston School (Perth and Kinross) Established 1930 Lorna Moon (Helen Low) died - Authoress and Holywood screen-writer 1930 Marjory Kennedy-Fraser died - Collector, arranger and singer of Hebridean songs 1930 Marr College (South Ayrshire) Built 1930 Neil Munro (Hugh Foulis) died - Novelist and Journalist 1930 Princess Margaret Rose Windsor born - Unconventional royal and socialite 1930 Prof. Sir Robert Shields born - Surgeon and academic administrator 1930 Richard Demarco born - Artist and influential arts impresario 1930 Ronald (Ronnie) Balfour Corbett born - Comedian, noted particularly for his television double-act with Ronnie Barker in The Two Ronnies 1930 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle died - Author, spiritualist and creator of the detective Sherlock Holmes 1930 Sir George Watt died - Botanist 1930 Sir James Guthrie died - Painter 1930 Sir Sean Connery born - Actor 1930 Sir Thomas (Tommy) Dewar (Lord Dewar) died - Whisky Baron 1930 The Mercat Cross (Glasgow City) Erected 1930 Una McLean born - Actress and comedienne 1931 (George) Leslie Hunter died - Painter and landscapes and still-life 1931 (Walter) Ronald (Ronnie) Alexander born - Businessman and enthusiastic golfer 1931 Anthony James (Lonnie) Donegan born - Musician, known as the "King of Skiffle" 1931 Archibald Barr died - Engineer 1931 Bowhill Colliery Disaster 1931 Camperdown Refinery (Dundee City) Opened 1931 City Square (Dundee City) Constructed 1931 Elizabeth Blackadder born - Painter 1931 Ericht, Loch (Highland) Opened 1931 George Kenneth Hotson Younger (4th Viscount Younger of Leckie) born - Politician and banker 1931 Harold (Harry) Ewing (Lord Ewing of Kirkford) born - Policitian and champion of Scottish devolution 1931 Harris Academy (Dundee City) Built 1931 James Loughran born - Conductor 1931 John Thomson died - Football player 1931 Lady Francis Balfour died - Suffragette and biographer 1931 MacAdam's Stone (East Ayrshire) Erected 1931 Mail Coach Monument (Dumfries and Galloway) Erected 1931 Moy, Loch (Highland) Opened 1931 Sir James Balfour Paul died - Lord Lyon King of Arms 1931 Sir Thomas Lipton died - Grocer and entrepreneur 1931 Sir William Purves born - Banker 1931 National Trust for Scotland Founded 1932 Andrew McIlwraith died - Shipowner and frozen-meat trade pioneer 1932 Burns' Mother's Well (East Lothian) Opened 1932 Canon Kenyon Wright born - Episcopalian clergyman and political campaigner 1932 Cockburn Museum of Geology and Geophysics (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1932 Dr. Thomas (Tom) Patey born - Mountaineer 1932 Edinburgh Synagogue (City of Edinburgh) Built 1932 Finnieston Crane (Glasgow City) Built 1932 George Forrest died - Botanist 1932 George Meikle Kemp Memorial (Scottish Borders) Erected 1932 Glen Bridge (Fife) Opened 1932 James (Jimmy) Reid born - Politician, author and infamous trade union leader 1932 James Paterson died - Artist 1932 Joseph (Joe) Beltrami born - Defence lawyer 1932 Kenneth Grahame died - Author, born in Edinburgh 1932 Laggan Swing Bridge (Highland) Opened 1932 Loch Treig Tunnel (Highland) Opened 1932 Rory McEwen born - Botanical artist and folk singer 1932 Sir David Russell Johnston (Lord Russell-Johnston of Minginish) born - Politician 1932 Sir Dugald Clerk died - Engineer and inventor 1932 Sir Jeremy Isaacs born - Television producer, broadcaster and arts impresario 1932 Sir Patrick Geddes died - Regarded as the father of town planning 1932 Sir Robert Calderwood born - Local government administrator 1932 Sir Thomas (Tam) Dalyell of the Binns born - Politician 1932 St Columba's Cathedral (Aberdeenshire) Built 1932 The Museum of Edinburgh (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1932 William Gillies (Liam Mac Gille Iosa) died - Nationalist 1932 Cardowan Colliery Disaster 1933 (Alexander) Marshall Mackenzie died - Architect 1933 Andrew (Andy) Stewart born - Comedian and Singer 1933 Archibald (Archie) Jackson died - Cricketer, whose promising career was curtailed by his early death 1933 David Isauld Bain died - Railway carriage designer 1933 David Keith McCallum born - Actor 1933 Edward Atkinson Hornel died - Artist, noted for his paintings of rural scenes 1933 Hopes Reservoir (East Lothian) Opened 1933 Hugh McIlvanney born - Sports journalist and broadcaster 1933 John Crichton-Stuart (6th Marquess of Bute) born - Conservationist 1933 John Mackenzie died - Mountain guide and professional climber 1933 King's Bridge (Glasgow City) Opened 1933 Lael Forest Garden (Highland) Created 1933 Mary Ure born - Actress 1933 Most Rev Richard Holloway born - Bishop of Edinburgh, author and social commentator 1933 Playhouse Cinema (Perth and Kinross) Built 1933 Prestwick Airport (South Ayrshire) Opened 1933 Prof. T. Christopher Smout born - Historiographer Royal in Scotland 1933 Robert Fleming died - Investment banker 1933 Sir Alexander (Alex) Trotman (Lord Trotman of Osmotherley) born - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Ford Motor Company 1933 Sir Nicholas Fairbairn born - Flamboyant politician 1933 Thomas (Tom) Brown born - Engineer, who helped develop the first medical ultrasound scanner 1933 Tummel Hydro-Electric Power Scheme (Highland) Opened 1933 Wick Airport (Highland) Opened 1934 Aberdeen Airport (Aberdeen City) Opened 1934 Alasdair Gray born - Artist, author and nationalist 1934 Andrew (Andra) Kirkaldy died - Golfer 1934 Annette Crosbie born - Stage, television and screen actress 1934 Charles (Chuck) Robert Gardiner died - Ice hockey star, known as the .Wandering Scotsman 1934 Dunfermline Fire Station (Old) (Fife) Opened 1934 George Slight died - Lighthouse engineer 1934 Glenkiln Reservoir (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened 1934 Gordonstoun School (Moray) Established 1934 Henry Moubray Cadell died - Scientist 1934 Ian William Richardson born - Stage, screen and television actor 1934 Jimmy Mack (James McRitchie) born - Broadcaster 1934 John Campbell Hamilton Gordon (1st Marquis of Aberdeen and Temair) died - Governor-General of Canada and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1934 John Dunn born - Radio presenter 1934 Lothian Buses Headquarters and Central Depot (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1934 McLaren Hall (Stirling) Opened 1934 Perth Airport (Perth and Kinross) Opened 1934 Peter Cox born - Horticulturist and plant-hunter 1934 Ray Michie (Baroness Michie of Gallanach) born - Politician and promoter of the Gaelic language 1934 Robert Laws died - Missionary 1934 Sir Donald MacAlister (1st Baronet of Tarbert) died - Academic 1934 Sir Peter Maxwell Davis born - Composer and conductor 1934 Sir Robert McAlpine ("Concrete Bob") died - Entrepreneur, known as "Concrete Bob" 1934 Sir Ronald Craufurd Munro-Ferguson (Viscount Novar of Raith) died - Governor-General of Australia 1934 Sir Thomas Muir died - Mathematician 1934 Stonehaven Open Air Pool (Aberdeenshire) Opened 1934 Queen Mary Liner Launched c.1935 James Alexander Gordon born - Veteran broadcaster c.1935 Scord Quarry (Shetland) Opened c.1935 Southerness Lighthouse (Dumfries and Galloway) Closed 1935 Afton Reservoir (East Ayrshire) Opened 1935 Alan Eaglesham died - Communist 1935 Alexander Dundas McEwen (Eck McEwen) born - Folk singer 1935 Archibald Thorburn died - Artist, who became known as Britain's best ornithological illustrator 1935 Argyll Forest Park (Argyll and Bute) Created 1935 Cambuskenneth Bridge (Stirling) Opened 1935 Clatteringshaws Loch (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened 1935 Douglas Henderson born - Nationalist politician 1935 Gala Maybury Casino (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1935 Galloway Hydro-Electric Power Scheme (East Ayrshire) Opened 1935 Ivan Prior born - Sports personality 1935 John MacLeod of MacLeod (29th Chief of Clan MacLeod) born - Chief of Clan MacLeod 1935 John Ross Menzies died - Newsagent and wholesale publisher 1935 Kendoon Loch (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened 1935 Kerr's Miniature Railway (Angus) Opened 1935 Lewis Grassic Gibbon (James Leslie Mitchell) died - Journalist turned author, best known for his trilogy "Sunset Song", "Cloud Howe" and "Grey Granite" 1935 Mark McManus born - Actor 1935 Marr College (South Ayrshire) Established 1935 Petershill Park (Glasgow City) Opened 1935 Richard (Dick) McTaggart born - Boxer 1935 Robin Hunter Neillands born - Author, traveller and military historian 1935 Samuel John Peploe died - Impressionist painter, particularly noted for his still-life works 1935 Scottish Borders Council Offices (Scottish Borders) Opened 1935 Sir David Clive Wilson (Lord Wilson of Tillyorn) born - Diplomat and captain of industry 1935 The Mills Observatory (Dundee City) Opened 1935 Tommy Lorne (Hugh Gallagher Corcoran) died - Music hall comedian 1935 Tongland Loch (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened 1935 Tongland Power Station (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened 1936 Oor Wullie born - An almost legendary cartoon character appearing weekly in the almost as legendary "Sunday Post" newspaper, published by Dundee company of D.C 1936 Alexander Mackay died - Entrepreneur 1936 Cockle Strand (Western Isles) Opened 1936 Fugla Ness Lighthouse (Shetland) Built 1936 James (Jim) Clark born - Motor racing driver 1936 James (Jimmy) Airlie born - Trade Unionist and 'Red Clydesider' 1936 John Henry Lorimer died - Painter 1936 John Scott Haldane died - Respiratory physiologist 1936 Kincardine Bridge (Falkirk) Opened 1936 Kirstin Linklater born - Voice coach 1936 Laggan, Loch (Highland) Opened 1936 Lennox Castle (East Dunbartonshire) Built / Opened 1936 MOD West Freugh (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened 1936 Prof. George Forbes died - Physicist, astronomer and traveller 1936 Richard Wilson born - Stage, television and screen actor 1936 Robert Gemmell Hutchison died - Genre painter 1936 Roy Williamson born - Folk musician 1936 Sir Hugh Fraser born - Businessman 1936 Sir James Alexander Mirrlees born - Economist 1936 Sir William Beardmore (Baron Invernairn) died - Engineer and shipbuilder 1936 Sumburgh Airport (Shetland) Opened 1936 William Angus McIlvanney born - Novelist and poet 1937 (James) Ramsay MacDonald died - Politician and British Prime Minister 1937 Alexander Petrie (The Clincher) died - A noted Glaswegian eccentric, The Clincher adopted his name because he knew he would always clinch (win) an argument 1937 Archibald (Archie) MacPherson born - Sports commentator 1937 Barrie's Birthplace (Angus) Opened 1937 Campbell Christie born - Trade unionist 1937 Chrystal MacMillan died - Feminist and pacifist 1937 Colzium House (North Lanarkshire) Opened 1937 Craigentinny House (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1937 Donald Dewar born - Politician and the first Premier of the modern Scottish Parliament 1937 Dorothy Paul born - Comedienne, raconteur and singer 1937 Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane died - Authoress and reformer 1937 Euan Baird born - Businessman 1937 Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell died - Painter 1937 George Devlin born - Artist 1937 Hall of Remembrance (Aberdeen City) Opened 1937 High Court of Justiciary (City of Edinburgh) Built 1937 Jackson's Garage (Aberdeen City) Built 1937 James (Jim) McLean born - Football Manager 1937 James (Jim) Sillars born - Politician 1937 James Goodfellow born - Inventor of the modern form of the 'cash machine' 1937 Lemon Tree (Aberdeen City) Built 1937 Ronald (Ron) Yeats born - Footballer 1937 Sir Alexander Grant (Sir Alexander Grant of Forres) died - Biscuit manufacturer, who is said to have invented the 'digestive' 1937 Sir Dhunjibhoy Bomanji died - Indian businessman and philanthropist 1937 Sir James Matthew Barrie (J.M. Barrie) died - Author and playwright 1938 Alan Wylie born - Artist 1938 Bellahouston Leisure Centre (Glasgow City) Built 1938 Cardinal Keith Michael Patrick O'Brien born - Cardinal 1938 David Alan Stevenson died - Lighthouse engineer 1938 Dr. (James) Pittendrigh MacGillivray died - Sculptor and poet 1938 Easterbrook Hall (Dumfries and Galloway) Built 1938 Empire Exhibition 1938 Fife Ice Arena (Fife) Opened 1938 Friars' Carse Hotel (Dumfries and Galloway) Built 1938 Fruitmarket Gallery (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1938 Hermitage of Braid (City of Edinburgh) Created 1938 Iain Stewart MacMillan born - Pop photographer 1938 Ian Brady (Ian Duncan Stewart) born - 'Moors Murderer' 1938 Ian McCaskill born - Meteorologist and broadcaster 1938 Ian St. John (The Saint) born - Footballer, football manager and broadcaster, known as The Saint 1938 John Jackson Mackay (Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish) born - Politician 1938 John Smith born - Member of Parliament and Leader of the British Labour Party 1938 John de Chastelain born - Canadian general and peace negotiator 1938 Moira Anderson born - Singer 1938 Muirtown Swing Bridge (Highland) Opened 1938 Nicol Williamson born - Stage and screen actor 1938 Northern Hotel (Aberdeen City) Built 1938 Prof. Alexander MacPhail died - Anatomist 1938 RM Condor (Angus) Opened 1938 Rothesay Pavilion (Argyll and Bute) Opened 1938 Sir David Steel (Lord Steel of Aikwood) born - Politician, author and speaker of the Scottish Parliament 1938 Sir Reginald Fleming Johnston died - Academic, diplomat and tutor to the last Emperor of China 1938 St Peter in Chains Church (North Ayrshire) Built 1938 The Luma Tower (Glasgow City) Built 1938 Tomnahurich Swing Bridge (Highland) Opened 1938 William (Willie) Wood born - Bowls player 1938 Winterhope Reservoir (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened 1938 Queen Elizabeth Liner Launched 1938 World Distance Record for Seaplanes 1939 Andrew Reid died - Industrialist 1939 Battleship Royal Oak sunk in Scapa Flow 1939 Carron Valley Reservoir (Falkirk) Opened 1939 Charles Jencks born - Architect, architectural historian and author 1939 Cultybraggan (Perth and Kinross) Built 1939 DM Eastriggs (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened 1939 Donald (Don) Allan Cameron born - Balloon designer, entrepreneur and adventurer 1939 Donald MacCormick born - Political journalist 1939 Gribloch (Stirling) Built 1939 John Angus Macsween born - Entrepreneurial haggis-maker 1939 Kettleton Reservoir (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened 1939 Lillian (Lil) Neilson born - Artist 1939 Lindsay Kemp born - Dancer, mime artist, choreographer and artistic director 1939 RAF Lossiemouth (Moray) Opened 1939 Radio City (North Ayrshire) Opened 1939 Seafield Cemetery and Crematorium (City of Edinburgh) Built 1939 Sir George Washington Browne died - Architect 1939 Sir John (Jackie) Young Stewart born - Racing car driver 1939 Sir Robert Philip died - Medical scientist who pioneered the management of tuberculosis 1939 St Andrew's House (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1939 St Machar Academy (Aberdeen City) Built 1939 Stracathro Hospital (Angus) Built / Opened 1939 The Glasgow Film Theatre (Glasgow City) Built 1939 Tullos Primary School (Aberdeen City) Built 1939 William Gordon Burn Murdoch died - Artist and explorer 1939 First Air Raid of World War II 1939 Valleyfield Pit Disaster c.1940 Scotland's Secret Bunker (Fife) Opened 1940 Alexander (Sandy) Fraser born - Artist 1940 Alexander Andrew Mackay (Derry) Irvine (Baron Irvine of Lairg) born - Judge and Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain 1940 Barnton Quarry Command Centre (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1940 Cowie Line (Aberdeenshire) Opened 1940 Denis Law born - Footballer 1940 Dougal Haston born - Mountaineer 1940 HM Naval Base Clyde (Argyll and Bute) Opened 1940 James (Jim) William Telfer born - Rugby captain and coach 1940 John Boyd born - Artist 1940 John Buchan (1st Baron Tweedsmuir) died - Author, biographer and politician 1940 John Byrne born - Dramatist and artist 1940 John Lennon born - Pop singer and musician 1940 Kirknewton Airfield (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1940 Marie Loftus died - Music-hall entertainer 1940 Michael (Mike) Henry Denness born - Cricketer 1940 Michael Sheard born - Television, film and stage actor 1940 Philip Henry Kerr (11th Marquess of Lothian) died - Statesman, politician and diplomat 1940 Rev. Alexander (Alex) Muir born - Musician and clergyman 1940 Robin Harper born - Green politician 1940 Sir Charles (Chay) Blyth born - Yachtsman 1940 Sir John Gilmour died - Politician 1940 Sir Thomas (Tom) Farmer born - Entrepreneur and philanthropist 1940 Stuart Sutcliffe born - Pop musician 1940 Tom McGrath born - Poet and playwright 1940 William (Billy) McNeill born - Football player 1941 George Balfour died - Engineer and politician 1941 Hannah Gordon born - Stage, television, radio and screen actress 1941 James Archibald Hood died - Coal Baron 1941 John Robertson born - Sports personality 1941 King George VI Bridge (Aberdeen City) Opened 1941 Powis House (Aberdeen City) Opened 1941 Prof. Sir Neil MacCormick born - Lawyer, educator and nationalist politician 1941 Sir (Walter) Menzies Campbell born - Politician 1941 Sir Alexander (Alex) Ferguson born - Football manager 1941 Sir Craig Reedie born - Olympic administrator 1941 Sir Herbert Nigel Gresley died - Railway engineer 1941 Sir John Lavery died - Artist 1941 Thomas (Tom) Conti born - Stage, television and film actor 1941 Tony Roper born - Actor and playwright 1941 Whisky Galore 1941 Wigtown Airfield (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened 1941 Winston Barracks (South Lanarkshire) Opened 1941 Hitler's Deputy lands in Scotland 1942 Albert Watson born - International fashion photographer 1942 Angus Calder born - Historian, author, nationalist and educator 1942 Ann Heron Gloag born - Businesswoman and philanthropist 1942 Benbecula Airport (Western Isles) Opened 1942 Dr. Thomas Bassett Macaulay died - Canadian actuary, who became a generous philanthropist 1942 Edward Theodore Salvesen died - Law Lord 1942 George Foulkes (Lord Foulkes of Cumnock) born - Politician and football enthusiast 1942 George Simpson (Lord Simpson of Dunkeld) born - Businessman who precipitated one of the most dramatic crashes in British corporate history 1942 James Alexander Douglas-Hamilton (Lord Selkirk of Douglas) born - Politician 1942 John Bellany born - Painter 1942 John George Stewart-Murray (8th Duke of Atholl) died - Military commander and politician 1942 Magnus Linklater born - Writer and broadcaster 1942 Muirhead Reservoir (North Ayrshire) Opened 1942 Norman Stewart Hughson Lamont (Baron Lamont of Lerwick) born - Politician 1942 Prof. (John) Norman Collie died - Scientist and pioneering mountaineer 1942 Robert Weir Allan died - Painter 1942 Sir (Michael) Hugh Shaw Stewart (8th Baronet of Greenock and Blackhall) died - Landowner and politician 1942 Walter McGowan born - Boxer 1942 William (Billy) Connolly born - Comedian, actor and TV personality 1942 William (Willie) Carson born - Champion jockey, born in Stirling 1943 (Helen) Beatrix Potter died - English authoress and illustrator 1943 Annie Shepherd Swan died - Novelist 1943 Barbara Rae born - Painter 1943 Cecilia (Cissie) Loftus died - Broadway actress, singer and mimic 1943 Clydebank Blitz 1943 David Heddle born - Bowls player 1943 Dunblane Museum (Stirling) Opened 1943 Eve Graham (Evelyn May Beatson) born - Singer 1943 George Henry died - Artist, noted particularly for his landscape paintings 1943 Graeme Garden born - Actor, comedian and 'Goodie' 1943 Jack Bruce born - Rock musician and composer 1943 John Hays McLaren died - Horticulturist who laid out the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, one of the largest public parks in the world 1943 Sylvester McCoy (James Kent-Smith) born - Stage, television and film actor 1943 Thomas (Tom) Chalmers Steel born - Television producer and author 1943 Veronica Linklater (Baroness Linklater of Butterstone) born - Educationalist, welfare specialist and politician 1943 William Soutar died - Poet and diarist 1943 William Thomson Neill died - Surveyor 1943 HMS Dasher Disaster 1944 (Michael) Eric Forth born - Uncompromising Conservative politician 1944 Achamore Gardens (Argyll and Bute) Created 1944 Alister Allan born - Scotland's single most successful Commonwealth Games medallist 1944 Anne Lorne Gillies born - Singer and political activist 1944 Finnart Ocean Terminal (Argyll and Bute) Opened 1944 James (Jimmy) Boyle born - Gangster, murderer, artist and author 1944 James (Jimmy) Johnstone born - Football player 1944 James Moffatt died - Ecclesiastical historian 1944 Jane Haining died - Missionary and martyr 1944 Prof. Charles Glover Barkla died - Physicist and Nobel laureate 1944 Robert (Bobby) McGregor (The Falkirk Flyer) born - Swimming champion 1944 Roger Ball born - Musician 1944 Spey Dam and Reservoir (Highland) Opened 1944 Thomas (Tom) Leonard born - Poet, dramatist and essayist 1944 William Fife died - Yacht designer 1945 (Matthew ) Quintin Jardine born - Novelist 1945 Alexander (Aly) Bain born - Fiddler, known for his dramatic style 1945 Auchengaich Reservoir (Argyll and Bute) Opened 1945 Brian Connolly born - Rock singer 1945 Churchill Barriers (Orkney) Opened 1945 Cosmo Gordon Lang (Baron Lang of Lambeth) died - Archbishop of Canterbury 1945 Cowie Line (Aberdeenshire) Closed 1945 David Clyde died - Actor 1945 Douglas (Doug) Cocker born - Sculptor 1945 Eric Henry Liddell died - Record-breaking athlete who won two medals in the 1924 Paris Olympic Games 1945 Eric McCredie born - Musician 1945 Gerald William Balfour (2nd Earl of Balfour) died - Politician 1945 Islesburgh House Hostel (Shetland) Built 1945 Jon Whiteley born - Child actor 1945 Kenneth (Ken) Buchanan born - Light-weight boxer 1945 Lady Emma Alice Margaret (Margot) Asquith (Margot Tennant; Countess of Oxford and Asquith) died - Society hostess and wit 1945 Leith Martello Tower (City of Edinburgh) Closed 1945 Malcolm (Mollie) Duncan born - Musician 1945 Margaret Ewing (Margaret Anne McAdam) born - Politician 1945 Margo MacDonald born - Politician, journalist and broadcaster 1945 Michael Andrew Foster Jude (Kerr) Ancram (13th Marquess of Lothian; Earl of Ancram) born - Politician 1945 Owen (Onnie) McIntyre born - Musician 1945 Rod Stewart born - English rock star, renowned for his husky voice 1945 Sir Moir Lockhead born - Entrepreneur 1945 Thomas Peck Hunter died - Recipient of the Victoria Cross 1945 Tiree Power Station (Argyll and Bute) Opened 1945 Turnberry Airfield (South Ayrshire) Closed 1945 William (Bill) Paterson born - TV, stage and screen actor c.1946 Salisbury Green (City of Edinburgh) Established c.1946 St Leonard's Hall (City of Edinburgh) Established 1946 (Robert) Neil MacGregor born - Arts administrator and broadcaster 1946 Alan Gorrie born - Vocalist and musician 1946 Alexander (Alex) Ligertwood born - Versatile rock singer and musician 1946 Benny Lynch died - Undoubtedly Scotland's greatest boxer 1946 Brian Cox born - Stage, screen and television actor 1946 Camperdown Park (Dundee City) Created 1946 Donovan Leitch (Donovan) born - Folk rock singer and song-writer, uncomfortably badged as "Britain's answer to Bob Dylan" 1946 Elizabeth (Liz) Lochhead born - Poet and dramatist 1946 Eric Robson born - Radio and television broadcaster 1946 Francis (Fra) Henry Newbery died - Director of the Glasgow School of Art and painter 1946 George Robertson (Lord Robertson of Port Ellen) born - Politician 1946 Hazel Josephine Aronson (Lady Cosgrove) born - First female judge in Scotland 1946 Helen Bannerman died - Author 1946 Inch House (City of Edinburgh) Opened 1946 James Kelman born - Novelist, short-story writer and playwright 1946 John Logie Baird died - Engineer 1946 Joseph (Joe) Egan born - Singer and songwriter 1946 Marion Angus died - Minor poet 1946 Neil Mackie born - Tenor 1946 Nina Myskow born - Journalist and media personality 1946 Richard Noble born - Holder of the world land speed record 1946 Robin Finlayson Cook born - Politician 1946 Rollo Park (Perth and Kinross) Created 1946 Ronald Belford (Bon) Scott born - Rock singer 1946 Sir Malcolm Leslie Rifkind born - Politician 1946 Terence (Terry) Nutkins born - Naturalist and broadcaster 1946 Torrylinn Creamery (North Ayrshire) Opened 1946 Violet Jacob died - Poet and author 1946 William (Bill) Forsyth born - Director and film-maker, born in Glasgow 1946 Paddle Steamer Waverley Launched 1947 A. Stewart Cruikshank died - Theatre impresario 1947 Alexander MacArthur died - Unfortunate novelist 1947 Clarissa Dickson Wright born - Eccentric broadcaster and authoress 1947 Dr. John Reid born - Politician 1947 Galloway Forest Park (South Ayrshire) Created 1947 Gerald (Gerry) Rafferty born - Musician and music producer 1947 Glasgow Zoopark (Glasgow City) Created 1947 Gordon Lamont Brown (Broon frae Troon) born - International rugby player 1947 Hallmuir POW Chapel (Dumfries and Galloway) Built 1947 Ian Abbot born - Minor poet 1947 Ian McDiarmid born - Actor and theatre impresario 1947 Ian Scott Anderson born - Lead singer and flautist with the rock group Jethro Tull 1947 Inverness Airport (Highland) Opened 1947 John Crichton-Stuart (4th Marquess of Bute) died - Conservationist of the built environment 1947 Killiecrankie Visitor Centre (Perth and Kinross) Opened 1947 Seaton Park (Aberdeen City) Created 1947 Sir Francis Norie-Miller died - Insurance pioneer, who contributed much to the civic society of Perth 1947 Southerness Golf Course (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened 1947 Vincent Winter born - Child actor and film-maker 1947 Wigtown Airfield (Dumfries and Galloway) Closed 1947 Will Fyffe died - Comedian and singer 1947 William Irvine died - Presbyterian evangelist 1947 Burngrange Mining Disaster 1948 Lulu (Marie McDonald Lawrie) born - Pop singer, entertainer and TV personality 1948 Alexander (Sandy) McCall Smith born - Prodigious author and academic lawyer 1948 Anna Buchan (O. Douglas) died - Author 1948 Barbara Dickson born - Singer 1948 Barbara Scott Young (Baroness Young of Old Scone) born - Environmental administrator 1948 Brian Wilson born - Politician and journalist 1948 Charles Alfred Jarvis died - Heroic soldier, the first to win a Victoria Cross in World War I 1948 Dame Sheila Marshall McKechnie born - Campaigner 1948 David Annand born - Sculptor 1948 Gillies MacKinnon born - One of the most prolific and versatile contemporary British film directors 1948 James (Jim) Watt born - Boxer, born in Glasgow 1948 James Cosmo born - Actor 1948 John Home Robertson born - Politician 1948 John Lowrie Morrison (Jolomo) born - Artist 1948 Joseph Henry Maclagen Wedderburn died - Mathematician 1948 Kirkwall Airport (Orkney) Opened 1948 Knockendon Reservoir (North Ayrshire) Opened 1948 Lochalsh Dam (Highland) Opened 1948 Lynn Faulds-Wood born - Television presenter, journalist and consumer champion 1948 Morar Power Station (Highland) Opened 1948 Norman Ainsley died - Screen and stage actor 1948 Nostie Bridge Power Station (Highland) Opened 1948 Prof. Sir D'Arcy Thompson died - Renowned zoologist 1948 Sir Arthur Whitten Brown died - Aviation pioneer 1948 The State Hospital (South Lanarkshire) Built / Opened 1948 Walter Smith born - Football manager 1949 (John) Rooke Corbett died - Mountaineer 1949 Alan Grant born - Comic writer 1949 Aldour Bridge (Perth and Kinross) Opened 1949 Andrew Ferguson Neil born - Journalist and broadcaster 1949 Bad an Sgalaig, Loch (Highland) Opened 1949 Bernard Gallacher born - Golfer 1949 Duncan Bannatyne born - Entrepreneur and philanthropist 1949 Frankie Miller born - Blues singer and song-writer 1949 George Sneddon born - Championship bowler 1949 Hamish Stuart born - Musician 1949 Ian Charleson born - Stage and screen actor 1949 James Black died - Clergyman 1949 Keith Manson Miller born - Chief Executive of the Miller Group 1949 Margaret Anne Marshall born - Soprano Born in Stirling, Marshall studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, and came to prominence when she won first prize at the Munich International Competition in 1974 1949 Mark Freuder Knopfler born - Rock musician 1949 Michael (Mike) Watson (Lord Watson of Invergowrie) born - Labour politician 1949 Professor Sir Hew Strachan born - Historian, for his work on the administration of the British Army and the history of the First World War 1949 Rev. Dr. Peter Marshall died - Clergyman, who became Chaplain to the US Senate 1949 Ross Davidson (William Russell Davidson) born - Actor Next Period
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