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Events from the year 1974 in Scotland.
Incumbents
[edit]- Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Gordon Campbell until 4 March; then Willie Ross
Law officers
[edit]- Lord Advocate – Norman Wylie; then Ronald King Murray
- Solicitor General for Scotland – William Stewart until March; then John McCluskey
Judiciary
[edit]- Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Emslie
- Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Wheatley
- Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord Birsay
Events
[edit]- 27 January – MV Captayannis capsizes in the Firth of Clyde.
- 28 February – The February general election results in the first hung parliament in the UK since 1929, though Labour does win a majority of seats in Scotland. The Scottish National Party make a breakthrough winning 7 MPs.
- March
- Brora Coalfield is abandoned.[1]
- Last permanent inhabitants of Swona leave.
- 6 May – Inauguration of full electric service on British Rail's West Coast Main Line through to Glasgow Central railway station.[2]
- 10 October – The second general election of the year results in a narrow victory for Prime Minister Harold Wilson, giving Labour a slim majority of three seats. Labour also wins a majority of seats in Scotland for a second time in the year; whilst the Scottish National Party secures its highest-ever Westminster representation up to this date with 11 seats. It would be 41 years before the SNP would not only beat their own record result; but also replace Labour as the largest political party in Scotland.
- 31 December – Idi Amin, President of Uganda, issues a proclamation in support of Scottish independence.[3]
- Calum MacLeod (of Raasay) completes a 10-year self-imposed task of personally constructing "Calum's Road", a nearly 2 mile (3 km) track at the north end of the island.[4]
- Last permanent inhabitants of Taransay leave.[5]
Births
[edit]- 15 January – Edith Bowman, DJ
- 17 January – Danny Bhoy, born Danni Chaudhry, comedian
- 9 August – Lesley McKenna, snowboarder[6]
- 23 August – Ray Park, actor
- 20 October – Limmy, born Brian Limond, comedian and social media personality
- 30 October – Kerry McGregor, singer-songwriter and actress
- 9 December – Fiona MacDonald, curler[7]
- 31 December – Kathryn Joseph, born Kathryn Sawers, singer-songwriter
Deaths
[edit]- 24 January – Andrew Dewar Gibb, lawyer and Scottish National Party politician (born 1888)
- 29 May – James MacTaggart, television producer (born 1928)
The arts
[edit]- 6 June – a television version of The Cheviot, the Stag, and the Black Black Oil is broadcast by the BBC as part of the Play for Today series.[8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Brora Coalfield". Northern Mine Research Society. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ^ Gillham, J. C. (1988). The Age of the Electric Train: Electric Trains in Britain since 1883. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-1392-6.
- ^ Guweddeko, Fred (25 February 2007). "Uganda: When Amin Was Declared 'King of Scotland' in 1974". The Monitor. Kampala. Archived from the original on 23 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014. Accessed from Frost's Scottish Anatomy website.
- ^ Hutchinson, Roger (2006). Calum's Road. Edinburgh: Birlinn. ISBN 978-1-84158-447-8.
- ^ Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. pp. 278–80. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
- ^ "Lesley McKenna". www.teamgb.com. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
- ^ "Fiona MacDonald Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ^ Davidson, Ewan. "Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil, The (1974)". Screenonline. BFI. Retrieved 4 March 2016.