1933 in Scotland
Events from the year 1933 in Scotland.
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| See also: | List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1933 in: The UK • Wales • Elsewhere Scottish football: 1932–33 • 1933–34 | ||||
Incumbents
Law officers
- Lord Advocate – Craigie Mason Aitchison until October; then Wilfrid Normand
- Solicitor General for Scotland – Wilfrid Normand until October; then Douglas Jamieson
Events
- 2 February – East Fife by-election: The seat is retained by the National Liberal Party; Eric Linklater stands for the National Party of Scotland.
- 3 April – Two British aircraft piloted by Squadron Leader the Marquess of Clydesdale and Flight Lieutenant David MacIntyre make the first flight over Mount Everest.
- 30 April – First domestic flight service in Scotland, Renfrew to Campbeltown, operated by Midland & Scottish Air Ferries Ltd.[1] Winifred Drinkwater, "the world's first female commercial pilot", is hired to fly the route.[2]
- 2 May – First modern "sighting" of the Loch Ness Monster.
- 28 July – Administration of Justice (Scotland) Act 1933 receives the Royal Assent.
- 9 August – Hoard of silver denarii and a contemporaneous fragment of tartan cloth found at Falkirk.[3][4]
- 2 November – Kilmarnock by-election: The seat is retained by the National Labour Organisation; Sir Alexander MacEwen stands for the Scottish Party with the endorsement of the National Party of Scotland.
- Scottish Democratic Fascist Party founded by William Weir Gilmour and Major Hume Sleigh to oppose Irish Catholic emigration to Scotland.[5]
Births
- 11 January – Duncan Glen, poet, literary editor and Professor of Visual Communication (died 2008)
- 4 February – Jimmy Murray, footballer (died 2015)
- 18 February – Mary Ure, actress (died 1975 in London)
- 7 March – Donald Douglas, actor
- 2 April – Donald Gorrie, Liberal Democrat politician and MSP (died 2012)
- 10 May – Harold Davis, Scottish football player, manager (died 2018)
- 10 June – Ian Campbell, folk singer (died 2012)
- 30 June – Dave Duncan, fantasy and science fiction writer, resident in Canada (died 2018 in Canada)
- 13 July – Patricia Leitch writer, best known for children's books (died 2015)
- 12 August – Frederic Lindsay, writer of crime fiction (died 2013)
- 12 September – Felix Reilly, footballer (died 2018)
- 19 September – David McCallum, actor (died 2023 in the United States)
- 11 November – Alexander Goudie, painter (died 2004)
- 26 November – Richard Holloway, Bishop of Edinburgh in the Scottish Episcopal Church
- 19 December – Christopher Smout academic, historian, author and Historiographer Royal in Scotland
- 24 December – Nicholas Fairbairn, lawyer and Conservative politician (died 1995)
- 30 December – Andy Stewart, singer (died 1993)
- Michael Deacon, actor (died 2000 in London)
- Alan Watson, legal scholar (died 2018)
Deaths
- 10 January – Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, artist and designer (born 1864)
- 16 February - George Beatson, physician, pioneer in the field of oncology (born 1848 in Trincomalee)
- 16 February - Dorothy Carleton Smyth, artist and designer (born 1880)
- 4 May - Alexander Marshall Mackenzie, architect (born 1848)
- 30 June – Edward Atkinson Hornel, painter (born 1864 in Australia)
- 25 July – John May, international footballer (born 1878)
- 31 July – Robert Fleming, financier (born 1845)
- 30 December – Dugald Cowan, educationalist and Liberal politician (born 1865)
- Janet Milne Rae, novelist (born 1844)
The arts
- May – the first radio play in Gaelic, Dunach, is broadcast by the BBC.
- The Curtain Theatre (Glasgow) presents its first season.
- Erik Chisholm composes his Straloch Suite.
- Agnes Mure Mackenzie publishes An Historical Survey of Scottish Literature to 1714.
- Nan Shepherd publishes her last novel A Pass in the Grampians.
References
- "Air Service History - 2". Kintyre on Record. 2009. Archived from the original on 16 April 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- Dalton, Alastair (25 July 2013). "New Hall of Fame for Scotland's aviation heroes". The Scotsman. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- Bailey, Geoff (2006). "The Roman Coin Hoard And The Falkirk Tartan". Falkirk Local History Society. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
- Macdonald, George (January 1934). "Hoard of coins from Falkirk". The Antiquaries Journal. Society of Antiquaries of London. 14 (1): 59. doi:10.1017/s0003581500037926.
- Kushner, Tony; Lunn, Kenneth, eds. (1989). Traditions of Intolerance: Historical Perspectives on Fascism and Race Discourse in Britain. Manchester University Press. p. 199. ISBN 0719028981.
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