# 1954 in Scotland

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Events from the year 1954 in Scotland.

## Incumbents

* 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 until 23 December; then Lord Clyde
* Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Thomson
* Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord Gibson

## Events

* 28 January – John Thomas Wheatley appointed as a Senator of the College of Justice.
* 12 February – United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority founded; the body in this same year will decide on Dounreay as a 'safe' site for its fast breeder reactor tests.
* 17 February – RMS Saxonia is launched at John Brown & Company's shipyard on Clydebank for the Cunard Line's Canadian service.
* March – Scottish Journal of Political Economy first published.
* 16 March – Major fire damages Skerryvore lighthouse.
* 27 April – Clyde F.C. beat Celtic 1 – 0 in the replayed final of the Scottish Cup.
* 12 May – Work on construction of Seafield Colliery at Kirkcaldy begins.
* 4 July – Fourteen years of rationing in the UK during and following World War II comes to an end, when meat officially comes off ration.
* July – Work on construction of Ravenscraig steelworks is authorised.
* 19 July – United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority established by the Atomic Energy Act "to produce, use and dispose of atomic energy and carry out research into any matters therewith".
* 3 September – The National Trust for Scotland acquires Fair Isle from George Waterston.
* 23 October – Heart of Midlothian F.C. beats Motherwell 4–2 to win the Scottish League Cup.
* 23 November – opening of Walsh trial, to determine whether Douglas Walsh of Dumbarton, a Jehovah's Witness pioneer, has the same right as an ordained religious minister in Scotland to be exempted from national service.
* 25 December – 1954 Prestwick air disaster: BOAC Boeing 377 Stratocruiser G-ALSA crashes on landing at Prestwick Airport from London in poor visibility, killing 28.
* Asymmetric footbridge over Gala Water in Galashiels opened.
* Osprey recolonise Scotland.

## Births

* 5 January – Myra Nimmo, long jumper
* 27 January - Iain McColl, actor (died 2013)
* 15 February – John McAslan, architect
* 16 February – Iain Banks, novelist (died 2013)
* 22 February - Ian Stark, equestrian
* 8 March – David Wilkie, swimmer (born in Colombo; died 2024)
* 9 March – Jim Stewart, footballer
* 14 March – David Taylor, football administrator, joint General Secretary of UEFA
* 23 March – Mary Fee, Labour Party politician
* 9 April – Iain Duncan Smith, Conservative Party leader, MP and government minister
* 28 April – Tom McCabe, Labour Party politician, MSP (1999–2011) and government minister (died 2015)
* 5 May – Brian Souter, businessman and founder of Stagecoach Group
* 11 May - Judith Weir, composer
* 28 June – A. A. Gill, newspaper critic (died 2016 in London)
* 25 July - Sheena McDonal]], journalist and broadcaster
* 2 August – Ken MacLeod, science fiction writer
* 5 August – Allan Wilson, Labour Party politician, MSP (1999–2007)
* 16 August – George Galloway, politician, former MP and founder of the Respect Party
* 26 August – David Martin, Labour Party politician, Member of the European Parliament for Scotland
* 11 September – Ian Anderson, footballer (died 2008)
* 28 September – Mike McCartney, footballer
* 16 October – Michael Forsyth, Baron Forsyth of Drumlean, Conservative Secretary of State for Scotland
* 19 October – Ken Stott, actor
* 16 November – Donald Runnicles, orchestral conductor
* 25 December – Annie Lennox, singer-songwriter, political activist and philanthropist
* 27 December – Joanna Strathdee, Scottish National Party politician (died 2015)
* 31 December – Alex Salmond, Scottish National Party First Minister of Scotland (2007–14) (died 2024)
* George McGavin, entomologist
* Gordon Murray, architect

## Deaths

* 11 February – Alexander Anderson, Labour Party politician and Member of Parliament 1947–54 (born 1888)
* 18 April – Helen Crawfurd, suffragette and communist activist (born 1877)
* 6 May – B. C. Forbes, financial journalist and author who founded Forbes Magazine in the United States (born 1880)
* 18 July – Thomas S. Tait, architect (born 1882)
* 12 November – Alex Smith, international footballer (born 1876)
* 22 November – Jimmy Gordon, footballer (born 1888)

## The arts

* George Mackay Brown's first book of poetry, The Storm, is published.
* Sorley MacLean's Scottish Gaelic poetry Hallaig is published in Gairm.
* Roddy McMillan's play All in Good Faith is presented at the Citizens Theatre, Glasgow.
* American photographer Paul Strand works in the Outer Hebrides.
* Alexander Trocchi's novel Young Adam is published.