# 1972 in Scotland

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Events from the year 1972 in Scotland.

## Incumbents

* Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Gordon Campbell

### Law officers

* Lord Advocate – Norman Wylie
* Solicitor General for Scotland – David Brand until November; then William Stewart

### Judiciary

* Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Clyde until 25 April; then Lord Emslie
* Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Grant, then Lord Wheatley
* Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord Birsay

## Events

* 11 February – Rockall is formally claimed as part of the United Kingdom, attached to Inverness-shire, by the Island of Rockall Act 1972.
* 24 May – Rangers F.C. wins the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup with a 3–2 win over Soviet side FC Dynamo Moscow in Barcelona.
* 26 May – Loch Lomond Bear Park opened near Balloch to display bears.
* 27 June – Highland Wildlife Park opened near Kingussie to display native species.
* 25 August – Kilbirnie Street fire in Glasgow: 7 firemen killed in a flashover.
* 1 September – Raising of school-leaving age from fifteen to sixteen for pupils leaving school at the end of the academic year, in common with the rest of the UK.
* 5 October – last ship launched at the former John Brown & Company Clydebank yard, Clyde-class bulk grain carrier MV Alisa.
* 8 December – Wendy Wood begins a hunger strike for home rule.
* December – Gartnavel General Hospital opens in Glasgow.
* Anderston Centre opens in Glasgow.
* The West Highland Free Press newspaper is founded at Broadford, Skye.
* Hamilton Academy closes (founded 1588)

## Births

* 23 January – Ewen Bremner, actor
* 20 February – Neil Primrose, musician
* 25 March – Phil O'Donnell, footballer (died 2007)
* 8 April – Lisa Cameron, Scottish National Party Member of Parliament for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow, 2015- , and clinical psychologist
* 9 April – Neve McIntosh, actress
* 10 April – Gordon Buchanan, wildlife film-maker
* 1 May – Patrick Grant, men's fashion designer
* 15 May – Danny Alexander, Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey, 2005–15
* 2 August – Carol Monaghan, Scottish National Party Member of Parliament for Glasgow North West, 2015-
* 16 August – Frankie Boyle, comedian
* 17 August – David Ralph, field hockey forward
* 14 September – Jenny Colgan, novelist
* 2 October – John Anderson, footballer
* 20 October – Debbie McLeod, field hockey goalkeeper
* 29 November – Willie Bain, Scottish Labour Party politician and Member of Parliament for Glasgow North East, 2009-

## Deaths

* 15 March – Jimmy Simpson, international footballer (born 1908)
* 28 March – Duncan Campbell, revivalist (born 1898)
* 4 June – David Ross Lauder, recipient of the Victoria Cross (born 1894)
* 19 November – William Grant, Lord Grant, serving Lord Justice Clerk and former Lord Advocate (born 1909)
* 30 November – Compton Mackenzie, novelist and Scottish nationalist (born 1883 in West Hartlepool)
* 27 December – John Kerr, cricketer (born 1885)
* Jimmy MacBeath, folk singer (born 1894)

## The arts

* George Mackay Brown's novel Greenvoe is published.
* Bill Bryden's play Willie Rough is staged by the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh.
* The Average White Band is formed in Dundee.
* The pipe band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards release their instrumental recording of "Amazing Grace" which reaches No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart in April.