# 1949 in Scotland

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Events from the year 1949 in Scotland.

## Incumbents

* Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Arthur Woodburn

### Law officers

* Lord Advocate – John Thomas Wheatley
* Solicitor General for Scotland – Douglas Johnston

### Judiciary

* Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Cooper
* Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Thomson
* Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord Gibson

## Events

* 3 April – Trolleybuses in Glasgow introduced.
* 1 May – Scottish Gas Board established.
* 4 May – Fire at Grafton's fashion store in Argyle Street, Glasgow, kills 13 young women.
* 24 July – People of Alyth march on Alyth Hill to assert their right of commonty over the land.
* October – The Scottish Covenant, calling for the establishment of a legislative parliament within the United Kingdom, is drawn up by John MacCormick.

### Undated

* Wendy Wood founds the nationalist group, the Scottish Patriots
* The Law Society of Scotland is established.
* John Boyd Orr receives the Nobel Peace Prize.

## Births

* 15 January – Craig Pritchett, chess International Master
* 19 January – Lindsay Roy, educator and politician
* 23 January – Tom Forsyth, international footballer
* 25 January – Chris Lowe, BBC News presenter
* 2 February – Duncan Bannatyne, entrepreneur, philanthropist and author
* 9 February – Bernard Gallacher, golfer
* 26 February – Lynda Clark, judge and politician
* 6 March – Martin Buchan, international footballer
* 7 March – Malcolm Chisholm, Labour MSP
* 12 March – Glenn Chandler playwright, novelist, producer and theatre director
* 13 March – Trevor Sorbie, hairdresser
* 8 April – Alex Fergusson, Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament 2007–2011 (died 2018)
* 25 April – Alexis Jay, social worker
* 21 May – Andrew Neil, print and television journalist
* 4 June – Lou Macari, international footballer and manager
* 21 June – Derek Emslie, Lord Kingarth, judge
* 4 July – Alex Miller, footballer and manager
* 6 August – Erich Schaedler, footballer (suicide 1985)
* 8 August – Benny Young, actor
* 11 August – Ian Charleson, actor (died 1990)
* 12 August – Mark Knopfler, musician with Dire Straits
* 20 August – Stewart Houston, international footballer and manager
* 9 September – John Reid, music manager
* 18 September – Alastair Campbell, Lord Bracadale, judge
* 22 September – Jimmy Bone, footballer and manager
* 29 September – Adrian Elrick, international footballer representing New Zealand
* 8 October – Hamish Stuart, guitarist, bassist, singer, composer and record producer
* 22 November - Paul le Page Barnett science fiction writer, with pen name John Grant (died 2020)
* 25 November – Isabel Hilton, journalist and broadcaster
* 28 December – Hilton McRae, actor
* Alison Kinnaird, glass sculptor and harpist

## Deaths

* 2 January – Sir Victor Fortune, British Army officer (born 1883)
* 9 January – Edward Baird, artist (born 1904)
* 12 April
** W. Lindsay Cable, artist and illustrator (born 1900)
** John Wallace, Liberal MP (born 1868)
* 3 August – Jessie M. King, illustrator and designer (born 1875)
* 6 August – David Taylor, footballer and manager (born 1883)
* 7 October - Arthur Pillans Laurie, chemist (born 1861)
* 22 October – Alex McDonald, footballer (born 1878)
* Joseph Lee, poet and journalist (born 1876)

## Sport

* Summer – The Ba game of Duns revived.