1912 in Scotland

Events from the year 1912 in Scotland.

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15 January â Rua Reidh Lighthouse first lit on Rubh'Re Point near the entrance to Loch Ewe.
May â Unionist Party emerges in Scotland following merger of the Liberal Unionist Party into the Conservative And Unionist Party in England.
Summer â The last residents leave the Hebridean isle of Mingulay.
August â Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 10th Baronet, takes possession of the family seat of Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull.^[1]
10 September â Midlothian by-election. The Unionist Party gain the seat from the Liberal Party.
24 October â Formation of the Edinburgh and Leith Branch of the Workers' Educational Association at a meeting addressed by Albert Mansbridge.
26 November â A severe south-westerly gale hits Scotland: ten people are killed and Troon is heavily flooded.^[2]
The island of Raasay is acquired by Baird & Co. who open an iron ore mine there.

1 January â Margot Bennett, novelist (died 1980)
10 February â Ena Lamont Stewart, playwright (died 2006)^[3]
15 February â Jane Lee, silent film child actor (possible location) (died 1957 in New York City)
17 March â Alex Hastings, international footballer (died 1988)
10 April â Archie McKellar, squadron leader, flying ace of the Royal Air Force during World War II (killed in action 1940 over Adisham, Kent)
16 April â David Langton, born Basil Muir Langton-Dodds, actor (died 1994 in Stratford-upon-Avon)
18 April â Sir Sandy Glen, explorer of the Arctic and wartime intelligence officer (died 2004)
10 May â Mary Anne MacLeod Trump, mother of President of the United States Donald Trump (died 2000 in New York City)
3 June â William Douglas-Home, playwright (died 1992 in England)
15 August â Sir Monty Finniston, industrialist (died 1991 in London)
2 September â David Daiches, literary historian and literary critic (died 2005)
11 September â Robin Jenkins, novelist (died 2005)
12 September â J. F. Hendry, poet (died 1986 in Canada)
21 September â Sir Ian MacGregor, industrialist (died 1998 in England)
29 November â Muriel Gibson, Scottish nationalist activist and military officer (died 2005)

18 February â George Henderson, scholar of Scottish Gaelic (born 1866)
29 March â Henry Robertson Bowers, polar explorer (born 1883)
15 April â Wreck of the RMS Titanic
- John Law Hume, violinist on RMS Titanic (born 1890)
- William McMaster Murdoch, First Officer on RMS Titanic (born 1873)
6 June â Alexander Carmichael, exciseman, folklorist, antiquarian and author (born 1832)
20 July â Andrew Lang, poet, novelist, literary critic and contributor to anthropology (born 1844)
8 November â Dugald Drummond, steam locomotive engineer (born 1840)
25 November â Sir Edward Moss, theatrical impresario (born 1852 in Manchester)
18 December â Alexander Taylor Innes, lawyer, writer, biographer and church historian (born 1833)

The Hippodrome Cinema, Bo'ness, opens its doors. It will be the first purpose-built cinema in Scotland to celebrate its centenary as a film venue.
Bandmaster Frederick J. Ricketts of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders publishes "Holyrood", the first march under the pseudonym Kenneth J. Alford.