1933 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1933 in Scotland.
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1933 in: The UK ⢠Wales ⢠Elsewhere
Scottish football: 1932â33 ⢠1933â34
Timeline of Scottish history
1933 in: The UK ⢠Wales ⢠Elsewhere
Scottish football: 1932â33 ⢠1933â34
Incumbents
Law officers
- Lord Advocate â Craigie Mason Aitchison until October; then Wilfrid Normand
- Solicitor General for Scotland â Wilfrid Normand until October; then Douglas Jamieson
Judiciary
Events
- 2 February â East Fife by-election: The seat is retained by the National Liberal Party; Eric Linklater stands for the National Party of Scotland.
- 3 April â 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 â 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 â First modern "sighting" of the Loch Ness Monster.
- 28 July â Administration of Justice (Scotland) Act 1933 receives the Royal Assent.
- 9 August â Hoard of silver denarii and a contemporaneous fragment of tartan cloth found at Falkirk.[3][4]
- 2 November â 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 â Duncan Glen, poet, literary editor and Professor of Visual Communication (died 2008)
- 4 February â Jimmy Murray, footballer (died 2015)
- 18 February â Mary Ure, actress (died 1975 in London)
- 7 March â Donald Douglas, actor
- 2 April â Donald Gorrie, Liberal Democrat politician and MSP (died 2012)
- 10 May â Harold Davis, Scottish football player, manager (died 2018)
- 10 June â Ian Campbell, folk singer (died 2012)
- 30 June â Dave Duncan, fantasy and science fiction writer, resident in Canada (died 2018 in Canada)
- 13 July â Patricia Leitch writer, best known for children's books (died 2015)
- 12 August â Frederic Lindsay, writer of crime fiction (died 2013)
- 12 September â Felix Reilly, footballer (died 2018)
- 19 September â David McCallum, actor (died 2023 in the United States)
- 11 November â Alexander Goudie, painter (died 2004)
- 26 November â Richard Holloway, Bishop of Edinburgh in the Scottish Episcopal Church
- 19 December â Christopher Smout academic, historian, author and Historiographer Royal in Scotland
- 24 December â Nicholas Fairbairn, lawyer and Conservative politician (died 1995)
- 30 December â Andy Stewart, singer (died 1993)
- Michael Deacon, actor (died 2000 in London)
- Alan Watson, legal scholar (died 2018)
Deaths
- 10 January â 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 â Edward Atkinson Hornel, painter (born 1864 in Australia)
- 25 July â John May, international footballer (born 1878)
- 31 July â Robert Fleming, financier (born 1845)
- 30 December â Dugald Cowan, educationalist and Liberal politician (born 1865)
- Janet Milne Rae, novelist (born 1844)
The arts
- May â 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.
