1924 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1924 in Scotland.
Contents
Incumbents
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- Monarch — George V
- Secretary for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal — The Viscount Novar until 22 January; then William Adamson until 3 November; then Sir John Gilmour, Bt
Law officers
- Lord Advocate — William Watson until February; then Hugh Pattison Macmillan until November; then William Watson
- Solicitor General for Scotland — Frederick Thomson; then John Charles Fenton until November; then David Fleming
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General — Lord Clyde
- Lord Justice Clerk — Lord Alness
- Chairman of the Scottish Land Court — Lord St Vigeans
Events
- 22 January — Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, leading a minority government.[1]
- 28–30 January - Curling at the 1924 Winter Olympics: The gold medal is won by a Scottish team representing Great Britain in Chamonix.
- April — The Scots Magazine resumes publication in Glasgow under this title.
- 3 June — Gleneagles Hotel, in Perthshire, is opened by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.[2]
- 11 July — Eric Liddell wins 400m gold at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris in a new world record time of 47.6 seconds.
- The Scottish county of Linlithgowshire is officially renamed West Lothian.
- Duncansby Head lighthouse, engineered by David Alan Stevenson, is established.[3]
- The London and North Eastern Railway officially names its Flying Scotsman express train, although the 10.00 a.m. service from London King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley over the East Coast Main Line has previously been known by this title, and has operated since 1862.
Births
- 29 January — Bobby Combe, international footballer (died 1991)
- 13 April — Sammy Cox, international footballer (died 2015 in Canada)
- 15 April — Rikki Fulton, comedian (died 2004)
- 18 April — Buxton Orr, composer (died 1997)
- 20 May — Stan Paterson, glaciologist (died 2013 in Canada)
- 9 June — Peter Heatly, diver (died 2015)
- 14 June — James Black, pharmacologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (died 2010 in London)
Deaths
- 6 February — Sir John Stewart, 1st Baronet, of Fingask, whisky distiller (born 1877; suicide)
- 27 April — James Salmon, architect (born 1873)
- 31 December — James Gardiner, Liberal MP (born 1860)
The Arts
- April — French-born critic Denis Saurat publishes "Le groupe de la Renaissance Écossaise" in Revue Anglo-Américaine bringing writers of the modern Scottish Renaissance to wider European notice.
