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2016 In Scotland
Events from the year 2016 in Scotland. Incumbents * First Minister and Keeper of the Great Seal – Nicola Sturgeon (reappointed on 18 May 2016) * Secretary of State for Scotland – David Mundell Law officers * Lord Advocate – Frank Mulholland; then, from 1 June 2016, James Wolffe * Solicitor General for Scotland – Lesley Thomson; then, from 1 June 2016, Alison Di Rollo * Advocate General for Scotland – Lord Keen of Elie Judiciary * Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Carloway * Lord Justice Clerk – vacant until April; then Lady Dorrian * Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord Minginish Events January * 1 January – Newly declassified records released by the Scottish Government show the workings of the Scottish Executive's first full year of operation, covering major events throughout the year 2000; including First Minister Donald Dewar's death in office. * 4 January – As strong winds and heavy rain c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Sutherland, Lord Carloway
Colin John MacLean Sutherland, Lord Carloway PC FRSE (born 20 May 1954) is a Scottish advocate and judge who served as the Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General from 2015 until his retirement in February 2025. He was previously Lord Justice Clerk from 2012 to 2015 and was a Senator of the College of Justice from February 2000 until his retirement. On 4 June 2024, Lord Carloway announced his intention to retire from judicial office in early 2025. Born in Falkirk, Lord Carloway studied at the University of Edinburgh's Law School, where he earned a Bachelor of Laws. In 1977, he was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates and served as an Advocate Depute in the late 1980s. Before being nominated as a Judge in 2000, he served as the Treasurer of the Faculty of Advocates. As a Senator of the College of Justice he presided over the 2004 prosecution of gas transporter Transco and published the ''Carloway Review.'' In 2012, Lord Gill, who had served as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5 January
Events Pre-1600 * 1477 – Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is defeated and killed in a conflict with René II, Duke of Lorraine; Burgundy subsequently becomes part of France. 1601–1900 *1675 – Battle of Colmar: The French army defeats forces from Austria and Brandenburg. * 1757 – Louis XV of France survives an assassination attempt by Robert-François Damiens, who becomes the last person to be executed in France by drawing and quartering (the traditional form of capital punishment used for regicides). *1781 – American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia, is burned by British naval forces led by former American general Benedict Arnold. *1822 – The government of Central America votes for total annexation to the First Mexican Empire. * 1875 – The Palais Garnier, one of the most famous opera houses in the world, is inaugurated in Paris. * 1895 – Dreyfus affair: French army officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Dee, Aberdeenshire
The River Dee () is a river in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It rises in the Cairngorms and flows through southern Aberdeenshire to reach the North Sea at Aberdeen. The area it passes through is known as Deeside, or Royal Deeside in the region between Braemar and Banchory because Queen Victoria came for a visit there in 1848 and greatly enjoyed herself. She and her husband, Prince Albert, built Balmoral Castle there which replaced an older castle. Deeside is a popular area for tourists, due to the combination of its scenery and historic royal associations. It is part of the Cairngorms National Park, and the Deeside and Lochnagar National Scenic Area. The Dee is popular with anglers and is one of the most famous salmon fishing rivers in the world. The New Statistical Account of Scotland attributed the name Dee as having been used as early as the second century AD in the work of the Alexandrian geographer Claudius Ptolemy, as ''Δηοῦα'' (=Deva), meaning 'goddess'. This ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire (; ) is one of the 32 Subdivisions of Scotland#council areas of Scotland, council areas of Scotland. It takes its name from the Shires of Scotland, historic county of Aberdeenshire (historic), Aberdeenshire, which had substantially different boundaries. The Aberdeenshire Council area includes all of the areas of the historic counties of Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire except the area making up Aberdeen City Council area, as well as part of Banffshire. The historic county boundaries are still officially used for a few purposes, namely land registration and Lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy. Aberdeenshire Council is headquartered at Woodhill House in Aberdeen, making it the only Scottish council whose headquarters are located outside its jurisdiction. Aberdeen itself forms a different council area (Aberdeen City). Aberdeenshire borders onto Angus, Scotland, Angus and Perth and Kinross to the south, Highland (council area), Highland and Moray to the west a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abergeldie Castle
Abergeldie Castle is a four-floor tower house in Crathie and Braemar parish, SW Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It stands at an altitude of , on the south bank of the River Dee, west of Ballater, and about east of the royal residence of Balmoral Castle. Behind it rises Creag nam Ban, a rounded granite hill about high, and across the river to its front is the cairn-crowned Geallaig Hill, rising to . It is protected as a category A listed building. The castle was the home of the Baron of Abergeldie. History The name derives from the Pictish language, and means the "Confluence of Geldie," a reference to its location near the confluence of River Geldie and River Dee. (Note: attempts have been made to derive the name from Scottish Gaelic, such as "inbhir-gile" shining confluence" but while aber and inbhir both mean "confluence" the former is derived from Pictish, a P-Celtic rythoniclanguage which once dominated in Britain, while the latter is derived from Gaelic, a Q-Celtic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Environment Protection Agency
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA; ) is Scotland's Environmental regulation, environmental regulator and national flood forecasting, flood warning and strategic flood risk management authority.Environment Act (1995). (c.2), London, HMSO [Accessed 29 April 2010]. Its main role is to protect and improve Scotland's environment. SEPA does this by helping business and industry to understand their environmental responsibilities, enabling customers to comply with legislation and good practice and to realise the economic benefits of good environmental practice. One of the ways SEPA does this is through the NetRegs environmental guidance service. It protects communities by regulating activities that can cause harmful pollution and by monitoring the quality of Scotland's air ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
4 January
Events Pre-1600 *46 BC – Julius Caesar fights Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina. * 871 – Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex and his brother Alfred are defeated by a Danish invasion army. 1601–1900 *1642 – English Civil War: King Charles I, accompanied by 400 soldiers, attempts to arrest five members of Parliament for treason, only to discover the men had been tipped off and fled. *1649 – English Civil War: The Rump Parliament votes to put Charles I on trial. * 1717 – The Netherlands, Great Britain, and France sign the Triple Alliance. *1762 – Great Britain declares war on Spain, which meant the entry of Spain into the Seven Years' War. *1798 – Constantine Hangerli arrives in Bucharest, Wallachia, as its new Prince, invested by the Ottoman Empire. *1844 – The first issue of the Swedish-languaged ''Saima'' newspaper founded by J. V. Snellman is published in Kuopio, Finland. *1853 – After having been kid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Dewar
Donald Campbell Dewar (21 August 1937 – 11 October 2000) was a Scottish statesman and politician who served as the inaugural First Minister of Scotland, first minister of Scotland from 1999 until his death in 2000 and leader of the Labour Party in Scotland from 1998 until his death in 2000. He was widely regarded as the "Father of the Nation" during his tenure as first minister, and the "Architect of Scottish devolution, Devolution" whilst serving as Secretary of State for Scotland from 1997 to 1999. He was Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow Anniesland (UK Parliament constituency), Glasgow Anniesland (formerly Glasgow Garscadden) from 1978 Glasgow Garscadden by-election, 1978 to 2000 Glasgow Anniesland by-elections, 2000. Dewar was also Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Glasgow Anniesland (Scottish Parliament constituency), equivalent seat from 1999 Scottish Parliament election, 1999 to 2000. Born in Glasgow, Dewar studie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Government
The Scottish Government (, ) is the executive arm of the devolved government of Scotland. It was formed in 1999 as the Scottish Executive following the 1997 referendum on Scottish devolution, and is headquartered at St Andrew's House in the capital city, Edinburgh. It has been described as one of the most powerful devolved governments globally, with full legislative control over a number of areas, including education, healthcare, justice and the legal system, rural affairs, housing, the crown estate, the environment, emergency services, equal opportunities, public transport, and tax, amongst others. Ministers are appointed by the first minister with the approval of the Scottish Parliament and the monarch from among the members of the Parliament. The Scotland Act 1998 makes provision for ministers and junior ministers, referred to by the current administration as Cabinet secretaries and ministers, in addition to two law officers: the lord advocate and the solicito ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1 January
January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in the Gregorian Calendar; 364 days remain until the end of the year (365 in leap years). This day is also known as New Year's Day since the day marks the beginning of the year. __TOC__ Events Pre-1600 * 153 BC – For the first time, Roman consuls begin their year in office on January 1. *45 BC – The Julian calendar takes effect as the civil calendar of the Roman Republic, establishing January 1 as the new date of the new year. * 42 BC – The Roman Senate posthumously deifies Julius Caesar. * 193 – The Senate chooses Pertinax against his will to succeed Commodus as Roman emperor. * 404 – Saint Telemachus tries to stop a gladiatorial fight in a Roman amphitheatre, and is stoned to death by the crowd. This act impresses the Christian Emperor Honorius, who issues a historic ban on gladiatorial fights. * 417 – Emperor Honorius forces Galla Placidia into marriage to Constantius, his famous gene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roderick John MacLeod, Lord Minginish
Roderick John MacLeod, Lord Minginish (Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic: ''Ruairidh Iain MacLeòid''; born ), also known as Roddy John, is a Scottish people, Scottish advocate. From 2014 until his retirement in December 2022, he was Chairman of the Scottish Land Court and President of the Lands Tribunal for Scotland. He was the first Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic-speaking chair of the court. Early life MacLeod was born on the Isle of Skye in about 1953. His parents, who were both from the Outer Hebrides, outer-Hebridean isle of Harris, Scotland, Harris, moved in the 1920s to a 24 acre croft at Portnalong in Skye in the 1920s as part of a land settlement scheme. He was educated on Skye at Portnalong Junior Secondary School from 1957 to 1965, and at Portree High School from 1965 to 1971. He then studied law at the University of Edinburgh, graduating with LLB honours in 1975. Career MacLeod then undertook a two-year legal apprenticeship in Edinburgh, before working for from 1977–78 in Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
