1925 In Scotland

Events from the year 1925 in Scotland.

Incumbents

* Secretary for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Sir John Gilmour, Bt

Law officers

* Lord Advocate – William Watson
* Solicitor General for Scotland – David Fleming until December; then Alexander Munro MacRobert

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

* 18 April – the dam of Skelmorlie reservoir bursts, flooding the village and killing 5.
* 21 March – Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh, home of the Scottish Rugby Union, opens with Scotland defeating England 14-11.
* 16 May – the war memorial on the Law, Dundee, is inaugurated.
* 7 July – the original Kelvin Hall in Glasgow is destroyed by fire.
* 7 August – National Library of Scotland established by Act of Parliament to take over the national responsibilities of the Advocates' Library in Edinburgh.
* 2 October – John Logie Baird successfully transmits the first television pictures with a greyscale image, in London.
* 29 December – Alexander Munro MacRobert appointed Solicitor General for Scotland, replacing David Fleming
* The uninhabited Shiant Isles are acquired by writer and island-lover Compton Mackenzie.

Births

* 28 January – Michael Scott Weir, diplomat, Arabist (died 2006)
* 1 February – Bobby Laing, professional footballer (died 1985)
* 15 February – Eric Brown, professional golfer (died 1986)
* 18 February – Russell Hunter, actor (died 2004)
* 1 April – Walter Carr, actor (died 1998)
* 2 April – George MacDonald Fraser, author, notable for '' The Flashman Papers'' (died 2008 in the Isle of Man)
* 5 April – John Boyd, milliner, based in London (died 2018)
* 6 May – Angus Black, international rugby union player (died 2018)
* 29 May – Mick McGahey, Communist miners' leader (died 1999)
* 3 June – Thomas Winning, Archbishop of Glasgow and Cardinal (died 2001)
* 19 June – Robert Fyfe, actor (died 2021)
* 25 July – Duncan Johnstone, bagpiper and composer (died 1999)
* 30 July – Alexander Trocchi, novelist (died 1984)
* 4 September – John McKenzie, footballer (died 2017)
* 13 September – Ian Hamilton, lawyer and nationalist (died 2022)
* 28 October – Ian Hamilton Finlay, poet and sculptor (died 2006)
* 26 November – Phil McCall, actor (died 2002)
* 30 December – Ian MacNaughton, actor and television comedy director/producer (died 2002)
* John Quigley, author (died 2021)

Deaths

* 11 January – John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland, Liberal Party MP, soldier, peer and administrator (born 1860)
* 14 January – David MacRitchie, folklorist and antiquarian (born 1851)
* 25 April – John Quinton Pringle, painter (born 1864)
* July – James Seth, philosopher (born 1860)
* 25 October – Henry J. Watt, experimental psychologist (born 1879)

The arts

*John Buchan's novel '' John Macnab'' is published.
*Hugh MacDiarmid's synthetic Scots poetry ''Sangshaw'' is published.

See also

* Timeline of Scottish history
* 1925 in Northern Ireland

References

{{Years in Scotland

Years of the 20th century in Scotland
Scotland
1920s in Scotland