1976 in Scotland
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List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1976 in: The UK • Wales • Ireland • Elsewhere Scottish football: 1975–76 • 1976–77 1976 in Scottish television |
Events from the year 1976 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Further information: Politics of Scotland and Order of precedence in Scotland
- Monarch — Elizabeth II
- Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal — Willie Ross until 8 April; then Bruce Millan
Law officers
- Lord Advocate — Ronald King Murray
- Solicitor General for Scotland — John McCluskey, ennobled as Lord McCluskey
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General — Lord Emslie
- Lord Justice Clerk — Lord Wheatley
- Chairman of the Scottish Land Court — Lord Birsay
Events
- 18 January — The Scottish Labour Party is formed.[1]
- 6 February — Hunterston B nuclear power station begins generating electricity.
- 7 July — Scottish MP David Steel is elected as new leader of the Liberal Party.
- 14 October — Post Office Telephones take the UK's last manual public telephone exchange out of service on Portree.
- The Signet Office is merged into the Court of Session.
- Inverkip power station is commissioned.
- Whalsay Golf Club, Britain's most northerly, is founded in Shetland.[2]
Births
- 20 January — Kirsty Gallacher, television presenter
- 23 February — Kelly Macdonald, actress
- 23 March — Chris Hoy, Olympic gold medal winning cyclist
- 5 June — Jack Ross, footballer and manager
- 20 July — Damian Barr, writer
- 10 August — Ian Murray, Labour politician
- date unknown
- Laura Kuenssberg, Italian-born political journalist
- Chris Stout, fiddle player
Deaths
- 11 February — Charlie Naughton, actor (born 1886)
- 18 February — William Robb, footballer (born 1895)
- 22 April — Stanley Cursiter, painter and curator (born 1887)
- 28 May — Oliver Brown, nationalist political activist (born 1903)
- 20 October — Jane Duncan, novelist (born 1910)
See also
References
- ↑ "January 18 in Scottish History". ScotClans. Retrieved 2014-09-09.
- ↑ "The Club – History". Whalsay Golf Club. Retrieved 2014-09-09.
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