1992 in Scotland
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List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1992 in: The UK • England • Wales • Ireland • Elsewhere Scottish football: 1991–92 • 1992–93 1992 in Scottish television |
Events from the year 1992 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Further information: Politics of Scotland and Order of precedence in Scotland
Law officers
- Lord Advocate — Lord Fraser of Carmyllie; then Alan Rodger, Baron Rodger of Earlsferry
- Solicitor General for Scotland — Alan Rodger; then Thomas Dawson
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General — Lord Hope
- Lord Justice Clerk — Lord Ross
- Chairman of the Scottish Land Court — Lord Elliott, then Lord Philip
Events
- 1 January — New Year's Day Storm sweeps across northern Scotland and western Norway. The original Bridge of Awe collapses.
- 6 March — The Local Government Finance Act 1992, which will replace the Poll Tax with the Council Tax from April next year, receives the Royal Assent.
- 9 April — The General Election results in Labour winning a clear majority of MPs in Scotland, with 49 out of 72 elected. However, the Conservative Party, with only 11 MPs in Scotland, becomes the UK government.[1]
- 9 May — Rangers F.C. beat Airdrieonians 2-1 to win the Scottish Cup, having already won their fourth consecutive league title.
- June
- University status granted to Napier University, The Robert Gordon University and the University of Paisley.
- United States Navy Submarine Squadron 14 leaves Holy Loch.
- 24 June — Ravenscraig steelworks, the largest hot strip steel mill in Western Europe, closes.[2]
- 17 July — John Smith, MP for Monklands East, is elected leader of the UK Labour Party.
- 6 August — Lord Hope, the Lord President of the Court of Session, Scotland's most senior judge, permits the televising of appeals in both criminal and civil cases, the first time that cameras have been allowed into courts in the United Kingdom.[3]
- University of the Highlands and Islands established as a Millennium Institute.
- University of St Andrews appoints its first woman professor, Ursula Martin as Professor of Computer Science.
- Monktonhall Colliery at Newcraighall becomes a worker cooperative.[4]
- Publication of The Third Statistical Account of Scotland concludes with the volume for Roxburghshire.
Births
- 23 March — Blair Alston, footballer
- 30 March — Stuart Armstrong, footballer
- 21 June — Carly Booth, golfer
- 17 September — Stuart Bannigan, footballer
Deaths
- 4 May — Gregor Mackenzie, Labour politician (born 1927)
- 23 August — Donald Stewart, Scottish National Party politician (born 1920)
The Arts
- March — Duncan McLean's short story collection Bucket of Tongues is published.
- August — Scottish Television begins the Gaelic language soap opera Machair, set and filmed on Lewis.
- Alasdair Gray's novel Poor Things is published.
- Andrew Greig's novel Electric Brae is published.
- Rebel Inc. is first published as a counter-cultural literary magazine in Edinburgh by Kevin Williamson.
See also
References
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- ↑ "General Election Results, 9 April 1992" (PDF). parliament.uk. Retrieved 2011-10-30.
- ↑ "Documentary maker seeks Ravenscraig workers and their families for film". STV. 2011-07-29. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
- ↑ Cusick, James (1992-08-07). "Scotland's appeal courts to let in TV cameras". The Independent. London: Independent Print Ltd. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
- ↑ Hill, Alan (2012). Coal: a chronology for Britain. British Mining no. 94. Nelson: Northern Mine Research Society. p. 243. ISBN 978-0-901450-68-5.
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