1911 in Scotland explained

Events from the year 1911 in Scotland.

Incumbents

• Secretary for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland

Law officers

• Lord Advocate – Alexander Ure
• Solicitor General for Scotland – William Hunter; then Andrew Anderson

Judiciary

• Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Dunedin
• Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Kingsburgh

Events

• 27 January – opening of Scottish Motor Exhibition in Edinburgh.^[1]
• March–April – eleven thousand workers at the Singer Manufacturing Co. sewing machine factory on Clydebank go on strike in solidarity with twelve female colleagues protesting against work process reorganisation; four hundred alleged ringleaders are dismissed.^{[2] [3]}
• 2 May–4 November – Scottish Exhibition of National History, Art and Industry at Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow.^[4]
• 9 May – a fire at the Empire Palace Theatre in Edinburgh kills eleven people, including illusionist Sigmund Neuberger ("The Great Lafayette") and also his lion and horse; he is buried in Piershill Cemetery with his dog Beauty.^[1]
• 19 July – Thistle Chapel, designed by Robert Lorimer, dedicated in St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh.^[5]
• 24 July – start of Scottish leg of first Daily Mail Circuit of Britain air race, Hendon–Harrogate–Newcastle–Edinburgh–Stirling–Glasgow–Carlisle.
• 11 September – Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 10th Baronet, buys the ruined Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull to restore as the seat of the Clan Maclean.
• 11 November – Barclay Curle launch cargo ship Jutlandia at their Clydeholm yard, the first British-built oil-engined vessel designed for ocean service.^[6]
• 16 October – new building for the Mitchell Library opened in Glasgow.^[7]
• Royal Engineers balloon squadron sets up a training camp in Tentsmuir Forest on the Fife coast, predecessor of Leuchars Station.
• The Pavilion opened at Ayr.

Births

• 11 February – Alec Cairncross, economist (died 1998)
• 11 March – Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet, soldier, writer and politician (died 1996)
• 24 January – Muir Mathieson, film composer (died 1975)
• 14 May – Sir John Ritchie Inch, police Chief Constable (died 1993)
• 31 May – Leonard Boden, portrait painter (died 1999)
• 16 June – Bobby Ancell football player and manager (died 1987)
• 9 July – Brigadier Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat, Chief of Clan Fraser of Lovat and Commando (died 1995)
• 26 October – Sorley MacLean, poet (died 1996)
• 4 December – William Baxter, Labour MP for West Stirlingshire (1959–1974) (died 1979)

Deaths

• 14 February – Eustace Balfour, architect (born 1854)
• 21 May – Williamina Fleming, astronomer, discoverer of the Horsehead Nebula (born 1857)
• 4 October – Joseph Bell, surgeon (born 1837)
• 11 December – William McGregor, football administrator and founder of the Football League (born 1846)
• Robert Hamilton Paterson, architect (born 1843)

The arts

• Release of Rob Roy, the first British-made three-reel feature film, shot by the Scottish company United Films Ltd in studios at Rouken Glen on the edge of Glasgow and on location in Aberfoyle.^[8]
• Violet Jacob's historical novel Flemington is published.
• Harry Lauder writes the popular song "Roamin' In The Gloamin'".
• Ayr Picture Palace opens, the town's first purpose-built cinema.^[9]

See also

• Timeline of Scottish history
• 1911 in Ireland

Notes and References

1. Web site: Notable Dates in History. The Flag in the Wind. The Scots Independent. 2014-07-16. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141205083554/http://www.scotsindependent.org/dates1-f.htm. 2014-12-05.
2. Web site: The Singer strike 1911. Glasgow Digital Library. 2013-05-21.
3. Web site: Singer Sewing Factory strike – 1911. Scotland’s History. BBC. 2013-05-21.
4. Web site: The Scottish Exhibition of History, Art and Industry - Glasgow 1911. https://web.archive.org/web/20070611092935/http://www.studygroup.org.uk/Exhibitions/Pages/1911%20Glasgow.htm. dead. 11 June 2007. Exhibition Study Group. 2004. 2014-07-06.
5. Web site: Chronology of Scottish History. A Timeline of Scottish History. Rampant Scotland. 2014-07-16.
6. 100 years of motor ships. The Motorship. 2012-02-01. 2020-11-06.
7. News: Lord Rosebery On Books: The Mitchell Library in Glasgow. The Times. London. 1911-10-17. 4. 39718.
8. Web site: Caroline. Merz. Where are they now? Early Scottish feature films. Early Cinema in Scotland, 1896-1927. 2012-12-19. 2014-04-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20140407062055/http://earlycinema.gla.ac.uk/where-are-they-now-early-scottish-feature-films/. 7 April 2014. dead. dmy-all.
9. Web site: Picture Palace. Scottish Cinemas. 2021-02-11.