1933 in Scotland explained
Events from the year 1933 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Law officers
Judiciary
Events
Births
- 11 January – Duncan Glen, poet, literary editor and Professor of Visual Communication (died 2008)
- 4 February – Jimmy Murray, footballer (died 2015)
- 18 February – Mary Ure, actress (died 1975 in London)
- 7 March – Donald Douglas, actor
- 2 April – Donald Gorrie, Liberal Democrat politician and MSP (died 2012)
- 10 May – Harold Davis, Scottish football player, manager (died 2018)
- 10 June – Ian Campbell, folk singer (died 2012)
- 30 June – Dave Duncan, fantasy and science fiction writer, resident in Canada (died 2018 in Canada)
- 13 July – Patricia Leitch writer, best known for children's books (died 2015)
- 12 August – Frederic Lindsay, writer of crime fiction (died 2013)
- 12 September – Felix Reilly, footballer (died 2018)
- 19 September – David McCallum, actor (died 2023 in the United States)
- 11 November – Alexander Goudie, painter (died 2004)
- 26 November – Richard Holloway, Bishop of Edinburgh in the Scottish Episcopal Church
- 19 December – Christopher Smout academic, historian, author and Historiographer Royal in Scotland
- 24 December – Nicholas Fairbairn, lawyer and Conservative politician (died 1995)
- 30 December – Andy Stewart, singer (died 1993)
- Michael Deacon, actor (died 2000 in London)
- Alan Watson, legal scholar (died 2018)
Deaths
- 10 January – Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, artist and designer (born 1864)
- 16 February - George Beatson, physician, pioneer in the field of oncology (born 1848 in Trincomalee)
- 16 February - Dorothy Carleton Smyth, artist and designer (born 1880)
- 4 May - Alexander Marshall Mackenzie, architect (born 1848)
- 30 June – Edward Atkinson Hornel, painter (born 1864 in Australia)
- 25 July – John May, international footballer (born 1878)
- 31 July – Robert Fleming, financier (born 1845)
- 30 December – Dugald Cowan, educationalist and Liberal politician (born 1865)
- Janet Milne Rae, novelist (born 1844)
The arts
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Air Service History - 2. https://web.archive.org/web/20110416212529/http://www.kintyreonrecord.co.uk/articles.php?article_id=129. dead. 16 April 2011. Kintyre on Record. 2009. 2013-05-15.
- News: New Hall of Fame for Scotland’s aviation heroes. Alastair. Dalton. The Scotsman. 2013-07-25. 2014-08-21.
- Web site: Geoff. Bailey. The Roman Coin Hoard And The Falkirk Tartan. Falkirk Local History Society. 2006. 2014-05-07.
- George. Macdonald. Hoard of coins from Falkirk. The Antiquaries Journal. Society of Antiquaries of London. 14. 1. January 1934. 59. 10.1017/s0003581500037926.
- Book: Kushner, Tony . Lunn, Kenneth . Traditions of Intolerance: Historical Perspectives on Fascism and Race Discourse in Britain. Manchester University Press. 1989. 0719028981. 199.