1926 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1926 in Scotland.
Incumbents
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- Secretary for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Sir John Gilmour, Bt until post abolished 26 July
- Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal, from 15 July – Sir John Gilmour, Bt
= Law officers =
= Judiciary =
Events
- 29 January – Dunbartonshire and East Renfrewshire by-elections: Conservatives retain the seats.
- 26 March – Bothwell by-election: Labour retains the seat.
- 3 – 12 May: 1926 United Kingdom general strike. Some violence in Glasgow.
- 26 November – launch, under the auspices of the Scots National League, of a new monthly Nationalist newspaper entitled The Scots Independent.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20101130182744/http://scotsindependent.org/about_us.htm About Us]}} www.scotsindependent.org, accessed 18 May 2013.
- Findhorn Bridge near Tomatin completed.{{cite web|title=Findhorn Bridge|url=https://canmore.org.uk/site/87490/findhorn-bridge|work=Canmore|publisher=Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland|location=Edinburgh|year=2006|access-date=2016-02-21}}
- First stage of Lanark Hydro Electric Scheme constructed.
- Scotland's only sugar beet processing plant is opened at Cupar.
- Sacramento River sternwheel paddle steamers Delta King and Delta Queen are shipped from William Denny and Brothers' yard at Dumbarton to California.
- The post of Secretary for Scotland upgraded to a full Secretary of State appointment
Births
- 13 January – Craigie Aitchison, painter (died 2009)
- 17 January – Moira Shearer, ballet dancer (died 2006 in England){{cite web|last1=Clarke|first1=Mary|title=Obituary: Moira Shearer|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/feb/02/guardianobituaries.filmnews|website=The Guardian|location=London|access-date=23 February 2018|language=en|date=2 February 2006}}
- 11 February – Alexander Gibson, conductor and opera intendant (died 1995)
- 19 February – Charlie Cox, footballer (died 2008)
- 8 March – Edith MacArthur, actress (died 2018)
- 12 March – Gudrun Ure, actress (died 2024)
- 22 March – Alastair Reid, poet and scholar of South American literature (died 2014 in the United States)
- 1 April – William Macpherson, High Court judge and clan chief (died 2021){{cite news|last=Flockhart|first=Gary|title=Sir William Macpherson: Judge in Stephen Lawrence murder inquiry dies aged 94|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/uk-news/sir-william-macpherson-judge-stephen-lawrence-murder-inquiry-dies-aged-94-3134995|work=The Scotsman|location=Edinburgh|access-date=2021-02-15|date=2021-02-15}}
- 3 April – Andrew Keir, actor (died 1997 in England)
- 22 April – James Stirling, architect (died 1992 in England)
- 24 May – Stanley Baxter, comic actor
- 31 May – Duncan Campbell, trumpet player (died 2013 in England)
- 2 July – Morag Beaton, dramatic soprano (died 2010 in Australia)
- 3 August – Rona Anderson, actress (died 2013 in England){{cite web |last1=Bergan |first1=Ronald |title=Rona Anderson obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/aug/09/rona-anderson |website=The Guardian |access-date=4 November 2020 |date=9 August 2013}}
- 15 August – D. E. R. Watt, historian (died 2004)
- 4 September – George William Gray, chemist, pioneer of liquid crystal technology (died 2013)
- 12 September – Dave Valentine, international rugby player (died 1976)
- 17 October – Archie Duncan, historian (died 2017)
- 9 November – Johnny Beattie, comedian (died 2020)
Deaths
- 2 January – John Gray McKendrick, physiologist, Regius Professor of Physiology at the University of Glasgow (born 1841)
- 3 February – Archibald White Maconochie, businessman and MP (born 1855){{cite web|url=https://www.lowestoftjournal.co.uk/news/turning-back-the-clock-the-maconochie-brothers-iconic-lowestoft-employers-who-fed-an-army-1-4954270|title=Turning Back the Clock: the Maconochie brothers, iconic Lowestoft employers who fed an army|date=30 March 2017|website=Lowestoft Journal|access-date=18 July 2019}}
- 4 April – John McTavish footballer (born 1885)
- 31 July – John McPherson, international footballer (born 1868)
- 4 September – Alexander Morison McAldowie, physician, folklorist and ornithologist (born 1852)
The arts
- 22 November – Hugh MacDiarmid's Scots language poem A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle is published.