1950 in Scotland
Events from the year 1950 in Scotland.
Incumbents
- Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Arthur Woodburn until 28 February; then Hector McNeil
Law officers
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Cooper
- Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Thomson
- Chairman of the [Scottish Land Court] – Lord Gibson
Events
- 14 February – First shipment of coal from Argyll Colliery in the reopened Machrihanish Coalfield to Belfast.
- 21 February – Clydebank-built Cunard liner arrives at the scrapyard in Faslane at the end of a 36-year career.
- August – first official Edinburgh Military Tattoo staged at Edinburgh Castle as part of the Edinburgh Festival.
- 22 August – 54-year-old William "Ned" Barnie becomes the first Scot to swim the English Channel, going on to complete 3 crossings.
- 8 September – 116 miners trapped underground in a landslide at Knockshinnoch Castle colliery at New Cumnock in Ayrshire.
- 9 September – first miners are rescued from Knockshinnoch Castle colliery.
- 11 September – rescue operation from Knockshinnoch Castle colliery is completed, with all 116 miners saved.
- 18 October – the North of [Scotland Hydro-Electric Board]'s Loch Sloy Hydro-Electric Scheme is inaugurated.
- 25 December – the Stone of Scone, the traditional coronation stone of Scottish monarchs, English monarchs and more recently British monarchs, is removed from London's Westminster Abbey by a group of four Scottish students led by Ian Hamilton, a future advocate.
- St. Margaret's Hospice in Clydebank, the first modern hospice in Scotland, is begun by the Sisters of Charity.
Births
- 5 January – William Sweeney, composer
- 21 January – Seona Reid, arts administrator
- 27 February - Annabel MacNicoll Goldie, Baroness Goldie, leader of Scottish Conservatives 2005-2011 and Life peer
- 10 March – Ted McKenna, rock drummer
- 22 March – Jocky Wilson, darts player
- 30 March – Robbie Coltrane, actor and comedian
- 31 March – William Blair, judge and financial lawyer
- 26 April - Sir Nairn Hutchison Fulton Wilson, dentistry professor
- 1 May – Malcolm James Mackenzie, footballer
- 6 May – Robbie McIntosh, funk drummer
- 9 May – Murray Elder, politician
- 12 May – Helena Kennedy, lawyer
- 27 May – Alex Gray, crime novelist
- 20 June – Rita Rae, Lady Rae, judge
- 21 June – Enn Reitel, actor
- 23 July - Stewart Milne, businessman
- 8 September - Ian Davidson, politician
- 18 September – Jock McFadyen, painter
- 29 October – James Dillon, composer
- 7 November – Lindsay Duncan, actress
- 3 December – Angus Glennie, Lord Glennie, judge
Deaths
- 15 January – George Livingstone, footballer
- 26 February – Harry Lauder, entertainer
- 17 March – Adam McKinlay, Labour politician
- 30 March – Joe Yule, comedian and actor
- 9 May – Charles Alexander Stevenson, lighthouse engineer
- 10 August – James Drever, psychologist
- 14 September – Alexander Livingstone, Liberal politician