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List of events
Events from the year 1922 in
Scotland .
Incumbents
Law officers
Judiciary
Events
7 March –
Charles David Murray appointed
Lord Advocate ,
[1] replacing
Thomas Brash Morison
17 March –
Andrew Constable appointed as
Solicitor General for Scotland ,
[2] replacing
Charles David Murray
28 May –
Prohibition begins in
Wick, Caithness .
10 July –
William Watson appointed as
Solicitor General for Scotland ,
[3] replacing
Andrew Constable
14 –
21 August –
Loch Maree Hotel botulism poisoning , first recorded outbreak in the United Kingdom.
8 –
9 September – first
King's Cup Race for aeroplanes, flown on a return course from London to Glasgow.
1 October –
Carfin Grotto , a Roman Catholic shrine dedicated to
Our Lady of Lourdes , is dedicated
17 October – first
Hunger March sets out, from Glasgow to London.
[4]
18 October – the
British Broadcasting Company (
BBC ) is formed with
John Reith as its first general manager.
2 November –
William Watson appointed
Lord Advocate ,
[5] replacing
Charles David Murray
15 November –
1922 UK general election .
Helen Fraser is the first woman to stand in Scotland as an official candidate for any party. Defending his seat in
Dundee for the
Liberal Party ,
Winston Churchill comes fourth in the poll; the two-member constituency is taken by
Edwin Scrymgeour , uniquely winning for the
Scottish Prohibition Party , and the radical
E. D. Morel for the
Labour Party .
16 November –
David Fleming appointed
Solicitor General for Scotland ,
[6] replacing
William Watson
1 December –
The Aberdeen Press & Journal is first published under this title following a merger
The UK Government purchases the islands of
Raasay and
South Rona from their private landlords.
Births
11 January –
William Turnbull , sculptor (died 2012 in London)
14 March –
Kenneth Alexander , economist and university administrator (died
2001 )
21 April –
Alistair MacLean , adventure novelist (died 1987 in Germany)
11 June –
Douglas Campbell , Scottish-Canadian actor and screenwriter (died
2009 in Canada )
6 June –
Iain Hamilton , composer (died 2000 in London)
31 July –
Ewan Cameron , physician and medical researcher (died 1991)
12 August –
Fulton Mackay , television actor (died 1987 in London)
5 October –
Jock Stein , footballer and manager (died
1985 )
23 October –
Nicholas Stuart Gray , actor, playwright and children's author (died
1981 )
28 October –
Cliff Hanley , writer (died
1999 )
30 November –
Graham Crowden , actor (died
2010 )
Deaths
18 March –
Edward Arthur Walton , painter (born
1860 )
15 April –
Osgood Mackenzie , landowner (born
1842 )
22 April –
James Souttar , architect (born 1842 in London)
2 August –
Alexander Graham Bell , scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator (born
1847 )
24 September -
James Ormiston Affleck physician and medical author (born
1840
19 October –
Gavin Campbell, 1st Marquess of Breadalbane , Liberal politician and last
Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland (born
1851 in Ireland )
28 October –
Alexander Crum Brown , organic chemist (born
1838 )
Charles Macintosh , folk music composer and performer and mycologist (born
1839 )
Alexander Wilson , photographer (born in
Duns )
The arts
See also
References
11th century 12th century 13th century 14th century 15th century 16th century 17th century 18th century 19th century 20th century 21st century