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- See also
- References
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}{{Use British English|date=January 2016}}{{Year in Scotland| 1931 }}Events from the year 1931 in Scotland. Incumbents {{further information|Politics of Scotland|Order of precedence in Scotland}}- Monarch – George V
- Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – William Adamson until 24 August; then Sir Archibald Sinclair, Bt
Law officers - Lord Advocate – Craigie Mason Aitchison
- Solicitor General for Scotland – John Charles Watson until November; then Wilfrid Normand
Judiciary - Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Clyde
- Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Alness
- Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord St Vigeans
Events - 13 February – Scottish Youth Hostels Association established.[1]
- 1 May – National Trust for Scotland established and acquires its first property, Crookston Castle (donated by Sir John Stirling-Maxwell, 10th Baronet).
- 5 September – Celtic goalkeeper John Thomson dies in hospital after fracturing his skull in a collision with Rangers forward Sam English in the 'Old Firm' League derby at Ibrox Park.[2]
- 15–16 September – Invergordon Mutiny: Sailors in the Royal Navy take strike action over pay cuts.[3]
- 27 October – United Kingdom general election, 1931: The Unionist Party wins a majority of Scottish seats as the National Government retains power with a landslide victory throughout the UK.
- 12 December – work on construction of "Hull 534", the Cunard liner {{RMS|Queen Mary}}, at John Brown & Company's shipyard at Clydebank is suspended due to the Great Depression.
- 31 December – Ayr Corporation Tramways cease operation, being replaced by bus services operated by Scottish Motor Traction.
- Lord Dumfries purchases the recently deserted islands of St Kilda from Sir Reginald MacLeod of Dunvegan to preserve them as a bird sanctuary; he will bequeath them to the National Trust of Scotland on his death in 1956.
Births - 26 February – Ally McLeod, football manager (died 2004)
- 13 March – James Martin, actor
- 13 March – Helen Renton, Director of the Women's Royal Air Force (died 2016)
- 18 March – John Fraser, actor
- 29 March – James Weatherhead, Church of Scotland minister (died 2017)
- 27 April – Alex Campbell, folk singer (died 1987)
- 29 April – Lonnie Donegan, skiffle musician (died 2002 in England)
- 30 April - William Watson, author, playwright and newspaper editor (died 2005)
- 3 May – Thomas Sutherland, academic and Islamic Jihad hostage (died 2016 in the United States)
- 9 May - Jimmy Gauld, footballer, who instigated and exposed match fixing, (died 2004 in London)
- 9 May – Alistair MacFarlane, engineer and academic
- 11 June – Kenneth Cameron, Baron Cameron of Lochbroom, lawyer and judge
- 1 August - Pat Heywood, actress
- 2 August – Karl Miller, literary editor (died 2014 in England)
- 11 September – Bill Simpson, television actor (died 1993)
- 22 September – George Younger, Conservative politician, Secretary of State for Scotland (died 2003)
- 24 September – Elizabeth Blackadder, painter
- September - Arthur Thompson, gangster (died 1986)
- 9 December – Ian McIntyre, journalist and BBC Radio executive (died 2014)
- 16 December - Karl Denver, singer (died 1998 in Manchester}
- 29 December – Bobby Shearer, footballer (died 2006)
- Eric Auld, painter, (died 2013)
Deaths - 17 March – James Stewart, Labour Party politician, MP for Glasgow St. Rollox 1922–1931 (born 1863)
- 27 May – Norah Neilson Gray, portrait painter (born 1882)
- 5 August – Archibald Barr, mechanical engineer (born 1855)
- 3 December - Frederick Walters, architect, notable for his Roman Catholic churches (born 1849 in London)
- 7 December – Leslie Hunter, painter (born 1877)
- – David Hay Fleming, historian and antiquary (born 1849)
- – Ronald Campbell Macfie, medical doctor, poet and science writer (born 1867)
- – Andrew Seth Pringle-Pattison, philosopher (born 1856)
The arts- A. J. Cronin's first novel Hatter's Castle is published.
- Bruce Marshall's novel Father Malachy's Miracle is published.
- Dorothy L. Sayers' detective story The Five Red Herrings, set amongst the Galloway artistic community, is published.
See also - Timeline of Scottish history
- 1931 in Northern Ireland
References 1. ^{{cite web|title=Chronology of Scottish History|url=http://www.rampantscotland.com/timeline/2000.htm|work=A Timeline of Scottish History|publisher=Rampant Scotland|accessdate=2014-07-20}}
2. ^{{cite web|first=Paul|last=Divers|title=John Thompson (1909–1931) – The Prince of Goalkeepers|url=http://www.irishlightandcolour.com/John-Thompson.php|work=Irish Light and Colour|accessdate=2013-05-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331034729/http://www.irishlightandcolour.com/John-Thompson.php|archive-date=31 March 2012|dead-url=yes|df=dmy-all}}
3. ^{{cite book|authorlink=Alan Ereira|last=Ereira|first=Alan|title=The Invergordon Mutiny|location=London|publisher=Routledge|year=1981}}
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