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- Incumbents Law officers Judiciary
- Events
- The arts
- Births
- Deaths
- See also
- References
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}{{Use British English|date=January 2016}}{{Year in Scotland| 1995 }}Events from the year 1995 in Scotland. Incumbents {{further|Politics of Scotland|Order of precedence in Scotland}}- Monarch – Elizabeth II
- Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Ian Lang until 5 July; then Michael Forsyth
Law officers - Lord Advocate – Lord Rodger of Earlsferry; then Donald Mackay
- Solicitor General for Scotland – Thomas Dawson; then Donald Mackay; then Paul Cullen
Judiciary - Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Hope
- Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Ross
- Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord Philip
Events - Early – deep-fried Mars bar originated at Haven Chip Bar in Stonehaven.[1]
- 6 April – local elections are held for the 29 new mainland unitary authorities that will replace the Regional and District Councils next year.
- 7 April – Rob Roy, starring Liam Neeson as Robert Roy MacGregor, is released.
- 18 April – Caledonian MacBrayne Ullapool-Stornoway ferry {{MV|Isle of Lewis}} is launched at Ferguson Shipbuilders' Port Glasgow yard.
- 24 May – Braveheart, directed by and starring Mel Gibson as William Wallace, is released. It goes on to win five Academy Awards at the 68th Academy Awards.
- 25 May – Perth by-election: Roseanna Cunningham wins for the Scottish National Party with a swing of 11.6%.
- 16 June – FirstBus is formed by merger of Badgerline with GRT Group of Aberdeen.
- 19 July – the Children (Scotland) Act, which seeks to put into legislation the provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, receives the Royal Assent.
- 17 August – Arran distillery opens.
- 11 October – Duncan Ferguson, the 23-year-old Everton F.C. striker, receives a three-month prison sentence for assaulting an opponent while playing for Rangers 18 months ago. Ferguson is the first British footballer to be jailed for an on-field offence.[2]
- 12 October – boxer James Murray suffers serious head injuries in a fight at a Glasgow hotel, leading to a declaration of brain death on 15 October, sparking calls for boxing to be banned.
- 16 October – Skye bridge opened.
- November – the first onshore wind farm in Scotland, Hagshaw Hill in South Lanarkshire, is commissioned.[3]
- 22 November – Duncan Ferguson is released from prison after serving 42 days of his three-month sentence.[4]
- 30 November – Scottish Constitutional Convention publishes its blueprint for devolution, Scotland's Parliament, Scotland's Right.
- 30 December – Altnaharra matches the lowest temperature UK Weather Record at -27.2oC.
The arts - Dunedin Consort formed.
- Andrew O'Hagan's first novel, The Missing, is published.
- Alan Warner's first novel, Morvern Callar is published; it is a winner of the Somerset Maugham Award in 1996.
Births - 21 January – David McNeil, footballer
- 11 April – Thomas Muirhead, curler
- 20 June – Caroline Weir, footballer
- 6 October – Ross Muir, snooker player
- 19 December – Lewis Vaughan, footballer
Deaths - 14 January – Alexander Gibson, conductor and opera intendant (born 1926)
- 19 February – Nicholas Fairbairn, lawyer and Conservative politician (born 1933)
- 19 April – Neil Paterson, writer and footballer (born 1915)
- 9 October – Alec Douglas-Home, Lord Home of the Hirsel, Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1903)
- 15 October – James Murray, boxer (born 1969)
- 24 October – Ronnie Selby Wright, Church of Scotland minister (born 1908)
See also References 1. ^{{cite news|newspaper=Daily Record|location=Glasgow|title=Mars supper, please|date=2005-08-24}} 2. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/soccer-player-jailed-for-foul-play-1577101.html|title=Soccer player jailed for foul play| location=London|newspaper=The Independent|first=Richard|last=Brennan|date=1995-10-12}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=Hagshaw Hill Wind Farm|url=http://www.esru.strath.ac.uk/EandE/Web_sites/01-02/RE_info/wind1.htm|work=Wind Power Case Studies|publisher=University of Strathclyde|accessdate=2014-07-22}} 4. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/top10s/2780603/Top-10-sporting-jailbirds.html?offset=7|title=Top 10 sporting jailbirds: 4. Duncan Ferguson|first=Barry|last=O'Keeffe|work=The Sun|location=London|date=2010-01-11|accessdate=2011-01-19}}
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