1995 in Scotland

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Events from the year 1995 in Scotland .

Incumbents

Further information: Politics of Scotland and Order of precedence in Scotland

• 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 – The Deep-fried Mars bar originates at Haven Chip Bar in Stonehaven. ^[1]
• 6 April – 1995 Scottish 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 and Kinross 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.
• 17 June - Pride March The first Pride march in Scotland gathers on Barony Street in Edinburgh on 17 June.
• 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 F.C eighteen months earlier. 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]
• 8 November – Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 passed.
• 24 November – Duncan Ferguson is released from prison after serving half 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 -27.2 °C.

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
  • Chloe Arthur, footballer ^[5]
  • David McNeil, footballer ^[6]
• 22 February – Ryan Christie, footballer
• 31 March – Fiona Brown, footballer ^[7]
• 11 April – Thomas Muirhead, curler
• 21 April – Thomas Doherty, actor and singer
• 20 June – Caroline Weir, footballer ^[8]
• 14 July – Megan Cunningham, footballer ^[9]
• 6 October – Ross Muir, snooker player
• 1 December – Jenna Fife, footballer ^[10]
• 11 December – Abbi Grant, footballer ^[11]
• 19 December – Lewis Vaughan, footballer

Deaths

• 14 January – Alexander Gibson, conductor and opera intendant (born 1926)
• February – Robert Stewart, textile designer (born 1924)
• 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

• 1995 in Northern Ireland

References

1. "Mars supper, please". Daily Record . Glasgow. 24 August 2005.
2. Brennan, Richard (12 October 1995). "Soccer player jailed for foul play" . The Independent . London. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022.
3. "Hagshaw Hill Wind Farm". Wind Power Case Studies. University of Strathclyde. Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
4. Tinning, William (25 November 1995). "Ferguson in hiding after release". The Herald. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
5. "Chloe Arthur - Player Profile - Football". Eurosport UK. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
6. "David McNeil Stats, News, Bio". ESPN. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
7. "Fiona Brown | Scotland | Scottish FA". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
8. "Caroline Weir | Scotland | Scottish FA". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
9. "Megan Cunningham - Player Profile - Football". Eurosport UK. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
10. "Jenna Fife | Scotland | Scottish FA". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
11. "Abbi Grant". Birmingham City Football Club. Archived from the original on 22 May 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2020.