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]
• 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.