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Events from the year 1962 in Scotland.

Incumbents

Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – John Maclay until 13 July; then Michael Noble

Law officers

Lord Advocate – William Grant; then Ian Shearer, Lord Avonside
Solicitor General for Scotland – David Colville Anderson

Judiciary

Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Clyde
Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Thomson, then Lord Grant
Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord Gibson

Events

1 February – Loganair, the Scottish airline, is established.
12 March – the Church of the Good Shepherd in Ayr (1957) is elevated to the Good Shepherd Cathedral for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Galloway.^[1]
16 April – Livingston is officially designated as a New Town.^[2]
19 April – the North British Locomotive Company of Springburn goes into liquidation.
14 June – West Lothian by-election: Tam Dalyell retains the seat for Labour with the Scottish National Party coming second.
16 August – the series Dr. Finlay's Casebook is first broadcast on BBC Television across the U.K.
25 September – the last steam locomotive built in Scotland, by Andrew Barclay Sons & Co. of Kilmarnock, is despatched to its customer in Sumatra.^[3]
22 November – Glasgow Woodside by-election: Labour gain the seat from the Conservatives.^[4]
6 December – last permanent residents leave the Island of Stroma.
Late – origins of Findhorn Foundation.
The first nude mouse strain is discovered by N. R. Grist at Ruchill Hospital's Brownlee virology laboratory in Glasgow.^[5]^[6]

Births

January – William Duff, dentist, jailed for fraud and reckless endangerment
3 January – Gavin Hastings, rugby union player
4 January – Robin Guthrie, guitarist and producer (Cocteau Twins)
5 January – Murray Pittock, cultural historian
10 January – Ford Kiernan, actor and comedian
11 January – Steve Hislop, motorcycle racer (killed in helicopter accident 2003)
February – John Gordon Sinclair (born Gordon John Sinclair), actor
26 February – Pen Hadow (born Rupert Nigel Pendrill Hadow), arctic explorer
5 March – The Proclaimers (Charlie and Craig Reid), twin folk rock musicians
9 March – Pete Wishart, SNP MP and member of Celtic rock group Runrig
17 March
- Clare Grogan, singer and actress
- Andy Kerr, Labour MSP (1999–2011) and government minister
10 April – Nicky Campbell, radio and television presenter and journalist
22 April – Ann McKechin, Labour MP
23 April – John Hannah, film and television actor
13 May – Kathleen Jamie, poet
17 May
- Craig Ferguson, American television host, stand-up comedian, writer, actor, director, author, producer and voice artist
- Alan Johnston, journalist
19 May – Iain Harvie, guitarist
24 May – Derek Browning, former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
27 May – David Mundell, Secretary of State for Scotland, Conservative MP and solicitor
13 June – Paul Motwani, Grandmaster (chess)
22 June – Bobby Gillespie, rock singer-songwriter (Primal Scream)
30 June – Colin Campbell, 7th Earl Cawdor, peer and architect
24 August – Ali Smith, novelist
23 September – Deborah Orr, journalist (died 2019)
24 September – Ally McCoist, international footballer, manager, television pundit and A Question of Sport team captain
6 November – Stuart Dougal, football referee
28 December – Kaye Adams, television presenter
Jackie Bird, journalist and newsreader^[7]
Jack Docherty, writer, actor, presenter and producer

Deaths

19 April – Sir Harold Yarrow, 2nd Baronet, industrialist (born 1884 in England)
15 August – Bob McIntyre, motorcycle racer (born 1928)

The arts

5 June – Scottish Opera, Scotland’s national opera company, is founded by Alexander Gibson.
August–September – Dmitri Shostakovich and Benjamin Britten are present at the Edinburgh Festival for performances of their works.
5 October – global release of the film Dr. No with Edinburgh-born Sean Connery originating the film character of James Bond.
Folk group The Corries is formed in Edinburgh.

References

^ "New Cathedral Church for Galloway". Galloway Diocese News (Advent 2007): 1, 3. Retrieved 23 April 2014.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "No. 18025". The Edinburgh Gazette. 17 April 1962. pp. 236–237.
^ Baker, Allan C.; Civil, T. D. Allen (2008). Bagnalls of Stafford. High Halden: Phyllis Rampton Narrow Gauge Railway Trust. pp. 589–90. ISBN 978-0-9544546-2-3.
^ Craig, F. W. S. (1971). British parliamentary Election Results 1950-1970. Chichester: Political Reference Publications. p. 622. ISBN 0 900178 02 7.
^ "Mouse (immunodeficient)". AnimalResearch.info. Archived from the original on 4 September 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
^ "NMRI Nude Mice" (PDF). Charles River. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
^ "Bellshill from The Gazetteer for Scotland". www.scottish-places.info. Retrieved 27 October 2021.