1949 in Scotland

Events from the year 1949 in Scotland.

Incumbents

 * Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Arthur Woodburn

Law officers

 * Lord Advocate – John Thomas Wheatley
 * Solicitor General for Scotland – Douglas Johnston

Judiciary

 * Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Cooper
 * Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Thomson
 * Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord Gibson

Events

 * 3 April – Trolleybuses in Glasgow introduced.
 * 1 May – Scottish Gas Board established.
 * 4 May – Fire at Grafton's fashion store in Argyle Street, Glasgow, kills 13 young women.
 * 24 July – People of Alyth march on Alyth Hill to assert their right of commonty over the land.
 * October – The Scottish Covenant, calling for the establishment of a legislative parliament within the United Kingdom, is drawn up by John MacCormick.

Undated

 * Wendy Wood founds the nationalist group, the Scottish Patriots
 * The Law Society of Scotland is established.
 * John Boyd Orr receives the Nobel Peace Prize.

Births

 * 15 January – Craig Pritchett, chess International Master
 * 19 January – Lindsay Roy, educator and politician
 * 23 January – Tom Forsyth, international footballer
 * 25 January – Chris Lowe, BBC News presenter
 * 2 February – Duncan Bannatyne, entrepreneur, philanthropist and author
 * 9 February – Bernard Gallacher, golfer
 * 26 February – Lynda Clark, judge and politician
 * 6 March – Martin Buchan, international footballer
 * 7 March – Malcolm Chisholm, Labour MSP
 * 12 March – Glenn Chandler playwright, novelist, producer and theatre director
 * 13 March – Trevor Sorbie, hairdresser
 * 8 April – Alex Fergusson, Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament 2007–2011 (died 2018)
 * 25 April – Alexis Jay, social worker
 * 21 May – Andrew Neil, print and television journalist
 * 4 June – Lou Macari, international footballer and manager
 * 21 June – Derek Emslie, Lord Kingarth, judge
 * 4 July – Alex Miller, footballer and manager
 * 6 August – Erich Schaedler, footballer (suicide 1985)
 * 8 August – Benny Young, actor
 * 11 August – Ian Charleson, actor (died 1990)
 * 12 August – Mark Knopfler, musician with Dire Straits
 * 20 August – Stewart Houston, international footballer and manager
 * 9 September – John Reid, music manager
 * 18 September – Alastair Campbell, Lord Bracadale, judge
 * 22 September – Jimmy Bone, footballer and manager
 * 29 September – Adrian Elrick, international footballer representing New Zealand
 * 8 October – Hamish Stuart, guitarist, bassist, singer, composer and record producer
 * 22 November - Paul le Page Barnett science fiction writer, with pen name John Grant (died 2020)
 * 25 November – Isabel Hilton, journalist and broadcaster
 * 28 December – Hilton McRae, actor
 * Alison Kinnaird, glass sculptor and harpist

Deaths

 * 2 January – Sir Victor Fortune, British Army officer (born 1883)
 * 9 January – Edward Baird, artist (born 1904)
 * 12 April
 * W. Lindsay Cable, artist and illustrator (born 1900)
 * John Wallace, Liberal MP (born 1868)
 * 3 August – Jessie M. King, illustrator and designer (born 1875)
 * 6 August – David Taylor, footballer and manager (born 1883)
 * 7 October - Arthur Pillans Laurie, chemist (born 1861)
 * 22 October – Alex McDonald, footballer (born 1878)
 * Joseph Lee, poet and journalist (born 1876)

Sport

 * Summer – The Ba game of Duns revived.