1950 in Scotland

Events from the year 1950 in Scotland.

Incumbents

 * Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Arthur Woodburn until 28 February; then Hector McNeil

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

 * 14 February – First shipment of coal from Argyll Colliery (drift mining) in the reopened Machrihanish Coalfield to Belfast.
 * 21 February – Clydebank-built Cunard liner RMS Aquitania arrives at the scrapyard in Faslane at the end of a 36-year career.
 * August – first official Edinburgh Military Tattoo staged at Edinburgh Castle as part of the Edinburgh Festival.
 * 22 August – 54-year-old William "Ned" Barnie becomes the first Scot to swim the English Channel, going on to complete 3 crossings.
 * 8 September – 116 miners trapped underground in a landslide at Knockshinnoch Castle colliery at New Cumnock in Ayrshire.
 * 9 September – first miners are rescued from Knockshinnoch Castle colliery.
 * 11 September – rescue operation from Knockshinnoch Castle colliery is completed, with all 116 miners saved.
 * 18 October – the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board's Loch Sloy Hydro-Electric Scheme is inaugurated.
 * 25 December – the Stone of Scone, the traditional coronation stone of Scottish monarchs, English monarchs and more recently British monarchs, is removed from London's Westminster Abbey by a group of four Scottish students.
 * St. Margaret's Hospice in Clydebank, the first modern hospice in Scotland, is begun by the Sisters of Charity.

Births

 * 21 January – Seona Reid, arts administrator
 * 10 March – Ted McKenna, rock drummer (The Sensational Alex Harvey Band) (died 2019)
 * 22 March – Jocky Wilson, darts player (died 2012)
 * 30 March – Robbie Coltrane, actor and comedian (died 2022)
 * 31 March – William Blair, judge and financial lawyer
 * 1 May – Malcolm James Mackenzie, footballer
 * 6 May – Robbie McIntosh, funk drummer (Average White Band) (died 1974)
 * 9 May – Murray Elder, politician (died 2023)
 * 12 May – Helena Kennedy, lawyer
 * 27 May – Alex Gray, crime novelist
 * 20 June – Rita Rae, Lady Rae, judge
 * 21 June – Enn Reitel, actor
 * 18 September – Jock McFadyen, painter
 * 29 October – James Dillon, composer
 * 7 November – Lindsay Duncan, actress
 * 3 December – Angus Glennie, Lord Glennie, judge

Deaths

 * 15 January – George Livingstone, footballer (born 1876)
 * 26 February – Harry Lauder, entertainer (born 1870)
 * 17 March – Adam McKinlay, Labour politician (born 1887)
 * 30 March – Joe Yule, comedian and actor (born 1892)
 * 9 May – Charles Alexander Stevenson, lighthouse engineer (born 1855)
 * 10 August – James Drever, psychologist (born 1873)
 * 14 September – Alexander Livingstone, Liberal politician (born 1880)