1957 in Scotland

Events from the year 1957 in Scotland.

Incumbents

 * Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – James Stuart until 13 January; then John Maclay

Law officers

 * Lord Advocate – William Rankine Milligan
 * Solicitor General for Scotland – William Grant

Judiciary

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

Events

 * 6 January – fishery cruiser Vaila runs aground off the Isle of Lewis with the loss of 5 crew.
 * 5 February – trawler Robert Limbrick runs aground on the Isle of Mull with the loss of all 12 crew.
 * 29 March – the Royal Navy base at Scapa Flow in Orkney is reduced to an oil depot.
 * 9 May – a major fire in Edinburgh destroys the premises and stock of William Mutrie & Sons, theatrical costumiers, at Bell's Brae.
 * 16 August – the world's first Museum of Childhood (established by optician Patrick Murray) opens in its own premises on Edinburgh's Royal Mile.
 * 31 August – central Scotland's independent channel, Scottish Television, goes on air.
 * 18 September – the sports programme Scotsport begins airing on Scottish Television; by the time it ends in 2008 it is recognised as the world's longest running television sports magazine.
 * 1 October – transfer of criminally insane prisoners from the criminal lunatic department at HM Prison Perth to the State Institution for Mental Defectives at Carstairs which becomes the State Mental Hospital.
 * 5 October – RAF Saxa Vord radar station on Unst is returned to fully operational status.
 * 18 October – a Royal Air Force Gloster Meteor jet trainer aircraft crashes near Kirkcaldy with the loss of her 2 crew.
 * 1 November – a replacement "Bawbee Brig" is opened across the River Leven, Fife, to connect Leven and Methil within Levenmouth.
 * 19 November – an underground explosion at Kames Colliery near Muirkirk kills 17.
 * 14 December – an underground explosion at Lindsay Colliery in Fife kills 9.
 * Construction of a missile testing range on South Uist begins.
 * First purpose-built Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in Scotland completed at Riddrie, Glasgow.
 * Folklorist F. Marian McNeill begins publication of The Silver Bough.

Births

 * 9 February – Gordon Strachan, international footballer and manager
 * 27 March – Billy Mackenzie, singer (commits suicide 1997)
 * 7 June –
 * Michael Bowes-Lyon, 18th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, soldier and politician (died 2016)
 * Iain Gray, Scottish Labour Party leader
 * 16 June – Leeona Dorrian, Lady Dorrian, Lord Justice Clerk 2016–present
 * 11 July – Johann Lamont, Scottish Labour Party leader
 * 23 September – Fergus Ewing, Scottish National Party minister
 * 6 October – Moray Hunter, comedian
 * 15 October – Michael Caton-Jones, actor, director, and producer
 * 21 October – Irene Edgar, lawn bowler
 * 22 December – Ricky Ross, singer-songwriter and broadcaster
 * Blair Jenkins, broadcaster
 * Alan Riach, poet and academic

Deaths

 * January – Harry Gordon, entertainer (born 1893)
 * 21 April – John Graham Kerr, embryologist and Unionist Member of Parliament (born 1869)
 * 10 June – Sir Douglas MacInnes Shaw, army officer, businessman and Unionist Member of Parliament (born 1895)
 * 20 October – Jack Buchanan, actor, singer and film director (born 1891)

The arts

 * Song of the Clyde (setting by Ian Gourlay of lyrics by R. Y. Bell) is published.