1962 in Scotland

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.
 * 16 April – Livingston is officially designated as a New Town.
 * 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.
 * 22 November – Glasgow Woodside by-election: Labour gain the seat from the Conservatives.
 * 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.

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
 * 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.