1985 in Scotland

Events from the year 1985 in Scotland.

Incumbents

 * Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – George Younger

Law officers

 * Lord Advocate – Lord Cameron of Lochbroom
 * Solicitor General for Scotland – Peter Fraser

Judiciary

 * Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Emslie
 * Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Wheatley, then Lord Ross
 * Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord Elliott

Events

 * 1 June – Scottish Bus Group reorganised into new regional companies.
 * 6 September – the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre opens in Glasgow.
 * 10 September – Scotland national football team manager Jock Stein, 62, collapses and dies from a heart attack at the end of his team's 1–1 draw with Wales at Ninian Park, Cardiff, which secures Scotland's place in the World Cup qualification playoff.
 * 20 November – the Scotland national football team, managed on an interim basis by Aberdeen boss Alex Ferguson, beats Australia 2–0 in the World Cup qualifying play-off first leg at Hampden Park with goals from Davie Cooper (who scored in the game against Wales two months ago) and the debutant Frank McAvennie.
 * Mossmorran NGL (natural gas liquids) fractionation plant at Cowdenbeath opens.

Births

 * 16 January – Amy Manson, television actress
 * 10 February – Cath Rae, field hockey goalkeeper
 * 2 April – Thom Evans, Zimbabwean-Scottish rugby player
 * 7 April – Humza Yousaf, Scottish National Party leader
 * 6 June – Drew McIntyre, pro wrestler
 * 23 November – Scott Brash, showjumper

Deaths

 * 27 January – Robert McLellan, playwright (born 1907)
 * 29 January – Chic Murray, comedian (born 1919)
 * 7 April – Willie McRae, Scottish National Party politician and lawyer (born 1923)
 * 2 July – Hector Nicol, entertainer (born 1920)
 * 10 September – Jock Stein, football player and manager (born 1922)
 * 7 November – Alexander Thom, aerodynamicist and archaeoastronomer (born 1894)
 * 24 December – Erich Schaedler, football player, by suicide (born 1949)

The arts

 * 10 May – first performance of Peter Maxwell Davies' orchestral piece An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise.
 * 11 August – a memorial to Hugh MacDiarmid is unveiled near his home at Langholm.
 * The Scots Language Society publishes a set of consensus guidelines for spelling Modern Scots, Recommendations for Writers in Scots.
 * Deacon Blue form in Glasgow.