1982 in Scotland
# 1982 in Scotland

Events from the year 1982 in Scotland.

## Incumbents

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

### Law officers

* Lord Advocate – Lord Mackay of Clashfern
* Solicitor General for Scotland – Nicholas Fairbairn; then Peter Fraser

### Judiciary

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

## Events

* 10 January – The lowest ever Scottish and UK temperature of -27.2 °C is recorded at Braemar, in Aberdeenshire. This equals the record set in the same place in 1895, and the record will be equalled again at Altnaharra in 1995.
* February – first production from the Fulmar Oil Field in the North Sea.
* 25 March – Roy Jenkins wins the Glasgow Hillhead by-election for the Social Democratic Party.
* 6 May – 1982 Scottish regional elections, resulting in Labour winning the largest number of local councillors in the regions, followed by the Conservatives.
* 31 May–1 June – Pope John Paul II's visit to the United Kingdom embraces Edinburgh and Glasgow.
* 12 June – Faslane Peace Camp established.
* 24 June – Coatbridge and Airdrie by-election: Tom Clarke retains the seat for Labour.
* 19 July – Kessock Bridge opened over the Beauly Firth.
* 2 December – Glasgow Queen's Park by-election: Helen McElhone retains the seat for Labour previously held by her husband despite a swing of 9.4% to the Scottish National Party.
* The Carron Company ironworks of 1759 at Falkirk goes into receivership.
* First discovery on the Isle of Skye of fossilized dinosaur footprints, at Lealt.

## Births

* 5 January – Darren Mackie, footballer
* 15 May – Douglas Simpson, field hockey forward
* 21 October – David Mansouri, field hockey defender
* 14 November – Stephen Hughes, footballer
* 6 December – Susie Wolff, racing driver
* 12 December – Louise Carroll, field hockey defender

## Deaths

* 4 February
   * Alex Harvey, glam rock musician (born 1935)
   * Anne Gillespie Shaw, engineer and businesswoman (born 1904)
* 20 February – Isobel Wylie Hutchison, explorer (born 1889)
* 1 May in Provo, Utah – William Primrose, Scottish-born violist (born 1904)
* 1 July – Alexander Reid, playwright (born 1914)
* 20 October – Jimmy McGrory, footballer (born 1904)

## The arts

* Soft rock band Wet Wet Wet forms in Clydebank as "Vortex Motion".
