1929 in Scotland

Incumbents

• Monarch – George V
• Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Sir John Gilmour, Bt until 4 June; then William Adamson

  Law officers

• Lord Advocate – William Watson until May; then Alexander Munro MacRobert until June; then Craigie Mason Aitchison
• Solicitor General for Scotland – Alexander Munro MacRobert until May; then Wilfrid Normand until June; then John Watson

  Judiciary

• Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Clyde
• Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Alness
• Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord St Vigeans

  Events

• 19 January – Perth Corporation Tramways cease operation, being replaced by bus services operated by W. Alexander & Sons.
• 4 May
• * Alexander Munro MacRobert appointed Lord Advocate, replacing William Watson.
• * Wilfrid Normand appointed Solicitor General for Scotland, replacing Alexander Munro MacRobert.
• 10 May – Local Government Act 1929 enacted. Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow are confirmed as having city status in the United Kingdom.
• 31 May – the United Kingdom general election returns a hung parliament. Labour is the party with the largest number of seats in Scotland. On 8 June Ramsay MacDonald forms a new Labour government.
• 19 June
• * Craigie Aitchison appointed as Lord Advocate, replacing Alexander Munro MacRobert.
• * John Watson appointed as Solicitor General for Scotland, replacing Wilfrid Normand.
• 2 October – the Union between the Church of Scotland and the United Free Church of Scotland takes place.
• 31 December – Glen Cinema Disaster in Paisley: 69 children die trying to escape smoke.
• Legislation requires both parties to a marriage in Scotland to be at least 16 years old.
• Edinburgh crematorium opened at Warriston Cemetery.
• Aluminium smelter at Fort William opened in conjunction with Lochaber hydroelectric scheme.
• Lady Blanche Pit at Dysart, Fife, is closed.
• Bus operator Scottish General Transport is renamed Western Scottish Motor Traction.
• Ross County F.C. founded in Dingwall. They initially play in the Highland League.
• The Benmore Botanic Garden becomes the first regional garden of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.

  Births

• 12 January – Alasdair MacIntyre, philosopher
• 3 February – Ronnie Fraser, agricultural journalist and Liberal politician
• 12 April – Elspet Gray, Lady Rix, actress
• 17 April – Eve Pearce, actress
• 11 May – Stan Kane, actor and singer
• 25 May – Arthur Montford, Scottish Television sports journalist
• 11 June – George Gale, cartoonist
• 12 June – John McCluskey, Baron McCluskey, lawyer
• 16 June – Alex Govan, footballer
• 22 June – John Mone, Roman Catholic Bishop of Paisley
• 10 July – Winnie Ewing, SNP MP and MEP
• 15 July – Rhoda Bulter, poet
• 24 August – John Mackintosh, pro-devolution Labour politician
• 20 September – Joe Temperley, jazz saxophonist
• 26 November - William Dysart, actor
• 2 December – Harry Benson, photographer
• 9 December - Reay Tannahill, historian and novelist
• 11 December – Kenneth MacMillan, choreographer

  Deaths

• 1 February – Alexander Ogston, surgeon, discoverer of Staphylococcus
• 3 May – George Gough Arbuthnot, businessman and civic leader in British India
• 14 August – Henry Horne, 1st Baron Horne, First World War general
• 30 August – William Menzies Alexander, medical and theological writer
• 13 September – Robert Lorimer, architect
• 3 October – Robert Climie, trade unionist and Labour MP
• John Brown Abercromby artist

  The arts

• 12 August – Edinburgh Playhouse opens as a super-cinema.