title: 1982 in Scotland
text: # 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".
  