Events from the year 1962 in

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...

Incumbents

Secretary of State for Scotland The secretary of state for Scotland ( gd, Rùnaire Stàite na h-Alba; sco, Secretar o State fir Scotland), also referred to as the Scottish secretary, is a Secretary of State (United Kingdom), secretary of state in the Government of the Unit ...

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 Ian Hamilton Shearer, Lord Avonside, (6 November 1914 – 22 February 1996) was a Scottish lawyer and judge. Biography Educated at Dunfermline High School, the University of Glasgow and the University of Edinburgh, he was admitted to the Facu ...

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David Colville Anderson David Colville Anderson (8 September 1916 – 31 December 1995) was a Scottish Scots law, law lecturer, advocate, Unionist Party (Scotland), Unionist MP, Solicitor General for Scotland, and Courts of Scotland, judge, whose career ended in a b ...

Judiciary

* Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Clyde * Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Thomson, then Lord Gran