1993 in Scotland

Incumbents

• Monarch – Elizabeth II
• Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Ian Lang

  Law officers

• Lord Advocate – Lord Rodger of Earlsferry
• Solicitor General for Scotland – Thomas Dawson

  Judiciary

• Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Hope
• Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Ross
• Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord Philip

  Events

• 5 January – oil tanker runs aground on South Mainland of Shetland, spilling 84,700 tonnes of crude oil into the sea. She is broken up by the following Braer Storm of January 1993.
• 1 April
• *The Council Tax replaces the Community Charge as a means of raising revenue for local government.
• *Glasgow Caledonian University is created by merger of Glasgow Polytechnic and The Queen's College, Glasgow.
• 8 May – a new Methodist church building in Haroldswick, Shetland is dedicated, the most northerly church in the British Isles.
• 27 May – the Protection of Animals Act 1993, which increases the penalties for cruelty to animals, receives the Royal Assent.
• 29 May – Rangers F.C. beat Aberdeen 2-1 to win the Scottish Cup.
• July – Jim McLean steps down as manager of Dundee United after a reign of 21 years and seven months.
• 15 July – Rangers sign Duncan Ferguson for £4 million from Dundee United, a record fee between two British clubs.
• 13 September – Andy Roxburgh resigns after seven years as manager of the Scotland national football team, who now have virtually no hope of qualifying for next summer's World Cup.
• 1 November – Craig Brown appointed manager of the Scotland national football team.

  Births

• 26 January – Lana Clelland, footballer
• 9 May – Laura Muir, middle-distance runner
• 14 June – Graeme MacGregor, footballer
• 4 September – Emma Brownlie, footballer
• 21 September – Kirsty Gilmour, badminton player

  Deaths

• 18 January – Arthur Donaldson, former Scottish National Party leader
• 21 July – John Crichton-Stuart, 6th Marquess of Bute, architectural conservationist
• 11 October – Andy Stewart, singer
• 24 October – Jo Grimond, former Liberal Party leader

  The arts

• April – St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art opens in Glasgow.
• 30 August – Irvine Welsh's novel Trainspotting is released at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.
• December – English writer Jo Rowling moves to Edinburgh where she works on her first Harry Potter novel.
• Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow becomes the first conservatoire in the United Kingdom to be granted its own degree-awarding powers.
• Peter Howson is appointed British official war artist in the Bosnian War.