1857 in Scotland

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1857
in
Scotland

Centuries:
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1830s
  • 1840s
  • 1850s
  • 1860s
  • 1870s
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1857 in: The UKWalesElsewhere

Events from the year 1857 in Scotland.

Incumbents[]

Law officers[]

  • Lord AdvocateJames Moncreiff
  • Solicitor General for ScotlandEdward Maitland

Judiciary[]

  • Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice GeneralLord Colonsay
  • Lord Justice ClerkLord Glencorse

Events[]

  • 18 March – the Greenock Telegraph begins publication.
  • 1 MayInstitution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland inaugurated in Glasgow.
  • 30 June9 July: trial of Madeleine Smith, charged with the poisoning of a former lover in Glasgow; a "not proven" verdict is returned.[1]
  • 9 November – The Western Bank of Scotland (Glasgow) collapses.[2]
  • 16 November – the 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot wins six Victoria Crosses in the storming of Sikandar Bagh during the second relief of Lucknow in the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
  • Police (Scotland) Act 1857 makes the provision of a police force mandatory in the counties of Scotland.
  • Lunga, Treshnish Isles, is depopulated.[3]
  • First whaler to be fitted with a steam engine, the Tay at Dundee.[4]
  • W. C. Stewart publishes The Practical Angler.

Births[]

  • 31 MarchJohn James Burnet, architect (died 1938)
  • 11 AprilJohn Davidson, poet and playwright (drowned himself 1909 at Penzance)
  • 15 MayWilliamina Fleming, née Stevens, astronomer noted for her discovery of the Horsehead Nebula in 1888 (died 1911 in the United States)
  • 15 JuneWilliam Fife, yacht designer (died 1944)
  • 4 JulyJohn Campbell, architect (died 1942 in New Zealand)
  • 11 JulyDavid Prain, botanist (died 1944)
  • 19 SeptemberJames Bridie, international rugby union player (died 1893 in England)
  • 2 OctoberJohn Macintyre, laryngologist and pioneer radiographer (died 1928)
  • Date unknownJohn Wilson, Lord Ashmore, Sheriff 1900–20, Senator of the College of Justice 1930–28 (died 1932)

Deaths[]

  • 9 MarchJames Duff, 4th Earl Fife, general in Spanish service and landowner (born 1776)
  • 19 MarchWilliam Henry Playfair, architect (born 1790 in London)
  • 15 AprilWilliam Skinner, bishop and Primus (born 1778)
  • 26 AugustChristian Isobel Johnstone, writer and editor (born 1781)
  • 14 OctoberAlexander Laing, "the Brechin poet" (born 1787)
  • 18 NovemberJohn Fleming, minister, naturalist, zoologist and geologist (born 1785)

The arts[]

  • Britannia Music Hall opened in Glasgow.

See also[]

  • Timeline of Scottish history
  • 1857 in the United Kingdom

References[]

  1. ^ "A Trial of Passion". The Victorian Achievement. BBC. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  2. ^ Saville, Richard (1996). Bank of Scotland: A History, 1695-1995. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 393–4. ISBN 978-0-7486-0757-0.
  3. ^ "Lunga". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  4. ^ Lythe, S. G. E. (1964). "Shipbuilding at Dundee down to 1914". Scottish Journal of Political Economy. 11 (3): 219–32. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9485.1964.tb00681.x.
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