1867 in Scotland

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See also:	List of years in Scotland; Timeline of Scottish history; 1867 in: The UK • Wales • Elsewhere

Events from the year 1867 in Scotland.

Incumbents[]

Law officers[]

Lord Advocate – George Patton until February; then Edward Strathearn Gordon
Solicitor General for Scotland – Edward Strathearn Gordon; then John Millar

Judiciary[]

Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Colonsay until 25 February; then Lord Glencorse
Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Glenalmond, then Lord Moncreiff

Events[]

29 April – the Caledonian Mercury newspaper is last published.
9 July – Queen's Park F.C., Scotland's first senior football club, is formed.
29 August – John Hill Burton is appointed Historiographer Royal.
28 November – opening of Baylis's Royal Colosseum Theatre and Opera House, Glasgow, which becomes the Theatre Royal, Glasgow in May 1869.^[1]
Edinburgh Crystal glass is first manufactured, by the Edinburgh and Leith Flint Glass Company.
The West of Scotland Grand National, predecessor of the Scottish Grand National, moves to a new course, Bogside Racecourse near Irvine, North Ayrshire.^[2]

Births[]

26 April – William Barr, landscape painter (died 1933 in the United States)
3 June – George Henry Walton, architect and designer (died 1933 in London)
1 August – William Speirs Bruce, naturalist, polar scientist and oceanographer (died 1921)
9 August – Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall, writer of history for children (died 1941 in London)
26 August – Robert William Hamilton, colonial judge and Liberal politician (died 1944)

Deaths[]

5 January – Alexander Smith, poet (born 1829)
16 January – Alexander Gibson, surgeon and forest conservator in India (born 1800)
9 February – John Campbell, surgeon (born 1784)
24 June – Horatio McCulloch, landscape painter (born 1806)

The arts[]

January – Clara Schumann and Joseph Joachim tour to Edinburgh and Glasgow.

References[]

^ "Theatre Royal". arthurlloyd.co.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
^ "Scottish Grand National Facts". Ayr Racecourse. 16 April 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2013.

[1] "Theatre Royal". arthurlloyd.co.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2013.

[2] "Scottish Grand National Facts". Ayr Racecourse. 16 April 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2013.

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1867 in Scotland

Contents

Incumbents[]

Law officers[]

Judiciary[]

Events[]

Births[]

Deaths[]

The arts[]

See also[]

References[]