1874 in Scotland

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1874
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Scotland

Centuries:
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1850s
  • 1860s
  • 1870s
  • 1880s
  • 1890s
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1874 in: The UKWalesElsewhere
Scottish football: 1873–741874–75

Events from the year 1874 in Scotland.

Incumbents[]

Law officers[]

  • Lord AdvocateGeorge Young until February; then Edward Strathearn Gordon
  • Solicitor General for ScotlandAndrew Rutherfurd-Clark; then John Millar; then William Watson

Judiciary[]

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

Events[]

  • 17 JanuaryVictoria Swing Bridge in Leith completed, the longest swing bridge in Britain at this date.
  • 27 JanuaryBo'ness Junction rail crash near Falkirk on the North British Railway: 16 killed in a collision.
  • 27 February – four crew of Stonehaven life-boat lost on service.
  • 5 March – in the general election, former Scottish coal miner Alexander Macdonald (Lib–Lab) is elected for the English seat of Stafford, among the first Members of Parliament from a working class background.
  • 21 March – the first ever final of the Scottish Cup is won by Queen's Park F.C. who beat Clydesdale 2–0.[1]
  • 21 May – foundation stone of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh (Episcopal) laid by Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, Duke of Buccleuch.
  • 28 July – the Sutherland and Caithness Railway is opened through to Wick and Thurso, completing the Highland Railway system to the far north[2] and causing cessation of Britain's last mail coach.
  • 7 AugustChurch Patronage (Scotland) Act 1874 abolishes patronage in the appointment of ministers to the Church of Scotland.
  • Bernera Riot: Islanders of Great Bernera successfully resist Clearances.
  • Coulburn Lobnitz & Company establish the shipbuilding business that will become known as Lobnitz in Renfrew.
  • Joseph Russell, Anderson Rodger and William Lithgow establish the shipbuilding business that will become Lithgows in Port Glasgow.
  • W. B. Thompson establishes the business that will become the Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company in Dundee.
  • Broomhall Castle built.
  • Association football teams Heart of Midlothian F.C. (in Edinburgh), Greenock Morton F.C. and Hamilton Academical F.C. are founded.

Births[]

  • 20 FebruaryMary Garden, operatic soprano (died 1967)[3]
  • 23 FebruaryHugh S. Roberton, choirmaster (died 1952)
  • 9 MarchJohn Duncan Fergusson, artist (died 1961)
  • 9 JuneLaunceston Elliot, weightlifter, first British Olympic champion, born in British India (died 1930 in Australia)
  • 25 NovemberLewis Spence, writer and folklorist (died 1955)

Deaths[]

  • 24 JanuaryAdam Black, publisher (born 1784)
  • 31 JulyCosmo Innes, lawyer and antiquary (born 1798)
  • 6 AugustPatrick Fairbairn, minister and theologian (born 1805)

The arts[]

  • 11 AugustStirling Smith Museum and Art Gallery opens as The Smith Institute in Stirling under the bequest of painter Thomas Stuart Smith (died 1869).
  • Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson, resident in New Town, Edinburgh, writes the tune that becomes the national anthem of Iceland, "Lofsöngur".

See also[]

  • Timeline of Scottish history
  • 1874 in the United Kingdom

References[]

  1. ^ Scottish Cup - Fixtures And Results - Queen's Park F.C. v Clydesdale F.C., Scottish Football Association. accessed 7 June 2013.
  2. ^ Vallance, H. A. (1963). The Highland Railway. Dawlish: David & Charles.
  3. ^ "Mary Garden | Opera Scotland". www.operascotland.org. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
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