1885 in Scotland

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1885 in: The UK • Wales • Elsewhere
Scottish football: 1884–85 • 1885–86

Events from the year 1885 in Scotland.

Incumbents[]

Further information: Politics of Scotland and Order of precedence in Scotland
  • Secretary for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – from 17 August The Duke of Richmond

Law officers[]

  • Lord Advocate – John Blair Balfour until July; then John Macdonald
  • Solicitor General for Scotland – Alexander Asher; then James Robertson

Judiciary[]

  • Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Glencorse
  • Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Moncreiff

Events[]

  • 18 April – Scottish Catholic Observer first published as The Glasgow Observer.
  • 1 June – the Glasgow and South Western Railway's Largs Branch is completed throughout to Largs.[1]
  • 10 June – breed standard for Highland cattle first defined (in Inverness) and herd book first produced.[2]
  • 27 June – The Shetland News first published in Lerwick.
  • 1 July – the Glasgow and South Western Railway's Paisley Canal Line is opened on the course of the abandoned Glasgow, Paisley and Johnstone Canal.
  • 6 August – the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway is officially formed, in the joint ownership of the Caledonian, Glasgow and South Western, London and North Western and Midland Railways.
  • 17 August – the post of Secretary for Scotland is revived to be in charge of the Scottish Office, Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond, being the first appointee.
  • 1 October – the Alloa Railway's Alloa swing bridge over the River Forth is opened.
  • 24 November – 18 December: 1885 United Kingdom general election: five MPs from or allied with the Crofters Party are elected.
  • General Accident and Employers' Liability Assurance Association Ltd., a predecessor of Aviva, established in Perth.
  • Ailsa Shipbuilding Company established at Troon.
  • North British Distillery established in Edinburgh.
  • Scapa distillery established on Mainland, Orkney.
  • Hugh Tennent first brews lager at the Wellpark Brewery, Glasgow.
  • Experimental hydroelectricity scheme for public supply at Greenock initiated.
  • Fidra lighthouse built.

Births[]

  • 21 January – Duncan Grant, painter (died 1978 in England)
  • 16 February – Will Fyffe, music hall entertainer (died 1947)
  • 23 March – John Fraser, surgeon and academic (died 1947)
  • 8 April – John Kerr, cricketer (died 1972)
  • 29 April – Andrew Young, poet and clergyman (died 1971 in England)
  • 22 June – James Maxton, socialist and leader of the Independent Labour Party (died 1946)
  • 8 September – Douglas Guthrie, otolaryngologist and medical historian (died 1975)
  • 1 October – William Miller Macmillan, colonial historian (died 1974 in England)
  • F. Marian McNeill, folklorist (died 1973)
  • Winifred Rushforth, née Bartholomew, psychoanalyst (died 1983)

Deaths[]

  • 2 April – James Edward Alexander, soldier, traveller and author (born 1803)
  • 16 July – William Graham, wine merchant, art patron and Liberal politician (born 1817)

The arts[]

  • "Glasgow Boys" first exhibit collectively, at the Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts.
  • Aberdeen Art Gallery opens.
  • English painter Fra Newbery is appointed Principal of Glasgow School of Art, where he will serve until 1917.

Sport[]

Seasons[]

Events[]

  • May – Clydesdale Harriers established in Glasgow as Scotland's first open amateur athletics club.
  • 12 September – Arbroath 36–0 Bon Accord is the world's highest scoring professional Association football match until 2002.

Establishments[]

  • Caledonian F.C., Inverness
  • Clachnacuddin F.C., Inverness
  • Clackmannan F.C.
  • Cronberry Eglinton F.C.
  • Dundee Wanderers F.C.
  • Dunfermline Athletic F.C.
  • Forfar Athletic F.C.
  • Glenurquhart Shinty Club
  • Inverness Thistle F.C.
  • Lanemark F.C., New Cumnock
  • Lesmahagow F.C.
  • Orion F.C., Aberdeen
  • St Johnstone F.C., Perth (officially formed 24 February, though its origins and founding date is 1884)[3]
  • Wishaw F.C.

Closures[]

  • Eastern F.C.

See also[]

  • Timeline of Scottish history

References[]

  1. ^ Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  2. ^ "The Highland Breed". Stirling: Highland Cattle Society. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014. Highland Cattle Society established 1884.
  3. ^ "History". Perth: St Johnstone FC. Archived from the original on 5 August 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
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