1893 in Scotland

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1893
in
Scotland

Centuries:
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1870s
  • 1880s
  • 1890s
  • 1900s
  • 1910s
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1893 in: The UKWalesElsewhere
Scottish football: 1892–931893–94

Events from the year 1893 in Scotland.

Incumbents[]

  • Secretary for Scotland and Keeper of the Great SealSir George Trevelyan, Bt

Law officers[]

  • Lord AdvocateJohn Blair Balfour
  • Solicitor General for ScotlandAlexander Asher

Judiciary[]

  • Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice GeneralLord Robertson
  • Lord Justice ClerkLord Kingsburgh

Events[]

  • 20 Aprilgaff rigged racing cutter yacht HMY Britannia, designed by George Lennox Watson for Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, is launched at D. and W. Henderson and Company's yard at Partick on the River Clyde.
  • 29 April – gaff rigged racing cutter yacht Valkyrie II, designed by George Lennox Watson for Lord Dunraven to challenge the America's Cup, is launched at D. and W. Henderson and Company's yard at Partick on the River Clyde.
  • 6 July – replacement Bonar Bridge opened.
  • 12 JulyDundee football club formed.
  • 10 August
    • Elgin City F.C. formed.[1]
    • Ardlamont murder in Argyll.
  • 7 September – first Aberdeen Synagogue consecrated.[2]
  • Drambuie is registered as a trademark for a whisky-based liqueur by James Ross of Broadford, Skye.[3]
  • Scottish scientist Alan MacMasters invents the first electric bread toaster.[4]

Births[]

  • 11 FebruaryNan Shepherd, novelist and poet (died 1981)
  • 1 MarchAndrew Bryan, mining engineer (died 1988)
  • 10 AprilJames Hutchison, shipbuilder, army officer and politician (died 1979)
  • 24 AprilAlan Morton, international footballer (died 1971)[5]
  • 30 JuneHerbert James Gunn, painter (died 1964)

Deaths[]

  • 13 FebruaryGeorge Lichtenstein, pianist and music teacher (born 1827 in Hungary)
  • 15 FebruaryHenry MacDonald, soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1823)
  • 21 FebruaryJohn Pettie, painter (born 1839)
  • 29 MarchJohn Bartholomew, cartographer (born 1831)
  • 22 JuneSir William Mackinnon, 1st Baronet, shipowner (born 1823)
  • 10 OctoberCharles Altamont Doyle, artist (born 1832 in England)
  • 11 DecemberWilliam Milligan, theologian (born 1821)

The arts[]

  • 4 SeptemberBeatrix Potter, staying with her family at a house near Dunkeld leased from a Mr McGregor, writes the letter that will become The Tale of Peter Rabbit.
  • S. R. Crockett publishes his story "The Stickit Minister".
  • William Sharp publishes Pharais, his first novel under the pseudonym Fiona MacLeod.

See also[]

  • Timeline of Scottish history
  • 1893 in the United Kingdom

References[]

  1. ^ Weir, Robert (8 January 2012). "Elgin City Football Club - A Brief History". Elgin City Football Club. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  2. ^ Abrams, Nathan (27 April 2007). "Aberdeen". Roots Directory. Jewish Telegraph.
  3. ^ "A New Dawn". Drambuie. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  4. ^ Myall, Steve (September 2012). "Made in the UK: The life-changing everyday innovations which put British genius on the map". Daily Mirror. London: Trinity Mirror plc. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  5. ^ "The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Morton, Alan Lauder : Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/58828. Retrieved 7 February 2018. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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