1899 in Scotland

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1899
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
1899 in: The UKWalesElsewhere
Scottish football: 1898–991899–1900

Events from the year 1899 in Scotland.

Incumbents[]

  • Secretary for Scotland and Keeper of the Great SealLord Balfour of Burleigh

Law officers[]

  • Lord AdvocateAndrew Murray
  • Solicitor General for ScotlandCharles Dickson

Judiciary[]

  • Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice GeneralLord Robertson to 21 November; then Lord Blair Balfour
  • Lord Justice ClerkLord Kingsburgh

Events[]

  • March – supposed last duel in Scotland, fought with swords in the University of Glasgow over the appointment of a Rector, perhaps a student hoax.[1]
  • 13 MarchJapanese battleship Asahi launched by John Brown & Company, Clydebank.
  • 16 JunePenicuik House gutted by fire.
  • July – Norman Heathcote climbs the St Kilda sea stack Stac Lee with his sister Evelyn.[2]
  • November – English occultist Aleister Crowley purchases Boleskine House near Foyers on the shore of Loch Ness from the Fraser family, occupying it until 1913.
  • 7 DecemberFlannan Isles Lighthouse first lit.
  • 15 DecemberGlasgow School of Art opens its new building, the most notable work of Charles Rennie Mackintosh.[3]
  • 30 December – the Albion Motor Car Company is set up in Glasgow; and the first Argyll car is also produced this year.
  • George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll, presents Iona Abbey and other sacred sites of the island of Iona to the Iona Cathedral Trust (linked to the Church of Scotland).[4]
  • First Skerries Bridge, linking Bruray to Housay in the Out Skerries, is built.

Births[]

  • 24 JuneBruce Marshall, writer (died 1987 in France)
  • 21 JulyDavid Broadfoot, seaman awarded the George Cross for his role during the sinking of MV Princess Victoria (died 1959)
  • 8 OctoberDorothy Donaldson Buchanan, civil engineer (died 1985 in England)

Deaths[]

  • 6 JuneRobert Wallace, classics teacher, minister, university professor, newspaper editor, barrister and Member of Parliament (born 1831)
  • 14 SeptemberWilliam Watson, Baron Watson, former Lord Advocate (born 1827)

See also[]

  • Timeline of Scottish history
  • 1899 in the United Kingdom

References[]

  1. ^ "Hit and myth: Was Scotland's last duel a joke?". The Scotsman. 21 February 2004. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  2. ^ Described in his book St Kilda (1900).
  3. ^ "Congratulations to the Glasgow School of Art as they celebrate 100th anniversary of the Mackintosh Building". Museums Galleries Scotland. 15 December 2009. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  4. ^ Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. pp. 80–84. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
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