1908 in Scotland

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Scottish football: 1907–08 • 1908–09

Events from the year 1908 in Scotland.

Incumbents[]

Further information: Politics of Scotland and Order of precedence in Scotland
  • Secretary for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – John Sinclair

Law officers[]

  • Lord Advocate – Thomas Shaw
  • Solicitor General for Scotland – Alexander Ure

Judiciary[]

  • Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Dunedin
  • Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Kingsburgh

Events[]

  • 26 January – the 1st Glasgow Scout Group is granted the oldest Scout Group registration known.
  • 25 April – Kincardineshire by-election: Arthur Murray holds the seat for the Liberal Party.
  • 9 May – Dundee by-election: Winston Churchill holds the seat for the Liberal Party.[1]
  • May – Ladies' Scottish Climbing Club formed.
  • 14 July – first ship launched from Yarrow Shipbuilders' new yard at Scotstoun, the first Pará-class destroyer for the Brazilian Navy.[2]
  • 11–12 August: Sailing at the 1908 Summer Olympics: The 12-metre class is contested from Hunters Quay on the Firth of Clyde and won by Thomas C. Glen-Coats' Hera.[3]
  • St Mary's Episcopal Church in Glasgow is raised to the status of St Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow, within the Scottish Episcopal Church.
  • Walter Robberds, Bishop of Brechin, becomes Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, an office he will hold until 1934.
  • Eskdalemuir Observatory opened for geophysical and meteorological recording.[4]
  • West Highland White Terrier first so named as a breed.[5]
  • Perth Racecourse, the most northerly in Britain, opened for National Hunt racing.

Births[]

  • 20 January – Ian Peebles, cricketer (died 1980)
  • 28 January – Jimmy Shand, accordionist and bandleader (died 2000)
  • 2 February – J. K. Annand, poet and founding editor of Lallans magazine (died 1993)
  • 15 April – Denis Devlin, Irish modernist poet and diplomat (died 1959 in Ireland)
  • 22 April – Leonard Schapiro, scholar of Russian politics (died 1983 in London)
  • 27 April – Mary Docherty, Communist activist (died 2000)
  • 23 May – Duncan Black, economist (died 1991 in Paignton)
  • 5 June – Bill Fraser, stage and screen actor (died 1987 in Hertfordshire)
  • 7 June – Thomas Cook, Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) for constituencies in Dundee 1945–52; died 1952)
  • 10 June – Russell Waters, stage and screen actor (died 1982 in London)
  • 12 June – Ronnie Selby Wright, Church of Scotland minister (died 1995)
  • 23 August – Hannah Frank, visual artist (died 2008)
  • 19 October – Sydney MacEwan, singer and priest (died 1991)
  • 28 October – Angus MacVicar, writer (died 2001)
  • Jeannie Robertson, folk singer (died 1975)

Deaths[]

  • 25 January – Sir Thomas McCall Anderson, professor of practice of medicine (born 1836)
  • 30 January – James Bell Pettigrew, naturalist and museum curator (born 1834)
  • 22 March – John William Crombie, Liberal MP for Kincardineshire (1892–1908)[6](born 1858)
  • 24 March – Sir James David Marwick, lawyer, historian and town clerk (born 1826)
  • 13 May – Louisa Stevenson, campaigner for women's rights (born 1835)
  • 7 June – William Lithgow, shipbuilder (born 1854)
  • 25 October – Lewis Campbell, classicist (born 1830)
  • 19 December – Thomas Lomar Gray, engineer, noted for his pioneering work in seismology (born 1850)
  • Joseph Henderson, artist (born 1832)
  • John James Stevenson, architect (born 1831)

The arts[]

  • Mary and Jane Findlater's novel Crossriggs is published.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Election Intelligence. Dundee. Mr. Churchill Returned". The Times. No. 38643. London. 11 May 1908. p. 8.
  2. ^ Bridges, T. C.; Tiltman, H. H. (1928). Kings of Commerce. London: Ayer Publishing. p. 286. ISBN 0-8369-0102-9.
  3. ^ Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report: The Olympic Games of 1908 (PDF). London: British Olympic Association. pp. 339–354. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Eskdalemuir Observatory". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  5. ^ Cameron, L. C. R. Otters and Otter-hunting.
  6. ^ The Times 23 March 1908.
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