1877 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1877 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Further information: Politics of Scotland and Order of precedence in Scotland
Law officers
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General — Lord Glencorse
- Lord Justice Clerk — Lord Moncreiff
Events
- 16 October — The Abertay light vessel is moored on station off Dundee, Scotland's first lightvessel.[1]
- 22 October — Blantyre mining disaster: Scotland’s worst-ever mining accident kills over 200.[2]
- 3 December — The original Mount Stuart House on the Isle of Bute is burned down.
- The rebuilt Ardverikie House in Badenoch, designed by John Rhind, is completed.[3]
- Cluny Harbour at Buckie is built.
- Wick Harbour breakwater is washed away in a storm for a second time.
- Mitchell Library established in Glasgow.
- Manufacture of linoleum at Kirkcaldy begins.[4]
- Six Scotch whisky distilleries combine to form Distillers Company.[5]
- Separate U.K. Ayrshire cattle and Galloway cattle societies established and herd books set up.[6]
- A breed register for the Clydesdale horse is established.
Births
- 25 February — John Tait Robertson, international footballer (died 1935)
- 12 May — William Weir, 1st Viscount Weir, industrialist and politician (died 1959)
- 7 August — Leslie Hunter, born George Hunter, painter (died 1931)
- 9 November — Helen Crawfurd, suffragette and communist activist (died 1954)
- 26 November — Sir John Stewart, 1st Baronet, of Fingask, whisky distiller (suicide 1924)
Deaths
- 2 January — Alexander Bain, inventor (born 1810)
- 3 February — James Merry, ironmaster, race-horse breeder and Liberal MP (1859–74) (born 1805)
The Arts
- William McGonagall discovers himself to be a poet (according to his own account).[7]
See also
References
- ↑ "Mariners and Seamen" (PDF). The Nine Incorporated Trades of Dundee. 2011. Retrieved 2014-04-28.
- ↑ "Blantyre Disaster 22nd October 1877". Scottish Mining Website. Retrieved 2014-04-28.
- ↑ "History". Ardverikie Estate Limited. Retrieved 2014-07-05.
- ↑ Smith, Alexander (1952). The Third Statistical Account of Scotland: County of Fife. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd. pp. 287–8. OCLC 41800432.
- ↑ Everett, Jason M., ed. (2006). "1877". The People's Chronology. Thomson Gale.
- ↑ Dohner, Janet Vorwald (June 2010). "Ayrshire Cattle: Heritage Livestock Breeds". Mother Earth News. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
- ↑ Hunt, Chris, ed. (2006). William McGonagall: Collected Poems. Edinburgh: Birlinn. p. vi. ISBN 9781841584775.
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