1851 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1851 in Scotland.
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Incumbents
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Law officers
- Lord Advocate — Andrew Rutherfurd until April; then James Moncreiff
- Solicitor General for Scotland — James Moncreiff; then John Cowan; then George Deas
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General — Lord Boyle
- Lord Justice Clerk — Lord Glencorse
Events
- 9 March — Robert Eden is consecrated as first Bishop of Moray and Ross in the Scottish Episcopal Church, an office he will hold until his death in 1886.
- 30/31 March — United Kingdom Census: Scotland's population is recorded as 2.89 million;[1] about 7% are of Irish birth.
- Cathedral of the Isles opened in Millport, Cumbrae, within the Episcopal Church's Diocese of Argyll and The Isles.
- Hebrides shipping services of Burns Brothers pass to David and Alexander Hutcheson and David MacBrayne as David Hutcheson & Co.
- Bell's whisky is first blended.
- St Leonard's Mill damask linen weaving factory established at Dunfermline by Erskine Beveridge.
- Publication of Daniel Wilson's The Archaeology and Prehistoric Annals of Scotland, which introduces the word prehistoric into the English archaeological vocabulary.
- James Valentine (photographer) establishes the printing business of Valentine & Sons in Dundee.
Births
- 20 April — Young Tom Morris, golfer, youngest winner of The Open Championship (died 1875)
- 1 August — Daniel Macaulay Stevenson, shipbroker, Liberal politician and philanthropist (died 1944)
- 11 October — Lord Douglas Gordon, Liberal MP (died 1888)
- 30 October — George Lennox Watson, naval architect (died 1904)
- 27 December — Erskine Beveridge, textile manufacturer and antiquarian (died 1920)
- James Johnston, missionary (died 1921 in Jamaica)
Deaths
- 6 July — David Macbeth Moir, physician and writer (born 1798)
- 20 October — Patrick Sellar, lawyer, factor and sheep farmer instrumental in the Highland Clearances (born 1780)
- 7 December — Sir John Gladstone, 1st Baronet, merchant (born 1764)
The Arts
- English artist Sir Edwin Landseer paints his portrait of a Scottish stag, Monarch of the Glen.
See also
References
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