1875 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1875 in Scotland.
Contents
Incumbents
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Law officers
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General — Lord Glencorse
- Lord Justice Clerk — Lord Moncreiff
Events
- 9 March — The Advocates Library in Edinburgh suffers a serious fire.
- 6 August — Hibernian F.C. is founded by Irishmen in the Cowgate area of Edinburgh.[1]
- 16 September — First patients admitted to Barony Parochial Asylum at Lenzie (official opening 22 October).
- 17 November — The Dandie Dinmont Terrier Club established in a meeting at the Fleece Hotel, Selkirk.[2]
- 8 December — Inverness Field Club is established.
- 25 December — The first Edinburgh derby in Association football is played: Heart of Midlothian F.C. win 1–0 against Hibernian F.C.
- Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland is established as the world's oldest professional banking institution.
- The Edinburgh School of Cookery and Domestic Economy, predecessor of Queen Margaret University, is founded by Christian Guthrie Wright and Louisa Stevenson of the Edinburgh Ladies' Educational Association.[3]
- Longmore House is opened as a hospital by the Edinburgh Association for the Relief of Incurables.
- The Aberdeen, Leith & Clyde Shipping Company is renamed as the North of Scotland, Orkney & Shetland Steam Navigation Company.
Births
- 20 February — Mary Barbour, née Rough, political activist, local councillor and magistrate (died 1958)
- 20 March — Jessie M. King, illustrator and designer (died 1949)
- 26 July — Daniel Laidlaw, piper and recipient of the Victoria Cross (died 1950 in Northumberland)
- 11 August — Percy Erskine Nobbs, Arts and Crafts architect in Canada (died 1964)
- 26 August — John Buchan, novelist, historian, Unionist politician and Governor General of Canada (died 1940 in Canada)
- Robert MacGregor Mitchell, Lord MacGregor Mitchell, Chairman of the Scottish Land Court 1934–38 (died 1938)
Deaths
- 22 February — Charles Lyell, lawyer and foremost geologist of his day (born 1797)
- 22 March — Alexander Thomson, classical architect (born 1817)
- 25 December — Young Tom Morris, youngest winner of golf's Open Championship (born 1851; official cause of death is "heart attack")[4]
- James McLevy, detective (born 1796 in Ireland)
The Arts
- 12 February — Robert Louis Stevenson is introduced to fellow writer W. E. Henley, at this time (August 1873–April 1875) a patient of surgeon Joseph Lister in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh; he will be the model for Long John Silver. Henley has also met his future wife while in hospital and written the poems collected as In Hospital.[5] In July Stevenson qualifies as an advocate, but never practices.
See also
References
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