1873 in Scotland

none January 2016 July 2026 1873 Events from the year 1873 in Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland Law officers Lord Advocate – George Young Solicitor General for Scotland – Andrew Rutherfurd-Clark Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Glencorse Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Moncreiff Events March – Robert Fleming & Co. founded by Robert Fleming in Dundee as a series of investment trusts including the Scottish American Investment Company (co-founded with William Menzies) 3 March – the Scottish Rugby Union is formed as the Scottish Football Union 13 March – the Scottish Football Association is formed, the world's second national football associationhttp://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish_football.cfm?page=3132 The Cup Scottish FA 2013-06-08 15 November – statue to Greyfriars Bobby erected in Edinburghhttp://www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk/Venues/Monuments/Greyfriars-Bobby Greyfriars Bobby Edinburgh Museums & Galleries 2014-02-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20140107015102/http://www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk/Venues/Monuments/Greyfriars-Bobby 7 January 2014 dead dmy-all Edinburgh Evening News first published Lexicographer James Murray publishes Dialect of the Southern Counties of Scotland George and James Weir move their new pump manufacturing and general engineering business, predecessor of the Weir Group, to GlasgowWeir William The Weir Group: the history of a Scottish engineering legend, 1872-2008 2008 London Profile Books 978-1-86197-886-8 Births 8 April – James Drever, psychologist (died 1950) 13 April – James Salmon, architect (died 1924) 6 July – George Aitken Clark Hutchison, Scottish Unionist MP for Midlothian and Peebles Northern (1922–23, 1924–28) (died 1928) Deaths 24 February – Thomas Guthrie, Free Church preacher and philanthropist (born 1803) 8 March – Robert William Thomson, engineer, inventor of the bicycle tyre (born 1822) 1 May – David Livingstone, pioneer medical missionary (born 1813) 2 October – John Cunningham, architect (born 1799) 27 October – Janet Hamilton, poet (born 1795) Hugh Fraser, retailer (born 1815) See also Timeline of Scottish history 1873 in Ireland References Category:Years of the 19th century in Scotland Scotland Category:1870s in Scotland Scotland