1894 in Scotland

none January 2016 July 2026 1894 Events from the year 1894 in Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland Secretary for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Sir George Trevelyan, Bt Law officers Lord Advocate – John Blair Balfour Solicitor General for Scotland – Alexander Asher; then Thomas Shaw Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Robertson Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Kingsburgh Events 5 July – racing cutter Valkyrie II (1893) collides with Satanita on the Firth of Clyde and sinks, with one fatality.The New York Times https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1894/07/06/106911287.pdf The Yacht Valkyrie sunk 1894-07-06 pdf 2012-04-22 11 July – rebuilt St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh, dedicated. July – Marion Gilchrist becomes the first woman to graduate from the University of Glasgow and the first woman to qualify in medicine from a Scottish university. 7 August – the West Highland Railway, operated by the North British Railway, is publicly opened to Fort William.Thomas John John Thomas (author) The West Highland Railway 1965 David & Charles Dawlish 25 August – Local Government (Scotland) Act 1894 receives royal assent. Parochial boards replaced by elected parish councils. December – Longmorn distillery begins production. Lady Victoria Colliery comes into production at Newtongrange, Midlothian. McVitie's biscuit factory in Edinburgh is burned down but rebuilt. Elsie Inglis sets up a medical practice in Edinburgh. Craigholme School founded by Mrs Jessie Murdoch as Pollokshields Ladies' School. Alyth golf course laid out by Old Tom Morris. Marion Adams-Acton publishes Adventures of a perambulator: true details of a family history. Births 26 March – Alexander Thom, aerodynamicist and archaeoastronomer (died 1985) 13 May – Joe Corrie, miner, poet and playwright (died 1968) 28 June – Allardyce Nicoll, literary scholar (died 1976 in England) 29 June – David Steele, international footballer and manager (died 1964) 14 October – Victoria Drummond, marine engineer (died 1978 in England) Jimmy MacBeath, folk singer (died 1972) R. M. Smyllie, journalist (died 1954 in Ireland) Deaths 3 September – John Veitch, poet, philosopher and historian (born 1829) 3 December – Robert Louis Stevenson, novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer (born 1850; dies on Samoa)https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/c7379dd2-0908-4ef0-9bd5-9910b16aaaad https://web.archive.org/web/20110221140757/http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/c7379dd2-0908-4ef0-9bd5-9910b16aaaad dead 21 February 2011 Robert Louis Stevenson BBC 2013-05-27 Alexander Henry, gun maker and rifle volunteer (born 1818) The arts Ian Maclaren's stories Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush are published.John Sutherland John Sutherland (author) Bestsellers: a very short introduction https://archive.org/details/bestsellersverys00suth_482 limited Oxford University Press 2007 978-0-19-921489-1 85 Robert Fuller Murray (born 1863 in the United States) dies; Robert F. Murray: His Poems with a Memoir is published posthumously edited by Andrew Lang. See also Timeline of Scottish history 1894 in Ireland References Category:Years of the 19th century in Scotland Scotland Category:1890s in Scotland Scotland