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1904 in Scotland
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1904
Events from the year 1904 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland
Secretary for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Andrew Murray
Law officers
Lord Advocate – Charles Dickson
Solicitor General for Scotland – David Dundas
Judiciary
Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Blair Balfour
Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Kingsburgh
Events
28 June – the Danish liner Norge is wrecked off Rockall with the loss of 635 lives.Per Kristian Sebak Titanic's Predecessor: the S/S Norge Disaster of 1904 Laksevaag Seaward 2004 82-996779-0-4
1 August – a judgement on appeal to the House of Lords in the case of Bannatyne v Overtoun (in which the minority Free Church of Scotland challenged the new United Free Church of Scotland) is delivered.
17 September – new St Columba Church of Scotland, Glasgow, opened.
31 December – Glasgow-registered cargo steamers Stromboli and Kathleen collide and sink at Garvel Point, Greenock.Notable Dates in History http://www.scotsindependent.org/dates1-f.htm The Flag in the Wind The Scots Independent 2014-09-01 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20141205083554/http://www.scotsindependent.org/dates1-f.htm 2014-12-05
Hyskeir Lighthouse completed.
The Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art is renamed as the Royal Scottish Museum.
Boroughmuir High School, Edinburgh, founded.
First West Highland White Terrier breed club set up.
Births
4 January – Erik Chisholm, composer (died 1965 in South Africa)
26 April – Jimmy McGrory, international footballer and manager (died 1982)
28 May – Anne Gillespie Shaw, engineer and businesswoman (died 1982)Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame http://www.engineeringhalloffame.org/profile-shaw-temp.html www.engineeringhalloffame.org 28 February 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20171021220236/http://www.engineeringhalloffame.org/profile-shaw-temp.html 21 October 2017 dead
25 June – Patrick Balfour, 3rd Baron Kinross, historian and biographer (died 1976)
14 August – Lindley Fraser, academic economist and broadcaster (died 1963 in London)
23 August – William Primrose, violist (died in Provo, Utah 1982)
20 October – Tommy Douglas, Premier of Saskatchewan and pioneer of medicare (died 1986 in Canada)
3 November – Jennie Lee, politician (died 1988)
20 November – John MacCormick, lawyer and advocate of Home Rule for Scotland (died 1961)
Edward Baird, painter (died 1949)
Margaret MacDonald, royal servant (died 1993)
Alex Moffat, miner, trade unionist and communist activist (died 1967)
Deaths
16 April – Samuel Smiles, author and reformer (born 1812)
25 May – David Sime Cargill, industrialist (born 1826)
19 June – Mungo Park, golfer (born 1836)
7 October – Isabella Bird, traveller (born 1831 in Yorkshire)
12 November – George Lennox Watson, naval architect (born 1851)
25 December – James Brown, poet and essayist, known as J. B. Selkirk (born 1832)
The arts
29 February – the Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow, opens as a music hall.
12 September – the King's Theatre, Glasgow, opens.
27 December – J. M. Barrie's stage play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up premières at the Duke of York's Theatre in London.Penguin Pocket On This Day Penguin Reference Library 0-14-102715-0 2006
Hill House, Helensburgh, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, is completed.Armin Grewe C. R. Mackintosh: Hill House in Helensburgh http://www.armin-grewe.com/crm/crm-hillhouse.htm The Armin Grewe Homepage Aldermaston 2001–2006 2010-07-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20100623144333/http://www.armin-grewe.com/crm/crm-hillhouse.htm 23 June 2010 live
See also
Timeline of Scottish history
1904 in Ireland
References
Scotland
Category:Years of the 20th century in Scotland
Category:1900s in Scotland
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