1856 in Scotland

none January 2016 July 2026 1856 Events from the year 1856 in Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland Law officers Lord Advocate – James Moncreiff Solicitor General for Scotland – Edward Maitland Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Colonsay Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Glencorse Events 4 January – Faculty of Actuaries established. February – an oakJulian Hight Britain's Tree Story London National Trust 2011 978-1-907892-20-2 25 and a yewPaul Greenwood William Wallace's Yew http://www.ancient-yew.org/mi.php/william-wallaces-yew/85 2005 Ancient Yew Group 2014-08-26 tree associated with William Wallace at his reputed birthplace of Elderslie are blown down in a storm. 1 April – Aberdeen Waterloo railway station opens to serve the Great North of Scotland Railway main line to Keith. November – James Clerk Maxwell takes up an appointment as Professor of Natural Philosophy at Marischal College, Aberdeen. 31 December – Lord Brougham's Act requires at least one party to a marriage contracted after this date to have been resident in Scotland for 21 days, putting a curb on Gretna Green marriage.Lord Brougham Cooling off Act 1856 http://www.gretnagreen.com/lord-brougham-cooling-off-act-1856-a748 Gretna Green since 1754 Gretna Green Ltd 2014-05-08 9 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140509001937/http://www.gretnagreen.com/lord-brougham-cooling-off-act-1856-a748 dead thumb|right|upright|Otis elevator in Glasgow, imported from the U.S. in 1856 for Gardner's Warehouse, the oldest cast-iron fronted building in the British Isles Trinity College, Glasgow, established as a Church College of the Free Church of Scotland. Dunfermline claims city status in the United Kingdom by historical usage; the status is never officially recognised.City status in the British Isles, 1830–2002 Historical urban studies Beckett J. V. 2005 Ashgate Aldershot 0-7546-5067-7 William McEwan opens McEwan's Fountain Brewery at Fountainbridge in Edinburgh. The iron steamboat Thomas is built for service on the Forth and Clyde Canal, origin of the Clyde puffer. The Clyde Model Yacht Club, a predecessor of the Royal Northern and Clyde Yacht Club, is established. Births 30 May – James Pittendrigh Macgillivray, sculptor and poet (died 1938) 5 July – Ion Keith-Falconer, road racing cyclist, Arabic scholar and missionary (died 1887 in Aden) 15 August – Keir Hardie, socialist and labour leader (died 1915)https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/keir_hardie_james.shtml James Keir Hardie (1856–1915) BBC 2013-06-24 13 September – Henry Halcro Johnston, botanist, army physician and rugby union international (died 1939) 27 November – Matthew Stirling, locomotive engineer (died 1931 in Hull) 1 December – Malcolm Smith, Liberal politician (died 1935) William W. Naismith, mountaineer (died 1935) William Robertson, industrialist (died 1923) Deaths August – James Bremner, shipbuilder and salvor (born 1784) 30 August – John Ross, naval officer and Arctic explorer (born 1777) 20 September – Samuel Morison Brown, chemist, poet and essayist (born 1817) 23/24 December – Hugh Miller, geologist, by suicide (born 1802) 25 February – George Don, botanist (born 1798) The arts McLellan Galleries opened in Glasgow. See also Timeline of Scottish history 1856 in Ireland References Category:Years of the 19th century in Scotland Scotland Category:1850s in Scotland Scotland