1825 in Scotland

none thumb | right | alt=A sheet music notation diagram showing the notes and scale structure of the Bayaty-Shiraz modal system | Musical scale of Bayaty-Shiraz in Azerbaijani mugham January 2016 July 2026 1825 Events from the year 1825 in Scotland. Incumbents Law officers Lord Advocate – Sir William Rae, Bt Solicitor General for Scotland – John Hope Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Granton Lord Justice General – The Duke of Montrose Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Boyle Events 1 February – windstorm passes over Scotland with winds around 140 kn km/h.Lamb Hubert Historic storms of the North Sea, British Isles and Northwest Europe 1991 Cambridge University Press 0521375223 March – the National Bank of Scotland is constituted in Edinburgh; it opens for business in October.The National Bank of Scotland 1825-1925 1925 28 July – foundation stone of the Royal High School's new building on Calton Hill in Edinburgh is laid.History of Edinburgh http://www.visionsofscotland.co.uk/EdinHistory.htm Visions of Scotland 2014-08-05 14 February 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150214170220/http://www.visionsofscotland.co.uk/EdinHistory.htm dead 18 August – Scottish adventurer Gregor MacGregor issues a £300,000 loan with 2.5% interest through the London bank of Thomas Jenkins & Company for the fictitious Central American republic of Poyais. His actions lead to the Panic of 1825, the first modern stock market crash, starting in the Bank of England and precipitating the closure of six London banks and sixty country ones in England. 21 October – PS Comet II sinks off Gourock in the Firth of Clyde with the loss of 62 lives. 1 November – George Thompson establishes the Aberdeen Line of shipping to the Empire. Paddle steamers (Dasher and Arrow) first introduced on the Portpatrick to Donaghadee packet service.Portpatrick Harbour Canmore Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/60344/details/portpatrick+harbour/ 2014-08-07 Rinns of Islay lighthouse established on Orsay, Inner Hebrides, by Robert Stevenson (civil engineer).https://www.nlb.org.uk/lighthouses/rhinns-of-islay/?hilite=%27rinns%27%2C%27islay%27 Rinns of Islay lighthouse Northern Lighthouse Board 2020-02-06 Standard Life Assurance Company established with headquarters in Edinburgh. The following Scotch whisky distilleries are established: Ben Nevis (at Lochy Bridge); Edradour (in Pitlochry); Glenkinchie (in East Lothian); and Glenury (at Stonehaven). Births March – William McGonagall, doggerel 'poet and tragedian' (died 1902) 22 March – Jane Mackenzie, née Sym, spouse of the Prime Minister of Canada (died 1893 in Canada) 23 April – William Aitken, pathologist (died 1892 in England) 24 April – R. M. Ballantyne, writer of juvenile fiction (died 1894 in Rome) 24 May – Robert Jardine, businessman and politician (died 1905) 24 June – William Edward Baxter, businessman, politician and travel writer (died 1890) 5 July – George Robertson, bookseller (died 1898 in Australia) 27 August – William Blake, African explorerChronology of Scottish History A Timeline of Scottish History Rampant Scotland http://www.rampantscotland.com/timeline/1899.htm 2014-08-05 31 August – Robert Dunsmuir, industrialist and politician in British Columbia (died 1889 in Canada) 1 October – Duncan Cameron, businessman and inventor (died 1901) 30 November – Arthur Bell, whisky blender (in London) (died 1900) Deaths 28 February – Grace Kennedy, writer of religious novels (born 1782) 27 April – George Skene, soldier, landowner and politician (born 1749) 12 November – William Knox, poet (born 1789) The arts 22 June – Sir Walter Scott's "Tales of the Crusaders" The Betrothed and The Talisman are published (as "by the author of Waverley") by Archibald Constable in Edinburgh.William B. Todd Ann Bowden Sir Walter Scott: A bibliographical history 1796–1832 New Castle, DE Oak Knoll Press 1998 605 Dalry Burns Club established; it claims the longest unbroken record of Burns suppers.Reid Donald L. 2001 In the Valley of Garnock (Beith, Dalry & Kilbirnie) Beith Duke of Edinburgh's Award 0-9522720-5-9 140 Allan Cunningham edits the anthology The Songs of Scotland, Ancient and Modern.Child Francis James The English and Scottish Popular Ballads 20 November 2014 Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-07638-8 402 https://books.google.com/books?id=5smTBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA402 en Robert Davidson's Poems are published.October 2018 William Knox's poetry collection Harp of Zion is published.October 2018 William Tennant's play John Balliol is published.https://www.electricscotland.com/history/men/tennant_william.htm William Tennant Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen William Chambers William Chambers (publisher) 2014-08-05 See also Scotland 1825 in Ireland References collapsed Scotland Category:1820s in Scotland Scotland