1823 in Scotland

none January 2016 July 2026 1823 Events from the year 1823 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 14 January – the Plinian Society is inaugurated for students of natural history at the University of Edinburgh under the presidency of John Baird.Browne E. Janet Janet Browne 1995 Charles Darwin: vol. 1 Voyaging London Jonathan Cape 1-84413-314-1 73–5 7 February – the Bannatyne Club is inaugurated by Sir Walter Scott and others as a text publication society to print by subscription rare texts relating to the history, literature and traditions of Scotland. 17 June – Charles Macintosh patents the waterproof material later used to make Mackintosh coats.Penguin Pocket On This Day Penguin Reference Library 0-14-102715-0 2006 18 July Excise Act reduces duties on the distillation of whisky, encouraging its commercial production. Act for building additional Places of Worship in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland passed. November – the Highland Society’s Veterinary School, predecessor of the University of Edinburgh's Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, organises its first regular classes in Edinburgh under William Dick.Bradley O. Charnock 1923 History of the Edinburgh Veterinary College https://archive.org/details/b29827176 Oliver & Boyd Edinburgh James Smith of Deanston introduces an improved method of land drainage on slopes.W. R. Kermack 19 Centuries of Scotland Edinburgh Johnston 1944 86 First Hebrew congregation in Glasgow in modern times established. Rev. Dr. Henry Duncan completes reconstruction of the Northumbrian Ruthwell Cross. Births 13 March – William Mackinnon, shipowner (died 1893 in London) 31 March – William Hart, painter of the Hudson River School (died 1894 in the United States) 1 May – Jemima Blackburn, née Wedderburn, watercolourist and illustrator, wife of Hugh Blackburn (died 1909) 17 May – Henry Eckford, horticulturist (died 1905 in Shropshire) 28 May – Henry MacDonald, soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1893) 2 July – Hugh Blackburn, mathematician (died 1909) 11 July – John Stuart McCaig of Muckairn and Soroba, creator of McCaig's Tower, Oban (died 1902) 26 September – Robert Boog Watson, malacologist and Free Church minister (died 1910) 28 October – William Simpson, war artist (died 1899 in London) Thomas Bantock, businessman (died 1895 in Wolverhampton) Deaths 28 March – Ilay Campbell, judge (born 1734) 29 March – William Taylor, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland and Principal of the University of Glasgow (born 1744) 16 June – Archibald Elliot, architect (born 1761) 8 July – Sir Henry Raeburn, portrait painter (born 1756)Sir Henry Raeburn (1756-1823) https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/learning/hall-of-fame/hall-of-fame-a-z/raeburn-henry National Records of Scotland 24 June 2022 English 31 May 2013 7 February 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230207124113/https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/learning/hall-of-fame/hall-of-fame-a-z/raeburn-henry dead 29 September – George Beattie, poet (born 1786) George Finlayson, naturalist (born 1790; died at sea) The arts February – a monument to poet Robert Burns (died 1796), designed by Thomas Hamilton, is opened in Alloway.Joe Rock The Burns Monument, Alloway https://sites.google.com/site/joerocksresearchpages/thomas-hamilton-architect/the-burns-monument-alloway 2014-08-27 Thomas Campbell's poem The Last Man is published. John Galt's novels The Entail, or The Lairds of Grippy, The Gathering of the West, Ringan Gilhaize, or The Covenanters and The Spaewife: a Tale of the Scottish Chronicles are published. Sir Walter Scott's novels Peveril of the Peak, Quentin Durward and St. Ronan's Well are published anonymously. William Tennant's poetic drama Cardinal Beaton is published.http://www.electricscotland.com/history/men/tennant_william.htm William Tennant Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen William Chambers William Chambers (publisher) 2014-08-07 John Wilson's novel The Trials of Margaret Lyndsay is published. See also Scotland 1823 in Ireland References collapsed Scotland Category:1820s in Scotland Scotland