1874 in Scotland

none January 2016 July 2026 1874 Events from the year 1874 in Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland Law officers Lord Advocate – George Young until February; then Edward Strathearn Gordon Solicitor General for Scotland – Andrew Rutherfurd-Clark; then John Millar; then William Watson Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Glencorse Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Moncreiff Events 17 January – Victoria Swing Bridge in Leith completed, the longest swing bridge in Britain at this date. 27 January – Bo'ness Junction rail crash near Falkirk on the North British Railway: 16 killed in a collision. 27 February – four crew of Stonehaven life-boat lost on service. 5 March – in the general election, former Scottish coal miner Alexander Macdonald (Lib–Lab) is elected for the English seat of Stafford, among the first Members of Parliament from a working class background. 21 March – the first ever final of the Scottish Cup is won by Queen's Park F.C. who beat Clydesdale 2–0.Scottish Cup - Fixtures And Results - Queen's Park F.C. v Clydesdale F.C., Scottish Football Association. accessed 7 June 2013. 21 May – foundation stone of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh (Episcopal) laid by Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, Duke of Buccleuch. 28 July – the Sutherland and Caithness Railway is opened through to Wick and Thurso, completing the Highland Railway system to the far northVallance, H. A. The Highland Railway 1963 David & Charles Dawlish and causing cessation of Britain's last mail coach. 7 August – Church Patronage (Scotland) Act 1874 abolishes patronage in the appointment of ministers to the Church of Scotland. Bernera Riot: Islanders of Great Bernera successfully resist Clearances. Coulburn Lobnitz & Company establish the shipbuilding business that will become known as Lobnitz in Renfrew. Joseph Russell, Anderson Rodger and William Lithgow establish the shipbuilding business that will become Lithgows in Port Glasgow. W. B. Thompson establishes the business that will become the Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company in Dundee. Broomhall Castle built. Association football teams Heart of Midlothian F.C. (in Edinburgh), Greenock Morton F.C. and Hamilton Academical F.C. are founded. Births 20 February – Mary Garden, operatic soprano (died 1967)Mary Garden Opera Scotland http://www.operascotland.org/person/4366/Mary++Garden www.operascotland.org 30 April 2020 23 February – Hugh S. Roberton, choirmaster (died 1952) 9 March – John Duncan Fergusson, artist (died 1961) 9 June – Launceston Elliot, weightlifter, first British Olympic champion, born in British India (died 1930 in Australia) 6 November – Katharine Stewart-Murray, Duchess of Atholl, née Ramsay, "Red Duchess", politician and humanitarian (died 1960) 25 November – Lewis Spence, writer and folklorist (died 1955) Deaths 24 January – Adam Black, publisher (born 1784) 12 April (probable date) – Ellen Johnston, "the factory girl", power loom weaver and poet (born c. 1835) 31 July – Cosmo Innes, lawyer and antiquary (born 1798) 6 August – Patrick Fairbairn, minister and theologian (born 1805) The arts 11 August – Stirling Smith Museum and Art Gallery opens as The Smith Institute in Stirling under the bequest of painter Thomas Stuart Smith (died 1869). Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson, resident in New Town, Edinburgh, writes the tune that becomes the national anthem of Iceland, "Lofsöngur". See also Timeline of Scottish history 1874 in Ireland References Category:Years of the 19th century in Scotland Scotland Category:1870s in Scotland Scotland