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1892
Events from the year 1892 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland
Secretary for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – The Marquess of Lothian, until 11 August; then Sir George Trevelyan, Bt
Law officers
Lord Advocate – Sir Charles Pearson until August; then John Blair Balfour
Solicitor General for Scotland – Andrew Murray; then Alexander Asher
Judiciary
Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Robertson
Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Kingsburgh
Events
29 January – Original bridge at Bonar Bridge swept away by flood.
February – Scottish Universities Commissioners publish an ordinance authorising Scottish universities to provide for the education and graduation of women for the first time.http://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/women-background/ Women in the University The University of Glasgow Story University of Glasgow 2014-04-06 13 March 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180313153844/http://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/women-background/ dead
9 April – Celtic F.C. win the Scottish Cup for the first time.Dinant Abbink https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/scotcuphistfull.html 1891/92 Scotland – Cup Results 1873/74-1877/78 and 1889/90-1995/96 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2007-05-02 2014-04-06
4–18 July – At the 1892 general election, Keir Hardie, standing as an Independent Labour Party candidate, wins the London seat of West Ham South.
5 July – Central Library, Aberdeen, opened by entrepreneur Andrew Carnegie.
6 September – Dundee Whaling Expedition begins.
8 September – Cunard liner Campania is launched by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company at Govan
26 November – The original Jenners department store in Edinburgh is destroyed by fire.History of Edinburgh http://www.visionsofscotland.co.uk/EdinHistory.htm Visions of Scotland 2014-07-16 14 February 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150214170220/http://www.visionsofscotland.co.uk/EdinHistory.htm dead
South Parish (later St Mark's) Church, Aberdeen openedSt Mark's Church Gazetteer for Scotland 2022 https://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst19591.html 2024-11-22
Foundation stone of new St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh laid.
Scottish Church Society founded.
New Templeton's Carpet Factory building on Glasgow Green completed.
Alexander Grant develops the original recipe for McVitie's digestive biscuit in Edinburgh.http://www.mcvities.co.uk/about About McVitie's McVities en-GB 2022-06-24 11 February 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190211200114/http://mcvities.co.uk/about dead
Births
25 March – Andy Clyde, screen actor (died 1967 in the United States)
13 April – Robert Watson-Watt, pioneer of radar (died 1973)
11 August – Hugh MacDiarmid, poet (died 1978)
2 October – Mab Copland Lineman, attorney in the United States (died 1957 in the United States)
14 October – Saira Elizabeth Luiza Shah, born Elizabeth Louise MacKenzie, writer as Morag Murray Abdullah (died 1960)
14 November – Nora Connolly O'Brien, Irish political activist, daughter of James Connolly (died 1981 in Ireland)
18 November – D. E. Stevenson, romantic novelist (died 1973)
14 December – Jimmy McColl, footballer (died 1978)
25 December – Dorothy Johnstone, painter (died 1980 in Wales)
Deaths
28 August – William Forbes Skene, historian and antiquary (born 1809)
22 September – George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 3rd Duke of Sutherland (born 1828 in London)
23 September – George Grub, church historian (born 1812)
5 October – Alexander Carnegie Kirk, mechanical engineer (born 1830)
The arts
October – first Gaelic mòd, predecessor of the Royal National Mòd, held in Oban
7 November – Empire Palace Theatre opens in Edinburgh, designed for impresario Edward Moss by Frank Matcham
See also
Timeline of Scottish history
1892 in Ireland
References
Category:Years of the 19th century in Scotland
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