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1875 in Scotland
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1875
Events from the year 1875 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland
Law officers
Lord Advocate – Edward Strathearn Gordon
Solicitor General for Scotland – William Watson
Judiciary
Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Glencorse
Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Moncreiff
Events
9 March – the Advocates Library in Edinburgh suffers a serious fire.
6 August – Hibernian F.C. is founded by Irishmen in the Cowgate area of Edinburgh.http://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/page/TimelineDetail/0,,10290~1750510,00.html The Origins of Hibernian - Part 1 Hibernian FC: The Official Website 2009-08-11 2014-02-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20140304140749/http://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/page/TimelineDetail/0,,10290~1750510,00.html 4 March 2014 dead
16 September – first patients admitted to Barony Parochial Asylum at Lenzie (official opening 22 October).
17 November – the Dandie Dinmont Terrier Club established in a meeting at the Fleece Hotel, Selkirk.A Potted History of the Club http://www.ddtc.co.uk/about-the-club/club-history/a-potted-history.html The Dandie Dinmont Terrier Club 2000 2014-09-30
8 December – Inverness Field Club is established.
25 December – the first Edinburgh derby in Association football is played: Heart of Midlothian F.C. win 1–0 against Hibernian F.C.
Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland is established as the world's oldest professional banking institution.
The Edinburgh School of Cookery and Domestic Economy, predecessor of Queen Margaret University, is founded by Christian Guthrie Wright and Louisa Stevenson of the Edinburgh Ladies' Educational Association.http://www.qmu.ac.uk/the_university_college/history.htm History: From Edinburgh School of Cookery to Queen Margaret University 2007-04-11 Queen Margaret University https://web.archive.org/web/20070216191206/http://www.qmu.ac.uk/the_university_college/history.htm 2007-02-16
Longmore House is opened as a hospital by the Edinburgh Association for the Relief of Incurables.
The Aberdeen, Leith & Clyde Shipping Company is renamed as the North of Scotland, Orkney & Shetland Steam Navigation Company.
Births
20 February – Mary Barbour, née Rough, political activist, local councillor and magistrate (died 1958)
20 March – Jessie M. King, illustrator and designer (died 1949)
26 July – Daniel Laidlaw, piper and recipient of the Victoria Cross (died 1950 in Northumberland)
11 August – Percy Erskine Nobbs, Arts and Crafts architect in Canada (died 1964)
26 August – John Buchan, novelist, historian, Unionist politician and Governor General of Canada (died 1940 in Canada)
Robert MacGregor Mitchell, Lord MacGregor Mitchell, Chairman of the Scottish Land Court 1934–38 (died 1938)
Deaths
22 March – Alexander Thomson, classical architect (born 1817)
25 December – Young Tom Morris, youngest winner of golf's Open Championship (born 1851; official cause of death is "heart attack")Tommy's Honor https://archive.org/details/tommyshonorstory00cook registration Kevin Cook 2007 Gotham Books New York 978-1-59240-342-4
James McLevy, detective (born 1796 in Ireland)
The arts
12 February – Robert Louis Stevenson is introduced to fellow writer W. E. Henley, at this time (August 1873–April 1875) a patient of surgeon Joseph Lister in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh; Henley will be the model for Long John Silver. Henley has also met his future wife while in hospital and written the poems collected as In Hospital.Ernest Mehew Henley, William Ernest (1849–1903) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press 2004 Online http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/33817 2014-05-29 10.1093/ref:odnb/33817 In July Stevenson qualifies as an advocate, but never practices.
See also
Timeline of Scottish history
1875 in Ireland
References
1875
Category:Years of the 19th century in Scotland
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Category:1870s in Scotland
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