1826 in Scotland

none January 2016 July 2026 1826 Events from the year 1826 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 January – the Glasgow City Mission is founded by David Nasmith, initiating the global City Mission movement.The World's First City Mission Glasgow City Mission http://www.glasgowcitymission.com/about-us/history/ 2014-08-05http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/347019/London-City-Mission#tab=active~checked%2Citems~checked&title=London%20City%20Mission%20--%20Britannica%20Online%20Encyclopedia Encyclopædia Britannica London City Mission 17 January – The Ballantyne printing business in Edinburgh crashes, ruining Sir Walter Scott as a principal investor. He undertakes to repay his creditors from his writings. His publisher Archibald Constable also fails. Also this year, Scott publishes "Letters of Malachi Malgrowther" in the Edinburgh Weekly Journal in support of Scottish banks being able to continue to issue smaller-denomination notes.Letters of Malachi Malagrowther http://www.walterscott.lib.ed.ac.uk/works/prose/malachi.html Walter Scott 2011-12-19 Edinburgh University Library 2014-08-05 5 May – the Ballochney Railway is authorised.Don Martin The Monkland & Kirkintilloch and Associated Railways Strathkelvin District Libraries & Museums Kirkintilloch 1995 0-904966-41-0 11 May – attainder of Threipland baronets of Fingask Castle (imposed for support of the Jacobite risings) is repealed and Patrick (also known as Peter) Budge Murray Threipland (1762–1837), an advocate, is restored to the dignity of a baronet.Notable Dates in History http://www.scotsindependent.org/dates1-e.htm The Flag in the Wind The Scots Independent 2014-08-02 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20140808044706/https://www.scotsindependent.org/dates1-e.htm 8 August 2014 26 May – the Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway and Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway are authorised. 18 August – explorer Alexander Gordon Laing (born 1793 in Edinburgh) becomes the first European to reach TimbuktuPenguin Pocket On This Day Penguin Reference Library 0-14-102715-0 2006 but on 26 September is murdered there. 23 August – last fatal duel in Scotland fought near Kirkcaldy: linen manufacturer David Landale shoots banker George Morgan.James Landale The Last Duel: A True Story of Death and Honour Edinburgh Canongate 2006 9781841958255 1 October – opening of the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway.Christopher Awdry Awdry Christopher 1990 Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies Patrick Stephens Ltd Wellingborough 1-85260-049-7 17 October – Thomas Carlyle and Jane Welsh marrySteve King Carlyle, Marriage & Biography http://www.todayinliterature.com/stories.asp?Event_Date=10/17/1826 Today in Literature 17 October 1826 2014-01-07 in Templand and set up home in Edinburgh. 26 October – Gattonside suspension footbridge is opened at Melrose.Melrose, Gattonside Suspension Footbridge http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/55775/details/melrose+gattonside+suspension+footbridge/ Canmore Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland 2007 2014-08-09 October – James Drew begins in practice as a solicitor in Glasgow, a predecessor of McClure Naismith.McClure, Naismith, Brodie & Co.: The First 150 Years McClure Naismith Glasgow 1976 Construction of the National Monument, Edinburgh on Calton Hill (to the dead of the Napoleonic Wars) is commenced; it will never be completed. First spa building at "Saint Ronan's Well", Innerleithen built. Glendronach distillery, by Huntly, and Old Pulteney distillery, by Wick, Caithness, are established.Our Story http://glendronachdistillery.com/our_story/ The GlenDronach Distillery Co. Ltd 2014-08-05Pulteney Distillery Visit Scotland http://www.visitscotland.com/info/see-do/pulteney-distillery-p426161 2016-02-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20140726235156/http://www.visitscotland.com/info/see-do/pulteney-distillery-p426161 26 July 2014 live The auctioneers Lyon & Turnbull are established in Edinburgh. Christian Isobel Johnstone, as 'Margaret Dods', publishes The Cook and Housewife's Manual. Approximate date – John Bartholomew Sr. sets up independently as an engraver and cartographer in Edinburgh, a predecessor of Collins Bartholomew. Possible date – Discovery of the Hunterston Brooch.Lamb John Annals of an Ayrshire Parish: West Kilbride 1896 John J. Rae Glasgow 92 Births 21 January – Sir Archibald Alison, 2nd Baronet, British Army officer (died 1907 in London) 8 March – William Notman, pioneer photographer in Canada (died 1891 in Canada) 10 April – William Henderson, shipowner and philanthropist (died 1904) 26 April – Robert Adamson, pioneer photographer (died 1848) 26 May – James Leith, British Army officer, recipient of the Victoria Cross (died 1869 in London) 8 June – Thomas Faed, genre painter (died 1900 in London) 12 June – William Alexander, novelist and journalist (died 1894)William Donaldson Alexander, William (1826–1894) 2004 Online http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/39241 2014-08-05 10.1093/ref:odnb/39241 7 September – John McLachlan, first bishop of the restored Roman Catholic Diocese of Galloway (died 1893) 11 October – James Munro, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross (died 1871) 30 November – Anthony Home, military surgeon, recipient of the Victoria Cross (died 1914 in London) 8 December – John Brown, royal servant (died 1883) John Sands, journalist (died 1900) Deaths 21 February – John Kay, caricaturist, engraver and miniaturist (born 1742) 21 August – John Barclay, comparative anatomist (born 1758) December – William Glen, poet (born 1789) The arts 2 June – the Irvine Burns Club is formed at the Milne's Inn under the presidency of Dr. John MacKenzie, who had known Robert Burns.Irvine Burns Club http://www.irvineburnsclub.org/index.htm 2014-08-05 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131101010249/http://www.irvineburnsclub.org/index.htm 1 November 2013 The Scottish Academy is established in Edinburgh.Esme Gordon 1976 The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture & Architecture 1826-1976 Edinburgh Skilton James Hogg's poetry Queen Hynde is published.Cox, Michael The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature Oxford University Press 2004 0-19-860634-6 registration https://archive.org/details/conciseoxfordchr00coxm Sir Walter Scott's novel Woodstock is published anonymously. 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