1906 in Scotland

none November 2018 October 2013 July 2026 1906 Events from the year 1906 in Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland Secretary for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – John Sinclair Law officers Lord Advocate – Thomas Shaw Solicitor General for Scotland – Alexander Ure Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Dunedin Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Kingsburgh Events 27 January – Canadian Pacific steamship Empress of Ireland is launched at the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company's yard at Govan. 23 May – Boyd's Automatic tide signalling apparatus is inaugurated at Irvine, North Ayrshire. 7 June – Cunard liner Lusitania is launched at John Brown & Company's shipyard at Clydebank as the world's largest ship. 26 June – new Argyll Motor Works is opened for production of the Argyll car at Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire. 19 July – 1906 Dundee fire: a major fire breaks out in a bonded warehouse. 18 August – Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway opened to passengers. 21 August – the Education of Defective Children (Scotland) Act, a permissive act allowing local school boards, either alone or in combination, to make special provision for the education and medical inspection of 'epileptic, crippled or defective' children between the ages of 5 and 16.http://www.strathmartinestories.co.uk/announcement/1906-institutions-legislation-and-policy/ 1906 Institutions Legislation and Policy Strathmartine Hospital Histories 2015 en-GB 2019-03-25 28 December – Elliot Junction rail accident between Arbroath and Carnoustie railway stations kills 22.Pringle Maj. J. W. Board of Trade Railway Department Inquiry into accident at Elliot Junction on 28th December 1906 http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/BoT_Elliot1906.pdf 2013-05-24 David MacBrayne inaugurate their first motor bus service with a Fort William to Ballachulish route. Yarrow Shipbuilders begin their move from London to Scotstoun. Rest and Be Thankful Speed Hill Climb first held. Births 6 January – Molly Urquhart, actress (died 1977)Scottish Theatre Archive http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/sta/search/detailp.cfm?NID=610&EID=1&DID=&AID= University of Glasgow Library 27 May 2019 4 March – Fionn MacColla, novelist connected to the Scottish Renaissance (died 1975) 13 March – Alex Massie, international footballer (died 1977) 22 June – Gilbert Highet, Scottish-American classicist, academic, writer, intellectual, critic and literary historian (died 1978 in the United States) 26 June – Joan du Plat Taylor, pioneer of maritime archaeology (died 1983) 1 July – Ritchie Calder, socialist author, journalist and academic (died 1982) 18 July – Belle Stewart, née McGregor, traditional singer (died 1997) 29 July – Ian Gordon Lindsay, architect (died 1966) 30 September – J. I. M. Stewart, novelist and academic critic (died 1994) 1 October – John Lorne Campbell, folklorist (died 1996 in Italy) 12 December – Robert Matthew, modernist architect (died 1975) Deaths 15 May – James Blyth, electrical engineer (born 1839) 30 November – William Stewart Ross, writer and publisher (born 1844) The arts 3 December – His Majesty's Theatre opens in Aberdeen.Edi Swan His Majesty's Theatre – One Hundred Years of Glorious Damnation Black & White Publishing 2006 978-1-84502-102-3 Stan Laurel makes his stage debut, at the Britannia Panopticon in Glasgow.Britannia Panopticon Music hall, Glasgow – Historic Buildings & Homes https://www.visitscotland.com/info/see-do/britannia-panopticon-music-hall-p615841 www.visitscotland.com 27 May 2019 en Hugh S. Roberton forms the Glasgow Orpheus Choir. See also Timeline of Scottish history 1906 in Ireland References Scotland Category:Years of the 20th century in Scotland Category:1900s in Scotland Scotland