1836 in Scotland

none January 2016 July 2026 1836 Events from the year 1836 in Scotland. Incumbents Law officers Lord Advocate – John Murray Solicitor General for Scotland – John Cunninghame Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Granton Lord Justice General – The Duke of Montrose until 30 December (separate office abolished on his death) Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Boyle Events 17 May – Arbroath and Forfar Railway authorised. 19 May – Dundee and Arbroath Railway authorised. June – 17 miniature coffins of unknown provenance are found in a cave on Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh.Arthur's Seat coffins http://www.nms.ac.uk/highlights/objects_in_focus/arthurs_seat_coffins.aspx National Museums Scotland 2014-07-08 1 July – North of Scotland Bank (a constituent of Clydesdale Bank) established in AberdeenChronology of Scottish History A Timeline of Scottish History Rampant Scotland http://www.rampantscotland.com/timeline/1899.htm 2014-07-08 by Alexander Anderson and others. 16 July – the brig Mariner leaves Loch Eriboll on the north coast for Cape Breton Island and Quebec in British North America with 154 emigrants, mostly from the nearby Reay district.Notable Dates in History The Flag in the Wind http://www.scotsindependent.org/dates1-f.htm Scots Independent 2014-07-08 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20141205083554/http://www.scotsindependent.org/dates1-f.htm 5 December 2014 30 July – Savings Bank of Glasgow established. 7 August – St Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee (Roman Catholic) opened. 13 August – Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway authorised. Botanical Society of Scotland established as the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. Glasgow and Ship Bank established by merger of the Glasgow Banking Company and the Ship Bank.Glasgow and Ship Bank (1836–1843) http://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/Our-Group/our-heritage/our-history/bank-of-scotland/glasgow-and-ship-bank/ Lloyds Banking Group 2014-07-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20140727035641/http://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/Our-Group/our-heritage/our-history/bank-of-scotland/glasgow-and-ship-bank/ 27 July 2014 dead Robert Napier launches the paddle sloop Berenice for the East India Company, the first steam warship built in Scotland, the (wooden) hull being subscontracted to John Wood of Port Glasgow.Berenice The Clyde Built Ships http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?ref=22985 Caledonian Maritime Research Trust 2016-03-15 Construction of Granton harbour begun Construction of modern Inverness Castle. Former windmill at Maxwelltown opens as converted into an astronomical observatory and the world's oldest working camera obscura, basis of the modern-day Dumfries Museum. Wellington School, Ayr, established for "young ladies of quality" by Mrs Gross. John MacCulloch's geological map of Scotland is published posthumously. Births 13 January – Alexander Whyte, minister of the Free Church of Scotland and theologian (died 1921) 12 February – John Gerard Anderson, educationalist in Queensland (died 1911 in Australia) 21 February – Alexander Dickson, botanist (died 1887) 22 February – William Angus Knight, philosopher and literary scholar (died 1916) 10 March – John Rhind, architect (died 1889) 13 March – Peter Graham, artist (died 1921) 18 March – James Laidlaw Maxwell, Presbyterian missionary in Taiwan (died 1921) 31 March – William Dingwall Fordyce, Liberal politician (died 1875) 5 April – John Scott, botanist (died 1880) 24 May – William Mortimer Clark, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (died 1915) 9 June – Thomas McCall Anderson, physician (died 1908) 21 June – Robert Farquharson, physician and Liberal politician (died 1918) 26 June – Aeneas Chisholm (Bishop of Aberdeen), Roman Catholic priest (died 1918) 26 July – Jessie Seymour Irvine, psalmist (died 1887) 3 August – Colin Scott-Moncrieff, irrigation engineer in India and Egypt and Under-Secretary for Scotland (died 1916 in England) 11 August – Hugh Gilzean-Reid, journalist and Liberal politician (died 1911 in London) 7 September – Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1908 in 10 Downing Street, London) 23 September – Samuel Chisholm, Liberal politician and Lord Provost of Glasgow (died 1923) 22 October – Mungo Park, golfer (died 1904) 28 October – James Edward Tierney Aitchison, surgeon and botanist (died 1898) 16 November – David Binning Monro, classical scholar (died 1905) 4 December (probable date) – Duncan MacGregor Crerar, poet (died 1916) John Gregorson Campbell, minister of the church and folklorist (died 1891) Deaths 15 February – John Gillies, Historiographer Royal for Scotland (born 1747) 24 February – Henry Liston, minister of the church and inventor (born 1771) 4 April – John Grieve, poet (born 1781) 23 June – James Mill, historian, economist, political theorist and philosopher (born 1773; died in London) 11 July – James Howe, animal and portrait painter (born 1780) August – Sir John Hope, British Army officer (born 1765) 21 October – Donald Gregory, antiquarian (born 1803) 26 November – John Loudon McAdam, civil engineer and road-builder (born 1756) 30 December – James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose, nobleman, politician and Lord Justice General (born 1755) John Heaviside Clark, artist (born c.1771) The arts Painter David Wilkie is granted a knighthood. 5 March – George Brodie appointed Historiographer Royal See also Scotland 1836 in Ireland References collapsed Scotland Category:1830s in Scotland Scotland