1849 in Scotland

none January 2016 July 2026 1849 Events from the year 1849 in Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland Law officers Lord Advocate – Andrew Rutherfurd Solicitor General for Scotland – Thomas Maitland Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Boyle Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Glencorse Events 19 February – Theatre Royal disaster: 65 people, almost all under the age of 20, are crushed to death in a panic caused by a small fire in the Theatre Royal, Dunlop Street, Glasgow.http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/Glasgow/TRDunlop.htm The Theatre Royal, Dunlop Street, Glasgow Arthur Lloyd.co.uk: The Music Hall and Theatre History Site 2021-05-21 16 July – Portpatrick to Donaghadee packet service withdrawn.George Ayres History of the Mail Routes to Ireland until 1850 22 5 October – after three years construction, the Ardnamurchan Lighthouse oil light is first exhibited.History www.nlb.org.uk, accessed 24 July 2013. 1 November – Buchanan Street railway station is opened in Glasgow by the Caledonian Railway. Birkhall is acquired by Albert, Prince Consort. Pollokshields is established as a Glasgow southside suburb by the Stirling-Maxwell family and set out or 'feued' by Edinburgh architect David Rhind. The drapers' store of Arthur & Fraser, predecessor of the House of Fraser, is established in Glasgow by Hugh Fraser and James Arthur.https://www.gla.ac.uk/media/media_71300_en.pdf House of Fraser archive project The construction of Cox Brothers' Camperdown Works in Lochee begins.Collection MS 6 - Cox Brothers Ltd, Jute Spinners and Manufacturers, and Cox Family Papers https://archives.dundee.ac.uk/ms-6 Archive Services Catalogue University of Dundee 2023-12-13 Births 27 May – Catherine Cranston, tearoom proprietor (died 1934)Kate Cranston https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z7myt39 BBC Bitesize 23 July 2024 24 September – Cathcart William Methven, harbour engineer and painter (died 1925 in South Africa) 23 October – James Reid, physician (died 1923) 29 December – William Cunningham, economist and economic historian (died 1919) Deaths 5 March – David Scott, historical painter (born 1806) 3 July – Anthony Todd Thomson, physician and pioneer of dermatology (born 1778) See also Timeline of Scottish history 1849 in Ireland References Category:Years of the 19th century in Scotland Scotland Category:1840s in Scotland Scotland