1898 in Scotland

none January 2016 July 2026 1898 Events from the year 1898 in Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland Secretary for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Lord Balfour of Burleigh Law officers Lord Advocate – Andrew Murray Solicitor General for Scotland – Charles Dickson Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Robertson Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Kingsburgh Events 22 January – the People's Palace on Glasgow Green opens.https://www.theglasgowstory.com/image.php?inum=TGSE00899 Opening the People's Palace, 1898 The Glasgow Story 2013-05-26 18 October – Trinity Chain Pier at Trinity, Edinburgh, collapses in a storm. 1 November – completion throughout of the Highland Railway's Inverness and Aviemore Direct Railway. The Madelvic Motor Carriage Company opens its factory for the manufacture of electric vehicles in Granton, Edinburgh, one of the first purpose-built car factories in the U.K. The company goes into liquidation in December 1899.David King Madelvic car factory http://www.grantonhistory.org/industry/madelvic.htm Granton history 2010 2014-04-08 8 April 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140408212402/http://www.grantonhistory.org/industry/madelvic.htm dead Charles Rennie Mackintosh carries out the interior design for Catherine Cranston's tearooms in Argyle Street, Glasgow, including the first appearance of his characteristic high-backed chair. Scottish-born American industrialist Andrew Carnegie purchases Skibo Castle in Sutherland (which he has been leasing for a year). Construction of Glenborrodale Castle on the Ardnamurchan peninsula as a guest residence for mining magnate Charles Rudd by architect Sydney Mitchell begins.Miers Mary 2008 The Western Seaboard: an illustrated architectural guide Edinburgh RIAS 9781873190296 United Collieries Ltd formed in Glasgow to acquire coal mining companies. The Church of Scotland introduces the Church Hymnary. Births 13 February – Duncan Campbell, evangelical revivalist (died 1972) 7 April – Dorothy Renton, gardener (died 1966) 26 April – John Grierson, documentary film maker (died 1972 in England) 28 April – William Soutar, poet (died 1943) 18 July – John Stuart, actor (died 1979) 31 July – Doris Zinkeisen, theatrical designer and commercial artist (died 1991 in England) 11 September – John Meikle, winner of the Victoria Cross (killed 1918 on the Western Front (World War I)) 27 December – W. C. Sellar, humourist (died 1951 in England) William Gillies, painter (died 1973) Deaths 21 July – William Alexander Hunter, academic lawyer and Liberal politician (born 1844) 16 October – John Ritchie Findlay, newspaper owner and philanthropist (born 1824) 7 November – Màiri Mhòr nan Òran, Gaelic poet (born 1821) 10 December – William Black, novelist (born 1841) See also Timeline of Scottish history 1898 in Ireland References 1898 Category:Years of the 19th century in Scotland Scotland Category:1890s in Scotland Scotland