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1886, scotland, events, from, year, 1885, 1884, 1883, 1882, 1881, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891centuries, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21stdecades, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900ssee, also, list, years, scotlandtimeline, scottish, history1886, wales, elsewherescot. Events from the year 1886 in Scotland 1885 1884 1883 1882 1881 1886 in Scotland 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891Centuries 17th 18th 19th 20th 21stDecades 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900sSee also List of years in ScotlandTimeline of Scottish history1886 in The UK Wales ElsewhereScottish football 1885 86 1886 87 This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources 1886 in Scotland news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2022 Learn how and when to remove this message Contents 1 Incumbents 1 1 Law officers 1 2 Judiciary 2 Events 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 The arts 6 See also 7 ReferencesIncumbents editFurther information Politics of Scotland and Order of precedence in Scotland Secretary for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal The Duke of Richmond to 28 January then George Trevelyan to March then The Earl of Dalhousie 5 April 20 July then Arthur Balfour from 5 August Law officers edit Lord Advocate John Macdonald until February then John Blair Balfour until August then John Macdonald Solicitor General for Scotland James Robertson Judiciary edit Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General Lord Glencorse Lord Justice Clerk Lord MoncreiffEvents edit8 March The Orr Ewing Baronetcy of Ballikinrain in the parish of Killearn in the County of Stirling and of Lennoxbank in the parish of Bonhill in the County of Dunbarton is created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom for Conservative politician Archibald Orr Ewing 1 15 March Glasgow City and District Railway running chiefly in cut and cover tunnel opens 2 5 April the Great North of Scotland Railway opens its line through Garmouth Moray including its Speymouth viaduct over the River Spey with a 350 ft 105 m main span which is the longest wrought iron arch bridge in Britain 6 May International Exhibition of Industry Science and Art opens in The Meadows Edinburgh Exhibits include an Old Edinburgh Street and displays related to Scotch whisky Neilson and Company of Glasgow exhibit the Caledonian Railway Single steam locomotive 17 May Motherwell F C founded 25 June Crofters Holdings Scotland Act grants security of tenure to crofters 3 1 27 July in the general election radical socialist R B Cunninghame Graham standing as a Liberal wins the North West Lanarkshire seat from the Unionists September Lieutenant William Henn R N of the Royal Northern Yacht Club with Galatea challenges unsuccessfully for the America s Cup in New York Harbor October Edinburgh School of Medicine for Women founded by Dr Sophia Jex Blake 6 December the steel hulled full rigged ship Balclutha is launched at Charles Connell and Company s yard at Scotstoun for Robert McMillan of Dumbarton In 1954 she will be laid up as a museum ship in San Francisco The paddle steamers Tewfik and Prince Abbas are built at the newly renamed Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company s yard at Govan the first purpose built boats for Thomas Cook amp Son s Nile service Burmah Oil founded as the Rangoon Oil Company in Glasgow by David Sime Cargill Hawick Town Hall designed by James Campbell Walker is completed Births edit21 April Jimmy Gold comedian died 1967 13 May Dot Allan writer died 1964 4 15 May Helen Cruickshank poet suffragette and nationalist died 1975 23 July Arthur Whitten Brown aviator died 1948 in Wales 31 August Katherine Watt nurse died 1963 1 October Walter Lyon lawyer and poet killed in action 1915 Deaths edit17 July David Stevenson lighthouse designer born 1815 20 August John Small librarian and scholar born 1828 26 August Robert Eden first Bishop of Moray Ross and Caithness and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church born 1804 in England The arts editRobert Louis Stevenson s novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and historical fiction Kidnapped are both first published Mathilde Blind composes the poem The Heather on Fire See also editTimeline of Scottish history 1886 in IrelandReferences edit No 25564 The London Gazette 2 March 1886 p 1027 Glasgow City and District Railway Railscot Retrieved 8 April 2014 The Crofters Land Act passed 1886 Scotland s History BBC Retrieved 2 June 2013 Ewan Elizabeth L Innes Sue Reynolds Sian Pipes Rose 2007 Biographical Dictionary of ScottishWomen Edinburgh University Press p 10 ISBN 978 0 7486 2660 1 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1886 in Scotland amp oldid 1226390446, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
