1834 in Scotland explained
Events from the year 1834 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Law officers
Judiciary
Events
Births
- 27 January – Alexander Asher, politician and Solicitor General for Scotland (died 1905)
- 16 March – James Hector, geologist (died 1907 in New Zealand)[8]
- 5 April – Robert Rowand Anderson, architect (died 1921)
- 12 April – William Hope, soldier, recipient of the Victorian Cross (died 1909 in London)
- 27 April – Margaret Macpherson Grant, heiress and philanthropist (died 1877)
- 4 July – Christopher Dresser, designer influential in the Anglo-Japanese style (died 1904 in England)
- 22 August – George Kynoch, businessman (died 1891 in South Africa)
- 17 September – Robert Simpson, retail merchant (died 1897 in Canada)
- 1 October – Mary Mackellar, née Cameron, Gaelic poet and translator (died 1890)
- 12 October – Mark MacTaggart-Stewart, né Stewart, politician (died 1923)
- 23 November – James Thomson ("B.V."), poet (died 1882 in London)
- Probable date – Peter Dodds McCormick, schoolteacher, composer of the Australian national anthem (died 1916 in Australia)
Deaths
- 26 March – Jean Armour, widow of Robert Burns (born 1765)
- 9 June – John Henry Wishart, surgeon (born 1781)
- 12 July – David Douglas, botanist (born 1799; died in Hawaii)
- 2 September – Thomas Telford, civil engineer (born 1757; died in London)
- 16 September – William Blackwood, publisher and writer (born 1776)
- 21 September – Robert Edmonstone, painter (born 1794)
- 24 November – John Gillies, botanist (born 1792)
- 5 December – Thomas Pringle, writer, poet and abolitionist (born 1789; died in London)
- 7 December – Edward Irving, founder of the Catholic Apostolic Church (born 1792)
- Anne Forbes, portrait painter (born 1745)
- Probable date – Sarah Bezra Nicol, actress (born in England)
See also
Notes and References
- Book: Catford, E. F.. Edinburgh: The Story of a City. London. Hutchinson. 1975. 0-09-123850-1.
- News: Lamentable Accident. Caledonian Mercury. 1834-07-31. 4.
- News: Shipping Intelligence. Liverpool Mercury. 1834-10-24. 1225.
- Web site: Chronology of Scottish History. A Timeline of Scottish History. Rampant Scotland. 2014-07-10.
- Web site: Introduction. pdf. The Gillis Centre. Edinburgh. 2014-04-28.
- Web site: Charles Randolph. University of Glasgow. 2014-07-10.
- Book: Kermack, W. R.. 19 Centuries of Scotland. Edinburgh. Johnston. 1944. 87.
- Book: Dell, R. K. . Dictionary of New Zealand Biography . 1990 . Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand . 13 October 2021 . Hector, James.