1877 in Scotland explained

Events from the year 1877 in Scotland.

Incumbents

Law officers

• Lord Advocate – William Watson
• Solicitor General for Scotland – John Macdonald

Judiciary

• Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Glencorse
• Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Moncreiff

Events

• 24 April – six Scotch whisky distilleries combine to form Distillers Company.^[1]
• 16 October – the Abertay light vessel is moored on station off Dundee, Scotland's first lightvessel.^[2]
• 22 October – Blantyre mining disaster: Scotland's worst-ever mining accident kills over 200.^[3]
• 3 December – the original Mount Stuart House on the Isle of Bute is burned down.
• Ex-President of the United States Ulysses S. Grant tours his ancestral Scotland.^[4]
• The rebuilt Ardverikie House in Badenoch, designed by John Rhind, is completed.^[5]
• Cluny Harbour at Buckie is built.
• Wick Harbour breakwater is washed away in a storm for a second time.
• Mitchell Library established in Glasgow.
• Manufacture of linoleum at Kirkcaldy begins.^[6]
• Separate U.K. Ayrshire cattle and Galloway cattle societies established and herd books set up.^[7]
• A breed register for the Clydesdale horse is established.

Births

• 25 February – John Tait Robertson, international footballer (died 1935)
• 12 May – William Weir, 1st Viscount Weir, industrialist and politician (died 1959)
• 7 August – Leslie Hunter, born George Hunter, painter (died 1931)
• 9 November – Helen Crawfurd, suffragette and communist activist (died 1954)
• 26 November – Sir John Stewart, 1st Baronet, of Fingask, whisky distiller (suicide 1924)

Deaths

• 2 January – Alexander Bain, inventor (born 1810)
• 3 February – James Merry, ironmaster, race-horse breeder and Liberal MP (1859–74) (born 1805)
• 14 April – Margaret Macpherson Grant, heiress and philanthropist (born 1834)

The arts

• William McGonagall discovers himself to be a poet (according to his own account).^[8]
• Robert Louis Stevenson's first published works of fiction appear in magazines.

See also

• Timeline of Scottish history
• 1877 in Ireland

Notes and References

1. Book: 1877. The People's Chronology. Everett, Jason M.. Thomson Gale. 2006.
2. Web site: Mariners and Seamen. The Nine Incorporated Trades of Dundee. 2011. 2014-04-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20140429080557/http://www.ninetradesofdundee.co.uk/2013-10-30/Mariners%20%26%20Seamen/Historic%20extracts/1876-1900.pdf. 29 April 2014. dead.
3. Web site: Blantyre Disaster 22nd October 1877. Scottish Mining Website. 2014-04-28.
4. Web site: Stars and gripes: When US President Ulysses S Grant came to Scotland. Andrew. Thomson. 2018-06-10. 2018-06-11. BBC.
5. Web site: History. Ardverikie Estate Limited. 2014-07-05. 20 July 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140720025702/http://www.ardverikie.com/history.htm. dead.
6. Book: Smith, Alexander. 1952. The Third Statistical Account of Scotland: County of Fife. Oliver and Boyd. Edinburgh. 41800432. 287–8.
7. Ayrshire Cattle: Heritage Livestock Breeds. 2016-03-01. Mother Earth News. June 2010. Janet Vorwald. Dohner.
8. Book: Hunt, Chris. William McGonagall: Collected Poems. Edinburgh. Birlinn. 2006. 9781841584775. vi.