1892 in Scotland explained

Events from the year 1892 in Scotland.

Incumbents

• Secretary for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – The Marquess of Lothian, until 11 August; then Sir George Trevelyan, Bt

Law officers

• Lord Advocate – Sir Charles Pearson until August; then John Blair Balfour
• Solicitor General for Scotland – Andrew Murray; then Alexander Asher

Judiciary

• Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Robertson
• Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Kingsburgh

Events

• 29 January – original bridge at Bonar Bridge swept away by flood
• February – Scottish Universities Commissioners publish an ordinance authorising Scottish universities to provide for the education and graduation of women for the first time^[1]
• 9 April – Celtic F.C. win the Scottish Cup for the first time^[2]
• 4–18 July – in the general election, Keir Hardie, standing as an independent labour candidate, wins the London seat of West Ham South
• 5 July – Central Library, Aberdeen, opened by Andrew Carnegie
• 6 September – Dundee Whaling Expedition begins
• 8 September – Cunard liner is launched by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company at Govan
• 26 November – the original Jenners department store in Edinburgh is destroyed by fire^[3]
• South Parish (later St Mark's) Church, Aberdeen opened^[4]
• Foundation stone of new St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh laid^[3]
• Scottish Church Society formed
• New Templeton's Carpet Factory building on Glasgow Green completed
• Alexander Grant develops the original recipe for McVitie's digestive biscuit in Edinburgh^[5]

Births

• 25 March – Andy Clyde, screen actor (died 1967 in the United States)
• 13 April – Robert Watson-Watt, pioneer of radar (died 1973)
• 11 August – Hugh MacDiarmid, poet (died 1978)
• 2 October – Mab Copland Lineman, attorney in the United States (died 1957 in the United States)
• 14 November – Nora Connolly O'Brien, Irish political activist, daughter of James Connolly (died 1981 in Ireland)
• 18 November – D. E. Stevenson, romantic novelist (died 1973)
• 14 December – Jimmy McColl, footballer (died 1978)
• 25 December – Dorothy Johnstone, painter (died 1980 in Wales)

Deaths

• 28 August – William Forbes Skene, historian and antiquary (born 1809)
• 22 September – George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 3rd Duke of Sutherland (born 1828 in London)
• 23 September – George Grub, church historian (born 1812)
• 5 October – Alexander Carnegie Kirk, mechanical engineer (born 1830)

The arts

• October – first Gaelic mòd, predecessor of the Royal National Mòd, held in Oban
• 7 November – Empire Palace Theatre opens in Edinburgh, designed for impresario Edward Moss by Frank Matcham

See also

• Timeline of Scottish history
• 1892 in Ireland

Notes and References

1. Web site: Women in the University. The University of Glasgow Story. University of Glasgow. 2014-04-06.
2. Web site: Dinant. Abbink. 1891/92. Scotland – Cup Results 1873/74-1877/78 and 1889/90-1995/96. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2007-05-02. 2014-04-06.
3. Web site: History of Edinburgh. Visions of Scotland. 2014-07-16. 14 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150214170220/http://www.visionsofscotland.co.uk/EdinHistory.htm. dead.
4. Web site: St Mark's Church. Gazetteer for Scotland. 2022. 2024-11-22.
5. Web site: About McVitie's. McVities. en-GB. 2022-06-24.