1892 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1892 in Scotland.
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1892 in: The UK ⢠Wales ⢠Elsewhere
Scottish football: 1891â92 ⢠1892â93
Timeline of Scottish history
1892 in: The UK ⢠Wales ⢠Elsewhere
Scottish football: 1891â92 ⢠1892â93
Incumbents
- Secretary for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal â The Marquess of Lothian, until 11 August; then Sir George Trevelyan, Bt
Law officers
- Lord Advocate â Sir Charles Pearson until August; then John Blair Balfour
- Solicitor General for Scotland â Andrew Murray; then Alexander Asher
Judiciary
Events
- 29 January â Original bridge at Bonar Bridge swept away by flood.
- February â 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 â Celtic F.C. win the Scottish Cup for the first time.[2]
- 4â18 July â At the 1892 general election, Keir Hardie, standing as an Independent Labour Party candidate, wins the London seat of West Ham South.
- 5 July â Central Library, Aberdeen, opened by entrepreneur Andrew Carnegie.
- 6 September â Dundee Whaling Expedition begins.
- 8 September â Cunard liner RMS Campania is launched by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company at Govan
- 26 November â 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 founded.
- 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 â Andy Clyde, screen actor (died 1967 in the United States)
- 13 April â Robert Watson-Watt, pioneer of radar (died 1973)
- 11 August â Hugh MacDiarmid, poet (died 1978)
- 2 October â Mab Copland Lineman, attorney in the United States (died 1957 in the United States)
- 14 October â Saira Elizabeth Luiza Shah, born Elizabeth Louise MacKenzie, writer as Morag Murray Abdullah (died 1960)
- 14 November â Nora Connolly O'Brien, Irish political activist, daughter of James Connolly (died 1981 in Ireland)
- 18 November â D. E. Stevenson, romantic novelist (died 1973)
- 14 December â Jimmy McColl, footballer (died 1978)
- 25 December â Dorothy Johnstone, painter (died 1980 in Wales)
Deaths
- 28 August â William Forbes Skene, historian and antiquary (born 1809)
- 22 September â George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 3rd Duke of Sutherland (born 1828 in London)
- 23 September â George Grub, church historian (born 1812)
- 5 October â Alexander Carnegie Kirk, mechanical engineer (born 1830)
The arts
- October â first Gaelic mòd, predecessor of the Royal National Mòd, held in Oban
- 7 November â Empire Palace Theatre opens in Edinburgh, designed for impresario Edward Moss by Frank Matcham