1899 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1899 in Scotland.
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1899 in: The UK ⢠Wales ⢠Elsewhere
Scottish football: 1898â99 ⢠1899â1900
Timeline of Scottish history
1899 in: The UK ⢠Wales ⢠Elsewhere
Scottish football: 1898â99 ⢠1899â1900
Incumbents
Law officers
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General â Lord Robertson to 21 November; then Lord Blair Balfour
- Lord Justice Clerk â Lord Kingsburgh
Events
- March â supposed last duel in Scotland, fought with swords in the University of Glasgow over the appointment of a Rector, perhaps a student hoax.[1]
- 13 March â Japanese battleship Asahi launched by John Brown & Company, Clydebank.
- 16 June â Penicuik House gutted by fire.
- July â Norman Heathcote climbs the St Kilda sea stack Stac Lee with his sister Evelyn.[2]
- November â English occultist Aleister Crowley purchases Boleskine House near Foyers on the shore of Loch Ness from the Fraser family, occupying it until 1913.
- 7 December â Flannan Isles Lighthouse first lit.
- 15 December â Glasgow School of Art opens its new building, the most notable work of Charles Rennie Mackintosh.[3]
- 30 December â the Albion Motor Car Company is set up in Glasgow; and the first Argyll car is also produced this year.
- George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll, presents Iona Abbey and other sacred sites of the island of Iona to the Iona Cathedral Trust (linked to the Church of Scotland).[4]
- First Skerries Bridge, linking Bruray to Housay in the Out Skerries, is built.
Births
- 24 June â Bruce Marshall, writer (died 1987 in France)
- 21 July â David Broadfoot, seaman awarded the George Cross for his role during the sinking of MV Princess Victoria (died 1959)
- 8 October â Dorothy Donaldson Buchanan, civil engineer (died 1985 in England)
Deaths
- 6 June â Robert Wallace, classics teacher, minister, university professor, newspaper editor, barrister and Member of Parliament (born 1831)
- 14 September â William Watson, Baron Watson, former Lord Advocate (born 1827)