1823 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1823 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Law officers
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Granton
- Lord Justice General – The Duke of Montrose
- Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Boyle
Events
- 14 January – the Plinian Society is inaugurated for students of natural history at the University of Edinburgh under the presidency of John Baird.[1]
- 7 February – the Bannatyne Club is inaugurated by Sir Walter Scott and others as a text publication societyto print by subscription rare texts relating to the history, literature and traditions of Scotland.
- 18 July– Act for building additional Places of Worship in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland passed.
- November – the Highland Society’s Veterinary School, predecessor of the University of Edinburgh's Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, organises its first regular classes in Edinburgh under William Dick.[3]
- Excise Act reduces duties on the distillation of whisky, encouraging its commercial production.
- James Smith of Deanston introduces an improved method of land drainage on slopes.[4]
- First Hebrew congregation in Glasgow in modern times established.
- Rev. Dr. Henry Duncan completes reconstruction of the Northumbrian Ruthwell Cross.
Births
- 13 March – William Mackinnon, shipowner (died 1893 in London)
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- 1 May – Jemima Blackburn, née Wedderburn, watercolourist and illustrator, wife of Hugh Blackburn (died 1909)
- 17 May – Henry Eckford, horticulturist (died 1905 in Shropshire)
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- 2 July – Hugh Blackburn, mathematician (died 1909)
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- 28 October – William Simpson, war artist (died 1899 in London)
- Thomas Bantock, businessman (died 1895 in Wolverhampton)
Deaths
- Ilay Campbell, judge (born 1734)
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- 16 June – Archibald Elliot, architect (born 1761)
- 29 September – George Beattie, poet (born 1786)
- George Finlayson, naturalist (born 1790; died at sea)
The arts
- February – a monument to poet Robert Burns (died 1796), designed by Thomas Hamilton, is opened in Alloway.[6]
- Thomas Campbell's poem The Last Man is published.
- John Galt's novels The Entail, or The Lairds of Grippy, The Gathering of the West, Ringan Gilhaize, or The Covenanters and The Spaewife: a Tale of the Scottish Chronicles are published.
- Sir St. Ronan's Wellare published anonymously.
- William Tennant's poetic drama Cardinal Beaton is published.[7]
- John Wilson's novel The Trials of Margaret Lyndsay is published.
See also
References
- ISBN 1-84413-314-1.
- ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
- ^ Bradley, O. Charnock (1923). History of the Edinburgh Veterinary College. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd.
- ^ Kermack, W. R. (1944). 19 Centuries of Scotland. Edinburgh: Johnston. p. 86.
- ^ "Sir Henry Raeburn (1756-1823)". National Records of Scotland. 31 May 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ Rock, Joe. "The Burns Monument, Alloway". Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ^ Chambers, William. "William Tennant". Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen. Retrieved 7 August 2014.