Events from the year 1892 in Scotland.
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| See also: | List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1892 in: The UK • Wales • Elsewhere Scottish football: 1891–92 • 1892–93 | ||||
Incumbents
edit- Secretary for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – The Marquess of Lothian, until 11 August; then Sir George Trevelyan, Bt
Law officers
edit- Lord Advocate – Sir Charles Pearson until August; then John Blair Balfour
- Solicitor General for Scotland – Andrew Murray; then Alexander Asher
Judiciary
editEvents
edit- 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 RMS Campania 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]
- 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[4]
Births
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit- 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "Women in the University". The University of Glasgow Story. University of Glasgow. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- ^ Abbink, Dinant (2 May 2007). "1891/92". Scotland – Cup Results 1873/74-1877/78 and 1889/90-1995/96. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- ^ a b "History of Edinburgh". Visions of Scotland. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
- ^ "About McVitie's". McVities. Retrieved 24 June 2022.