1863 in Scotland

1863
in
Scotland

Centuries:
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1840s
  • 1850s
  • 1860s
  • 1870s
  • 1880s
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1863 in: The UK Wales Ireland Elsewhere

Events from the year 1863 in Scotland.

Incumbents

Law officers

Judiciary

Events

Births

  • 15 February – Charlotte Ainslie, educationalist and headmistress (died 1960)[4]
  • 2 April – William Adamson, trade unionist and politician, leader of the Labour Party (1917–21) and Secretary of State for Scotland (1924 & 1929–31) (died 1936)
  • 17 May – Stewart Gray, lawyer, campaigner for social justice and patron of the arts (died 1937 in England)
  • 3 June – Neil Munro, writer (died 1930)[5]
  • 1 September – Violet Jacob, born Violet Kennedy-Erskine, historical novelist and poet (died 1946)
  • 13 September – Arthur Henderson, first Labour Party cabinet minister and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize (died 1935 in England)
  • 5 December – George Pirie, painter (died 1946)

Deaths

The arts

See also

References

  1. "Bankruptcy of the Royal Burgh of Linlithgow". The Scotsman. Edinburgh. 23 October 1863. p. 2.
  2. Prestwick - 1863 www.theopen.com, accessed 18 June 2013. Archived 2013-06-29.
  3. The Edinburgh Gazette, Issue No. 7384, p. 1521, 1 December 1863.
  4. Ewan, Elizabeth; Pipes, Rose; Rendall, Jane; Reynolds, Siân (eds.). The new biographical dictionary of Scottish women. Edinburgh University Press. p. 8. ISBN 9781474436281.
  5. Osborne, Brian; Armstrong, Ronald. "Introduction", Para Handy: The Complete Edition.
  6. Whyte, Christopher (1991). William Livingston/Uilleam Macdhunleibhe (1808-70): a survey of his poetry and prose. PhD thesis, University of Glasgow. Retrieved 2014-08-18.
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