1867 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1867 in Scotland.
Contents
Incumbents
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Law officers
- Lord Advocate — George Patton until February; then Edward Strathearn Gordon
- Solicitor General for Scotland — Edward Strathearn Gordon; then John Millar
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General — Lord Colonsay until 25 February; then Lord Glencorse
- Lord Justice Clerk — Lord Glenalmond, then Lord Moncreiff
Events
- 9 July — Queen's Park Football Club, Scotland's first senior football club, is formed.
- 29 August — John Hill Burton is appointed Historiographer Royal.
- 28 November — Opening of Baylis's Royal Colosseum Theatre and Opera House, Glasgow, which becomes the Theatre Royal, Glasgow in May 1869.[1]
- Edinburgh Crystal glass is first manufactured, by the Edinburgh and Leith Flint Glass Company.
- The West of Scotland Grand National, predecessor of the Scottish Grand National, moves to a new course, Bogside Racecourse near Irvine, North Ayrshire.[2]
Births
- 26 April — William Barr, landscape painter (died 1933 in the United States)
- 1 August — William Speirs Bruce, naturalist, polar scientist and oceanographer (died 1922)
- 26 August — Robert William Hamilton, colonial judge and Liberal politician (died 1944)
Deaths
- 5 January — Alexander Smith, poet (born 1829)
- 16 January — Alexander Gibson surgeon and forest conservator in India (born 1800)
- 24 June — Horatio McCulloch, landscape painter (born 1806)