1810 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1810 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Law officers
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session — Lord Avontoun
- Lord Justice General — The Duke of Montrose
- Lord Justice Clerk — Lord Granton
Events
- 25 March — The Commercial Bank of Scotland is founded in Edinburgh by John Pitcairn, Lord Cockburn and others.[1]
- 10 May — Rev. Henry Duncan opens the world's first commercial savings bank in Ruthwell, Dumfriesshire.[1]
- 10 November — Paisley canal disaster: A pleasure craft capsizes on the newly-completed first section of the Glasgow, Paisley and Johnstone Canal with the loss of 84 lives.[2]
- 19 December — Frigates HMS Nymphe and HMS Pallas are wrecked near Dunbar.[3]
- Monach Islands abandoned for the first time, due to overgrazing.
- Edinburgh Theological College founded to train clergy for the Scottish Episcopal Church.[4]
Births
- 5 February — John Muir, Indologist (died 1882)
- 2 April — Thomas Balfour, politician (died 1838)
- 19 June — Charles Wilson, architect (died 1863)
- August — William Miller, poet (died 1872)
- 19 August — Edward Ellice, Liberal politician (died 1880)
- 22 September — John Brown, physician and essayist (died 1882)
- 12 October — Alexander Bain, inventor (died 1877)
- 8 December — John Strain, first Roman Catholic Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh (died 1883)
- Andrew Findlater, editor (died 1885)
- John Notman, architect in the United States (died 1865)
Deaths
- 17 May — Robert Tannahill, "weaver poet" (born 1774)
- John Finlay, poet (born 1782)
- Probable date - William Cruickshank, military surgeon, chemist and inventor
The Arts
- Jane Porter's historical novel about William Wallace, The Scottish Chiefs, is published.
- Walter Scott's narrative poem The Lady of the Lake is published.
See also
References
- ^ a b "Chronology of Scottish History". A Timeline of Scottish History. Rampant Scotland. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
- ^ The Times (London) 1810-11-19 8144: 3.
- ^ "Isle of May". Northern Lighthouse Board. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ^ Bertie, David M. (2000). Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark. p. 659. ISBN 0-567-08746-8.