1890 in Scotland
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See also: | List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1890 in: The UK • Wales • Elsewhere Scottish football: 1889–90 • 1890–91 |
Events from the year 1890 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Law officers
- Lord Advocate — James Robertson
- Solicitor General for Scotland — Moir Tod Stormonth Darling; then Sir Charles Pearson
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General — Lord Glencorse
- Lord Justice Clerk — Lord Kingsburgh
Events
- 4 March — The Forth Bridge (1,710 ft) is opened to rail traffic.[1]
- 15 May — New elected county councils in Scotland, created by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889, take up their powers. The County of Edinburgh formally adopts the title Midlothian; the formerly administratively separate counties of Ross and Cromarty are merged; former enclaves of Moray in Inverness-shire and vice versa are absorbed into the surrounding counties; and the Shetland county council formally adopts the spelling Zetland.
- Tunnock's bakers established in Uddingston.
- Construction of the village of Fortingall on Sir Donald Currie's Glenlyon Estate in Perthshire begins to "Arts and Crafts" vernacular designs by James MacLaren (died 20 October).
- East End Exhibition opens in Glasgow and International Exhibition of Science, Art & Industry staged in Edinburgh.
Births
- 3 January — Willa Muir, born Wilhelmina Johnston Anderson, translator (died 1970)
- 30 January — Andy Cunningham, international footballer (died 1973)
- 10 September — Mortimer Wheeler, archaeologist (died 1976 in England)
- Mary Newbery Sturrock, artist and designer (died 1955)
Deaths
- 3 May — James B. Beck, United States Senator from Kentucky (1877–1890) (born 1822)
- 2 June — Sir George Burns, shipowner (born 1795)
- 25 June — Sir James Gowans, architect and building contractor (born 1821)
- 10 August — William Edward Baxter, businessman, travel writer and Liberal Member of Parliament for Montrose Burghs (1855–1885) (born 1825)
- 22 November — William Bell Scott, artist and poet (born 1811)
The Arts
- William McGonagall's Poetic Gems published.
See also
References
- ^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.