1898 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1898 in Scotland.
Incumbents
[edit]Law officers
[edit]Judiciary
[edit]- Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Robertson
- Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Kingsburgh
Events
[edit]- 22 January – the People's Palace on Glasgow Green opens.[1]
- 18 October – Trinity Chain Pier at Trinity, Edinburgh, collapses in a storm.
- 1 November – completion throughout of the Highland Railway's Inverness and Aviemore Direct Railway.
- The Madelvic Motor Carriage Company opens its factory for the manufacture of electric vehicles in Granton, Edinburgh, one of the first purpose-built car factories in the U.K. The company goes into liquidation in December 1899.[2]
- Charles Rennie Mackintosh carries out the interior design for Catherine Cranston's tearooms in Argyle Street, Glasgow, including the first appearance of his characteristic high-backed chair.
- Scottish-born American industrialist Andrew Carnegie purchases Skibo Castle in Sutherland (which he has been leasing for a year).
- Construction of Glenborrodale Castle on the Ardnamurchan peninsula as a guest residence for mining magnate Charles Rudd by architect Sydney Mitchell begins.[3]
- United Collieries Ltd formed in Glasgow to acquire coal mining companies.
- The Church of Scotland introduces the Church Hymnary.
Births
[edit]- 13 February – Duncan Campbell, evangelical revivalist (died 1972)
- 7 April – Dorothy Renton, gardener (died 1966)
- 26 April – John Grierson, documentary film maker (died 1972 in England)
- 28 April – William Soutar, poet (died 1943)
- 18 July – John Stuart, actor (died 1979)
- 31 July – Doris Zinkeisen, theatrical designer and commercial artist (died 1991 in England)
- 11 September – John Meikle, winner of the Victoria Cross (killed 1918 on the Western Front (World War I))
- 27 December – W. C. Sellar, humourist (died 1951 in England)
- William Gillies, painter (died 1973)
Deaths
[edit]- 21 July – William Alexander Hunter, academic lawyer and Liberal politician (born 1844)
- 16 October – John Ritchie Findlay, newspaper owner and philanthropist (born 1824)
- 7 November – Màiri Mhòr nan Òran, Gaelic poet (born 1821)
- 10 December – William Black, novelist (born 1841)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Opening the People's Palace, 1898". The Glasgow Story. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
- ^ King, David (2010). "Madelvic car factory". Granton history. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
- ^ Miers, Mary (2008). The Western Seaboard: an illustrated architectural guide. Edinburgh: RIAS. ISBN 9781873190296.