1821 in Scotland

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Events from the year 1821 in Scotland.

Incumbents

• Monarch — George IV

Law officers

• Lord Advocate — Sir William Rae, Bt
• Solicitor General for Scotland — James Wedderburn

Judiciary

• Lord President of the Court of Session — Lord Granton
• Lord Justice General — The Duke of Montrose
• Lord Justice Clerk — Lord Boyle

Events

• 28 April — Foundation stone for the Melville Monument in St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, is laid.^[1]
• 18 July — Thief David Haggart is hanged in Edinburgh, aged 20, for the murder of a Dumfries tolbooth keeper in 1820, leaving an autobiography, The life of David Haggart, and phrenologist George Combe's Phrenological observations on the cerebral development of David Haggart.
• 16 October — The School of Arts of Edinburgh, a predecessor of Heriot-Watt University, is established by Leonard Horner for the education of working men.^[2][3]
• Sumburgh Head Lighthouse, designed by Robert Stevenson, is built.
• The Royal Scottish Society of Arts is founded as The Society for the Encouragement of the Useful Arts in Scotland by David Brewster.
• The publisher T&T Clark is established in Edinburgh by Thomas Clark.
• William Hooker (botanist) publishes Flora Scotica; or, A description of Scottish plants.

Births

• 15 March — William Milligan, theologian (died 1892)
• 26 April — Robert Adamson, pioneer photographer (died 1848)
• 16 June — Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (died 1908)
• 19 June — George Whyte-Melville, sporting novelist (died hunting 1878 in England)
• 1 August — James Gowans, architect (died 1890)
• 17 October — Alexander Gardner, photographer (died 1882 in the United States)
• 13 December — Joseph Noel Paton, painter (died 1901)
• Edward Wilson, railway civil and locomotive engineer (died after 1871 in England?)

Deaths

• 2 April — James Gregory, physician (born 1753)
• 15 June — John Ballantyne, publisher (born 1774)
• 4 October — John Rennie the Elder, civil engineer (born 1761; died in London)
• 8 November — Charles Murray, actor (born 1754 in England)
• 6 December — John Taylor, medical missionary (died in Persia)
• Isabel Pagan, poet (born c.1741)

The Arts

• John Galt's novels Annals of the Parish and The Ayrshire Legatees are published.
• Jane Porter's novel The Scottish Chiefs is published.
• Sir Walter Scott's novel Kenilworth is published anonymously.

See also

• 1821 in the United Kingdom

References

1. "History of Edinburgh". Visions of Scotland. Retrieved 2014-08-09.
2. Jameson, R. (1824). "Some Account of the School of Arts of Edinburgh.". The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal. 11: 203–205.
3. O'Farrell, P. N. (2004). Heriot Watt University: An Illustrated History. Harlow: Pearson Education. pp. 64–66. ISBN 0-273-69605-X.