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1811 in Scotland
Summary
Events from the year
1811 in
Scotland
.
←
1810
1809
1808
1807
1806
1811
in
Scotland
→
1812
1813
1814
1815
1816
Centuries:
17th
18th
19th
20th
21st
Decades:
1790s
1800s
1810s
1820s
1830s
See also:
List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1811 in:
The UK
•
Wales
•
Elsewhere
Incumbents
edit
Law officers
edit
Lord Advocate
–
Archibald Colquhoun
Solicitor General for Scotland
–
David Boyle
; then
David Monypenny
Judiciary
edit
Lord President of the Court of Session
–
Lord Avontoun
until 20 May; then
Lord Granton
Lord Justice General
–
The Duke of Montrose
Lord Justice Clerk
–
Lord Granton
, then
Lord Boyle
Events
edit
9 January
– the first women's golf tournament in Scotland takes place at the links of the
Musselburgh Golf Club
.
[1]
1 February
–
Bell Rock Lighthouse
begins operation.
[2]
March –
Prisoner-of-war camp
established at
Penicuik
.
27 May
– second national
Census
. In Scotland the count is carried out by schoolmasters.
[3]
June –
Walter Scott
buys the farm at Abbotsford near
Galashiels
and commences building his future residence,
Abbotsford House
.
August – passengers are being carried on the
Kilmarnock and Troon Railway
, in horse-drawn vehicles.
[4]
November –
Thomas Telford
's bridge at
Bridge of Alford
is completed.
[5]
31 December
–
Tron riot
breaks out in
Edinburgh
.
Highland Clearances
– the
Marquess
and
Marchioness of Stafford
begin mass expulsion of
crofting
tenants from their
Highland
estates to make way for sheep farming.
[6]
[7]
Glasgow, Paisley and Johnstone Canal
completed throughout.
Helmsdale
and Torgoyle Bridges completed to the design of Thomas Telford.
[8]
[9]
Inner harbour at
Wick
completed to the design of Thomas Telford.
[10]
Harbour at
Kirkwall
(
Orkney
) first built.
[5]
Harbour at
Dunure
built at the expense of
Archibald Kennedy, 12th Earl of Cassilis
. Dunrobin pier is also built about this date.
[5]
Remodelling of the
House of the Binns
in
Scottish Baronial
style by
William Burn
for the Dalyell family.
Rebuilding of
Stobo Castle
completed.
The Edinburgh Society for the Support of Gaelic Schools is established.
[11]
Edinburgh Astronomical Institution
established.
Sinking of a new colliery on the
Brora Coalfield
is begun.
[5]
Approximate date –
John Paton
begins his own yarn spinning business in
Alloa
.
Births
edit
January –
Robert Dick
, natural historian (died
1866
)
c. May –
Thomas Larkins Walker
, architect practicing in England (died 1860 in Hong Kong)
7 June
–
James Simpson
, obstetrician and pioneer of anaesthesia (died
1870
)
13 July
–
James "paraffin" Young
, chemist (died
1883
)
14 August
–
Adam Clark
, civil engineer (died 1866 in Budapest)
12 September
–
William Bell Scott
, artist and poet (died
1890
)
19 December
–
Marjorie Fleming
, child writer (born
1803
)
21 December
–
Archibald Tait
,
Archbishop of Canterbury
(died
1882
)
Christian Maclagan
, antiquary (died
1901
)
Deaths
edit
20 May
–
Robert Blair, Lord Avontoun
, lawyer (born
1741
)
28 May
–
Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville
, politician (born
1742
)
14 September
–
James Grahame
, poet, lawyer and clergyman (born
1765
)
15 October
–
George Hay
, Roman Catholic bishop (born
1729
)
27 November
–
Andrew Meikle
, mechanical engineer and inventor (born
1719
)
See also
edit
1811 in Ireland
References
edit
^
"Chronology of Scottish History".
A Timeline of Scottish History
. Rampant Scotland
. Retrieved
5 March
2014
.
^
Penguin Pocket On This Day
. Penguin Reference Library. 2006.
ISBN
0-14-102715-0
.
^
"The 1811 Census". 1911Census.org.uk. 2011
. Retrieved
5 March
2014
.
^
The Glasgow Herald
30 August 1811.
^
a
b
c
d
Hume, John R. (1977).
The Industrial Archaeology of Scotland.
II
: The Highlands and Islands
. London: Batsford.
ISBN
0-7134-0809-X
.
^
"George Granville Leveson-Gower (1st Duke of Sutherland)".
Gazetteer for Scotland
. Retrieved
10 November
2010
.
^
Noble, Ross (15 October 2010). "The Cultural Impact of the Highland Clearances".
British History in-depth
. BBC
. Retrieved
10 November
2010
.
^
"Helmsdale Bridge".
Highland HER
. The Highland Council. 2012
. Retrieved
11 August
2014
.
^
"Torgoyle Bridge".
Canmore
.
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
. Retrieved
17 August
2014
.
^
"Wick Harbour and Breakwater".
Engineering Timelines
. Retrieved
11 August
2014
.
^
Thomson, Derick S., ed. (1983).
The Companion to Gaelic Scotland
. Oxford: Blackwell. p. 258.
ISBN
0631155783
.