1904 in Scotland

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See also:	List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1904 in: The UK • Wales • Elsewhere Scottish football: 1903–04 • 1904–05

Events from the year 1904 in Scotland .

Incumbents

Further information: Politics of Scotland and Order of precedence in Scotland

• Secretary for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Andrew Murray

Law officers

• Lord Advocate – Charles Dickson
• Solicitor General for Scotland – David Dundas

Judiciary

• Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Blair Balfour
• Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Kingsburgh

Events

• 28 June – the Danish liner SS Norge is wrecked off Rockall with the loss of 635 lives. ^[1]
• 1 August – a judgement on appeal to the House of Lords in the case of Bannatyne v Overtoun (in which the minority Free Church of Scotland challenged the new United Free Church of Scotland) is delivered.
• 17 September – new St Columba Church of Scotland, Glasgow, opened.
• 31 December – Glasgow-registered cargo steamers Stromboli and Kathleen collide and sink at Garvel Point, Greenock. ^[2]
• Hyskeir Lighthouse completed.
• The Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art is renamed as the Royal Scottish Museum.
• Boroughmuir High School, Edinburgh, founded.
• First West Highland White Terrier breed club set up.

Births

• 4 January – Erik Chisholm, composer (died 1965 in South Africa)
• 26 April – Jimmy McGrory, international footballer and manager (died 1982)
• 28 May – Anne Gillespie Shaw, engineer and businesswoman (died 1982) ^[3]
• 25 June – Patrick Balfour, 3rd Baron Kinross, historian and biographer (died 1976)
• 14 August – Lindley Fraser, academic economist and broadcaster (died 1963 in London)
• 23 August – William Primrose, violist (died in Provo, Utah 1982)
• 20 October – Tommy Douglas, Premier of Saskatchewan and pioneer of medicare (died 1986 in Canada)
• 3 November – Jennie Lee, politician (died 1988)
• 20 November – John MacCormick, lawyer and advocate of Home Rule for Scotland (died 1961)
• Edward Baird, painter (died 1949)
• Margaret MacDonald, royal servant (died 1993)
• Alex Moffat, miner, trade unionist and communist activist (died 1967)

Deaths

• 16 April – Samuel Smiles, author and reformer (born 1812)
• 25 May – David Sime Cargill, industrialist (born 1826)
• 19 June – Mungo Park, golfer (born 1836)
• 7 October – Isabella Bird, traveller (born 1831 in Yorkshire)
• 12 November – George Lennox Watson, naval architect (born 1851)
• 25 December – James Brown, poet and essayist, known as J. B. Selkirk (born 1832)

The arts

• 29 February – the Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow, opens as a music hall.
• 12 September – the King's Theatre, Glasgow, opens.
• 27 December – J. M. Barrie's stage play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up premières at the Duke of York's Theatre in London. ^[4]
• Hill House, Helensburgh, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, is completed. ^[5]

See also

• Timeline of Scottish history
• 1904 in Ireland

References

1. Sebak, Per Kristian (2004). Titanic's Predecessor: the S/S Norge Disaster of 1904. Laksevaag: Seaward. ISBN   82-996779-0-4.
2. "Notable Dates in History". The Flag in the Wind. The Scots Independent. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
3. "Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame". www.engineeringhalloffame.org. Archived from the original on 21 October 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
4. Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN   0-14-102715-0.
5. Grewe, Armin (2001–2006). "C. R. Mackintosh: Hill House in Helensburgh". The Armin Grewe Homepage. Aldermaston. Archived from the original on 23 June 2010. Retrieved 7 July 2010.