1910 in Scotland
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List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1910 in: The UK • Wales • Ireland • Elsewhere Scottish football: 1909–10 • 1910–11 |
Events from the year 1910 in Scotland.
Incumbents
- Monarch — Edward VII (until 6 May), George V
- Secretary for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal — John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland
Law officers
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General — Lord Dunedin
- Lord Justice Clerk — Lord Kingsburgh
Events
- June — Edinburgh Missionary Conference is held, presided over by Nobel Peace Prize recipient John R. Mott, launching the modern ecumenical movement and the modern missions movement.
- 17 September — Andrew Blain Baird makes the first powered monoplane flight in Scotland, at Ettrick Bay on the Isle of Bute in a self-built machine.[1]
- 19 December — Alhambra Theatre, Glasgow opened
- The whisky-based liqueur Drambuie is first marketed commercially, from Leith.
Births
- 6 May — Jerry Morris, epidemiologist (died 2009)[2]
- 10 March — Jane Duncan, born Elizabeth Jane Cameron, novelist (died 1976)
- 17 March — Molly Weir, actress (died 2004 in London)
- 19 April — Andrew Gilchrist, Special Operations Executive operative, and later ambassador (died 1993)
- 23 April — Sheila Scott Macintyre, mathematician (died 1960)
- 15 July — George Friel, novelist (died 1975)
- 14 November — Norman MacCaig, poet (died 1996)[3]
- December — Ian Donald, physician, pioneer in the use of Medical ultrasonography (died 1987)
Deaths
- 18 January — James Cuthbertson, Scottish-Australian poet and schoolteacher (born 1851)
- 2 April — William McTaggart, landscape and marine painter (born 1835)
- 6 April — John McLaren, Lord McLaren, Liberal politician (born 1831)
- 13 April — William Quiller Orchardson, portraitist and painter (born 1832)
- 15 April — John Smith - dentist, philanthropist and pioneering educator (born 1825)
- 10 May — William Gordon Stables, naval physician and novelist (born 1840)
- Robert Boog Watson, malacologist and Free Church minister (born 1823)
See also
References
- ↑ "First all-Scottish heavier-than-air powered flight". 2010. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
- ↑ Ashton, J. R. (2000). "Professor J N "Jerry" Morris". Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 54: 881a. doi:10.1136/jech.54.12.881a.
- ↑ Calder, Angus (1996-01-25). "Obituary: Norman MacCaig". The Independent (London). Retrieved 2014-02-21.
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