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1852 in Scotland
Events from the year
1852 in Scotland
.
Incumbents
Law officers
Lord Advocate
âÂÂ
James Moncreiff
until February; then
Adam Anderson
until May; then
John Inglis
until December; then
James Moncreiff
Solicitor General for Scotland
âÂÂ
George Deas
; then
John Inglis
; then
Charles Neaves
Judiciary
Lord President of the Court of Session
and
Lord Justice General
âÂÂ
Lord Boyle
until 5 May; then from 14 May
Lord Colonsay
Lord Justice Clerk
âÂÂ
Lord Glencorse
Events
7âÂÂ31 July âÂÂ
United Kingdom general election
results in
Conservative Party
defeat in Scotland but victory across the UK as a whole.
1 October
â Patent Law Amendment Act comes into effect, merging the English, Scottish and Irish
patent
systems.
28 December
â Edinburgh-born
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
, becomes
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
, leading a
Whig
-
Peelite
coalition.
Kelvingrove Park
laid out as West End Park in Glasgow.
Two boatloads of emigrants leave the island of
Raasay
for Australia.
Polled
Herd Book
established for
Aberdeen Angus
and
Galloway
cattle.
Kirkcaldy High School
established as Kirkcaldy Burgh School.
The School of Arts of Edinburgh, predecessor of
Heriot-Watt University
, changes its name to the Watt Institution and School of Arts.
George Hay Forbes
founds
Pitsligo Press
.
Births
24 May
âÂÂ
R. B. Cunninghame Graham
, radical socialist politician and writer (died 1936 in Argentina)
2 September
âÂÂ
Durward Lely
, opera singer and actor, (died
1944
)
11 September
âÂÂ
James Mackay, 1st Earl of Inchcape
, businessman and colonial administrator in India (died 1932 in
Monte Carlo
)
2 October
âÂÂ
William Ramsay
, chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1904 (died
1916
)
John Kerr
, businessman and politician
Approximate date âÂÂ
Murdo Stewart MacDonald
, merchant mariner (died 1938 in
Mauritius
)
Deaths
5 May
âÂÂ
William Henry Murray
, actor-manager (born 1790 in England)
2 July
âÂÂ
Thomas Thomson
, chemist (born
1773
)
22 July
âÂÂ
John Smith
, architect (born
1781
)
25 July
âÂÂ
Thomas Grainger
, civil engineer and surveyor (born
1794
)
4 September
âÂÂ
William MacGillivray
, naturalist (born
1796
)
See also
Timeline of Scottish history
1852 in Ireland
References