1803 in Scotland
1803 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1803 in Scotland.
Contents
1 Incumbents
1.1 Law officers
1.2 Judiciary
2 Events
3 Births
4 Deaths
5 The arts
6 See also
7 References
Incumbents[edit]
Monarch – George III
Law officers[edit]
Lord Advocate – Charles Hope
Solicitor General for Scotland – Robert Blair
Judiciary[edit]
Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Succoth
Lord Justice General – The Duke of Montrose
Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Eskgrove
Events[edit]
4 January – William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas, the "first practical steamboat".
27 July – Caledonian Canal authorized by Act of Parliament and construction begins;[1]Thomas Telford also begins work on improving roads in Scotland under the auspices of the Commissioners of Highland Roads and Bridges.[2]
Kelso Bridge, designed by John Rennie, completed.- First Boulton and Watt steam engine in Scotland installed at an Aberdeen paper mill.[3]
Lismore Seminary is opened by the Catholic Church.- Most of the 'Luckenbooths' in High Street, Edinburgh are demolished, opening up the prospect of St Giles' Cathedral.[4]
Births[edit]
15 January – Marjorie Fleming, child writer (died 1811)
3 April – David Bryce, architect (died 1876)
16 April – Edward Maitland, Lord Barcaple, judge (died 1870)
12 July – Thomas Guthrie, Free Church preacher and philanthropist (died 1873)[5]
10 September – Robert Wilson, mechanical engineer, inventor of the screw propeller (died 1882 in England)
16 October – James Edward Alexander, soldier, author and traveller (died 1885)
25 December – Donald Gregory, antiquarian (died 1836) and his twin brother William Gregory, chemist and psychic investigator (died 1858)[6]
George Patton, Lord Glenalmond, judge (suicide 1869)
Deaths[edit]
2 April – Sir James Montgomery, 1st Baronet, politician and judge (born 1721)
6 April – William Hamilton, diplomat (born 1730)
3 June – Lord George Murray, Bishop of St David's and developer of the UK's first optical telegraph (born 1761)
18 August – James Beattie, poet and philosopher (born 1735)
The arts[edit]
Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland, A. D. 1803 written by Dorothy Wordsworth (published 1874)
See also[edit]
- Timeline of Scottish history
- 1803 in the United Kingdom
References[edit]
^ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0-304-35730-8..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 239–240. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
^ Hills, Richard L. (2015). Papermaking in Britain 1488-1988: A Short History (2nd ed.). London: Bloomsbury. p. 162. ISBN 9781474241274. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
^ "History of Edinburgh". Visions of Scotland. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
^ "Rev. Thomas Guthrie, 1803-1873, Preacher and philanthropist". National Galleries Scotland. 1862. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
^ Brock, W. H. (2004). "Gregory, William (1803–1858)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/11475. Retrieved 2014-07-08.
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