1908 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1908 in Scotland.
Contents
Incumbents
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Law officers
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General — Lord Dunedin
- Lord Justice Clerk — Lord Kingsburgh
Events
- 26 January — The 1st Glasgow Scout Group is granted the oldest Scout Group registration known.
- 25 April — Kincardineshire by-election: Arthur Murray holds the seat for the Liberal Party.
- 9 May — Dundee by-election: Winston Churchill holds the seat for the Liberal Party.[1]
- May — Ladies' Scottish Climbing Club formed.
- 14 July — First ship launched from Yarrow Shipbuilders' new yard at Scotstoun, the first Pará-class destroyer for the Brazilian Navy.[2]
- St Mary's Episcopal Church in Glasgow is raised to the status of St Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow, within the Scottish Episcopal Church.
- Walter Robberds, Bishop of Brechin, becomes Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, an office he will hold until 1934.
- Eskdalemuir Observatory opened for geophysical and meteorological recording.[3]
- West Highland White Terrier first so named as a breed.[4]
- Perth Racecourse, the most northerly in Britain, opened for National Hunt racing.
Births
- 28 January — Jimmy Shand, accordionist and bandleader (died 2000)
- 2 February — J. K. Annand, poet and founding editor of Lallans magazine (died 1993)
- 22 April — Leonard Schapiro, scholar of Russian politics (died 1983 in London)
- 23 May — Duncan Black, economist (died 1991 in Paignton)
- 5 June — Bill Fraser, stage and screen actor (died 1987 in Hertfordshire)
- 7 June — Thomas Cook, Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) for constituencies in Dundee 1945–52; died 1952)
- 10 June — Russell Waters, stage and screen actor (died 1982 in London)
- 23 August — Hannah Frank, visual artist (died 2008)
- 19 October — Sydney MacEwan, singer and priest (died 1991)
- 28 October — Angus MacVicar, writer (died 2001)
- Jeannie Robertson, folk singer (died 1975)
Deaths
- 25 January — Sir Thomas McCall Anderson, professor of practice of medicine (born 1836)
- 30 January — James Bell Pettigrew, naturalist and museum curator (born 1834)
- 22 March — John William Crombie, Liberal MP for Kincardineshire (1892–1908)[5](born 1858)
- 24 March — Sir James David Marwick, lawyer, historian and town clerk (born 1826)
- 13 May — Louisa Stevenson, campaigner for women's rights (born 1835)
- 7 June — William Lithgow, shipbuilder (born 1854)
- 25 October — Lewis Campbell, classicist (born 1830)
- 19 December — Thomas Lomar Gray, engineer, noted for his pioneering work in seismology (born 1850)
- Joseph Henderson, artist (born 1832)
- John James Stevenson, architect (born 1831)
The Arts
- Mary and Jane Findlater's novel Crossriggs is published.