1821 in Scotland

Events from the year '1821 in Scotland.

 Incumbents 
 Monarch – George IV

 Law officers 
 Lord Advocate – Sir William Rae, Bt
 Solicitor General for Scotland – James Wedderburn

 Judiciary 
 Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Granton
 Lord Justice General – The Duke of Montrose
 Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Boyle

 Events 
 28 April – foundation stone for the Melville Monument in St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, is laid.
 18 July – thief David Haggart is hanged in Edinburgh, aged 20, for the murder of a Dumfries tolbooth keeper in 1820, leaving an autobiography, The life of David Haggart, and phrenologist George Combe's Phrenological observations on the cerebral development of David Haggart.
 16 October – the School of Arts of Edinburgh, a predecessor of Heriot-Watt University, is established by Leonard Horner for the education of working men.
 Sumburgh Head Lighthouse, designed by Robert Stevenson, is built.
 The Royal Scottish Society of Arts is founded as The Society for the Encouragement of the Useful Arts in Scotland by David Brewster.
 The publisher T&T Clark is established in Edinburgh by Thomas Clark.
 William Hooker (botanist) publishes Flora Scotica; or, A description of Scottish plants.

 Births 
 15 March – William Milligan, theologian (died 1892)
 11 April – James Campbell Walker, architect (died 1888)
 26 April – Robert Adamson, pioneer photographer (died 1848)
 16 June – Old Tom Morris, golfer (died 1908)
 19 June – George Whyte-Melville, sporting novelist (died hunting 1878 in England)
 1 August – James Gowans, architect (died 1890)
 17 October – Alexander Gardner, photographer (died 1882 in the United States)
 13 December – Joseph Noel Paton, painter (died 1901)
 29 December – John Francis Campbell, Celtic folklorist and inventor (died 1885 in France)
 Edward Wilson, railway civil and locomotive engineer (died after 1871 in England?)

 Deaths 
 2 April – James Gregory, physician (born 1753)
 15 June – John Ballantyne, publisher (born 1774)
 4 October – John Rennie the Elder, civil engineer (born 1761; died in London)
 8 November – Charles Murray, actor (born 1754 in England)
 6 December – John Taylor, medical missionary (died in Persia)
 Isabel Pagan, poet (born c.1741)

The arts
 John Galt's novels Annals of the Parish and The Ayrshire Legatees are published.
 Jane Porter's novel The Scottish Chiefs is published.
 Sir Walter Scott's novel Kenilworth'' is published anonymously.

See also 

 1821 in the United Kingdom

References 

 
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