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Events from the year 1870 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Further information: Politics of Scotland and Order of precedence in ScotlandLaw officers
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Glencorse
- Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Moncreiff
Events
- 6 July – Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland founded, the world's oldest such organisation.
- 26 September – George Watson's Hospital in Edinburgh reopens as reconstituted as a fee-paying day school, George Watson's College Schools for Boys.
- 4 October – first non-public hanging in Scotland: George Chalmers of Fraserburgh, 45, is hanged in Perth county gaol by the London hangman William Calcraft for the murder of a toll-keeper at Braco.
- November – the University of Glasgow moves from the Old College in High Street to a new campus and main building (designed by George Gilbert Scott) at Gilmorehill in the West End of Glasgow.
- 30 November – the first unofficial international Association football match, England v Scotland, takes place under the approval of the Football Association (FA) at The Oval, London. The Scotland team is selected by the FA from players in the London area with Scottish connections.
- Esplanade at Rothesay, Bute, completed.
- Mormond Hill White Stag hill figure created in Aberdeenshire.
- James Lamont & Co are established as ship repairers at Greenock.
Births
- 14 March – Henry Gray, surgeon (died 1938 in Canada)
- 24 June – James Logan, international footballer (died 1896)
- 4 August – Harry Lauder, entertainer (died 1950)
- 18 October – J. H. Curle, mining engineer, traveller, writer, eugenicist and philatelist (died 1942 in Canada)
- William Roughead, lawyer and criminologist (died 1952)
Deaths
- 15 February – William Burn, architect, pioneer of the Scottish Baronial style (born 1789)
- 23 February – Edward Maitland, Lord Barcaple, judge (born 1803)
- 26 February – John Duncan, theologian and Hebraist (born 1796)
- 24 April – Alexander Handyside Ritchie, sculptor (born 1804)
- 17 May – David Octavius Hill, artist and photographer (born 1802)
- 27 May – James Smart, chief constable (born 1804)
- 26 October – Thomas Anderson, botanist (born 1832)
- Uilleam Mac Dhun Lèibhe (William Livingston), Gaelic poet (born 1808)
See also
References
- ^ "Notable Dates in History". The Flag in the Wind. The Scots Independent. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- "University of Glasgow, Old and New". University of Glasgow: Special Collections. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ^ "The first international football match". BBC. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
- "Port Glasgow Yards". History of Port Glasgow. Archived from the original on 3 July 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2009.
- Whyte, Christopher (1991). William Livingston/Uilleam Macdhunleibhe (1808–70): a survey of his poetry and prose. PhD thesis, University of Glasgow. Retrieved 2014-08-18.