# 1824 in Scotland

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Events from the year 1824 in Scotland.

## Incumbents
### Law officers

* Lord Advocate – Sir William Rae, Bt
* Solicitor General for Scotland – John Hope

### Judiciary

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

## Events

* 19 April – brigantine Helen of Dundee, bound for Quebec, founders on what becomes known as Helen's Reef off Rockall with fatalities.
* 17 May – the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway is authorised; construction begins the following month.
* 24 May – the foundation stone for an oil-gas works at Tanfield in Edinburgh is laid by Sir Walter Scott as company chairman.
* October – Edinburgh Academy, built to the design of William Burn, opens.
* 10 October – Edinburgh Town Council makes a decision to found a municipal fire brigade under James Braidwood, the first in Britain.
* 15–21 November – Great Fire of Edinburgh, starting in Old Assembly Close, kills 11 residents and 2 firemen, and destroys 24 tenements – leaving 400 families homeless – and other properties, including the spire of Tron Kirk.
* Blairquhan Castle near Maybole, rebuilt to the design of William Burn for Sir David Hunter-Blair, 3rd Baronet, is completed.
* Speyside Scotch whisky distilleries established: Balmenach, Glenlivet and Macallan. Also, Cameron Bridge distillery is established by Haig.
* The Foot-Ball Club is established in Edinburgh, one of the earliest known clubs organised to play any kind of football.
* The Northern Yacht Club, a predecessor of the Royal Northern and Clyde Yacht Club, is established in Rothesay.
* The Perth Golfing Society is formed.

## Births

* 24 February – John Dick Peddie, architect (died 1891)
* 8 March – John Elder, marine engineer (died 1869 in London)
* 21 March – James Samuel, railway engineer (died 1874 in London)
* 4 July – Robert B. Lindsay, Governor of Alabama (died 1902 in the United States)
* 21 October – John Ritchie Findlay, newspaper owner and philanthropist (died 1898)
* 10 December – George MacDonald, writer, poet and Christian minister (died 1905 in England)
* 17 December – John Kerr, physicist (died 1907)
* George Campbell, administrator in British India and Liberal politician (died 1892 in Cairo)

## Deaths

* 12 January – Walter Oudney, physician and explorer (born 1790; died in Africa)
* 15 January – Francis Dundas, British Army general and governor of Cape Colony (born c.1759)
* 17 January – James Brodie of Brodie, botanist, clan chief and politician (born 1744)
* 31 March – Andrew Fyfe, anatomist (born 1754)
* 15 May – Alexander Campbell, musician and writer (born 1764)
* 19 December – Charles Smith, painter (born 1749)
* Approximate date – John Gunn, musician (born c.1765)

## The arts

* Thomas Campbell's Miscellaneous Poems is published.
* James Hogg's novel The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner is published anonymously.
* William Knox's poetry collection Songs of Israel is published.
* Sir Walter Scott's novel Redgauntlet is published anonymously.
* Edwin Landseer visits Scotland for the first time to paint a portrait of Sir Walter Scott; he will return annually, concentrating on animal portraits.