Events from the year 1841 in

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Incumbents

Law officers

Lord Advocate His Majesty's Advocate, known as the Lord Advocate (), is the principal legal adviser of both the Scottish Government and the Crown in Scotland for civil and criminal matters that fall within the devolution, devolved powers of the Scottish P ...

– Andrew Rutherfurd until September; then Sir William Rae, Bt *

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– Thomas Maitland; then Duncan McNeill

Judiciary

Lord President of the Court of Session The Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General () is the most senior judge in Scotland, the head of the judiciary, and the presiding judge of the College of Justice, the Court of Session, and the High Court of Justiciary. ...

and

Lord Justice General Lord is an appellation for a person or deity who has authority, control, or power over others, acting as a master, chief, or ruler. The appellation can also denote certain persons who hold a title of the peerage in the United Kingdom, or are ...

– Lord Granton until 20 July; then from 7 October Lord Boyle *

Lord Justice Clerk The Lord Justice Clerk is the second most senior judge in Scotland, after the Lord President of the Court of Session. The current Lord Justice Clerk is Lord Beckett, who was appointed to the position on 4 February 2025, succeeding Lady Dorr ...

– Lord Boyle, then Lord Hope

Events

* 29 March – the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway is opened between Glasgow Bridge Street railway station and

Greenock Greenock (; ; , ) is a town in Inverclyde, Scotland, located in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. The town is the administrative centre of Inverclyde Council. It is a former burgh within the historic county of Renfrewshire, and forms ...

. * 14 May – Irish navvies Dennis Doolan and Patrick Redding are hanged at Crosshill,

Bishopbriggs Bishopbriggs (; ) is a town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It lies on the northern fringe of Greater Glasgow, approximately from the Glasgow city centre, city centre. Shires of Scotland, Historically in Lanarkshire, the area was once part of ...

(near Glasgow and site of the later Cadder Yard), the location at which they participated in the murder of ganger John Green on the works of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway on 10 December 1840. * 28 May – seven church ministers of the Presbytery of Strathbogie are removed from their posts by the General assembly of the Church of Scotland for obeying civil rather than ecclesiastical law. * 6 June – United Kingdom Census taken across Scotland. * September – Townhill waggonway opened in Fife. * Autumn – Chartist leader

Feargus O'Connor Feargus Edward O'Connor (18 July 1796 – 30 August 1855) was an Irish Chartism, Chartist leader and advocate of the Land Plan, which sought to provide smallholdings for the labouring classes. A highly charismatic figure, O'Connor was admired ...

tours Scotland. * The Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway opens Cowlairs railway works in the

Springburn Springburn () is an inner-city district in the north of the Scottish city of Glasgow, made up of generally working-class households. Springburn developed from a rural hamlet at the beginning of the 19th century. Its industrial expansion began ...

district of Glasgow.

Births

* 8 January –

Alexander Stuart Murray Alexander Stuart Murray, FBA (8 January 1841March 1904) was a Scottish archaeologist. He was known for excavations on Cyprus. Life Murray was born at Arbroath, and educated there, at the Royal High School, Edinburgh and at the Universities of ...

, archaeologist (died

1904 Events January * January 7 – The distress signal ''CQD'' is established, only to be replaced 2 years later by ''SOS''. * January 8 – The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system. * ...

) * Murray Hall, born Mary Anderson, bail bondsman and politician in the United States (died 1901)

Deaths

* 1 June – David Wilkie, painter (born

1785 Events January–March * January 1 ** The Burmese Konbaung Dynasty annexes the Mrauk U Kingdom of Arakan. ** The first issue of the '' Daily Universal Register'', later known as ''The Times'', is published in London. * January 7 &nd ...

)

The arts

* January –

Franz Liszt Franz Liszt (22 October 1811 – 31 July 1886) was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor and teacher of the Romantic music, Romantic period. With a diverse List of compositions by Franz Liszt, body of work spanning more than six ...

visits Edinburgh and Glasgow. * Publication of ''Vocal Melodies of Scotland'' including " The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond".

References

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1840s in Scotland