Events from the year 1853 in Scotland.

Incumbents

Law officers

* Lord Advocate – James Moncreiff * Solicitor General for Scotland –

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; then Robert Handyside; then James Craufurd

Judiciary

* Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Colonsay * Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Glencorse

Events

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– Licensing (Scotland) Acts of Parliament in the United Kingdom, Act (known after its sponsor as the 'William Forbes Mackenzie, Forbes Mackenzie Act') regulates the supply of intoxicating beverages. * 28 September – emigrant ship ''Annie Jane'' sinks in heavy seas off Vatersay, with the loss of 350 lives. * Highland Clearances in Skye and Raasay. * National Association for the Vindication of Scottish Rights formed. * Second cholera pandemic (1829–51), Second cholera pandemic again revives in Scotland. * Time ball installed on Nelson Monument, Edinburgh. * Corn exchange built in Dalkeith. * John Hill Burton publishes his ''History of Scotland from the Revolution to the Extinction of the last Jacobite Insurrection''.

Births

* 12 January – James MacLaren (architect), James MacLaren, architect in the "Arts and Crafts movement, Arts and Crafts" style (died 1890 in Scotland, 1890) * 4 March – Hector MacDonald, soldier (suicide 1903 in Paris) * 31 March – Isaac Bayley Balfour, botanist (died 1922 in Scotland, 1922) * 10 June – Alexander Watson Hutton, "father of football in Argentina" (died 1936 in Buenos Aires) * 17 July – William Gunion Rutherford, classical scholar (died 1907 in England)

Deaths

* 2 January – William Collins (publisher), William Collins, publisher (born 1789 in Scotland, 1789) * 30 July – John Struthers (poet), John Struthers, poet (born 1776 in Scotland, 1776) * 28 September – Adam Anderson, Lord Anderson, judge (born c.1797) * 21 October – Robert Gordon (minister), Robert Gordon, minister of religion and scientist (born 1786 in Scotland, 1786)

The arts

* Summer – John Everett Millais stays at Brig o' Turk in Glen Finglas with John Ruskin and his wife Effie Gray, Effie to begin painting ''John Ruskin (painting), John Ruskin''. * Alexander Smith (poet), Alexander Smith's 'A Life Drama' is published as ''Poems''.

References

{{Years in Scotland 1853 in Scotland, Years of the 19th century in Scotland 1853 in the United Kingdom, Scotland 1850s in Scotland