Events from the year 1877 in Scotland.

Incumbents

Law officers

* Lord Advocate – William Watson, Baron Watson, William Watson * Solicitor General for Scotland – John Macdonald, Lord Kingsburgh, John Macdonald

Judiciary

* Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – John Inglis, Lord Glencorse, Lord Glencorse * Lord Justice Clerk – James Moncreiff, 1st Baron Moncreiff, Lord Moncreiff

Events

* 24 April – six Scotch whisky distilleries combine to form Distillers Company. * 16 October – the Abertay light vessel is moored on station off Dundee, Scotland's first lightvessel. * 22 October – Blantyre mining disaster: Scotland's worst-ever mining accident kills over 200. * 3 December – the original Mount Stuart House on the Isle of Bute is burned down. * Ex-President of the United States Ulysses S. Grant tours his ancestral Scotland. * The rebuilt Ardverikie House in Badenoch, designed by John Rhind (architect), John Rhind, is completed. * Cluny Harbour at Buckie is built. * Wick Harbour breakwater is washed away in a storm for a second time. * Mitchell Library established in Glasgow. * Manufacture of linoleum at Kirkcaldy begins. * Separate U.K. Ayrshire cattle and Galloway cattle societies established and herd books set up. * A breed register for the Clydesdale horse is established.

Births

* 25 February – John Tait Robertson, international footballer (died 1935 in Scotland, 1935) * 12 May – William Weir, 1st Viscount Weir, industrialist and politician (died 1959 in Scotland, 1959) * 7 August – Leslie Hunter, born George Hunter, painter (died 1931 in Scotland, 1931) * 9 November – Helen Crawfurd, suffragette and communist activist (died 1954 in Scotland, 1954) * 26 November – Sir John Stewart, 1st Baronet, of Fingask, whisky distiller (suicide 1924 in Scotland, 1924)

Deaths

* 2 January – Alexander Bain (inventor), Alexander Bain, inventor (born 1810 in Scotland, 1810) * 3 February – James Merry (Scottish politician), James Merry, ironmaster, race-horse breeder and Liberal MP (1859–74) (born 1805 in Scotland, 1805) * 14 April – Margaret Macpherson Grant, heiress and philanthropist (born 1834 in Scotland, 1834)

The arts

* William McGonagall discovers himself to be a poet (according to his own account). * Robert Louis Stevenson's first published works of fiction appear in magazines.

References

{{Years in Scotland 1877 in Scotland, Years of the 19th century in Scotland 1877 in the United Kingdom, Scotland 1870s in Scotland