Events from the year 1904 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Secretary for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Andrew Murray
Law officers Lord Advocate – Charles Dickson Solicitor General for Scotland – David Dundas
Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Blair Balfour Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Kingsburgh
Events 28 June – the Danish liner is wrecked off Rockall with the loss of 635 lives. 1 August – a judgement on appeal to the House of Lords in the case of Bannatyne v Overtoun (in which the minority Free Church of Scotland challenged the new United Free Church of Scotland) is delivered. 17 September – new St Columba Church of Scotland, Glasgow, opened. 31 December – Glasgow-registered cargo steamers Stromboli and Kathleen collide and sink at Garvel Point, Greenock. Hyskeir Lighthouse completed. The Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art is renamed as the Royal Scottish Museum. Boroughmuir High School, Edinburgh, founded. First West Highland White Terrier breed club set up.
Births 4 January – Erik Chisholm, composer (died 1965 in South Africa) 26 April – Jimmy McGrory, international footballer and manager (died 1982) 28 May – Anne Gillespie Shaw, engineer and businesswoman (died 1982) 25 June – Patrick Balfour, 3rd Baron Kinross, historian and biographer (died 1976) 14 August – Lindley Fraser, academic economist and broadcaster (died 1963 in London) 23 August – William Primrose, violist (died in Provo, Utah 1982) 20 October – Tommy Douglas, Premier of Saskatchewan and pioneer of medicare (died 1986 in Canada) 3 November – Jennie Lee, politician (died 1988) 20 November – John MacCormick, lawyer and advocate of Home Rule for Scotland (died 1961) Edward Baird, painter (died 1949) Margaret MacDonald, royal servant (died 1993) Alex Moffat, miner, trade unionist and communist activist (died 1967)
Deaths 16 April – Samuel Smiles, author and reformer (born 1812) 25 May – David Sime Cargill, industrialist (born 1826) 19 June – Mungo Park, golfer (born 1836) 7 October – Isabella Bird, traveller (born 1831 in Yorkshire) 12 November – George Lennox Watson, naval architect (born 1851) 25 December – James Brown, poet and essayist, known as J. B. Selkirk (born 1832)
The arts 29 February – the Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow, opens as a music hall. 12 September – the King's Theatre, Glasgow, opens. 27 December – J. M. Barrie's stage play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up premières at the Duke of York's Theatre in London. Hill House, Helensburgh, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, is completed.
See also Timeline of Scottish history 1904 in Ireland
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