1863 in Scotland

Events from the year 1863 in Scotland.

Law officers

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

Judiciary

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

Events

 * 10 January – steamer Bussorah is lost off Islay with all 33 hands on her maiden voyage.
 * 17 September – royal burgh of Linlithgow enters bankruptcy.
 * 18 September – Willie Park wins his second Open Championship title at Prestwick Golf Club.
 * 13 October – the Provostship of Aberdeen is elevated to Lord Provost.
 * Overtoun House is completed.

Births

 * 15 February – Charlotte Ainslie, educationalist and headmistress (died 1960)
 * 2 April – William Adamson, trade unionist and politician, leader of the Labour Party (1917–21) and Secretary of State for Scotland (1924 & 1929–31) (died 1936)
 * 17 May – Stewart Gray, lawyer, campaigner for social justice and patron of the arts (died 1937 in England)
 * 3 June – Neil Munro, writer (died 1930)
 * 1 September – Violet Jacob, born Violet Kennedy-Erskine, historical novelist and poet (died 1946)
 * 13 September – Arthur Henderson, first Labour Party cabinet minister and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize (died 1935 in England)
 * 5 December – George Pirie, painter (died 1946)

Deaths

 * 3 July – Alexander Henry Rhind, antiquarian and Egyptologist (born 1833; died in Italy)
 * 14 August – Colin Campbell, army commander (born 1792; died in England)

The arts

 * Uilleam Mac Dhun Lèibhe (William Livingston)'s Gaelic poem on the Clearances on his native Islay, Fios Thun A' Bhard, is published as a broadsheet in Glasgow.
 * George MacDonald's novel David Elginbrod is published.