1867 in Scotland

Events from the year 1867 in Scotland.

Law officers

 * Lord Advocate – George Patton until February; then Edward Strathearn Gordon
 * Solicitor General for Scotland – Edward Strathearn Gordon; then John Millar

Judiciary

 * Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Colonsay until 25 February; then Lord Glencorse
 * Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Glenalmond, then Lord Moncreiff

Events

 * 29 April – the Caledonian Mercury newspaper is last published.
 * 9 July – Queen's Park F.C., Scotland's first senior football club, is formed.
 * 29 August – John Hill Burton is appointed Historiographer Royal.
 * 15 October – a Statue of Albert, Prince Consort is unveiled in the grounds of Balmoral Castle, 6 years after his death.
 * 28 November – opening of Baylis's Royal Colosseum Theatre and Opera House, Glasgow, which becomes the Theatre Royal, Glasgow in May 1869.
 * Edinburgh Crystal glass is first manufactured, by the Edinburgh and Leith Flint Glass Company.
 * The West of Scotland Grand National, predecessor of the Scottish Grand National, moves to a new course, Bogside Racecourse near Irvine, North Ayrshire.

Births

 * 26 April – William Barr, landscape painter (died 1933 in the United States)
 * 3 June – George Henry Walton, architect and designer (died 1933 in London)
 * 1 August – William Speirs Bruce, naturalist, polar scientist and oceanographer (died 1921)
 * 9 August – Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall, writer of history for children (died 1941 in London)
 * 26 August – Robert William Hamilton, colonial judge and Liberal politician (died 1944)

Deaths

 * 5 January – Alexander Smith, poet (born 1829)
 * 16 January – Alexander Gibson, surgeon and forest conservator in India (born 1800)
 * 9 February – John Campbell, surgeon (born 1784)
 * 24 June – Horatio McCulloch, landscape painter (born 1806)

The arts

 * January – Clara Schumann and Joseph Joachim tour to Edinburgh and Glasgow.