1892 in Scotland

Events from the year 1892 in Scotland.

Incumbents

 * Secretary for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – The Marquess of Lothian, until 11 August; then Sir George Trevelyan, Bt

Law officers

 * Lord Advocate – Sir Charles Pearson until August; then John Blair Balfour
 * Solicitor General for Scotland – Andrew Murray; then Alexander Asher

Judiciary

 * Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Robertson
 * Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Kingsburgh

Events

 * 29 January – original bridge at Bonar Bridge swept away by flood
 * February – Scottish Universities Commissioners publish an ordinance authorising Scottish universities to provide for the education and graduation of women for the first time
 * 9 April – Celtic F.C. win the Scottish Cup for the first time
 * 4–18 July – in the general election, Keir Hardie, standing as an independent labour candidate, wins the London seat of West Ham South
 * 5 July – Central Library, Aberdeen, opened by Andrew Carnegie
 * 6 September – Dundee Whaling Expedition begins
 * 8 September – Cunard liner RMS Campania is launched by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company at Govan
 * 26 November – the original Jenners department store in Edinburgh is destroyed by fire
 * Foundation stone of new St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh laid
 * Scottish Church Society formed
 * New Templeton's Carpet Factory building on Glasgow Green completed
 * Alexander Grant develops the original recipe for McVitie's digestive biscuit in Edinburgh

Births

 * 25 March – Andy Clyde, screen actor (died 1967 in the United States)
 * 13 April – Robert Watson-Watt, pioneer of radar (died 1973)
 * 11 August – Hugh MacDiarmid, poet (died 1978)
 * 2 October – Mab Copland Lineman, attorney in the United States (died 1957 in the United States)
 * 14 November – Nora Connolly O'Brien, Irish political activist, daughter of James Connolly (died 1981 in Ireland)
 * 18 November – D. E. Stevenson, romantic novelist (died 1973)
 * 14 December – Jimmy McColl, footballer (died 1978)
 * 25 December – Dorothy Johnstone, painter (died 1980 in Wales)

Deaths

 * 28 August – William Forbes Skene, historian and antiquary (born 1809)
 * 22 September – George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 3rd Duke of Sutherland (born 1828 in London)
 * 23 September – George Grub, church historian (born 1812)
 * 5 October – Alexander Carnegie Kirk, mechanical engineer (born 1830)

The arts

 * October – first Gaelic mòd, predecessor of the Royal National Mòd, held in Oban
 * 7 November – Empire Palace Theatre opens in Edinburgh, designed for impresario Edward Moss by Frank Matcham