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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}{{Use British English|date=January 2016}}{{Year in Scotland| 1811 }}Events from the year 1811 in Scotland. Incumbents {{further|Politics of Scotland|Order of precedence in Scotland}}- Monarch – George III (George, Prince of Wales becomes Prince Regent from 5 February)
Law officers - Lord Advocate – Archibald Colquhoun
- Solicitor General for Scotland – David Boyle; then David Monypenny
Judiciary - Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Avontoun until 20 May; then Lord Granton
- Lord Justice General – The Duke of Montrose
- Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Granton, then Lord Boyle
Events - 9 January – the first women's golf tournament in Scotland takes place at the links of the Musselburgh Golf Club.[1]
- 1 February – Bell Rock Lighthouse begins operation.[2]
- March – Prisoner-of-war camp established at Penicuik.
- 27 May – second national Census. In Scotland the count is carried out by schoolmasters.[3]
- June – Walter Scott buys the farm at Abbotsford near Galashiels and commences building his future residence, Abbotsford House.
- August – passengers are being carried on the Kilmarnock and Troon Railway, in horse-drawn vehicles.[4]
- November – Thomas Telford's bridge at Bridge of Alford is completed.[5]
- 31 December – Tron riot breaks out in Edinburgh.
- Highland Clearances – the Marquess and Marchioness of Stafford begin mass expulsion of crofting tenants from their Highland estates to make way for sheep farming.[6][7]
- Glasgow, Paisley and Johnstone Canal completed throughout.
- Helmsdale and Torgoyle Bridges completed to the design of Thomas Telford.[8][9]
- Inner harbour at Wick completed to the design of Thomas Telford.[10]
- Harbour at Kirkwall (Orkney) first built.[5]
- Harbour at Dunure built at the expense of Archibald Kennedy, 12th Earl of Cassilis. Dunrobin pier is also built about this date.[5]
- Remodelling of the House of the Binns in Scottish Baronial style by William Burn for the Dalyell family.
- Rebuilding of Stobo Castle completed.
- The Edinburgh Society for the Support of Gaelic Schools is established.[11]
- Edinburgh Astronomical Institution established.
- Sinking of a new colliery on the Brora Coalfield is begun.[5]
- Approximate date – John Paton begins his own yarn spinning business in Alloa.
Births - January – Robert Dick, natural historian (died 1866)
- c. May – Thomas Larkins Walker, architect practicing in England (died 1860 in Hong Kong)
- 7 June – James Simpson, obstetrician and pioneer of anaesthesia (died 1870)
- 13 July – James "paraffin" Young, chemist (died 1883)
- 14 August – Adam Clark, civil engineer (died 1866 in Budapest)
- 12 September – William Bell Scott, artist and poet (died 1890)
- 19 December – Marjorie Fleming, child writer (born 1803)
- 21 December – Archibald Tait, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1882)
- Christian Maclagan, antiquary (died 1901)
Deaths - 20 May – Robert Blair, Lord Avontoun, lawyer (born 1741)
- 28 May – Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, politician (born 1742)
- 14 September – James Grahame, poet, lawyer and clergyman (born 1765)
- 15 October – George Hay, Roman Catholic bishop (born 1729)
- 27 November – Andrew Meikle, mechanical engineer and inventor (born 1719)
See also - 1811 in the United Kingdom
References 1. ^{{cite web|title=Chronology of Scottish History|work=A Timeline of Scottish History|publisher=Rampant Scotland|url=http://www.rampantscotland.com/timeline/1899.htm|accessdate=2014-03-05}}
2. ^{{cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-14-102715-0|year=2006}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=The 1811 Census|url=http://www.1911census.org.uk/1811.htm|publisher=1911Census.org.uk|year=2011|accessdate=2014-03-05}}
4. ^The Glasgow Herald 30 August 1811.
5. ^1 2 3 {{cite book|first=John R.|last=Hume|title=The Industrial Archaeology of Scotland. II: The Highlands and Islands|location=London|publisher=Batsford|year=1977|isbn=0-7134-0809-X}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.scottish-places.info/people/famousfirst621.html|title=George Granville Leveson-Gower (1st Duke of Sutherland)|work=Gazetteer for Scotland|accessdate=2010-11-10}}
7. ^{{cite web|last=Noble|first=Ross|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/civil_war_revolution/scotland_clearances_01.shtml|title=The Cultural Impact of the Highland Clearances|publisher=BBC|work=British History in-depth|date=15 October 2010|accessdate=2010-11-10}}
8. ^{{cite web|title=Helmsdale Bridge|url=http://her.highland.gov.uk/SingleResult.aspx?uid='MHG10147'|work=Highland HER|publisher=The Highland Council|year=2012|accessdate=2014-08-11}}
9. ^{{cite web|title=Torgoyle Bridge|url=http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/12227/details/torgyle+bridge/|work=Canmore|publisher=Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland|accessdate=2014-08-17}}
10. ^{{cite web|title=Wick Harbour and Breakwater|url=http://www.engineering-timelines.com/scripts/engineeringItem.asp?id=1205|work=Engineering Timelines|accessdate=2014-08-11}}
11. ^{{cite book|editor=Thomson, Derick S.|title=The Companion to Gaelic Scotland|location=Oxford|publisher=Blackwell|year=1983|isbn=0631155783|page=258}}
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