1863 in Scotland
Events from the year 1863 in Scotland.Incumbents
- Monarch – Victoria
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
- 2 April – William Adamson, trade unionist and politician, leader of the Labour Party and Secretary of State for Scotland
- 17 May – Stewart Gray, lawyer, campaigner for social justice and patron of the arts
- 3 June – Neil Munro, writer
- 1 September – Violet Jacob, born Violet Kennedy-Erskine, historical novelist and poet
- 13 September – Arthur Henderson, first Labour Party cabinet minister and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
- 5 December – George Pirie, painter
Deaths
- 3 July – Alexander Henry Rhind, antiquarian and Egyptologist
- 14 August – Colin Campbell, army commander
The arts
- Uilleam Mac Dhun Lèibhe '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.
