1823 in Scotland

• Lord Advocate – Sir William Rae, Bt
• Solicitor General for Scotland – John Hope

• Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Granton
• Lord Justice General – The Duke of Montrose
• Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Boyle

• 14 January – the Plinian Society is inaugurated for students of natural history at the University of Edinburgh under the presidency of John Baird.{{cite book|last=Browne|first=E. Janet|author-link=Janet Browne|year=1995|title=Charles Darwin: vol. 1 Voyaging|location=London|publisher=Jonathan Cape|isbn=1-84413-314-1|pages=73–5}}
• 7 February – the Bannatyne Club is inaugurated by Sir Walter Scott and others as a text publication society to print by subscription rare texts relating to the history, literature and traditions of Scotland.
• 17 June – Charles Macintosh patents the waterproof material later used to make Mackintosh coats.{{cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-14-102715-0|year=2006}}
• 18 July
• Excise Act reduces duties on the distillation of whisky, encouraging its commercial production.
• Act for building additional Places of Worship in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland passed.
• November – the Highland Society’s Veterinary School, predecessor of the University of Edinburgh's Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, organises its first regular classes in Edinburgh under William Dick.{{cite book|last=Bradley|first=O. Charnock|year=1923|title=History of the Edinburgh Veterinary College|url=https://archive.org/details/b29827176|publisher=Oliver & Boyd|location=Edinburgh}}
• James Smith of Deanston introduces an improved method of land drainage on slopes.{{cite book|first=W. R.|last=Kermack|title=19 Centuries of Scotland|location=Edinburgh|publisher=Johnston|year=1944|page=86}}
• First Hebrew congregation in Glasgow in modern times established.
• Rev. Dr. Henry Duncan completes reconstruction of the Northumbrian Ruthwell Cross.

• 13 March – William Mackinnon, shipowner (died 1893 in London)
• 31 March – William Hart, painter of the Hudson River School (died 1894 in the United States)
• 1 May – Jemima Blackburn, née Wedderburn, watercolourist and illustrator, wife of Hugh Blackburn (died 1909)
• 17 May – Henry Eckford, horticulturist (died 1905 in Shropshire)
• 28 May – Henry MacDonald, soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1893)
• 2 July – Hugh Blackburn, mathematician (died 1909)
• 11 July – John Stuart McCaig of Muckairn and Soroba, creator of McCaig's Tower, Oban (died 1902)
• 26 September – Robert Boog Watson, malacologist and Free Church minister (died 1910)
• 28 October – William Simpson, war artist (died 1899 in London)
• Thomas Bantock, businessman (died 1895 in Wolverhampton)

• 28 March – Ilay Campbell, judge (born 1734)
• 29 March – William Taylor, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland and Principal of the University of Glasgow (born 1744)
• 16 June – Archibald Elliot, architect (born 1761)
• 8 July – Sir Henry Raeburn, portrait painter (born 1756){{cite web |title=Sir Henry Raeburn (1756-1823) |url=https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/learning/hall-of-fame/hall-of-fame-a-z/raeburn-henry |website=National Records of Scotland |access-date=24 June 2022 |language=English |date=31 May 2013}}
• 29 September – George Beattie, poet (born 1786)
• George Finlayson, naturalist (born 1790; died at sea)

• February – a monument to poet Robert Burns (died 1796), designed by Thomas Hamilton, is opened in Alloway.{{cite web|first=Joe|last=Rock|title=The Burns Monument, Alloway|url=https://sites.google.com/site/joerocksresearchpages/thomas-hamilton-architect/the-burns-monument-alloway|access-date=2014-08-27}}
• Thomas Campbell's poem [http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-last-man/ The Last Man] is published.
• John Galt's novels The Entail, or The Lairds of Grippy, The Gathering of the West, Ringan Gilhaize, or The Covenanters and The Spaewife: a Tale of the Scottish Chronicles are published.
• Sir Walter Scott's novels Peveril of the Peak, Quentin Durward and St. Ronan's Well are published anonymously.
• William Tennant's poetic drama Cardinal Beaton is published.{{cite book|url=http://www.electricscotland.com/history/men/tennant_william.htm|chapter=William Tennant|title=Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen|first=William|last=Chambers|author-link=William Chambers (publisher)|access-date=2014-08-07}}
• John Wilson's novel The Trials of Margaret Lyndsay is published.

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