1824 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

• 19 April – brigantine Helen of Dundee, bound for Quebec, founders on what becomes known as Helen's Reef off Rockall with fatalities.
• 17 May – the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway is authorised; construction begins the following month.{{cite book|first=Don|last=Martin|title=The Monkland & Kirkintilloch and Associated Railways|publisher=Strathkelvin District Libraries & Museums|location=Kirkintilloch|year=1995|isbn=0-904966-41-0}}
• 24 May – the foundation stone for an oil-gas works at Tanfield in Edinburgh is laid by Sir Walter Scott as company chairman.{{cite web|title=History of Edinburgh|url=http://www.visionsofscotland.co.uk/EdinHistory.htm|work=Visions of Scotland|access-date=2014-08-07|archive-date=14 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214170220/http://www.visionsofscotland.co.uk/EdinHistory.htm|url-status=dead}}
• October – Edinburgh Academy, built to the design of William Burn, opens.
• 10 October – Edinburgh Town Council makes a decision to found a municipal fire brigade under James Braidwood, the first in Britain.{{cite book|first=Alexander|last=Reid|title="Aye Ready!" The History of Edinburgh Fire Brigade, the Oldest Municipal Brigade in Britain|location=Edinburgh|publisher=South Eastern Fire Brigade|year=1974|isbn=0950376809|page=10}}
• 15–21 November – Great Fire of Edinburgh, starting in Old Assembly Close, kills 11 residents and 2 firemen, and destroys 24 tenements – leaving 400 families homeless – and other properties, including the spire of Tron Kirk.
• Blairquhan Castle near Maybole, rebuilt to the design of William Burn for Sir David Hunter-Blair, 3rd Baronet, is completed.
• Speyside Scotch whisky distilleries established: Balmenach, Glenlivet and Macallan. Also, Cameron Bridge distillery is established by Haig.
• The Foot-Ball Club is established in Edinburgh, one of the earliest known clubs organised to play any kind of football.{{cite web|title=Such kicking of shins and such tumbling|work=News|url=http://www.nas.gov.uk/about/071112.asp|publisher=The National Archives of Scotland|location=Edinburgh|date=2007-11-13|access-date=2014-08-07|archive-date=22 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122091234/http://www.nas.gov.uk/about/071112.asp|url-status=dead}}
• The Northern Yacht Club, a predecessor of the Royal Northern and Clyde Yacht Club, is established in Rothesay.{{cite web|title=History|url=http://rncyc.com/info/history/|publisher=The Royal Northern & Clyde Yacht Club|access-date=2014-08-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810150232/http://rncyc.com/info/history/|archive-date=10 August 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
• The Perth Golfing Society is formed.

• 24 February – John Dick Peddie, architect (died 1891)
• 8 March – John Elder, marine engineer (died 1869 in London)
• 21 March – James Samuel, railway engineer (died 1874 in London)
• 4 July – Robert B. Lindsay, Governor of Alabama (died 1902 in the United States)
• 21 October – John Ritchie Findlay, newspaper owner and philanthropist (died 1898)
• 10 December – George MacDonald, writer, poet and Christian minister (died 1905 in England)
• 17 December – John Kerr, physicist (died 1907)
• George Campbell, administrator in British India and Liberal politician (died 1892 in Cairo)

• 12 January – Walter Oudney, physician and explorer (born 1790; died in Africa)
• 15 January – Francis Dundas, British Army general and governor of Cape Colony (born c.1759)
• 17 January – James Brodie of Brodie, botanist, clan chief and politician (born 1744)
• 31 March – Andrew Fyfe, anatomist (born 1754)
• 15 May – Alexander Campbell, musician and writer (born 1764)
• 19 December – Charles Smith, painter (born 1749)
• Approximate date – John Gunn, musician (born c.1765)

• Thomas Campbell's Miscellaneous Poems is published.{{cite book|editor=Cox, Michael|title=The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2004|isbn=0-19-860634-6|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/conciseoxfordchr00coxm}}
• James Hogg's novel The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner is published anonymously.
• William Knox's poetry collection Songs of Israel is published.
• Sir Walter Scott's novel Redgauntlet is published anonymously.
• Edwin Landseer visits Scotland for the first time to paint a portrait of Sir Walter Scott; he will return annually, concentrating on animal portraits.{{cite web|title=Sir Edwin Henry Landseer RA (1802–1873)|url=http://www.jenniferwilsonart.co.uk/HistoryofAnimalArt/landseer.html|publisher=Jennifer Wilson Art|year=2006|access-date=2012-06-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205060828/http://www.jenniferwilsonart.co.uk/HistoryofAnimalArt/landseer.html|archive-date=5 December 2010|url-status=dead}}

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