1823
Shetlopedia - The Shetland Encyclopaedia
- Symbister House, (Whalsay), the most outstanding Georgian mansion in the Northern Isles was built by Robert Bruce (2), sixth Laird Bruce of Symbister, replacing the old hall from 1750, at a cost of £20,000. In 1960 it was converted into a school, and is still used for that purpose today.
- William Arthur Bruce (1), later the seventh Laird Bruce of Symbister, was admitted an advocate at the Scottish Bar.
July
- 16th
Catherine Spence, author and teacher, born in Lerwick
September
- 15th
The brig Ann of Belfast, wrecked at the Bay of Quendale
October
- 10th
Captain W. Edward Parry arrived Lerwick, returning from an expedition in the Arctic.
November
- 20th
The wooden hulled sail sloop King George, foundered in a gale, in the vicinity of Fair Isle.
December
- 11th
In the case of Bruce & Grierson regarding division of the commonty of Fitful Head, the Court of Sessions ruled that the division could proceed based on number of merks in lieu of a valuation as stipulated in the Act of 1695.
