1774 in Scotland
1774 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1774 in Scotland.
Contents
1 Incumbents
1.1 Law officers
1.2 Judiciary
2 Events
3 Births
4 Deaths
5 The arts
6 Sport
7 See also
8 References
Incumbents[edit]
Monarch – George III
Law officers[edit]
Lord Advocate – James Montgomery
Solicitor General for Scotland – Henry Dundas
Judiciary[edit]
Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Arniston, the younger
Lord Justice General – Duke of Queensberry
Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Barskimming
Events[edit]
- 27 June – foundation stone of General Register House in Edinburgh, designed by Robert Adam, is laid; the building will not be opened until 1788.[1]
Dundas House in New Town, Edinburgh, designed by William Chambers, is completed.- Punitive laws against the Clan Gregor are repealed.[2]
- Roman Catholic chapel built on the site that will become St Peter's Church, Aberdeen.
- The Schiehallion experiment is carried by Nevil Maskelyne out to determine the mean density of the Earth.[3]
Births[edit]
- 24 February – Archibald Constable, publisher (died 1827)
- 26 February – William Farquhar, soldier and administrator in the East India Company (died 1839)
- 3 June – Robert Tannahill, weaver poet (died 1810)
- 8 October – Henry Duncan, (Free) Church of Scotland minister, geologist and social reformer; founder of the savings bank movement (died 1846)
- 4 November – Robert Allan, weaver poet (died 1841 in New York)
- 8 November – Robert Reid, royal architect (died 1856)
- 12 November – Charles Bell, anatomist (died 1842 in England)
- 24 November – Thomas Dick, Secession Church minister and scientist (died 1857)
Robert Thom, hydraulic engineer (died 1847)
Deaths[edit]
- 19 January – Thomas Gillespie, Presbyterian minister (born 1708)
- 16 October – Robert Fergusson, Scottish poet (born 1750; died in bedlam following head injury)
The arts[edit]
- During this year's harvest, 15-year-old farm labourer Robert Burns is assisted by his contemporary Nelly Kilpatrick who inspires his first attempt at poetry, "O, Once I Lov'd A Bonnie Lass".
Sport[edit]
Musselburgh Golf Club established on Levenhall Links and the Old Club Cup is played for the first time.
See also[edit]
- Timeline of Scottish history
References[edit]
^ McLintock, John (2009). "General Register House" (PDF). National Archives of Scotland. Retrieved 2016-01-25..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ Way, George; Squire, Romily (1994). Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia. London: HarperCollins. pp. 220–221. ISBN 0004705475.
^ "An account of Observations made on the Mountain Schehallien for finding its attraction". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (London) 6 July 1775.
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