1775 in Scotland
1775 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1775 in Scotland.
Contents
1 Incumbents
1.1 Law officers
1.2 Judiciary
2 Events
3 Births
4 Deaths
5 See also
6 References
Incumbents[edit]
Monarch – George III
Law officers[edit]
Lord Advocate – James Montgomery; then Henry Dundas;
Solicitor General for Scotland – Henry Dundas; then Alexander Murray
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]
Colliers and Salters (Scotland) Act 1775 provides for gradual removal of conditions of servitude on coal miners.[1]
- The power of the burgh of Stirling to manage its own affairs is suspended when the Black Bond comes to light.
- Village of Tomintoul laid out by Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon.
John Howie's Biographia Scoticana is published.
Samuel Johnson's A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland is published.
Births[edit]
- 12 March – Henry Eckford, shipbuilder in New York (died 1832 in Constantinople)
- 30 April – George Kinloch, radical politician (died 1833 in London)
- 8 September – John Leyden, orientalist (died 1811 in Java)
- 26 October – Alexander Thom, military surgeon, judge and politician (died 1858 in Canada)
- 13 November – John Burns, surgeon (drowned 1850)
- 14 December – Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, admiral (died 1860 in London)
Deaths[edit]
- 17 June – John Pitcairn, major in the marines (born 1722; killed in Battle of Bunker Hill)
- 18 November – Robert Forbes, Episcopal Bishop of Ross and Caithness (born 1708)
- 28 December – John Campbell, author (born 1708)
See also[edit]
- Timeline of Scottish history
References[edit]
^ Russell, Albert (2012). "Laws relating to Coalworkers in Scotland - 1775 Act". Hood Family and Coal Mining. 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}
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