1779 in Scotland
1779 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1779 in Scotland.
Contents
1 Incumbents
1.1 Law officers
1.2 Judiciary
2 Events
3 Births
4 Deaths
5 The arts
6 See also
7 References
Incumbents[edit]
Monarch – George III
Law officers[edit]
Lord Advocate – Henry Dundas;
Solicitor General for Scotland – Alexander Murray
Judiciary[edit]
Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Arniston, the younger
Lord Justice General – The Viscount Stormont
Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Barskimming
Events[edit]
Bowmore distillery on Islay is established.[1]
Cotton mill at Rothesay, Bute, is established.[2]
- New bridge over River Deveron between Banff and Macduff, designed by John Smeaton, is completed.[3]
Bridge of Awe is completed.[4]
David Hume's Dialogues concerning Natural Religion are published posthumously and anonymously.[5]
Births[edit]
- 1 May – Alexander Morison, physician and psychiatrist (died 1866)
- 2 May – John Galt, novelist and entrepreneur (died 1839)
- 26 October – Henry Cockburn, judge and man of letters (died 1854)
- 20 December – Alexander Walker, physiologist (died 1852)
- 22 December – Ralph Wardlaw, Presbyterian clergyman (died 1853)
James Barr, composer (died 1860)
James Marr Brydone, naval surgeon (died 1866 in England)
Patrick Campbell, army officer and diplomat (died 1857)
John Douglas, 7th Marquess of Queensberry, Whig politician (died 1856)
James Forbes, inspector-general of army hospitals (died 1837 in London)
James Mudie, settler in Australia (died 1852)
Hugh Murray, geographer (died 1846 in London)
Deaths[edit]
- 10 March (bur.) – John Rutherford, physician (born 1695)
John Dalrymple, political writer (born 1734)
The arts[edit]
George Richardson's Iconology is published.
See also[edit]
- Timeline of Scottish history
- 1779 in Great Britain
References[edit]
^ Morrice, Philip (1983). The Schweppes Guide To Scotch. Sherborne, Dorset, England: Alphabooks. pp. 340–342. ISBN 0-906670-29-2..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}
^ "Rothesay cotton mills". Bute Museum. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
^ "Banff Bridge". Engineering Timelines. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
^ Paxton, R.; Shipway, J. (2007). Scotland – Highlands and Islands. Civil Engineering Heritage. London: Thomas Telford. ISBN 9780727734884.
^ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 332–333. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
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