1744 in Scotland
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See also: | List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1744 in: Great Britain • Wales • Ireland • Elsewhere |
Events from the year 1744 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Law officers
- Lord Advocate – Robert Craigie
- Solicitor General for Scotland – Robert Dundas, the younger
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Culloden
- Lord Justice General – Lord Ilay
- Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Milton
Events
- The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers established on Leith Links.
- Possible date – Edinburgh Skating Club established.
Births
- 13 February – David Allan, genre painter (died 1796)
- 6 October – James McGill, entrepreneur and philanthropist in Canada (died 1813 in Canada)
- 17 October – Andrew Duncan, physician (died 1828)
- 31 October – James Craig, architect, planner of the New Town, Edinburgh (died 1795)
Deaths
- 28 January – Thomas Innes, Catholic priest and historian (born 1662; died in France)
- 2 March – William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale, Jacobite (born 1676; died in Italy)
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References
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