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1737 in Scotland
Summary
Events from the year
1737 in Scotland
.
←
1736
1735
1734
1733
1732
1737
in
Scotland
→
1738
1739
1740
1741
1742
Centuries:
16th
17th
18th
19th
20th
Decades:
1710s
1720s
1730s
1740s
1750s
See also:
List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1737 in:
Great Britain
•
Wales
•
Elsewhere
Incumbents
edit
Secretary of State for Scotland
:
vacant
Law officers
edit
Lord Advocate
–
Duncan Forbes
, then
Charles Erskine
Solicitor General for Scotland
–
Charles Erskine
, then
William Grant of Prestongrange
Judiciary
edit
Lord President of the Court of Session
–
Lord North Berwick
until 20 June; then
Lord Culloden
Lord Justice General
–
Lord Ilay
Lord Justice Clerk
–
Lord Milton
Events
edit
The
Lord Provost
of Edinburgh is debarred from office following the previous year's
Porteous Riots
.
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
founded as
Woolmanhill Hospital
.
Royal Society of Edinburgh
formed as the Edinburgh Society for Improving Arts and Sciences and particularly Natural Knowledge.
Kilmichael Bridge in
Argyll
built.
[1]
Construction of a new Glasgow town hall begins.
Andrew Rodger, a farmer on the estate of
Cavers, south Roxburghshire
, develops a
winnowing
machine for corn, called a 'fanner'.
Births
edit
25 March
(bapt.)
–
William Forsyth
, horticulturist (died 1804 in London)
17 July –
John Bowes, 9th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
, born John Lyon (died 1776 at sea)
29 August –
John Hunter
, Royal Navy officer and governor of New South Wales (died 1821 in London)
14 September –
Alexander Geddes
, Catholic theologian and scholar (died 1802 in London)
James Clark
, physician and plantation owner in Dominica (died 1819 in London)
John Donaldson
, miniature painter (died 1801 in London)
Deaths
edit
29 January –
George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney
, soldier (born
1666
; died in London)
1 February –
Hew Dalrymple, Lord North Berwick
, judge and politician (born
1652
)
The arts
edit
Allan Ramsay
co-writes and edits the last volume of
The Tea-Table Miscellany
, a collection of Scots songs.
See also
edit
Scotland portal
Timeline of Scottish history
References
edit
^
Historic Environment Scotland
. "Bridgend, Kilmichael Bridge (109033)".
Canmore
. Retrieved
21 February
2016
.