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1779 in Scotland
Summary
Events from the year
1779 in
Scotland
.
←
1778
1777
1776
1775
1774
1779
in
Scotland
→
1780
1781
1782
1783
1784
Centuries:
16th
17th
18th
19th
20th
Decades:
1750s
1760s
1770s
1780s
1790s
See also:
List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1779 in:
Great Britain
•
Wales
•
Elsewhere
Incumbents
edit
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
)
25 August –
Robert Barclay Allardice
("Capt. Barclay"), competitive walker (died
1854
)
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
Scotland portal
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
.
^
"Rothesay cotton mills". Bute Museum
. Retrieved
22 January
2016
.
^
"Banff Bridge".
Engineering Timelines
. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016
. Retrieved
22 March
2016
.
^
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
.