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1742 in Scotland
Summary
Events from the year
1742 in Scotland
.
←
1741
1740
1739
1738
1737
1742
in
Scotland
→
1743
1744
1745
1746
1747
Centuries:
16th
17th
18th
19th
20th
Decades:
1720s
1730s
1740s
1750s
1760s
See also:
List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1742 in:
Great Britain
•
Wales
•
Elsewhere
Incumbents
edit
Secretary of State for Scotland
:
vacant
until 16 February; then
The Marquess of Tweeddale
Law officers
edit
Lord Advocate
–
Charles Erskine
, then
Robert Craigie
Solicitor General for Scotland
–
William Grant of Prestongrange
; then
Robert Dundas, the younger
Judiciary
edit
Lord President of the Court of Session
–
Lord Culloden
Lord Justice General
–
Lord Ilay
Lord Justice Clerk
–
Lord Milton
Events
edit
February–November –
Cambuslang Work
, an outbreak of
Christian revival
at
Cambuslang
.
16 February – the post of
Secretary of State for Scotland
, vacant since
1725
, is revived in favour of
John Hay, 4th Marquess of Tweeddale
; he holds it until
1746
.
Delftware
manufactured in Glasgow.
Kirkcaldy Beer Duties Act
passed.
Births
edit
13 March (or 1743)? –
Anne Hunter
, née Home, lyricist (probably born in Ireland; died 1821 in London)
28 April –
Henry Dundas
, statesman (died
1811
)
29 July –
Isabella Graham
, née Marshall, teacher and philanthropist (died
1814 in the United States
)
26 December
(bapt.)
–
George Chalmers
, antiquarian (died 1825 in London)
John Kay
, caricaturist and engraver (died
1826
)
Deaths
edit
2 April –
James Douglas
, royal physician, anatomist and obstetrician (born
1675
; died in London)
[1]
See also
edit
Scotland portal
Timeline of Scottish history
References
edit
^
"Manuscripts Catalogue : James Douglas".
special.lib.gla.ac.uk
. Retrieved
6 July
2017
.