1742 in Scotland
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List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1742 in: Great Britain • Wales • Ireland • Elsewhere |
Events from the year 1742 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Further information: Politics of Scotland and Order of precedence in Scotland
- Monarch — George II
- Secretary of State for Scotland: vacant until 16 February; then The Marquess of Tweeddale
Law officers
- Lord Advocate — Charles Erskine, then Robert Craigie
- Solicitor General for Scotland — William Grant of Prestongrange; then 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
- 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
- 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
- 2 April — James Douglas, royal physician, anatomist and obstetrician (born 1675; died in London)
See also
References
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