1744 in Scotland explained

Events from the year 1744 in Scotland.

Incumbents

• Secretary of State for Scotland: The Marquess of Tweeddale

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

• Alexander Bryce's "A Map of the North Coast of Britain", the first to show the Caithness coastline accurately, is published.^[1]
• 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)

See also

• Timeline of Scottish history

Notes and References

1. Alastair. Mitchell. Putting Cape Wrath back on the map. History Scotland. 22. 6. November–December 2022. 39–44.