1751 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1751 in Scotland.
Contents
Incumbents
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Law officers
- Lord Advocate — William Grant of Prestongrange
- Solicitor General for Scotland — Patrick Haldane of Gleneagles, jointly with Alexander Hume
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session — Lord Arniston the Elder
- Lord Justice General — Lord Ilay
- Lord Justice Clerk — Lord Tinwald
Events
- 24 April — John Wesley arrives at Musselburgh, his destination on his first mission to Scotland.[1]
- 21 June — Alexander Geddes from Kinnermony, Banffshire, is executed at Aberdeen for bestiality, becoming the last felon in Scotland to be burnt following execution.[2]
- 1 July — The Cameronians, at this time serving in Ireland, are formally ranked as the 26th Regiment of Foot.
- David Hume settles in Edinburgh and publishes An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals.[3]
- John Smith & Son bookshop in Glasgow established, claiming to be the oldest surviving bookseller in the English-speaking world.[4]
- Culter paper mill established.[5]
- First turnpike act for Scotland, for improvement of the road from Edinburgh to South Queensferry.[6]
- Approximate date — Bridge built at Bridge of Orchy.[7]
Births
- 23 April — Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, colonial administrator (died 1814 in England)
- 3 or 29 June — William Roxburgh, surgeon and botanist, "father of Indian botany" (died 1815)
- 2 August — William Adam of Blair Adam, judge and politician (died 1839)
- 8 August — William Leslie, British Army officer (killed 1777 at Battle of Princeton)
- Donald Campbell, traveler in India and the Middle East (died 1804 in England)
- Approximate date — Helen Craik, novelist and poet (died 1825 in England)
Deaths
- 16 February — Charles Maitland, politician (born c. 1704)
- 24 May — William Hamilton, comic poet (born c. 1665)
- 22 August (2 September NS) — Andrew Gordon, Benedictine and inventor (born 1712; died in Saxony)
- September — David Fordyce, philosopher (born 1711; lost at sea)
The Arts
- Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair publishes his anti-Hanoverian volume of poems Ais-Eiridh na Sean Chánoin Albannaich ("The Resurrection of the Ancient Scottish Language") in Edinburgh, including his satire on the aisling form An Airce ("The Ark").
- Tobias Smollett's novel The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle is published.[3]
See also
References
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