1777 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1777 in Scotland.
Contents
Incumbents
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Law officers
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session — Lord Arniston, the younger
- Lord Justice General — Duke of Queensberry
- Lord Justice Clerk — Lord Barskimming
Events
- 21 June — Encyclopædia Britannica Second Edition begins publication in Edinburgh.
- 11 September — First minister ordained to United Presbyterian Church, Thurso; first church building opens this year.
- 73rd (Highland) Regiment of Foot (MacLeod's Highlanders) raised.
- Erskine Ferry established.
Births
- 22 January — Joseph Hume, army surgeon and radical politician (died 1855 in London)
- 3 February — John Cheyne, physician (died 1836 in England)
- 24 June — John Ross, naval officer and Arctic explorer (died 1856 in London)
- 26 July — Robert Hamilton Bishop, Presbyterian minister and educator (died 1855 in the United States)
- 27 July — Thomas Campbell, poet (died 1844 in France)
- 21 December — John Campbell, 7th Duke of Argyll, peer and Whig politician (born in London; died 1847)
Deaths
- 12 January — Hugh Mercer, surgeon and soldier in American Continental Army (born 1726; died of injuries received at Battle of Princeton)
- 13 January — James Rait, Episcopalian Bishop of Brechin since 1742 (born 1689)
- 23 March — Sir Hugh Paterson, 2nd Baronet, Jacobite (born 1685)
Sport
- Fraserburgh Golf Club established.
- Wanlockhead curling club established.
