1779 in Scotland

Events from the year 1779 in Scotland.

Incumbents

Law officers

• Lord Advocate – Henry Dundas;
• Solicitor General for Scotland – Alexander Murray

Judiciary

• Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Arniston, the younger
• Lord Justice General – The Viscount Stormont
• Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Barskimming

Events

• Bowmore distillery on Islay is established.
• Cotton mill at Rothesay, Bute, is established.
• New bridge over River Deveron between Banff and Macduff, designed by John Smeaton, is completed.
• Bridge of Awe is completed.
• David Hume's Dialogues concerning Natural Religion are published posthumously and anonymously.

Births

• 1 May – Alexander Morison, physician and psychiatrist (died 1866)
• 2 May – John Galt, novelist and entrepreneur (died 1839)
• 25 August – Robert Barclay Allardice ("Capt. Barclay"), competitive walker (died 1854)
• 26 October – Henry Cockburn, judge and man of letters (died 1854)
• 20 December – Alexander Walker, physiologist (died 1852)
• 22 December – Ralph Wardlaw, Presbyterian clergyman (died 1853)
• James Barr, composer (died 1860)
• James Marr Brydone, naval surgeon (died 1866 in England)
• Patrick Campbell, army officer and diplomat (died 1857)
• John Douglas, 7th Marquess of Queensberry, Whig politician (died 1856)
• James Forbes, inspector-general of army hospitals (died 1837 in London)
• James Mudie, settler in Australia (died 1852)
• Hugh Murray, geographer (died 1846 in London)

Deaths

• 10 March (bur.) – John Rutherford, physician (born 1695)
• John Dalrymple, political writer (born 1734)

The arts

• George Richardson's Iconology is published.

See also

• Timeline of Scottish history
• 1779 in Great Britain

References