1777 in Scotland

none December 2025 January 2016 July 2026 1777 Events from the year 1777 in Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland 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 – 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)https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-Campbell-British-poet Thomas Campbell Encyclopædia Britannica 10 December 2025 21 December – John Campbell, 7th Duke of Argyll, peer and Whig politician (born in London; died 1847) Deaths 3 January – William Leslie, British Army captain (born 1751; killed at Battle of Princeton) 12 January – Hugh Mercer, surgeon and American Continental Army brigadier general (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) 7 October – Simon Fraser of Balnain, British Army general (born 1729 in Scotland; killed at Battle of Bemis Heights) Sport Fraserburgh Golf Club established. Wanlockhead curling club established. See also Scotland Timeline of Scottish history References collapsed Category:Years of the 18th century in Scotland Scotland Category:1770s in Scotland Scotland