1756 in Scotland

none January 2016 July 2026 1756 Events from the year 1756 in Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland Law officers Lord Advocate – Robert Dundas the younger Solicitor General for Scotland – Andrew Pringle of Alemore Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Glendoick Lord Justice General – Lord Ilay Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Tinwald Events 21 April – James Montgomery, a slave, escapes from a ship bound for Virginia at Port Glasgow and flees to Edinburgh where he is recaptured and begins the legal case of Montgomery v Sheddan in an attempt to gain his freedom.The Montgomery slavery case, 1756 http://www.nas.gov.uk/about/070823.asp The National Archives of Scotland National Records of Scotland 2007-08-16 2016-02-18 1 November – Wanlockhead Miners' Library set up. A decision of the Court of Session (in Edinburgh) establishes that tenants may easily be removed by the local sheriff.Timeline: 1740 to 1800 http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usfeatures/timeline/to1800.html Undiscovered Scotland 2016-02-18 The planned industrial village of Charlestown, Fife, is begun by Charles Bruce, 5th Earl of Elgin.Chesher, Susan Foster, Linda Hogben, Laurence A Short History of the Villages: Charlestown, Limekilns and Pattiesmuir Charlestown, Limekilns and Pattiesmuir Community Council 1979 16 Church of St Andrew's in the Square, Glasgow, designed by Allan Dreghorn, is completed.St Andrews in the Square http://www.gbpt.org/projects/standrews.html https://web.archive.org/web/20030808114952/http://www.gbpt.org/projects/standrews.html dead 2003-08-08 Glasgow Buildings Preservation Trust 2012-11-19 73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot first formed. Physician Francis Home publishes Experiments on Bleaching in Edinburgh. Births 4 January – Hugh Johnston, merchant and politician in New Brunswick (died 1829 in Canada) 4 March – Henry Raeburn, portrait painter (died 1823)Sir Henry Raeburn (1756-1823) https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/learning/hall-of-fame/hall-of-fame-a-z/raeburn-henry National Records of Scotland 24 June 2022 English 31 May 2013 7 February 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230207124113/https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/learning/hall-of-fame/hall-of-fame-a-z/raeburn-henry dead 10 April – John West, mathematician (died 1817 in Jamaica) 31 May – James Currie, physician and editor of Burns' poetry (died 1805 in England) 23 September – John Loudon McAdam, road engineer (died 1836) 30 October – James Perry, born Pirie, journalist (died 1821 in England) December – Sir William Honyman, Lord Armadale, landowner and judge (died 1835) Ranald MacDonald, Roman Catholic bishop (died 1832) Deaths 16 April – Andrew Plummer, physician and chemist (born 1697) 24 April – Archibald Campbell, Church of Scotland minister and moral philosopher (born 1691) 3 October – William McGibbon, composer and violinist (born 1690) 6 December – Anne O'Brien, 2nd Countess of Orkney (born 1696) George Halket, schoolmaster poet and songwriter (born c. 1692) The arts January – Tobias Smollett becomes the first editor of The Critical Review, published in Edinburgh. 14 December – Rev. John Home's blank verse tragedy Douglas is performed for the first time, in Edinburgh, with considerable success, in spite of the opposition of the local church presbytery, who summon Rev. Alexander Carlyle to answer for having attended its representation;Keay, John Julia 1994 Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland London HarperCollins 0002550822 however, it fails in its early promise to set up a new Scottish dramatic tradition. See also Scotland Timeline of Scottish history References collapsed Scotland Category:1750s in Scotland Scotland