1748 in Scotland

none January 2016 July 2026 1748 Events from the year 1748 in Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland 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 Culloden until 4 June; then Lord Arniston the Elder Lord Justice General – Lord Ilay Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Milton, then Lord Tinwald Events 1 April – under the Sheriffs (Scotland) Act 1747, trials for treason in Scotland can take place outside the shire in which the crime is committed. 24 June – on the death of his father William, John Adam inherits his architectural practice in Scotland and the position of Master Mason to the Board of Ordnance, immediately taking his brother Robert into partnership. 1 July – James Davidson, who had deserted from the Hanoverian army to support the Jacobites, is executed at Ruthrieston Cross near the Bridge of Dee in Aberdeen after being found guilty of several robberies in Angus and The Mearns.Notable Dates in History http://scotsindependent.scot/oldsitearchive/scotind/dates1-e.htm The Scots Independent 2016-02-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20160125210210/http://scotsindependent.scot/oldsitearchive/scotind/dates1-e.htm 25 January 2016 dead Construction of Fort George begins. Clergy of the Scottish Episcopal Church are forbidden to officiate unless ordained by an English (or Irish) bishop.W. R. Kermack 19 Centuries of Scotland Edinburgh Johnston 1944 76 Garron Bridge on the Inveraray Castle estate, designed by Roger Morris and/or his kin Robert Morris, is completed.Inveraray Castle Estate, Garron Bridge https://canmore.org.uk/site/23633/inveraray-castle-estate-garron-bridge Canmore Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland Edinburgh 2009 2016-02-22 A window tax is levied in Scotland.Taxation Records http://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/guides/taxation-records National Records of Scotland 2016-02-22 2 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160302025758/http://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/guides/taxation-records dead The Treason Outlawries (Scotland) Act 1748 comes into effect retrospectively. David Hume's An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is published. The Aberdeen Journal is first published under this title. Births 1 January – Archibald Cochrane, 9th Earl of Dundonald, nobleman and inventor (died 1831 in France) 10 March – John Playfair, scientist (died 1819) 27 December – William Marshall, fiddle player and composer (died 1833) Hugh Henry Brackenridge, writer, poet, lawyer, judge and Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice (died 1816 in the United States) Deaths 14 March – George Wade, British Army officer and road builder in Scotland (born 1673 in Ireland; died in England) 24 June – William Adam, architect (born 1689) 27 August – James Thomson, poet and playwright (born 1700; died in Richmond upon Thames) 26 October – Donald Cameron of Lochiel, "The Gentle Lochiel", clan chief and exiled Jacobite leader (born c. 1695; died in France) See also Scotland Timeline of Scottish history References collapsed Category:Years of the 18th century in Scotland Scotland Category:1740s in Scotland Scotland