1761 in Scotland

none October 2020 January 2016 1761 Events from the year 1761 in Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland Law officers Lord Advocate – Thomas Miller of Glenlee Solicitor General for Scotland – James Montgomery jointly with Francis Garden Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Arniston, the younger Lord Justice General – Lord Ilay to 15 April; then from 27 June Marquess of Tweeddale Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Tinwald Events 22 October – Relief Church founded as a liberal Presbyterian denomination at Colinsburgh by Thomas Gillespie, Thomas Boston and Thomas Colier.Kenneth B. E. Roxburgh Gillespie, Thomas (1708–1774) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press 2004 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/10739 10.1093/ref:odnb/10739 Fenwick Weavers' Society formed at Fenwick, East Ayrshire. Penicuik House in Midlothian built in Palladian style on the site of an earlier house by Sir James Clerk, 3rd Baronet, for himself. Dunmore Pineapple built. Births 17 January – James Hall, geologist (died 1832) 7 June – John Rennie the Elder, civil engineer (died 1821 in London) 27 August – William Young, Royal Navy officer (died 1847 in Surrey) 30 August (bapt.) – Archibald Elliot, architect (died 1823) October – Thomas Christie, radical political writer (died 1796 in Suriname) 8 October – Andrew Snape Douglas, Royal Navy captain (died 1797) 27 October – Matthew Baillie, physician and pathologist (died 1823 in Gloucestershire) 13 November – John Moore, British Army general (killed 1809 at Battle of Corunna) Deaths 15 April – Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, politician, lawyer, businessman and soldier (born 1682 in England; died in London) 22 October – Patrick Heron, politician (born c. 1672) 23 December – Alastair Ruadh MacDonnell, Jacobite (born c. 1725) The arts Robert Adam and Sir William Chambers are jointly appointed Architect of the King's Works to King George III of Great Britain. After March – Allan Ramsay appointed to succeed John Shackelton as Principal Painter in Ordinary to King George III. December – James Macpherson, supposedly translating "Ossian", publishes Fingal, an Ancient Epic Poem in Six Books, together with Several Other Poems composed by Ossian, the Son of Fingal, translated from the Gaelic Language.Magnus Magnusson Magnus Magnusson Fakers, Forgers & Phoneys Edinburgh Mainstream 2007 2006 978-1-84596-210-4 334 Sport Bruntsfield Links Golfing Society formed on the outskirts of Edinburgh.1761 Bruntsfield Links Golfing Society http://www.scottishgolfhistory.org/oldest-golf-clubs-societies/1761-bruntsfield-links-golfing-society/ Scottish Golf History 2016-02-01 See also Scotland Timeline of Scottish history References collapsed Category:Years of the 18th century in Scotland Scotland Category:1760s in Scotland Scotland