1751 in Scotland

none January 2016 July 2026 1751 Events from the year 1751 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 Arniston the Elder Lord Justice General – Lord Ilay Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Tinwald Events 24 April – John Wesley arrives at Musselburgh, his destination on his first mission to Scotland.On the Trail of John Wesley Keith Cheetham Edinburgh Luath Press 2003 9781842820230 163 21 June – Alexander Geddes from Kinnermony, Banffshire, is executed at Aberdeen for bestiality, becoming the last felon in Scotland to be burnt following execution.Notable Dates in History http://scotsindependent.scot/oldsitearchive/scotind/dates1-e.htm The Scots Independent 2016-02-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20160125210210/http://scotsindependent.scot/oldsitearchive/scotind/dates1-e.htm 25 January 2016 dead 1 July – The Cameronians, at this time serving in Ireland, are formally ranked as the 26th Regiment of Foot. David Hume settles in Edinburgh and publishes An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals.Williams Hywel Cassell's Chronology of World History https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will registration London Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2005 0-304-35730-8 314–315 In the University of Glasgow: Adam Smith is appointed professor of logic. The Medical School is founded. John Smith & Son bookshop in Glasgow established, claiming to be the oldest surviving bookseller in the English-speaking world.JS Group is a forward looking business that can trace its roots back to 1751 when the bookseller John Smith and Son was founded in Glasgow http://www.johnsmithgroup.com/live/about-us/history JS Group 2014 2016-02-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20160315080557/http://www.johnsmithgroup.com/live/about-us/history 15 March 2016 dead Culter paper mill established.Curtis Fine Papers https://oldestscottishcompanies.wikispaces.com/Curtis+Fine+Papers https://web.archive.org/web/20180729061551/https://oldestscottishcompanies.wikispaces.com/Curtis+Fine+Papers dead 29 July 2018 Business Archives Council Scotland 2016-02-23 First turnpike act for Scotland, for improvement of the road from Edinburgh to South Queensferry.George Chalmers (antiquarian) George Chalmers Caledonia 2 1810 https://books.google.com/books?id=V89aAAAAcAAJ&dq=Post+roads+act+Scotland+1751&pg=PA865 865 Approximate date – bridge built at Bridge of Orchy.Bridge of Orchy https://canmore.org.uk/site/23768/bridge-of-orchy Canmore Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland Edinburgh 1996 2016-02-23 Births 23 April – Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, colonial administrator (died 1814 in England) 3 or 29 June – William Roxburgh, surgeon and botanist, "father of Indian botany" (died 1815) 2 August – William Adam of Blair Adam, judge and politician (died 1839) 8 August – William Leslie, British Army officer (killed 1777 at Battle of Princeton) 10 December – James Donaldson, printer, newspaper publisher and philanthropist (died 1830) Donald Campbell, traveler in India and the Middle East (died 1804 in England) Approximate date – Helen Craik, novelist and poet (died 1825 in England) Deaths 16 February – Charles Maitland, politician (born c. 1704) 18 February – Patrick Campbell, politician (born 1684)CAMPBELL, Patrick (1684-1751), of South Hall, Argyll. History of Parliament Online http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/campbell-patrick-1684-1751 www.historyofparliamentonline.org 1 July 2017 24 May – William Hamilton, comic poet (born c. 1665) 22 August (2 September NS) – Andrew Gordon, Benedictine and inventor (born 1712; died in Saxony) September – David Fordyce, philosopher (born 1711; lost at sea) The arts Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair publishes his anti-Hanoverian volume of poems Ais-Eiridh na Sean Chánoin Albannaich ("The Resurrection of the Ancient Scottish Language") in Edinburgh, including his satire on the aisling form An Airce ("The Ark"). Tobias Smollett's novel The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle is published. Robert Louis Stevenson's book "Kidnapped" is based in 1751. See also Scotland Timeline of Scottish history References collapsed Category:Years of the 18th century in Scotland Scotland Category:1750s in Scotland Scotland