1772 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1772 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Law officers
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Arniston, the younger
- Lord Justice General – Duke of Queensberry
- Lord Barskimming
Events
- April–June – the brig Alexander collects emigrants from the west of Scotland (the "Glenaladale settlers") and carries them to Prince Edward Island.[1]
- 10 June – Ayr Bank.
- Summer – Welsh naturalist Thomas Pennant makes a second tour of Scotland.[2]
- Construction of St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, as the first part of the New Town (designed by James Craig), begins.[3]
- Original North Bridge, Edinburgh, completed.[4]
- Three Stirling councillors privately sign a secret agreement, the "Black Bond", to run the affairs of the burgh to their own personal advantage.
Births
- 15 January – James Ballantyne, editor and publisher (died 1833)
- 11 February – Thomas Webster, geologist (died 1844 in London)
- 8 June – Robert Stevenson, lighthouse engineer (died 1850)
- 25 December – John Mackay, botanist (died 1802)
Deaths
- 26 July – James Graeme, poet (tuberculosis; born 1749)
- 10 October – William Wilkie, poet (ague; born 1721)
The arts
- Lady Anne Lindsay writes the ballad "Auld Robin Gray".
See also
References
- ^ "The Passenger List of the "Alexander", and the Glenaladale Settlers". The Island Register. 1972. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ Pennant, Thomas (1774). A Tour in Scotland, and Voyage to the Hebrides, MDCCLXXII. Chester: John Monk.
- ^ Lang, Theo, ed. (1952). Edinburgh and the Lothians. The Queen’s Scotland. London: Hodder and Stoughton. p. 124.
- ^ Stark, John (1825). Picture of Edinburgh. J. Anderson, Jun. pp. 77–79.
- ^ "Show Caves of the World". Archived from the original on 25 May 2006. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
- ^ "Caves and Caving in the UK". Archived from the original on 6 March 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2018.