1775 in Scotland explained

Events from the year 1775 in Scotland.

Incumbents

Law officers

• Lord Advocate – James Montgomery; then Henry Dundas;
• Solicitor General for Scotland – Henry Dundas; then Alexander Murray

Judiciary

• Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Arniston, the younger
• Lord Justice General – Duke of Queensberry
• Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Barskimming

Events

• Colliers and Salters (Scotland) Act 1775 provides for gradual removal of conditions of servitude on coal miners.^[1]
• The power of the burgh of Stirling to manage its own affairs is suspended when the Black Bond comes to light.
• Village of Tomintoul laid out by Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon.
• John Howie's Biographia Scoticana is published.
• Samuel Johnson's A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland is published.

Births

• 12 March – Henry Eckford, shipbuilder in New York (died 1832 in Constantinople)
• 30 April – George Kinloch, radical politician (died 1833 in London)
• 8 September – John Leyden, orientalist (died 1811 in Java)
• 9 October – Sir Alexander Boswell, 1st Baronet, politician, poet, songwriter and antiquary (killed in duel 1822)
• 26 October – Alexander Thom, military surgeon, judge and politician (died 1858 in Canada)
• 13 November – John Burns, surgeon (drowned 1850)
• 14 December – Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, admiral (died 1860 in London)

Deaths

• 17 June – John Pitcairn, major in the marines (born 1722; killed in Battle of Bunker Hill)
• 18 November – Robert Forbes, Episcopal Bishop of Ross and Caithness (born 1708)
• 28 December – John Campbell, author (born 1708)

See also

• Timeline of Scottish history

Notes and References

1. Web site: Laws relating to Coalworkers in Scotland - 1775 Act. Hood Family and Coal Mining. Albert. Russell. 2012. 2016-01-25.