1779 in Scotland explained

Events from the year 1779 in Scotland.

Incumbents

Law officers

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

Judiciary

• Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Arniston, the younger
• Lord Justice General – The Viscount Stormont
• Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Barskimming

Events

• Bowmore distillery on Islay is established.^[1]
• Cotton mill at Rothesay, Bute, is established.^[2]
• New bridge over River Deveron between Banff and Macduff, designed by John Smeaton, is completed.^[3]
• Bridge of Awe is completed.^[4]
• David Hume's Dialogues concerning Natural Religion are published posthumously and anonymously.^[5]

Births

• 1 May – Alexander Morison, physician and psychiatrist (died 1866)
• 2 May – John Galt, novelist and entrepreneur (died 1839)
• 25 August – Robert Barclay Allardice ("Capt. Barclay"), competitive walker (died 1854)
• 26 October – Henry Cockburn, judge and man of letters (died 1854)
• 20 December – Alexander Walker, physiologist (died 1852)
• 22 December – Ralph Wardlaw, Presbyterian clergyman (died 1853)
• James Barr, composer (died 1860)
• James Marr Brydone, naval surgeon (died 1866 in England)
• Patrick Campbell, army officer and diplomat (died 1857)
• John Douglas, 7th Marquess of Queensberry, Whig politician (died 1856)
• James Forbes, inspector-general of army hospitals (died 1837 in London)
• James Mudie, settler in Australia (died 1852)
• Hugh Murray, geographer (died 1846 in London)

Deaths

• 10 March (bur.) – John Rutherford, physician (born 1695)
• John Dalrymple, political writer (born 1734)

The arts

• George Richardson's Iconology is published.

See also

• Timeline of Scottish history
• 1779 in Great Britain

Notes and References

1. Book: Morrice, Philip. The Schweppes Guide To Scotch. Alphabooks. 1983. Sherborne, Dorset, England. 340–342. 0-906670-29-2.
2. Web site: Rothesay cotton mills. Bute Museum. 2016-01-22.
3. Web site: Banff Bridge . Engineering Timelines . 2016-03-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304204411/http://www.engineering-timelines.com/scripts/engineeringItem.asp?id=430 . 4 March 2016 .
4. Book: Paxton, R. . Shipway, J. . Scotland – Highlands and Islands. Civil Engineering Heritage. London. Thomas Telford. 2007. 9780727734884.
5. Book: Williams, Hywel. Cassell's Chronology of World History. registration. London. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 2005. 0-304-35730-8. 332–333.