1749 in Scotland information

Events from the year 1749 in Scotland. Lord Advocate – William Grant of Prestongrange Solicitor General for Scotland – Patrick Haldane of Gleneagles,...

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Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's...

Crawfurd v The Royal Bank (1749), also spelled Crawford v The Royal Bank, was a Court of Session case in Scotland which established the "absolute currency...

The Killin incident of 1749 took place in August 1749 in Killin in the Scottish Highlands in the tumultuous aftermath of the Jacobite rising of 1745....

The year 1749 in science and technology involved some significant events. Pierre Bouguer publishes La figure de la terre in Paris, describing some of the...

of the American Institute of Architects Ralph Walker (engineer) (1749-1824), Scottish civil engineer associated with London Docks Ralph Walker (Neighbours)...

Archaeology David Ure (1749–1798), Scottish geologist David A. Ure (1910–1953), Canadian politician Gudrun Ure (1926–2024), Scottish actress Guillermo Alberto...

FSA(Scot) (3 November 1749 – 15 November 1819) was a Scottish physician, chemist and botanist who is known for the isolation of nitrogen in 1772. Rutherford...

Glencairn (1552–1630), Scottish peer and member of the Privy Council of Scotland James Cunningham, 14th Earl of Glencairn (1749–1791), Scottish nobleman James...

Events from the year 2024 in Scotland. First Minister Humza Yousaf (until 7 May 2024 ) John Swinney (starting 8 May 2024) Secretary of State – Alister...

The recorded history of Scotland begins with the arrival of the Roman Empire in the 1st century, when the province of Britannia reached as far north as...

soldier at the Siege of Derry John Cunningham, 15th Earl of Glencairn (1749–1796), Scottish nobleman, cavalry officer, and priest John Cunningham (Royal Navy...

Events from the year 1912 in Scotland. Secretary for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland until 13 February; then...

Skirving (born 1981), Australian hockey player Archibald Skirving (1749–1819), Scottish portrait painter Ben Skirving (born 1983), English rugby player Catherine...

Jane Gordon may refer to: Jane Gordon, Duchess of Gordon (1749–1812), Scottish Tory political hostess Jane Gordon, pen-name of author Margaret Graves (1901–1962)...

April 1749), 13th Chief of Clan Robertson, was a Scottish Jacobite soldier and poet, notable for being the only person recorded to have participated in three...

to: George Skene (physician) (1741–1803), Scottish physician George Skene (politician) (1749-1825), Scottish army officer and politician Provost Skene...

conspirator in assassination of James I of Scotland Robert Graham (colonel) (died 1701), Scottish colonel and Trappist monk Robert Graham of Fintry (1749–1815)...

Scotiae, (1786), p. 83, note both legends: Pitscottie, History of Scotland, Glasgow, (1749), p. 214; Spencer, Nathaniel, The Complete English Traveller, (1772)...

David Ure (1749 – 28 March 1798), was a Scottish geologist. He has been called "the father of Scottish palaeontology"; his book The History of Rutherglen...