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1740, scotland, events, from, year, 1739, 1738, 1737, 1736, 1735, 1741, 1742, 1743, 1744, 1745centuries, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20thdecades, 1720s, 1730s, 1740s, 1750s, 1760ssee, also, list, years, scotlandtimeline, scottish, history1740, great, britain, wale. Events from the year 1740 in Scotland 1739 1738 1737 1736 1735 1740 in Scotland 1741 1742 1743 1744 1745Centuries 16th 17th 18th 19th 20thDecades 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760sSee also List of years in ScotlandTimeline of Scottish history1740 in Great Britain Wales Elsewhere Contents 1 Incumbents 1 1 Law officers 1 2 Judiciary 2 Events 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 The arts 6 See also 7 ReferencesIncumbents editFurther information Politics of Scotland and Order of precedence in Scotland Secretary of State for Scotland vacantLaw officers edit Lord Advocate Charles Erskine Solicitor General for Scotland William Grant of PrestongrangeJudiciary edit Lord President of the Court of Session Lord Culloden Lord Justice General Lord Ilay Lord Justice Clerk Lord MiltonEvents edit7 July Adam Smith sets out from Scotland to take up a scholarship at Balliol College Oxford 1 Hugh and Robert Tennent take over the Wellpark Brewery originally known as the Drygate Brewery in Glasgow General George Wade is succeeded as Commander in chief in Scotland by Sir John Cope The 43rd Highland Regiment of Foot the Black Watch first musters at Aberfeldy Births edit28 March bapt James Small inventor died 1793 15 July Archibald Hamilton 9th Duke of Hamilton died 1819 29 October James Boswell diarist and biographer of Samuel Johnson died 1795 James Cannon mathematician and a principal draftsman of the Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776 died in 1782 in the United States William Davidson settler lumberman shipbuilder and politician in New Brunswick died 1790 in Canada William Smellie master printer naturalist antiquary editor and encyclopedist died 1795 Christopher Wyvill cleric landowner and political reformer in England died 1822 Deaths edit2 February John Simson heterodox theologian born 1668 22 May John Boyle 2nd Earl of Glasgow born 1688 8 September William Bruce 8th Earl of KincardineThe arts edit1 August the patriotic song Rule Britannia with words by Scottish born poet James Thomson is first performed at Cliveden the English country home of Frederick Prince of Wales 2 See also edit nbsp Scotland portalTimeline of Scottish historyReferences edit On this day in 1740 Adam Smith Institute 7 July 2010 Retrieved 19 November 2019 Williams Hywel 2005 Cassell s Chronology of World History London Weidenfeld amp Nicolson pp 308 ISBN 0 304 35730 8 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1740 in Scotland amp oldid 1154808990, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
