Events from the year 1764 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Law officers Lord Advocate – Thomas Miller of Glenlee Solicitor General for Scotland – James Montgomery jointly with Francis Garden; then James Montgomery alone
Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Arniston, the younger Lord Justice General – Duke of Queensberry Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Minto
Events 3 January – Edinburgh Advertiser newspaper begins publication. November – The Speculative Society established in Edinburgh as a debating group, part of the Scottish Enlightenment. New Byth established as a planned village in Aberdeenshire by the local laird. New liturgy for the Scottish Episcopal Church published in Edinburgh.The Communion-Office for the use of the Church of Scotland. The turnip is first cultivated in Scotland as a field crop, by Dawson of Frogden (Roxburghshire). Howden Bridge built at Mid Calder. Approximate date – Yair Bridge built across the River Tweed by William Mylne.
Births c. 1 February – George Duff, naval officer (killed 1805 at Battle of Trafalgar) 22 February – Alexander Campbell, musician and miscellaneous writer (died 1824) 5 May – Robert Craufurd, general (killed 1812 at Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo) 11 July – Jane Aitken, printer (died 1832 in the United States) 5 October – Isaac Cruikshank, painter and caricaturist (died 1811 in London) 10 October – John Dick, minister and theologian (died 1833) October – William Symington, mechanical engineer, steamboat pioneer (died 1831 in London) 6 November – Robert Heron, writer (died 1807 in London) Alexander Mackenzie, explorer of northern Canada (died 1820)
Deaths 23 May – William Grant, Lord Prestongrange, politician and judge (born 1701; died at Bath)
The arts Pompeo Batoni paints portraits of Thomas Dundas and Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon in Rome.
See also
Timeline of Scottish history
References