1738 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1738 in Scotland.
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1738 in: Great Britain ⢠Wales ⢠Elsewhere
Timeline of Scottish history
1738 in: Great Britain ⢠Wales ⢠Elsewhere
Incumbents
Events
- 22 May â foundation stone of George Watson's College in Edinburgh is laid.
- Anderston Weavers' Society established in Glasgow.
Births
- 19 May â Sir James Grant, 8th Baronet, politician (died 1811)
- 12 December (bapt.) â William Cochran, portrait painter (died 1785)
- 19 December â James Playfair, minister of religion and scholar (died 1819)[1]
- Alexander Henderson, merchant and politician in Virginia, "father of the American chain store" (died 1815 in the United States)
- Probable date â James Dickson, botanist (died 1822 in London)
Deaths
- 4 January â George Douglas, 13th Earl of Morton, politician (born 1662)
- 25 March â Robert Murray, British Army officer and politician (born 1689)
