1742 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1742 in Scotland.
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1742 in: Great Britain ⢠Wales ⢠Elsewhere
Timeline of Scottish history
1742 in: Great Britain ⢠Wales ⢠Elsewhere
Incumbents
- Secretary of State for Scotland: vacant until 16 February; then The Marquess of Tweeddale
Law officers
Judiciary
Events
- FebruaryâNovember â Cambuslang Work, an outbreak of Christian revival at Cambuslang.
- 16 February â the post of Secretary of State for Scotland, vacant since 1725, is revived in favour of John Hay, 4th Marquess of Tweeddale; he holds it until 1746.
- Delftware manufactured in Glasgow.
- Kirkcaldy Beer Duties Act passed.
Births
- 13 March (or 1743)? â Anne Hunter, née Home, lyricist (probably born in Ireland; died 1821 in London)
- 28 April â Henry Dundas, statesman (died 1811)
- 29 July â Isabella Graham, née Marshall, teacher and philanthropist (died 1814 in the United States)
- 26 December (bapt.) â George Chalmers, antiquarian (died 1825 in London)
- John Kay, caricaturist and engraver (died 1826)
Deaths
- 2 April â James Douglas, royal physician, anatomist and obstetrician (born 1675; died in London)[1]
