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1775 In Scotland
Events from the year 1775 in Scotland. Incumbents Law officers * Lord Advocate – James Montgomery; then Henry Dundas; * Solicitor General for Scotland – Henry Dundas; then Alexander Murray Judiciary * Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Arniston, the younger * Lord Justice General – Duke of Queensberry * Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Barskimming Events * Colliers and Salters (Scotland) Act 1775 provides for gradual removal of conditions of servitude on coal miners. * The power of the burgh of Stirling to manage its own affairs is suspended when the Black Bond comes to light. * Village of Tomintoul laid out by Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon. * John Howie's ''Biographia Scoticana'' is published. * Samuel Johnson's ''A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland'' is published. Births * 12 March – Henry Eckford, shipbuilder in New York (died 1832 in Constantinople) * 30 April – George Kinloch, radical politician (died 1833 in London) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, the North Sea to the northeast and east, and the Irish Sea to the south. It also contains more than 790 islands, principally in the archipelagos of the Hebrides and the Northern Isles. Most of the population, including the capital Edinburgh, is concentrated in the Central Belt—the plain between the Scottish Highlands and the Southern Uplands—in the Scottish Lowlands. Scotland is divided into 32 administrative subdivisions or local authorities, known as council areas. Glasgow City is the largest council area in terms of population, with Highland being the largest in terms of area. Limited self-governing power, covering matters such as education, social services and roads and transportation, is devolved from the Scott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Howie (biographer)
John Howie (14 November 1735 – 5 January 1793) was a Scottish biographer. His best known work was ''Biographia Scoticana'', first published in 1775, which is often called ''The Scots Worthies''. It deals with Christians and particularly Presbyterians especially in their strivings with church and civil authorities. Life John Howie was an East Renfrewshire farmer from Lochgoin, who claimed descent from an Albigensian refugee. The author was the 28th descendant in a direct line, all of whom were called John. Although he was a plain unlettered peasant, cultivating the same farm which his ancestors had occupied for ages, a natural predilection for literary pursuits induced him to take up the task of recording the lives of the martyrs and confessors of Scotland. His family home at Lochgoin Farm was a noted refuge for Covenanters, and was subject to several searches by government soldiers. The farmhouse was rebuilt in the 18th century, with the date 1187 on a lintel marking when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought on June 17, 1775, during the Siege of Boston in the first stage of the American Revolutionary War. The battle is named after Bunker Hill in Charlestown, Massachusetts, which was peripherally involved in the battle. It was the original objective of both the colonial and British troops, though the majority of combat took place on the adjacent hill which later became known as Breed's Hill. On June 13, 1775, the leaders of the colonial forces besieging Boston learned that the British were planning to send troops out from the city to fortify the unoccupied hills surrounding the city, which would give them control of Boston Harbor. In response, 1,200 colonial troops under the command of William Prescott stealthily occupied Bunker Hill and Breed's Hill. During the night, the colonists constructed a strong redoubt on Breed's Hill, as well as smaller fortified lines across the Charlestown Peninsula. By daybreak of June 17, the British became a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1722 In Scotland
Events from the year 1722 in Scotland. Incumbents * Secretary of State for Scotland: The Duke of Roxburghe Law officers * Lord Advocate – Robert Dundas * Solicitor General for Scotland – John Sinclair, jointly with Charles Binning Judiciary * Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord North Berwick * Lord Justice General – Lord Ilay * Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Grange Events * 7 May – Tranent to Cockenzie Waggonway construction begins. * Signet Library established in Edinburgh. * Pheasant introduced to Scotland. * Possible date – Burning of Janet Horne as a witch – ''see'' 1727 in Scotland. Births * 26 January – Alexander Carlyle, Church of Scotland leader (died 1805) * 4 May – Robert McQueen, Lord Braxfield, judge (died 1799) * 13 September – John Home, Episcopalian minister, playwright and writer (died 1808) * 16 September – Gabriel Christie, British Army general and settler in Quebec (died 1799 in Canada) * 1 December – Dun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Pitcairn
Major John Pitcairn (28 December 1722 – 17 June 1775) was a Marine Service officer who was stationed in Boston, Massachusetts, at the start of the American War of Independence. Born in Scotland in 1722, Pitcairn joined the Naval Service at the age of 23 and was stationed in Canada during the French and Indian War serving as a captain of Marines. He arrived in Boston in 1774 and the next year was one of the leading officers of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, which marked the start of the American Revolution. Two months later in June, Pitcairn was killed in action during the Battle of Bunker Hill. Considered one of the most respected British officers by both his men and the colonists, he was buried at the Old North Church in Boston. Early life and education Pitcairn was born in 1722 in Dysart, a port town in Fife, Scotland. His parents were the Reverend David Pitcairn and Katherine (Hamilton) Pitcairn. An older brother, was William Pitcairn, who later became a botanis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl Of Dundonald
Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Marquess of Maranhão (14 December 1775 – 31 October 1860), styled Lord Cochrane between 1778 and 1831, was a British naval flag officer of the Royal Navy, mercenary and Radical politician. He was a successful captain of the Napoleonic Wars, leading Napoleon to nickname him french: le Loup des Mers, lit=the Sea Wolf, label=none. He was successful in virtually all of his naval actions. He was dismissed from the Royal Navy in 1814 after a controversial conviction for fraud on the Stock Exchange. He helped organise and lead the rebel navies of Chile and Brazil during their respective successful wars of independence through the 1820s. While in charge of the Chilean Navy, Cochrane also contributed to Peruvian independence through the Freedom Expedition of Perú. He was also hired to help the Greek Navy, but did not have much impact. In 1832, he was pardoned by the Crown and reinstated in the Royal Navy with the rank of Rear-Admiral of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1850 In Scotland
Events from the year 1850 in Scotland. Incumbents Law officers * Lord Advocate – Andrew Rutherfurd * Solicitor General for Scotland – Thomas Maitland; then James Moncreiff Judiciary * Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Boyle * Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Glencorse Events * 1 April – Aberdeen Railway opens to a terminus at Ferryhill, Aberdeen. * 15 April – iron paddle steamer , launched on 28 February by Tod & Macgregor of Partick, makes her maiden voyage as the first steamer on the Glasgow– New York route. * 18 June – paddle steamer '' Orion'' sinks off Portpatrick through the negligence of her master with the loss of 50 lives. * 17 October – James Young patents a method of distilling paraffin from coal, laying the foundations for the Scottish paraffin industry. * December – destitute Gaelic speakers from the island of Barra begin to appear in Glasgow, displaced by the Highland Clearances. * Cox Brothers o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Burns (surgeon)
John Burns FRS MIF (13 November 1775 – 18 June 1850) was a Scottish surgeon.John Burns Glasgow University Life He was the eldest son of Elizabeth Stevenson and Rev. John Burns, who was the minister of the in . Burns became a visiting surgeon at and the proprietor of the Colleg ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1858 In Canada
Events from the year 1858 in Canada. Incumbents *Monarch — Victoria Federal government *Parliament — 6th Governors *Governor General of the Province of Canada — Edmund Walker Head *Colonial Governor of Newfoundland — Alexander Bannerman *Governor of Nova Scotia — George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby *Governor of Prince Edward Island — Dominick Daly Premiers *Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada — **George-Étienne Cartier, Canada West Premier **Antoine-Aimé Dorion, Canada East Premier *Premier of Newfoundland — John Kent *Premier of New Brunswick — Samuel Leonard Tilley *Premier of Nova Scotia — James William Johnston *Premier of Prince Edward Island — Edward Palmer Events *The Frontenac County Court House opens. *The Canadian government imposes revenue tariffs on US manufactured goods to pay for railroad debts. *The Province of Canada releases its first decimal coinage into circulation, minted in England. *The Halifax-Truro line begins rail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Thom (surgeon)
Alexander Thom (October 26, 1775 – September 26, 1845) was a military surgeon, judge and political figure in Upper Canada. He was born in Scotland in 1775, the son of a farmer named Alexander Thom, and studied at King's College in Aberdeen. He joined the British Army and became a surgeon in 1799. He served with the 41st Foot in Lower Canada from 1803 to 1813. He married Harriet E. Smythe (Hannah Smith?) at Niagara in 1811. Thom was taken prisoner during the War of 1812. He was chosen as the surgeon for the military settlement at Perth in Upper Canada in 1815 and served as the doctor there until 1822. Thom built a sawmill and gristmill on the Tay River at Perth. After the death of his first wife, he married Eliza Montague and then Betsy Smythe after Eliza died in 1820. He was named a justice of the peace and became a judge in the district court in 1835. Thom was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada in a February 1836 by-election but defeated in the genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Leyden
John Caspar Leyden, M.D., (8 September 1775 – 28 August 1811) was a Scottish indologist. Biography Leyden was born at Denholm on the River Teviot, not far from Hawick. His father, a shepherd, had contrived to send him to Edinburgh University to study for the ministry. Leyden was a diligent but somewhat haphazard student, apparently reading everything except theology, for which he seems to have had no taste. Though he completed his divinity course, and in 1798 was licensed to preach from the presbytery of St Andrews, it soon became clear that the pulpit was not his vocation. In 1794, Leyden formed an acquaintance with Dr Robert Anderson, editor of ''The British Poets'', and of ''The Literary Magazine''. It was Anderson who later introduced him to Dr Alexander Murray, and Murray, probably, who led him to the study of Eastern languages. They became warm friends and generous rivals, though Leyden excelled, perhaps, in the rapid acquisition of new tongues and acquaintance with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Kinloch (politician)
George Kinloch of Kinloch MP (30 April 1775 – 28 March 1833) was a Scottish reformer and politician. Life Kinloch was born at Airlie Lodge in Dundee, the son of Captain George Oliphant Kinloch. He spent time in France, 1788–1791, during the French Revolution and this influenced his political views. His grandfather had obtained by marriage the estate of Clashbenie (not far from modern Errol), which his father George Oliphant Kinloch sold in order to purchase the ancient Kinloch estate from his cousin. In 1795 aged 20 Kinloch inherited a slave plantation named "The Grange" in Jamaica from his uncle, which he sold by 1804. Kinloch purchased what is now Carnoustie from a Major Philip in 1808 for 11000 pounds and promoted development by starting a brickworks and providing grants for prospective residents who wished to take up feus. His first involvement with politics was in 1814 and involved the extension of the harbour in Dundee, a project which earned him the gratitude o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
